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- Why poetry matters, By Jay Parini (Independent)
In 1989, the American poet Dana Gioia lobbed a grenade into the cosy world of the US creative-writing industry. His essay, "Can Poetry Matter?", spoke wittily and despairingly of "poets" graduating from courses who teach and produce fresh multitudes of versifiers, publish in the same magazines and reverently review one another's books, most written in the same chopped-up free verse that has ...
- Danielle Steel: 75 books and going strong (The Buffalo News)
NEW YORK -- It's only 9:33 a. m., but already Danielle Steel is having a lousy morning.
- Chimaira gets the deluxe treatment - Cleveland Plain Dealer
TODD BELL HEADBANGING BONUS: Chimaira's "Resurrection" album has been reissued on iTunes with extra content. The local heavy-metal heroes of Chimaira have reissued their latest album, 2007's "Resurrection," on iTunes in a deluxe edition with two ...
- Massachusetts Briefings - Providence Journal
Massachusetts BriefingsProvidence Journal, RI - 23 minutes agoThe lecture “From Sappho to Sophia and Beyond: Towards a History of Portuguese Women’s Poetry,” by Prof. Anna M. Klobucka, of the department of Portuguese, ...
- Sunny delights - Guardian Unlimited
Since the TV show ended, fickle viewers have transferred to Desperate Housewives and Entourage, and Sarah Jessica Parker has had to endure being named in a magazine poll of the world's least attractive women. But here's the movie at last, showing ...
- Noted writers help UAA reach out to community - Anchorage Daily News (subscription)
Noted writers help UAA reach out to communityAnchorage Daily News (subscription), AK - 41 minutes agoShe has published two books of poetry and is working on a third. She is also writing a book about growing up Southern, "Deep Dixie. ...
- Contest includes short fiction and poetry writing - Summerland Review
Contest includes short fiction and poetry writingSummerland Review, Canada - 5 hours agoThe Penticton Writers and Publishers are hosting the 2008 Clem Battye Legacy Award Writing Contest opened to Short Fiction and Poetry. ...
- Metal band Glass Halo rocks Alaska with new album - UAA Northern Light
Metal band Glass Halo rocks Alaska with new albumUAA Northern Light, AK - 2 hours agoProctor first started writing poetry before music, he said. His lyrics deal with life and various aspects of it, but interpretation is up to the reader. ...
- Osama bin Laden, a purveyor of poetic terrorism - Daily Star - Lebanon
Osama bin Laden, a purveyor of poetic terrorismDaily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon - 1 hour agoBin Laden often recites poetry to underscore a point and to associate himself with chivalrous and learned warriors who were willing to become martyrs for ...
- Arts, other groups receive $1,805,246 (Akron Beacon Journal)
Beacon Journal staff report The Akron Community Foundation has approved $1,805,246 in grants.
- I like the sound of a pen making love to paper: Prasoon Joshi - Hindustan Times
Writing is my passion. I see no difference between writing copy for advertising and writing film songs. When I want to write, I never let that moment pass away ..only a writer can understand that.. What stimulates me to write? A fine blend of tea or ...
- The eagle has landed - Eric's life with schizophrenia - Jamaica Gleaner
W ith impeccable manners, Eric ushered me into Mensana's office (the support group for families living with mental illness) and pointed to a spot on the large sofa where I could sit comfortably. He collected a small pile of paper from a nearby wooden ...
- Roy Nathanson: Auditory Circus (All About Jazz)
Saxophonist Roy Nathanson was in one of the earliest versions of The Lounge Lizards, which he left to found The Jazz Passengers, a group that slowly morphed into his new ensemble, Sotto Voce. In between he also co-led a duo with keyboardist and composer, Anthony Coleman and released, among others, the ground-breaking album I Could've Been a Drum (Tzadik, 1997).
- Three Southern Women Confront the Tragedy of War in A Dangerous Age (Newswise)
Ellen Gilchrist's most recent novel, A Dangerous Age, follows three Southern women as they live through and respond to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the war in Iraq.
- The Fergus Falls Daily Journal (Fergus Falls Daily Journal)
Gerda’s history to be unveiled? The Otter Tail County Historical Society will host a writing contest on Thursday from 6-7 p.m. at the Kadatz Hotel designed to weave a history for “Gerda,” a painting from the historical society’s artifact collection.
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