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- Events for Tuesday in New York (New York Daily News)
Looking for something to do in the city? Check out this web-only list, including where you can see actress and entertainer Tovah Feldshuh perform "Tovah in a Nutshell!," a collection of songs and characters.
- Metro teen makes national poetry recitation final (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Georgia's young poetry reciting champion has advanced to the final rounds in the national Poetry Out Loud recitation contest. Elijah P. Orengo, 16, a sophomore at Westlake High School in Fulton County, emerged Monday as one of the top four poetry reciters in his region and will compete with 11 other students Tuesday night in the national finals. Orengo, looking casual in brown corduroy trousers, ...
- Poems of 1900s remain relevant
Badger Herald - Henry Parland is not only one of the most influential figures in Swedish poetry, he’s possibly one of the most mercurial figures of the 20th century. Born in Russia in 1908, he fled to Finland with his family to escape the tumult of revolution ...
- Junot Diaz, Edwidge Danticat Win National Book Critics Awards - Bloomberg
Junot Diaz, Edwidge Danticat Win National Book Critics AwardsBloomberg - 1 hour agoMary Jo Bang's ``Elegy'' (Graywolf), which chronicles a year of mourning following the death of her son, won in the poetry category. ...
- From bar to book: Life Long Press turns backroom literary readings ... - San Francisco Bay Guardian
San Francisco Bay GuardianFrom bar to book: Life Long Press turns backroom literary readings ...San Francisco Bay Guardian, CA - 1 hour agoBy Ailene Sankur Valyntina Grenier is no stranger to poetry. By her undergrad senior year at UC Berkeley, she had already put together two chapbooks and now ...
- Coach, principals on school board agenda - Del Rio News Herald
Coach, principals on school board agendaDel Rio News Herald, TX - 16 minutes ago... a Duke University writing contest and Del Rio Freshman School students who placed in the statewide competition sponsored by the Poetry Society of Texas.
- Visions of Monadnock - Concord Monitor
Visions of MonadnockConcord Monitor, NH - 1 hour agoIt's a sad point in a history filled with adventure, mystery, poetry and controversy. Craig Brandon, who has chronicled that history in his book Monadnock: ...
- McCain criticizes Obama on Al Qaeda
International Herald Tribune - Inspiration is nice. But some folks seem to be getting out of hand. It’s as if Tom Daschle descended from on high saying, “Be not afraid; for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people: for there is born to you ...
- SIESTA fashion show empowers women with style and poetry (The Heights)
While the world of fashion may sometimes seem concerned only with undernourished models and egotistical designers, a fashion show put on by Boston College students showed that fashion can also provide a platform for more important social issues. As part of CARE Week, which stands for "Concerned About Rape Education," a fashion show put on by Sisters Influencing and Empowering Sisters Through ...
- Senator honors a soldier’s spirit - Russellville Courier
Senator honors a soldier’s spiritRussellville Courier, AR - 4 hours ago... into space on a shuttle mission to be presented to local veterans, also writes military-themed poetry — demurred when presented the citation by Pryor. ...
- Why? Because you only live once - Arizona Daily Star
Why? Because you only live onceArizona Daily Star, AZ - 13 hours agoFor the sound of Why?, think of a quirky indie rock act creating hip-hop beats with Wolf's neurotic, nasally poetry on top. The group visits Solar Culture ...
- Local poet publishes second book (Southampton Press)
Though she didn’t start writing poetry until after retirement, Ann Hammond has made up for lost time and has recently published her second book of poems.
- PEN Canada In Partnership with WordFest Presents Words Without Borders - Canada NewsWire (press release)
PEN Canada In Partnership with WordFest Presents Words Without BordersCanada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 2 hours agoSheng Xue has been writing poetry and prose for many years, over a hundred of which have been published. Sheng Xue's article, "The Unbearable Heaviness of ...
- Obituaries for March 13 (The Capital)
Margaret Louise Miller, 83, a resident of Greensboro since 1990, died March 12 at her daughter's home in Edgewater. Mrs. Miller was born Nov. 25, 1924, in Charlestown, W.Va., to the late Georgia Lee Snyder Brown.
- Frustrated novelists, apply here (Ballard News-Tribune)
Have you always wanted to write a book? Ballard writer Robert J. Ray is ready to help get your story in print.
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