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- Family event at Juliaetta Library April 21 - Latah Eagle
Family event at Juliaetta Library April 21Latah Eagle, ID - 1 hour agoThe free event, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm will include community members providing readings, story telling, and music, plus youth poetry exhibits, displays and ...
- The elusive master of allusion. - New Yorker
New YorkerThe elusive master of allusion.New Yorker, United States - 17 minutes agoPound’s poetry and criticism are not discussed; no reader of Gay’s book would have any idea of what his importance or influence as a writer might be. ...
- We may never know - New Jersey Jewish Standard
We may never knowNew Jersey Jewish Standard, NJ - 1 hour agoYehuda Amichai, zichrono liv’racha, was best known for his poetry. But in a novel, "Lo Me-kahn, Lo Me-achshav" ("Not of This Time, Not of This Place") he ...
- A startling literary quest - Creative Loafing
A startling literary questCreative Loafing, NC - 40 minutes agoThe residency, to take place July 25-27, will feature intensive workshops for writers of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction, in addition to faculty and ...
- The pull of Gravity - Charlottesville Daily Progress
The pull of GravityCharlottesville Daily Progress, VA - 23 hours agoThe venue has been home to children’s concerts by Rocknoceros and Farmer Jason, poetry events and fiction readings from “The Great Gatsby’’ and “To Kill a ...
- submit SPELL: visual or textual poetry - Listen & Be Heard
submit SPELL: visual or textual poetryListen & Be Heard, CA - 11 hours agoNow accepting submissions for the fifth issue of Spell, a journal of emerging and experimental work. Please have familiarity with Spell and/or its past ...
- VERONICA'S VIEW: Black Men Talking – Meet James B. McCann (Eurweb)
*It seems anomalous when Black men speak. If still waters run deep, so do the feelings of Black men. They are painfully and beautifully human. Too often their voices go unheard.
- Neto's Tucson by Ernesto Portillo Jr. : Measuring life one milestone at time (Arizona Daily Star)
Thursday evening, the sun's last shafts enter a second-floor room at the University of Arizona Poetry Center. A small knot of writers sits at a table to read their words and hear others' critiques.
- Two Teach for America recruits find it tough going - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
Two Teach for America recruits find it tough goingThe Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - 1 hour agoThere are numerous books on the shelves, including a volume of WH Auden's poetry, but Rennard notes, "Most of my kids read at a fourth- or fifth-grade ...
- From bad to verse: Vandals get lesson in poetic justice (The Courier News)
Call it poetic justice: More than two dozen young people who broke into Robert Frost's former home for a beer party and trashed the place are being required to take classes in his poetry as part of their punishment. Using The Road Not Taken and another poem as jumping-off points, Frost biographer Jay Parini hopes to show the vandals the error of their ways -- and the redemptive power of poetry.
- Walking With His Muse, a Poet Becomes His Own Destination. (Washington Post)
Poetry is a vocation. It is not a career but a calling. For as long as I can remember, I have associated that calling, my life's work, with walking.
- 'New Amsterdam' finishes trial run; 'Bones' comes back - Detroit Free Press
'New Amsterdam' finishes trial run; 'Bones' comes backDetroit Free Press, United States - 13 minutes agoSelf-educated, he brought a fresh force to poetry. It was, he said, a reflection of the America he saw, "turbulent, fleshy, sensual, eating, drinking and ...
- Writings chronicle life in Nevada 'Prisneyland' - Scripps News
Writings chronicle life in Nevada 'Prisneyland'Scripps News, DC - 55 minutes agoOnce he left, he published poetry in newspapers and magazines about the job, and started a blog, Vegas Quixote, where he does more of the same: tell stories ...
- Nu Millennium’s Grounds Breaking Concert/Poem Opens In NYC May 30 ... - BigNews.biz (press release)
Nu Millennium’s Grounds Breaking Concert/Poem Opens In NYC May 30 ...BigNews.biz (press release), MA - 1 hour agoWhile the poetry is overtly hilarious, the songs are soulful and melodic. The styles are classic R and B and Doo Wop, which were staples of the times. ...
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