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- What next? (The Star)
Then a poem is removed from Britain’s GCSE curriculum because it might encourage those studying for the exam to commit acts of violence. The mind boggles.
- Professor Derek Brewer - Daily Telegraph
Professor Derek Brewer, who died on October 23 aged 85, was pre-eminent as a scholar of medieval literature and was Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, from 1977 to 1990. A man of huge intellectual energy, Brewer dominated his field by virtue of ...
- Broadway at Sunrise - Teen Ink
Teen InkBroadway at SunriseTeen Ink - 1 hour agoI played games, baked, and read poetry with them. However, I felt that I could contribute more. Therefore, in addition to my regular work, I volunteered to ...
- Poet laureate invites public to reception, reading this Sunday (North Andover Citizen)
Always on the lookout for opportunities to use poetry to bring people together, North Andover’s new poet laureate Gayle Heney has turned her upcoming reception into a public poetry reading.
- On the Rocks • Fringe fest delves into the darkness (Portland Tribune)
I have some disturbing news: Somewhere in Portland, the Ragnarok Engine is under construction. My informants, Klint Finley and Vincent al Keen, are the organizers of Esozone, a fringe festival that took place in Sellwood over the Oct. 10-12 weekend. Along with lectures such as “2012: ...
- Salman Ahmad - On Faith
Salman AhmadOn Faith, DC - 9 hours ago... White and Brown, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Atheists and agnostics, men, women and children - to believe in the audacity of Hope. ...
- Art becomes physical, mental therapy for injured veterans (The Press-Enterprise)
Charles Marshall woke up in a Washington, D.C., hospital in 1998 unable to move. The Marine Corps veteran had been attacked and beaten on the streets of the capital and was paralyzed.
- Journey to exotic Vietnam - Tampabay.com
Tampabay.comJourney to exotic VietnamTampabay.com, FL - 1 hour agoBut why waste the view on the dead — before he expired in 1840, the scholarly monarch often sat by the lake, writing poetry and, as a small plaque says, ...
- Make Rex Allen Days plans - Arizona Range News
"If you have ever been to Rex Allen Days, here's an invitation to try us again and see what's new," said Rex Allen Days Committee president Gary Truschke. Join us in Willcox, Arizona as we "Reunite and Remember" during the 57th Annual Rex Allen Days ...
- 'His life was the theatre' - Globe and Mail
It was only last Saturday that Stratford actor Diane D'Aquila had enjoyed a pleasant dinner and evening with her friend Richard Monette. “I cooked lamb meatballs with penne in spicy tomato sauce and brought it over,” D'Aquila said on Wednesday ...
- Local VA health care earns national prestige - San Mateo Daily News
Local VA health care earns national prestigeSan Mateo Daily News, CA - 10 hours agoApproximately 50 women veterans from World War II to Iraq eras attended the event that featured poetry and music. "These gals are worth it," said VA nurse ...
- Midwest events - Chicago Tribune
Midwest eventsChicago Tribune, United States - 16 minutes agoTwo of our favorite things come together downtown with dance groups, poetry readings, storytellers and more. Sept. 19: Ohio Electric Jet Scramble, ...
- Planning to leave town because of the schools? This parent didn't ... - San Francisco Chronicle
Planning to leave town because of the schools? This parent didn't ...San Francisco Chronicle, USA - 25 minutes agoDuring my son's first year, I taught poetry in every classroom, and got to know, through their poems, every student at the school. ...
- Word Watch: Words For Election Day - Hartford Courant
Word Watch: Words For Election DayHartford Courant, United States - 2 hours ago"We campaign in poetry, but govern in prose," Mario Cuomo once said, but this year the poetry seems to be lacking. Men of Letters: Alphabetically speaking, ...
- Poetry review: Armitage maintains colloquialism - San Francisco Chronicle
Poetry review: Armitage maintains colloquialismSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 36 minutes agoAfter one labored reading, I held the poem, "Learning by Rote," up to a mirror and gleefully deciphered the story of young Armitage being ordered to write ...
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