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- Paddle policy stuck in committee - Ironton Online
In the 1970s, they were hung on the wall in many a classroom and often were given a name: the “board of education,” or “the teacher’s friend.” Some were painted or drilled with holes to maximize their impact, figuratively if not literally ...
- Authors gather in Beaufort June 27-28 - Wilson Daily Times (subscription)
Authors gather in Beaufort June 27-28Wilson Daily Times (subscription), NC - 4 hours ago... books that range from mysteries to memoirs, histories and nature books for children, young readers and adults, and cookbooks, photography and poetry. ...
- Music and lyrics - Telegraph-Journal
Music and lyricsTelegraph-Journal, Canada - 1 hour agoWriting became her passion and, along the way, her poetry was noticed by musicians. The Irish group Iona, one of the world's top traditional folk groups, ...
- Former Westlake resident plays problem child on 'Desperate Housewives' - Cleveland Plain Dealer
She's scheming right now. Rachel G. Fox plays Kayla on "Desperate Housewives." Former Westlake resident and St. Paul Lutheran School student Rachel G. Fox, 11, gets to crank up the deviousness in the last three episodes of the season for ABC's ...
- Literary calendar for July 6-12 - Charlotte Observer
Literary calendar for July 6-12Charlotte Observer, NC - 1 hour agoLECTURE: Warren Wilson MFA program lecture with Reginald Gibbons (“The Apophatic in Poetry”), 9:30 am, Fellowship Hall (behind the college chapel). ...
- Representing for Denton - Denton Record Chronicle
Denton Record ChronicleRepresenting for DentonDenton Record Chronicle, TX - 35 minutes agoLil Ben has been weaving poetry around percussion since he was a school kid in Denton, and when he was a teenager, he moved up through the ranks at Apollo ...
- New translation of 'Aeneid' restores Virgil's wordplay, in original meter (Cornell News Service)
The Roman poet Virgil spent the last 11 years of his life writing "Aeneid," an epic poem of a hero's journey from Troy to Italy, styled on Homer's "Odyssey" and "Iliad."
- African American history contest winners named - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Dozens of local students using a variety of media were named winners today in the 16th annual National City African American History Contest. Using poetry, an essay, art, music or video, students ages 6 to 18 had to complete the assignment of ...
- Are you the best poet in the district? (St Albans Observer)
THE race is on to find the best poet in the area. One poet from St Albans and Harpenden will be selected to represent the region in an annual best of UK poetry book.
- Hip-hop Jew - Jerusalem Post
Hip-hop JewJerusalem Post, Israel - 32 minutes agoOddly enough, says Mansbach, his grandmother's poetry was a point of connection with hip-hop for him. "She wrote verse that was rhyming, the wordplay was ...
- Kenneth Goldsmith on Uncreative Writing - The Skinny
Kenneth Goldsmith on Uncreative WritingThe Skinny, UK - 1 hour agoHe teaches at the University of Pennsylvania, and is the editor of UbuWeb, the most comprehensive collection of avant-garde poetry video and music online. ...
- Dark side of Clive Barker - News.com.au
'I AM not a horror writer," Clive Barker says. "Nor do I consider myself a fantasy writer. I am a writer who works in my imagination." In one sense, all writers re-invent the world, though some do it with more enthusiasm than others, and with more ...
- Puerto Rican lit coming out tonight - New York Daily News
New York Daily NewsPuerto Rican lit coming out tonightNew York Daily News, NY - 33 minutes agoRice-González, who wrote a short story about a “macho kid from the Bronx” who has a crush on a friend, is only surprised that a book of this kind hasn’t ...
- "Wednesdays in April" showcase English faculty work - Le Provacteur (subscription)
"Wednesdays in April" showcase English faculty workLe Provacteur (subscription), MA - 3 hours agoIn celebration of National Poetry Month, the English department is sponsoring the "Wednesdays in April" faculty reading series for the last three weeks in ...
- Family of schizophrenic woman who died after being Tasered suing police (Sun-Sentinel)
The family of a schizophrenic woman who died after being shocked by a Taser 10 times during a mental health crisis is suing the City of Green Cove Springs and two of its police officers in federal court.
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