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- NEA Chairman Is Moving On, Will Work on Poetry - Washington Post
Dana Gioia , chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts since March 2003, plans to announce today that in January he will leave the federal agency he is credited with helping revitalize. Gioia, a prize-winning poet and critic, said he will ...
- Geo Beach: A Swamp Yankee in the Last Frontier (Guest Voice Report) - The Moderate Voice
Geo Beach: A Swamp Yankee in the Last Frontier (Guest Voice Report)The Moderate Voice - 35 minutes agoHe has also won an Atlantic Monthly poetry prize, top awards from the Pacific Northwest Press Association, and the Mencken Award for ?independence of mind, ...
- A small town in Iowa in photos, then and now (Seattle Times)
In the four decades he's lived in the farm town of Oxford, Iowa (population 705), Peter Feldstein, 66, has remained something of an outsider...
- Rainy weather can't stop performer Jeremy Camp's fire at the Allegan ... - Grand Rapids Press
ALLEGAN -- ``Did it stop raining yet?'' singer-songwriter Jeremy Camp asked from the covered stage Monday during his 15-song set at the Allegan County Fair. The answer from the audience was ``No.'' But the steady rain didn't deter the Christian music ...
- Palestinian national poet Mahmoud Darwish in critical condition - The Canadian Press
Wall Street JournalPalestinian national poet Mahmoud Darwish in critical conditionThe Canadian Press, Gaza Strip - 12 hours ago... poet," is in a "difficult condition" at an American hospital after complicated heart surgery. His poetry has given voice to the Palestinian experience. ...Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 Kansas City StarPalestinian national poet in critical condition Khaleej Timesall 292 news articles
- Youths rally for peace...Students urge arts, education instead of ... - New Pittsburgh Courier
New Pittsburgh CourierYouths rally for peace...Students urge arts, education instead of ...New Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh - 8 hours agoAt the rally, children from ages eight to 18 gathered to watch their peers perform poetry, dancing and self-written raps. A pre-recorded song created by the ...
- Mas-salam Darwish : "History laughs at both victim and aggressor" (Malta Star)
Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry his fellow Palestinians embraced as the voice of their suffering, died on Saturday after heart surgery in Texas. A hospital spokeswoman in Houston said the 67-year-old poet died after an operation but did not specify the exact cause.
- Check it out: Books to cure the summer blues - Lincoln Journal Star
It’s hot and humid. The kids are getting bored. And in just one month, most of them will be heading back to school. What can cure the summer doldrums? A good book. And we have plenty to choose from. Book publishers have been printing fast and ...
- Local Youths Produce Anti-Violence Commercial (FOX 5 Washington D.C.)
After a violent summer that claimed the lives of too many of their peers, some DC kids are speaking out with a creative new video. A new 30-second commercial features local teens reading poetry they've written about the violence they've witnessed pleading for an end to the violence.
- Happy Birthday, Ingrid Bergman - findingDulcinea
findingDulcineaHappy Birthday, Ingrid BergmanfindingDulcinea, New York - 1 hour agoIn a 1943 New York Times interview, she said that her relatives discouraged her from being an actress but she persisted, memorizing poetry in her room. ...
- Firehouse 12 to Present Conference Call on September 26th (All About Jazz)
On Friday, September 26th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will present a two set performance by the longstanding jazz collective, Conference Call . The group's all-star line-up of creative music scene veterans includes German multi-reedist Gebhard Ullmann, pianist Michael Jefry Stevens, bassist Joe Fonda and drummer George Schuller.
- Nightlife Calendar: 09/05/2008 - Traverse City Record Eagle
Nightlife Calendar: 09/05/2008Traverse City Record Eagle, MI - 2 hours ago20; Open-Mic Poetry 7 pm third Mon., (Sept.-May), followed by open mic, bring poems to read and share, writing exercises available, bring eight copies of a ...
- China’s Falun Gong Practitioners Wish Founder a Happy Mid-Autumn ... - The Epoch Times
September 14 marked China’s Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday for family get-togethers. Over the past few days, Falun Gong practitioners from all around the world, especially those from mainland China, have sent greetings through ...
- Catskills Getaways for the Mind, Body & Spirit (ABC News)
Religious retreats in NY's Catskills allow visitors to find inner peace.
- Nigeria: Abuja Writers Forum Set to Organise Literary Contest (AllAfrica.com)
Abuja Writers Forum AWF), organisers of AWF Maiden Literacy Contests, have disclosed plans to showcase the event in Abuja come October, 2008.
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