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- New Directions in Literary Criticism: Studying War and the Military - OUPblog
New Directions in Literary Criticism: Studying War and the MilitaryOUPblog, New York - 3 hours agoIn a World War II era poem, “Of Modern Poetry”, Wallace Stevens declared that among other things, modern poetry “has to think about war. ...
- Perhaps Death Is Proud; More Reason to Savor Life - Blueridgenow.com
At my job, people die. Jeff Swensen for The New York Times ‘CONDITION A’ “I did the only thing I could do,” Theresa Brown said of trying to save a patient. That’s hardly our intention, but they die nonetheless. Usually it’s at the end of ...
- Rock the Casbah: Street Scene returns to the streets - San Diego Union-Tribune
The return to an urban setting should help Street Scene reclaim at least part of its roots; this year's event will be held on the Southern portion of the Petco Park parking lot and on several adjacent streets. Last year's festival was held at Coors ...
- Award-winning filmmaker coming to Columbia with Whitman documentary (Columbia Missourian)
COLUMBIA — Filmmaker Mark Zwonitzer initially shied away from producing a film on Walt Whitman. He doubted a good documentary could be made about a poet. In the end, however, that skepticism inspired the aptly titled "Walt Whitman," a film that aired earlier this year on PBS as part of the "American Experience" series. "That was enough of a challenge for me," said Zwonitzer, who graduated ...
- New offerings at library perfect for a summer read - Delphos Herald
New offerings at library perfect for a summer readDelphos Herald, OH - 2 hours agoThe Mighty 12, Superheroes of Greek Myth by Charles R. Smith, Jr. This is an attractive introduction to Greek Mythology using poetry and dynamic comic book ...
- Pakistani poet who advocated better ties with India is dead (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Islamabad, Aug 26 (IANS) Pakistani Ahmed Faraz, considered one of the greatest Urdu poets and an ardent advocate of better ties with India, died here at age 77.
- Groundbreaking Choreographers Work to be Recreated at UW - University of Wyoming News
Groundbreaking Choreographers Work to be Recreated at UWUniversity of Wyoming News, WY - 22 minutes agoThe project is funded through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts under the American Masterpieces Great Works Project. ...
- Health center hires two doctors - SunJournal.com (subscription)
SunJournal.com (subscription)Health center hires two doctorsSunJournal.com (subscription), ME - 6 hours agoIn addition to outdoor activities such as hiking, kayaking and bow hunting, he enjoys contra dancing, reading poetry and philosophy. ...
- 1968: Canton had its hippies, trying to change the world - Canton Repository
The story sounds more like urban legend than fact. A long-haired young man stands before a judge and is given an option: Get a "butch" haircut or go to prison. Forty years ago this week, the story played out in a Stark County Common Pleas courtroom ...
- Davison Area Museum gets a new website - Davison Index
Davison Area Museum gets a new websiteDavison Index, MI - 49 minutes agoMD DAVISON — Sacramento Rainbow Poets seeks Davison poets for its upcoming poetry contest. Poems can be written about any subject and be in any style. ...
- Winning the War is Not the Same as We Have Won. - American Chronicle
Winning the War is Not the Same as We Have Won.American Chronicle, CA - 54 minutes agoDale Netherton was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa December 30, 1938 and has lived most of his life in Iowa. He spent two years in the Marine Corps ,worked as a ...
- Sticky and Scratchy - ARTINFO
Sticky and ScratchyARTINFO, NY - 13 hours agoI saw early paintings of the ’50s, powerful and beautiful, with Robert Motherwell–influenced black-and-white divisions. They showed Twombly’s talent ...
- Iodine' presents a darker change of pace for ‘Girl Named Zippy ... - Miami Herald
Haven Kimmel knows, as all writers do, that successful authors must approach their craft with as many useful tools as possible: patience, stamina, exemplary research skills. But in her case, she jokes, a healthy dollop of something else is helpful ...
- Shirley (Smith) Patterson - Jack County Herald
Shirley (Smith) PattersonJack County Herald, TX - 5 hours agoShe was a member of the American Sewing Guild and the Red River Quilt Guild. She was an author of magazine articles and poetry and was a newspaper columnist ...
- 'Frozen River' smuggles in small victories - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Vancouver Sun'Frozen River' smuggles in small victoriesMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 3 hours agoStill, there are moments of poetry on display. Throughout the film TJ stubbornly works to repair a junkyard contraption planted beside the trailer. ...Frozen River Philadelphia Inquirerall 27 news articles
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