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- Hymn Vérité - Willamette Week
Hymn VéritéWillamette Week, OR - 2 hours agoI fucking hate spoken word, I don’t like poetry. But I really wanted the vocals to be talked,†he says. “So the first few records are really weird, ...
- Poet who gave identity to Palestinians dies - CNN
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Mahmoud Darwish, whose prose gave voice to the Palestinian experience of exile, occupation and infighting, died Saturday in Houston, Texas. He was 67. Mahmoud Darwish, in Ramallah in 2000, saw his poems become anthems ...
- Hayden Carruth, Poet and Critic, Dies at 87 (New York Times)
Primarily known as a critic and editor, Mr. Carruth produced some 30 books of poetry that addressed subjects like madness, death and the fragility of the natural world.
- Tudor Arghezi- Biography and Works - Artline
Tudor Arghezi- Biography and WorksArtline, Romania - 2 hours agoIt was just the start, for over the following years Tudor Arghezi will publish several volumes of poetry and prose, articles, reviews, books for children, ...
- A scary time - Goulburn Post
A scary timeGoulburn Post, Australia - 2 hours agoI still have books of poetry by Longfellow, Keats and Shelley that survived the war in that hiding place and were resurrected after the war. ...
- Rehoboth Beach Writers' Guild sets third annual young writers contest (Cape Gazette)
Delaware Beach Life magazine and The Rehoboth Beach Writers’ Guild are once again joining forces to hold the third annual Writing Contest for Young Writers.
- Film notes: Cult film series starts at Wealthy Theatre - MLive.com
The Meanwhile Bar is hosting four cult-classic films at Wealthy Theatre, 1130 Wealthy St. SE, through September. First up is "Repo Man," the 1984 sci-fi comedy featuring Emilio Estevez, on Tuesday, followed by "The Warriors" on Sept. 9, "The Dark ...
- MY NAME CAME FROM . . . - Seattle Times
What's in a name? All of us have thought at one time or another about our names, perhaps asking why they were given to us, or finding meanings within them. Here Emmett Tenorio Melendez, an 11-year-old poet from San Antonio, Texas, proudly presents us ...
- Scranton native’s book on Tolstoy transformed into film (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
Jay Parini has written a few shelves’ worth of books over the past four decades, from highly detailed historical novels to lyrical, nature-influenced poetry collections to hefty biographies on some of the most cherished authors in all of American letters.
- Hopper: 'Vote' ain't got that 'Swing' (New York Daily News)
Dennis Hopper is trashing a new movie: his own. The veteran actor plays Donald Greenleaf, a Democratic presidential candidate in Kevin Costner's election comedy "Swing Vote," but feels that some of the greatest parts were left out.
- MALAMA WAO AKUA - Maui News
MALAMA WAO AKUAMaui News, HI - 12 hours agoLui experimented with alternative ways to get her message across, which gave birth to a conservation-themed poetry slam in 2006. ...
- Family finds Alaska more than big buses, ships - Reading Eagle
Family finds Alaska more than big buses, shipsReading Eagle, PA - 5 hours agoMark, of Trails End Horse Adventures (he of no Web site, heck, no indoor toilet), entertained us with his dilapidated pickup truck, his poetry and songs, ...
- Ceremony honors slave heritage (Connecticut Post)
BRIDGEPORT — Terri Rudd stood next a small easel draped in white paper. At the top of the paper read the words "The Wall of Thank You." The easel was on display during the ninth annual Day of
- The Belle of the bay - Seattle Times
The Belle of the baySeattle Times, United States - 57 minutes agoFern Cove is a place that lives up to hyperbole and inspires poetry: "Walking down the driveway, the perfumes mixed: seaweed, roses, honeysuckle," wrote ...
- Felix Dennis in interview: 'Drunks talk trash, don't they?' (Guardian Unlimited)
The last time publisher Felix Dennis gave an interview, he said he killed someone. How do you top that? With a national poetry tour - and a lot of free wine. By William Leith
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