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- In defence of Maxine Gadd - Vancouver Sun
In defence of Maxine GaddVancouver Sun, Canada - 20 hours agoThe reviewing of poetry books is a difficult job and your reviewer, Lyle Neff, appears to be serious about his work. Nevertheless, I must point out that his ...
- Guardian Unlimited: Culture Vulture - Guardian Blogs
What a treat this morning to hear, among the Today programme's usual roll-call of bombs, pensions and global warming, the measured tones of the poet laureate talking about a new website, the Poetry Archive , on which are stored recordings of poets ...
- Calligraphy teaches Chinese bankers strategy - Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - Is managing a bank in China complicated? No more so than executing a fine work of calligraphy. That, at least, is the opinion of Tang Shuangning, president of Everbright Bank, a fast-growing lender that recently applied for a ...
- Passet talks about Foster at WC&F - Windy City Times
Passet talks about Foster at WC&FWindy City Times, IL - 1 hour agoIn a lovely work that includes samples of Foster's hard-to-find poetry, Passet tells the life story of a lesbian who was ahead of her time. ...
- Gil Scott-Heron: Back to the streets (Creative Loafing Atlanta)
Hip-hop's godfather returns to the scene of the rhyme... By Grant Britt.Reality is not a TV show. It's live and in your face. That message was brought to bear by Gil Scott-Heron nearly four decades ago when he set street poetry to music with "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." Poet, activist, pianist, composer and singer Scott-Heron stirred up the citizenry with lyrics like, "Black people ...
- The Truth About the Cultural Revolution - Bay Area Indymedia
Bay Area IndymediaThe Truth About the Cultural RevolutionBay Area Indymedia, CA - 4 hours agoThere was an explosion of creativity among the masses: short stories, poetry, paintings and sculpture, music and dance. Cultural troupes and film units ...
- Get Smart! Please! - MSN Entertainment
A supershamus like Sam Spade or Philip Marlowe negotiates incredibly tangled plotlines as well as mean streets. Along the way, colorful rogues mislead and every devious frail makes a play for the hawkshaw. Detoured down one blind alley after another ...
- Seattle's Bumbershoot is about books, too - Everett Herald
William Gibson and Sherman Alexie lead the list of authors who will appear at Bumbershoot at the end of August. The music draws the most attention at the annual festival. But the official name is "Bumbershoot: Seattle's Music and Arts Festival," and ...
- [Ear To The Beats] The Album Formerly Known as the ‘N’ Word (Jackson Free Press)
David Dennis, Jr. August 20, 2008 Nas always seems to be at the center of intense debate. Respected for his lyricism and creation of “Illmatic” (widely regarded as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time), Nas has released inconsistent, and at times, uninspired albums.
- No Funeral Yet For Times ' Weddings - New York Observer
Understandably, when a newspaper has to make deep cuts in its payroll, columns like this crunch the numbers. How many pink slips, and in what areas? But that is arguably less important than how the remaining staffers are reorganized to fill the gaps ...
- Mehr als 100 000 Besucher haben nach Schätzung der Veranstalter ... - newsclick.de
Mehr als 100 000 Besucher haben nach Schätzung der Veranstalter ...newsclick.de, Germany - Jul 6, 2008Zu Gothic-Rock-Klängen erzählt Darian Dawn alias Bettina Sternberg eine mystische Gruselgeschichte um ein Urlauberpärchen im dunklen Herzen Kretas. ...
- Kuwaiti, Tunisian poets come together in Hammamet - Al Watan Daily
Kuwaiti, Tunisian poets come together in HammametAl Watan Daily, Kuwait - 2 hours agoTUNIS: Kuwait and Tunisian poetry came together Friday evening, warming the night of the city of Yasmine AlÜHammamet and taking the audience away on an ...
- Sprinboks' coach knows only victory will suffice - Courier Mail
Sprinboks' coach knows only victory will sufficeCourier Mail, Australia - Jul 17, 2008SOUTH Africa's first black coach, Peter de Villiers, was endorsed by a tight 10-9 vote and he seems fated always to be the centre of strong debate. ...
- Area digest -- Published Aug. 7, 2008 - Stockton Record
Area digest -- Published Aug. 7, 2008Stockton Record, CA - Aug 7, 2008Abstract artist David Jon Foster will share poetry, creative writing and free-form short stories from his new book, "The Writing of David Jon Foster" at 8 ...
- Weekend Hotlist - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Weekend HotlistPittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 6 hours agoSnow, who plays Friday, took a slightly different approach in the early '70s, coolly blending pop, folk and jazz on the hit "Poetry Man. ...
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