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- Talking Myself Home, by Ian McMillan (Independent)
Ian McMillan's latest collection of poems – completing nearly 30 years in the business – is subtitled "My Life in Verses". The echo of John Betjeman's Summoned By Bells, promoted in 1960 by the same publishing house as a "verse autobiography", is instant. The heart shrinks: all that archaism, all that jollity, the unanswerable question Betjeman poses ("Why is this account... not written in ...
- The Many Sides Of Barack Obama - San Francisco Gate
Then the 25-year-old Barack Obama stuck out his hand for a firm shake. He promised he'd work hard to get asbestos and other contaminants torn out of the project's houses. He had steel in his eyes. "He was such a young man, but Lord, was he smart ...
- In the next 7: Black Arts Festival; 'X Files' movie - Ann Arbor News Blog
The Black Arts Festival kicks off with a free storytelling session hosted by Ivory D. Williams at 7 p.m. Monday at the Northside Association for Community Development, 612 N. Park St. Poetry readings, children's events, arts and crafts and the annual ...
- THIS ABOVE ALL - Tribune
S ad news from Pakistan. Ahmed Faraz is dying or dead. He was, or is, the leading Urdu poet of his time and drew large crowds of poetry lovers in Pakistan and India in mushairas . I had the privilege of spending many evenings with him when I was in ...
- Erik Darling, 74; Singer-Songwriter and Folk Musician - Washington Post
Washington PostErik Darling, 74; Singer-Songwriter and Folk MusicianWashington Post, United States - 3 minutes agoIn an interview, Seeger called Mr. Darling a "tremendously talented musician with a subtle sense of poetry and musicianship. . . . He wasn't loud, ...
- Miracle Worker from Baghdad - New Era
Miracle Worker from BaghdadNew Era, Namibia - 6 minutes agoNada Yousif’s poetry reading sets the mood for Saad Eskander’s lecture. “The story I’m about to tell is a sad story, and it is always difficult to tell a ...
- Biden. Oy! Plus--Buffett on Edwards - Slate
Biden: Maybe when I get to Denver I'll find someone who'll explain to me why Biden is an inspired choice. He doesn't have gravitas. He has seniority. We've been waiting for him to mature for decades. Only Chuck Hagel (his chief competitor as Sunday ...
- Democratic Activist Composer Publishes "New Beginning" Dedicated ... - PR Web (press release)
Democratic Activist Composer Publishes "New Beginning" Dedicated ...PR Web (press release), WA - 17 hours agoHe has lead radio discussions on tone poetry and artistic process that have been included in classroom discussions and literary groups in the United States ...
- Sept. 11 events in the East Valley - East Valley Tribune
Sept. 11 events in the East ValleyEast Valley Tribune, AZ - 28 minutes agoAdmission is free. A memorial bell-ringing will take place throughout today at Scottsdale Elks Lodge 2148, 6398 E. Oak St., to honor those who died in the ...
- Flash Fiction: Violeta - Artvoice
Flash Fiction: VioletaArtvoice, NY - 10 hours agoIn The Margins occasionally includes flash fiction alongside the poetry, features, interviews and book reviews. In The Margins seeks submissions of flash ...
- NEWSĂ‚Â Mafia 'poet' attacked for being gay - Feature (EARTHtimes.org)
Rome - The Sicilian Mafia's honour code doesn't bar members from being poets, but a jailed suspect's penchant for writing verse led his fellow mobsters to assume he was gay, so as punishment, they gang-raped him. ...
- Thousands expected at funeral for Palestinian poet Darwish (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Thousands of Palestinians were expected to attend the equivalent of a state funeral on Wednesday for Mahmud Darwish, the towering Arabic poet who gave voice to their bitter decades-old struggle.
- Nominations sought for muses award - Yuma Sun
Nominations sought for muses awardYuma Sun, AZ - 36 minutes agoThe award takes its name from Greek mythology, which said that art forms ranging from poetry to music received special inspiration from a particular muse. ...
- 'On the Road' to the first Jack Kerouac Poetry Contest (California Aggie)
On the road to hosting the sixth annual Davis Jazz Artists Festival, the John Natsoulas Center for the Arts will be looking for the next generation of William Burroughs, Allen Ginsbergs and Jack Kerouacs.
- A whale of a time in Berlin - New Zealand Herald
A whale of a time in BerlinNew Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 1 hour agoSo, in the midst of everything else that was going on in his musical life at the time, Benson came up with a song about whales and emailed it away to the ...
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