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- Utah Phillips: radical US folksinger and pacifist - Times Online
Utah Phillips was an American folk singer, story-teller and political activist of the old school who kept alive the freewheeling hobo spirit of Woody Guthrie. He was born Bruce Duncan Phillips in 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio. His parents were both labour ...
- Shuffling Through Memories: B.S. Johnson's 'The Unfortunates' (The New York Sun)
Samuel Beckett is often called a terminus in Anglo-Irish literature. He took modernism's radical approach as far as it would go; it is as though Jackson Pollock was succeeded by portraitists and landscape artists. B.S. Johnson (1933-73) did not get the memo. In 1961, while shopping his first book to agents, Johnson compared it favorably to "Ulysses," and declared himself in the tradition of ...
- Bernard Haykel: Osama bin Laden gets poetic to draw in the faithful (Guardian Unlimited)
Bernard Haykel: In the battle to win Muslim hearts and minds al Qaida's leader is turning to poetry
- A life dedicated to the art of poetry - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle Post IntelligencerA life dedicated to the art of poetrySeattle Post Intelligencer - 45 minutes agoIn his latest book, "The Grace of Necessity," Green explores themes of death, love and family history. One quarter a year, Green teaches poetry classes at ...
- 'Mad Men': When you try to forget something - Zap2it.com
'Mad Men': When you try to forget somethingZap2it.com - 3 hours agoBased on the rather frosty reception she gave him, I'd probably eliminate her as a possible recipient of the poetry book Don mailed off earlier in the ...
- Sugar maple is planted for late Clarendon teen (Rutland Herald)
Brightly colored balloons gently rose above the branches of a young sugar maple, one to highlight each of the joyous 19 years of Joseph "Joey" Earle's life. ... - By SARA-MEGAN WALSH Herald Staff
- Roncalli student wins national contest - Indianapolis Star
Roncalli student wins national contestIndianapolis Star, United States - 6 hours agoFor his award-winning entry, Devin submitted a poem about how St. Thomas Aquinas has inspired and influenced him. In the United States, up to three winners ...
- Literary essays - Deccan Herald
Author Anita Nair has penned a non-fiction drawing from her personal experiences The creative director has come a long way indeed, so has the writer. Anita Nair has been switching from fiction to poetry to children’s writing. And now with ‘Good ...
- Late night Solo Slams build community at National Poetry Slam 2008 (Isthmus)
With eyes full of inspiration, amateur poets got a chance to test their spoken word mettle in the presence of friends and many of the competitors in National Poetry Slam 2008 in a quartet of late night Solo Slams this week, held at Genna's Lounge and the Mercury Café after the Tuesday and Wednesday night bouts. Aspiring and experienced poets alike who were not already members of teams in the ...
- RiverRun Reads: Toby Barlow's 'Sharp Teeth' (Portsmouth Herald)
Editor's note: Every other week in this space, RiverRun Bookstore in downtown Portsmouth will be providing book recommendations and previews of upcoming events at the store.
- Omie Oh My: Lentil Fest and cowboy poetry on the horizon - Moscow-Pullman Daily News
Moscow-Pullman Daily NewsOmie Oh My: Lentil Fest and cowboy poetry on the horizonMoscow-Pullman Daily News, ID - 51 minutes agoThe 13th annual Cowboy Poetry and Western Music Festival will take place Saturday and Sunday at the Gladish Community Center in Pullman. ...Bringing art downtown: Pullman Gallery & Studios provides a space ... Moscow-Pullman Daily Newsall 2 news articles
- A Poetic Passage Into Life -- Author Laura J. Gray Mitchell Shares ... - Primenewswire (press release)
A Poetic Passage Into Life -- Author Laura J. Gray Mitchell Shares ...Primenewswire (press release), CA - 1 hour agoLater she resumed writing in verse about social issues and problems. Many poems contained in A Passage Into Life are written to or about Stanton School, ...
- Even a small gesture can turn lives around - The News - International
Even a small gesture can turn lives aroundThe News - International, Pakistan - 5 hours agoHe shared names of incarcerated political and social luminaries and recited with precision Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poetry from ‘Daste Saba’ and ‘Zindaan Nama’. ...
- Henry Bloom Noble Library Goes for Gold This Summer - Manxnet
With the Beijing Olympic Games opening in August The Henry Bloom Noble Library is going for gold this summer with six free sports-themed workshops for children, three by the library team and three poetry-based sessions by local poet Shelley Ann ...
- Have the last word at poetry slam - Orange Central Western Daily
Have the last word at poetry slamOrange Central Western Daily, Australia - 50 minutes agoCENTRAL West Libraries is calling all poets, hip-hop artists and other outspoken wordsmiths to polish their rhymes and lyrics for the Australian Poetry Slam ...
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