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- Reaney, respected poet and playwright, dies at 81 - Western News
Reaney, respected poet and playwright, dies at 81Western News, Canada - 1 hour agoReaney won three Governor-General’s Awards for poetry and drama, The Red Heart in 1949; A Suit of Nettles in 1958; and two works, Twelve Letters to a Small ...
- On the dusty road to redemption - KUAR
On the dusty road to redemptionKUAR, AR - 1 hour agoMiracles, faith, world-class cinnamon rolls, and epic cowboy poetry. Who could want anything more? Given the cowboy poetry, it's perhaps not surprising that ...
- Wedding bells and marriage hell - guardian.co.uk
Wedding bells and marriage hellguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoLast week I mentioned the poetry of death, and several readers have written in to point out that memorial verses have long been a feature of local ...
- Art association ends annual poetry contest - Newburyport Daily News
After thousands of entries, many dozen winners and 17 years — not to mention countless pentameters, metaphors and refrains — the Newburyport Art Association 's Annual Poetry Contest is coming to an end. The contest, which started in 1994 ...
- Kay Goldstein: Putting Life On Pause: 3 Mini-Meditations For People Who Don't Have Time To Meditate (HuffingtonPost)
Life is certainly not simple now, but we humans have gotten in the habit of making it more complicated. "Do more" is the message from...
- Mushaira: Charting a new tradition - Saudi Gazette
Some people gather, and that is it. In this couplet, almost a century ago, Meer Taqi Meer, one of the legends of Urdu Poetry, was complaining about the changing state of Mushairas. At Meer’s time Mushairas were exclusive gatherings for literary ...
- Kelley Deal, The Breeders - Gothamist.com
Not since Jacob took the birthright of his older brother Esau back in the Old Testament has a younger twin grabbed a bigger chunk of the spotlight than Kim Deal has over her sister Kelley throughout the years. However, Kelley is no slouch on her own ...
- Sorted out for rhymes and lines: the secret of great lyrics - The Independent
I don't know what Jarvis Cocker will conclude in his lecture at the Brighton Festival next week, but many of our songwriters would have us believe that their great songs flowed through them, as if from a divine force On a recent trip to Brazil, I ...
- Nepal's 'last king' to lose crown (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Seven years after most of Nepal's royal family were massacred by a drunken prince, the country's Maoists look set to scrap the Himalayan monarchy, turning the page on 240 years of history.
- Gail Bottoms speaks at Gilmore Center - Thomaston Times
The audience was silent and still as all ears and eyes were focused on the tiny woman at the front of the room. She spoke slowly and softly, lulling the audience into a sweet state of calm reassurance. In front of an audience of about 50 Gilmore ...
- Obama links McCain to unpopular Bush economic policies - Amador Ledger-Dispatcher
GRESHAM, Oregon - After challenging John McCain on foreign policy, Democrat Barack Obama fired off a new broadside Sunday as he linked the likely Republican nominee with President George W. Bush's unpopular economic policies as he tested general ...
- Lesbos islanders want to stop homosexual women calling themselves ... - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukLesbos islanders want to stop homosexual women calling themselves ...Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 9 hours ago... meaning female homosexual comes from the island's most famous inhabitant Sappho, the Greek poetess well-know for her love poetry directed at women. ...
- Dance in Review - New York Times
New York TimesDance in ReviewNew York Times, United States - 50 minutes ago... balls and, of course, the body to challenge ideas about perception and reveal the poetry behind physics. “IJK” begins in the dark and gradually comes to ...
- Gaia Online Answers Teens' Call for Prom Version 2.0 (Centre Daily Times)
Designer prom fashions, check. Dance-offs, check. Annoying chaperones, not here. Gaia Online, the world's most active online community of more than five million users, today announced it will host its first ever virtual prom, Prom Crashers. As part of the event, Project Runway's Christian Siriano has designed an exclusive line of avatar prom garb to ensure all Gaians - both veterans and newbies ...
- Dubious Rhetoric: Maurizio Cattelan Meets Banksy - NY Arts Magazine
Dubious Rhetoric: Maurizio Cattelan Meets BanksyNY Arts Magazine, NY - 30 minutes agoThe concept of authority represents the third “narrative territory” these artists question through their poetry. With Frank and Jamie Cattelan overturns the ...
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