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- Kay Ryan goes to Washington -- as poet laureate (Miami Herald)
Kay Ryan, award-winning poet, mountain-bike enthusiast and self-described ''modern hermit,'' will soon be going to Washington. The Library of Congress announced Thursday that the lifelong Californian, whose compressed, metaphysical poetry has been compared to Emily Dickinson's, will succeed Charles Simic as the 16th U.S. poet laureate starting in the fall. The appointment lasts a year and comes ...
- Leading article: Rhyme and reason - Independent
Leading article: Rhyme and reasonIndependent, UK - Jun 9, 2008Ms Adcock and Ms Padel both feel that their poetry is not suited to the ceremonial, public function demanded by the laureateship. ...
- 'Saffron King' finds his niche in N.Y. City (The Daily News)
NEW YORK — With his flowing black hair, bushy beard and slight paunch, Behroush Sharifi hops off his bicycle and bounds into an expensive restaurant on the Upper West Side.
- The Pope of Greenwich Village: Jose Garcia Villa’s work is ... - Asianjournal.com
The Pope of Greenwich Village: Jose Garcia Villa’s work is ...Asianjournal.com, CA - 38 minutes agoVilla introduced the “reversed consonance rime scheme” in writing poetry, as well as the extensive use of punctuation marks – especially commas, ...
- Rizal in the 21st century - Manila Bulletin
Rizal in the 21st centuryManila Bulletin, Philippines - 1 hour ago"This is why the site’s first publication is the complete bibliography of his correspondence, prose, poetry, and artistic works. ...
- Badal misused official machinery: Cong - Tribune
Levelling allegations of misuse of official machinery, the Congress today demanded a probe into the use of a government helicopter by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to tour Punjab for electioneering prior to the panchayat elections. The issue was ...
- Events showcase the voice of Ferrini's poetry - Gloucester Daily Times
Events showcase the voice of Ferrini's poetryGloucester Daily Times, USA - 29 minutes agoOn Tuesday, there will be a poetry reading to celebrate Ferrini's new book of poetry titled "The Pleroma." The book was published by Terry Kennedy's Tiger ...
- A Life On The Run - Institute for War and Peace Reporting
The Gazette (Montreal)A Life On The RunInstitute for War and Peace Reporting, UK - 4 hours agoWhile living there, he met his wife and discovered a love of both politics and poetry – a subject he later studied at Columbia University from 1974 to ...Video: Karadzic's arrest sparks clashes - 23 Jul 08 AlJazeeraEnglishKey dates in Radovan Karadzic's life The Associated PressThe edge of madness guardian.co.ukIndependent - Daily Mailall 5,578 news articles
- City's garden show entry is tribute to the fallen - Yorkshire Post
City's garden show entry is tribute to the fallenYorkshire Post, UK - 4 hours agoActor Ian McNeice dressed as "Tubby" Clayton to read war poetry for the preview yesterday. The garden, sponsored by GMI Property Company Ltd, ...
- Key figure in promoting American Indian literature dies - Miami Herald
In the 1960s, when some in academia still denied the existence of American Indian literature, Paula Gunn Allen embarked on a career that proved them wrong -- and altered the required reading lists of literature classes on U.S. college campuses. Allen ...
- Eating out: Cafezique, Hyndland Street, Glasgow (Times Online)
Never trust a poet who can drive,” Martin Amis once wrote. “And if he can, don’t trust the poetry.”
- A child running with terror (Detroit Free Press)
With his new book, "A Wolf at the Table," writer Augusten Burroughs proves that his memory well hasn't gone dry.
- Friday June 13th 2008 - Guardian Weekly
Friday June 13th 2008Guardian Weekly, UK - 14 hours agoI enjoy reading poetry and listening to music just as much as I ever did. I think the idea that explanation abolishes mystery is wrong. ...
- Durrell and I - Egypt Today
W hen the name Lawrence Durrell is mentioned, one immediately thinks of his Alexandria Quartet, the series of novels that brought the writer his greatest fame. Durrell was also a poet; in fact, his poetry emerged long before his novels, the first of ...
- Beth El Hosts Birthday Aliyah - Voices
Beth El Hosts Birthday AliyahVoices, CT - 12 hours agoThe celebration will feature poetry by Hannah Senesh, Chaim Bialick, Yehuda Amichai and more; dances created by Jodi Falk, co-director of the award-winning ...
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