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- Poetry that blurs boundaries (North Country Public Radio)
Some of the top performance poets in the country will be at Bluseed Studios in Saranac Lake tonight. Nationally acclaimed poets Roger Bonair-Agard, Rachel McKibbens and Patricia Smith will take the stage to share their favorite poems out loud. These slam poetry champs push and blur boundaries between music, art, theater and literature. Tonight’s free event (8 pm) is sponsored by the Adirondack ...
- 'Posthumous Keats' by Stanley Plumly - Los Angeles Times
'Posthumous Keats' by Stanley PlumlyLos Angeles Times, CA - 2 hours agoHis 10 books of poetry and previous work of nonfiction ("Argument & Song: Sources & Silences in Poetry") attest to a sustained career in and enduring focus ...
- Starbucks downtown marks first year - Jackson Sun
Starbucks downtown marks first yearJackson Sun, TN - 3 hours ago"Some people will do music, while some will do poetry," Booker said. "Also, Marcus Hendricks, the host, does stand up comedy. ...
- Our Picks for the Weekend - Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Takoyaki is a sometime treat at Shirokiya, but cravings tend to arise at those inopportune moments when it's unavailable. There is a source, however, if you don't mind heading for Waikiki, where Samurai Takoyaki has set up shop on Kuhio, in the ...
- McGavock student brings philosophy beyond his years - Nashville Tennessean
And "he's much older than his age in the things he's interested in,'' said McGavock English teacher Bob Stackhouse. Richard consumes literature and is a poet himself, even to the point of attending weekly poetry readings at Centennial Park.
- Spouse's kindness is romance - AZCentral.com
Dear Abby: I would like to respond to "Kelly in Austin" (March 24), who wondered if there were more than two men who excel at romance. Abby, my husband has given me a total of four pieces of jewelry throughout our 13-year relationship. However, he ...
- Simon Hoggart's week The poetry of death - guardian.co.uk
Simon Hoggart's week The poetry of deathguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoIn fact it's about life, and responsibility and humanity, but it was sold as a bad taste joke, which is probably why it flopped so horribly. ...
- To have an event listed, se... - Akron Beacon Journal
To have an event listed, se...Akron Beacon Journal, OH - 1 hour agoPoetry in Motion — Salsa class 7:30 to 8:30 tonight at PIM Home Studio, 2564 Kilgore St., Akron. Classes on Tuesday are: salsa, 8:30 to 9:30 pm; hand-dance, ...
- Critics choose their most-loathed books - Times Online
Critics choose their most-loathed booksTimes Online, UK - 3 hours agoI was studying American literature at university, and he was supposed to be a leading writer. I gave up at about page 600, tired of pharaohs and anal sex. ...
- Poet Kay Ryan is named poet laureate (AP via Yahoo! News)
Kay Ryan, award-winning poet, mountain bike rider and self-described "modern hermit," will soon be going to Washington.
- Top jewelers turn to their heritage to sell on the global stage (International Herald Tribune)
Napoleon sells for Chaumet, India for Cartier. Jewelery houses are dusting off history and putting a contemporary spin on centuries-old stories to counter a challenge from luxury fashion brands.
- STARGAZING | Escovedo has his moment; Dr. Quinn may get a brief one (The Kansas City Star)
These are good times for Alejandro Escovedo, who has a well received album (“Real Animal”) and is touring again after a near-fatal bout with hepatitis C.
- Kay Ryan named U.S. poet laureate - The Money Times
Washington -- U.S. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington named Kay Ryan as the library's 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-09. Ryan, a 63-year-old California native, is to begin her duties in the fall, opening the library's annual ...
- Robert Frost imagined - Times-Argus
There has hardly been a shortage of words about the great American poet Robert Frost, whose (dark? tortured? dissembling?) life and words have been chronicled extensively and examined under a microscope by a covey of biographers. So it takes a ...
- Young writers look into hearts - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Young writers look into heartsFort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - 4 hours agoPlus, the exercises take place in a more casual, open environment where students can chose their own form of expression – whether it is poetry, narrative or ...
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