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- DAVID KIRKPATRICK: The poetry of leaders - Patriot Ledger
It is profound that in a period when this great nation was brutally divided by Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, in proclaiming a national day of thanksgiving, moved to bring people together in celebration of “the blessings of fruitful fields and ...
- Looking back at Saginaw Valley State University's Theodore Roethke Festival (The Saginaw News)
This website, and the print version of The Saginaw News, reported earlier this week Tuesday night's ceremony awarding the 11th Theodore Roethke Poetry Prize to Robert Pinsky. Following is a racap of the surrounding festivities as Saginaw Valley State University...
- Breakthrough US deal by Google to sell book content online (Guardian Unlimited)
It took a multimillion dollar lawsuit, two years of tense negotiations, and an awful lot of scanning. But yesterday the publishing world stood on the threshold of a digital era after a US deal paved the way to transform publishing. The agreement between Google and the US book industry means that internet users will soon be able to choose from and buy millions of titles, many out of print, ...
- Poet Chosen for Inauguration Is Aiming for a Work That Transcends ... - New York Times
Seattle Post IntelligencerPoet Chosen for Inauguration Is Aiming for a Work That Transcends ...New York Times, United States - 3 hours ago... a poetry workshop, and has been a friend of Mr. Obama for more than a decade. Asked if she thought that the friendship played a role in her being picked ...Yale poet prepares for inauguration The Associated PressPoet picked for inauguration is called a ‘citizen poet’ St. Louis Post-Dispatchall 143 news articles
- Crikey's summer reading list (Crikey)
The Crikey Team has put together a bumper edition of our favourite web-based distractions to keep you occupied while we have a hard-earned break.
- I Will Touch the Sun by Lili Dauphin - MediaSyndicate (press release)
I Will Touch the Sun by Lili DauphinMediaSyndicate (press release) - 20 minutes agoLili Dauphin and her book of poetry, "I Will Touch the Sun", have been awarded The 2008 Irwin Award for Best Inspirational Campaign. At the awards ceremony, ...
- Nov 30 - Dec 06 (210) - Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
I'm taking a few days off the grid, for my long-delayed post-election coma. My trusty colleague at the Dish, Patrick Appel, will be filling in. Patrick already contributes so much to the Dish, acting as an extra pair of eyes and ears and often, more ...
- Kids send message to prez - Boston Herald
Kids send message to prezBoston Herald, United States - 5 hours agoBy Katy Jordan Hundreds of well-versed Hub students got a chance to address their president-elect yesterday in the 10th annual America Scores Poetry Slam, ...
- Opponents' day in court (Philadelphia Daily News)
TANYA WESTBROOK, an aspiring writer in search of a job, bought her house in part because the Logan branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia is across the street.
- Sometimes Love Lives Alongside Loneliness - New York Times
New York TimesSometimes Love Lives Alongside LonelinessNew York Times, United States - 44 minutes agoJack Spicer, second from left, with members of the staff of the Poetry Center at San Francisco State College in 1957: Ida Hodes, Ruth Witt-Diamant and ...
- Poet, author addresses the 'search for good' (Montana Kaimin)
A poet’s voice captivated a University Theatre audience gathered Wednesday for the fourth address in the 2008 Presidential Lecture Series. Paul Mariani wove an autobiographical tale of his passion for a lifelong study of Catholic intellectualism and poetry. An author and poet, Mariani teaches English at Boston College. After growing up in a blue-collar background, Mariani said he wanted ...
- Judith Martin: 3 Classic First Ladies - Women on the Web
Judith Martin: 3 Classic First LadiesWomen on the Web, NY - 12 hours agoBecause she was an intellectual, an educator and editor, and her book Geroge Eliot’s Poetry And Other Studies, contains some nice philosophical thoughts ...
- Reader Matt Davis loves when a good book falls in his lap (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Shelf Life: Adventurers in reading
- Louisiana Book News: SIBA announces winners of this year's literature ... - The Daily Advertiser
Winners are Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen, fiction; The House on Boulevard Street by David Kirby of Baton Rouge, published by LSU Press, poetry; A Love Affair with Southern Cooking by Jean Anderson, cookbooks; Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by ...
- 800 students take part in 'Harmony' - Gulf Daily News
800 students take part in 'Harmony'Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - 14 hours agoThe on-stage events include light music, Carnatic music, poetry recitation, folk dance, western dance, cinematic dance, Arabic dance, mono act, keyboard, ...
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