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- Schmidt composition to be showcased at State Fair (The New Ulm Journal)
The prairie winds weave among the cornfields, and the wild creatures dance all around the plains. there's a river bending through the valleys and people, tender more than you could know. Excerpt from "Prairie Song" by Brian Schmidt ST. PAUL - Brian Schmidt, a native of New Ulm, has written an original choral composition that will be showcased at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug.
- 'Modern Hermit' Named as Poet Laureate - AOL
The Library of Congress announced Thursday that the lifelong Californian, whose compressed, metaphysical poetry has been compared to Emily Dickinson's, will succeed Charles Simic as the 16th U.S. poet laureate, starting in the fall.
- A shayar for all seasons - Times of India
A shayar for all seasonsTimes of India, India - 52 minutes agoFor Pune's senior most and popular poet, shayari is an inseparable part of life. "Life is a poetry," says the 88-year-old Unani practitioner in his 4x4 shop ...
- Anthony Burgess Geoffrey Hill - Times Online
Anthony Burgess Geoffrey HillTimes Online, UK - 1 hour agoOne has the impression of so powerful a desire for self-effacement, as a poet if not, which would be unseemly, as one who professes poetry, that a perhaps ...
- Iran: 3rd satire festival to be held in autumn - Mathaba.Net
Iran: 3rd satire festival to be held in autumnMathaba.Net, UK - 5 hours agoAccording to a report by the news unit of the Arts Bureau, he also added that the festival will be held in four categories of prose, poetry, short story and ...
- Star power to be strong at annual book festival - Winston-Salem Chronicle
Star power to be strong at annual book festivalWinston-Salem Chronicle, NC - 28 minutes agoGiovanni, a Virginia Tech professor, has penned more than two dozen books, including illustrated children’s books, essay collections and volumes of poetry. ...
- Calendar of Events (New York Times)
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- Shelf life What's happening at area bookstores (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Breaking Dawn, in the Twilight Saga vampire series, is getting the Harry Potter treatment, the Mercantile Library is discussing China, and more.
- New indie publishers speak out optimistically in the face of decline - Los Angeles Times
New indie publishers speak out optimistically in the face of declineLos Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour agoIt struck us as perverse that talented authors who can do more than one thing at once — it’s prose, but wait, it’s also poetry! — should often have a harder ...
- Today in History - Aug. 4 - The Associated Press
Today in History - Aug. 4The Associated Press - 1 hour agoThought for Today: "Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds." -- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822).
- Poetry and photography contest deadline is Thursday - Martinsville Reporter-Times
The Martinsville Arts Council and Morgan County Public Library are co-sponsors of the 2008 Morgan County Fall Foliage Festival poetry and photography contest. The contest is at the Morgan County Public Library, 120 S. Jeffereson St. The theme for ...
- Barfly: Getting a lesson from a mysterious absintheur - Marin Independent Journal
"Tuesday afternoon, I'm just beginning to see, now I'm on my way," went the 1967 hit by the psychedelic rock band, the Moody Blues. I recalled that song after making a Tuesday afternoon appointment to meet with a modern absintheur and be initiated ...
- Chow Chian Chiu and Chow Leung Chen Ying First Edition Prints Now ... - Emediawire (press release)
Chow Chian Chiu and Chow Leung Chen Ying First Edition Prints Now ...Emediawire (press release), WA - Sep 2, 2008Available as a first edition print, this traditional Chinese inspirational wall art is embellished with a Chinese poem written by the artist and set in ...
- "Ten Tiny Dances" invades South Waterfront (The Oregonian)
Mike Barber's "Ten Tiny Dances" performance series has always been about the space: What happens when choreographers, and their dancers, are limited by a 4-by-4 foot stage?
- Making jazz and taming crowds - Mail & Guardian Online
Making jazz and taming crowdsMail & Guardian Online, South Africa - 1 hour agoIt is the 80th birthday of Johannesburg so we intend to have quite a nice crowd and we are going to have a great party to celebrate. ...
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