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- Art transplant - The Australian
The AustralianArt transplantThe Australian, Australia - 4 hours agoThis is the stuff of Kenneth Slessor's 1920s and '30s poetry and his odd lodgers, flats with single gas-rings, girls thumping mops and aspirin-taking ...
- Urdu Rubaiyat now in Polish - Indian Muslims
Urdu Rubaiyat now in PolishIndian Muslims, CA - Apr 17, 2008By IANS, Warsa : Urdu poetry, which has made inroads in Polish literary circles in the last few years with the publications of Mir, Ghalib, Faiz and Firaq, ...
- A GCSE in Jade: How foul-mouthed Goody has made it onto the national curriculum (Daily Mail)
Reality television contestant Jade Goody will be featured in a new GCSE media studies course. The 26-year-old is best known for her ignorance and being accused of racially bullying Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty in Big Brother. Her inclusion in the OCR board's exam syllabus has renewed concern at the 'dumbing down' of education
- Musical service offers Jesus with a touch of jazz - Louisville Courier-Journal
Musical service offers Jesus with a touch of jazzLouisville Courier-Journal, KY - 8 hours agoThe nonprofit group also offers sacred music concerts headed by an opera baritone; Drama Serving the Word; Poetry Serving the Word; and Sanctuary Jazz, ...
- May Day Festival, organizers serious about 'going green' - Herald-Mail
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. - Organizers say part of the appeal of the Shepherdstown May Day Festival, a parade and celebration of spring, comes from what won't be there. Motorized floats detract from the organic vibe. So do amps - all the live music is ...
- Chalk talk - Sierra Vista Herald
The Christian Student Organization invites graduating seniors to attend a Baccalaureate service on Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Buena Performing Arts Center. Seniors should arrive in cap and gown and line up in the Fine Arts Hallway at 2:30 p.m. All ...
- Mother-daughter duo found success, satisfaction in SCSU’s English department (New Haven Register)
NEW HAVEN — Literary success appears to be part of the DNA of a mother-daughter team graduating this week from Southern Connecticut State University.
- Faculty authors make a splash in literary world - River Falls Journal (subscription)
Faculty authors make a splash in literary worldRiver Falls Journal (subscription), WI - 38 minutes agoAlong with her poetry, she has one short story, “Flint Hills Ghost with a Sad, Pale Heart” that was featured in TWISTER magazine in February 2008. ...
- Jenny McLeod - SOUNZ
Born in Wellington in 1941, Jenny McLeod grew up in Timaru and Levin. Throughout her childhood and adolescence she was always involved in music, as school pianist, church organist, accompanist, or playing at dances in a band with her brothers. She ...
- The flea market - Brattleboro Reformer
The flea marketBrattleboro Reformer, United States - Apr 16, 2008Though he died in August 2007, he leaves behind his thoughts about life in Vermont, mostly in the form of poetry. With appreciation and the permission of ...
- Stone Circle turns 25 this summer - Traverse City Record Eagle
Stone Circle turns 25 this summerTraverse City Record Eagle, MI - 7 hours agoThe evening is an open forum to all ages and all walks of life, though there are a couple of rules. First, poems must be memorized and recited by heart. ...
- Tribute: Mary Lois Shepp had a way with words (The Kansas City Star)
Who: Mary Lois Shepp, 83, a native of Kansas City When and how she died: March 2, late-stage dementia
- C. D. Wright's 'Rising, Falling, Hovering' - International Herald Tribune
A quick glance at C. D. Wright's resumé confirms her position as a major American poet - a dozen critically praised books; the requisite laundry list of awards, grants and prizes; a day job teaching literature at Brown University - but in her case ...
- A feminine voice - Colorado Springs Independent
Colorado Springs IndependentA feminine voiceColorado Springs Independent, CO - 16 hours ago"My father had me performing when I was 3, performing poetry for my grandparents," says Avila, who's worked as a diplomat, civil rights activist and teacher ...
- Vidal takes aim and why the web makes us dumb (Canberra Times)
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