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- Tall stories (The Virginia Gazette)
Colonial Williamsburg 's fourth annual Storytelling Festival will give guests a chance opportunity to tell their own stories.
- Madison poets finish third in second national bout (The Capital Times)
After coming in third at the second bout Thursday evening at the 2008 National Poetry Slam, members of the the Madison Slam Team won't be going on to the semifinals Friday night for individual pieces. They find out Friday afternoon if they'll be competing in the Group Piece Championship (Friday, August 8 at 10 p.m. in the Overture Center, 201 State ...
- Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death - Village Voice
Village VoiceAin’t Supposed to Die a Natural DeathVillage Voice, NY - 9 hours agoNominated for seven Tony Awards when it debuted on Broadway in 1971 and considered a precursor of hip-hop and poetry slams, the hit musical made a ...
- A Life In Books: John Banville - Newsweek
A Life In Books: John BanvilleNewsweek - 15 minutes agoThe book I most want my kids to read: "The Tower" by WB Yeats. They would learn, or at least glimpse, how magnificent poetry can be.
- Nigeria: A Gift of Three Books (AllAfrica.com)
Undoubtedly there is a renaissance about the reading going on in Nigeria at the moment; I can feel this rebirth creeping upon me everyday. This renewed interest in books and reading comes in several forms.
- Morgan scoops literary prize - Scotsman
Morgan scoops literary prizeScotsman, United Kingdom - Jun 20, 2008Morgan, who was made Scotland's first national poet, or Makar, in 2004, won the Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Award for his latest poetry ...
- School remembers 'gifted' teenager - St. Albans Observer
HUNDREDS of students today paid their respects to a teenager who died unexpectedly at the weekend. Fourteen-year-old Rupert Marson died at his home in Boundary Road in St Albans on Sunday morning. The 'popular and bright' boy was remembered at a ...
- Ideastream talk-show host Dee Perry talks about interviewing - Cleveland Plain Dealer
CHRIS STEPHENS/THE PLAIN DEALER Dee Perry believes some people shy away from public radio and television because they think they're elitist. "I think they re wrong." Dee Perry is Cleveland's connoisseur of arts and culture. Every weekday, she hosts ...
- Palestinians bury poet in emotional funeral - International Herald Tribune
RAMALLAH, West Bank : Palestinians gave their national poet Mahmoud Darwish what amounted to a state funeral in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday, mourning a man who articulated their sense of loss, exile and defiance. Around 10,000 people ...
- Survivor recalls bridge collapse 50 years later - Vancouver Sun
Vancouver SunSurvivor recalls bridge collapse 50 years laterVancouver Sun, Canada - 12 hours ago"It was a fascinating image I had of him dangling from his umbilical cord of oxygen," said Geddes, who will read from Falsework, his book of poetry about ...
- Osian's Cinefan Festival’s 10th edition opens - Khabrein.info
Osian's Cinefan Festival’s 10th edition opensKhabrein.info, India - 3 hours agoHe is the author of six poetry collections in Filipino and a collection of journalistic reportage in English, Days of Disquiet, Nights of Rage. ...
- Asia Beat: Jul 23 08 - The Asian Pacific Post
Asia Beat: Jul 23 08The Asian Pacific Post, Canada - 1 hour agoHe was also the general secretary of Bangladesh’ National Poetry Council. A popular Indonesian singer has been banned from giving a concert in southern ...
- GoodReads shows that people still read and love their books - VentureBeat
GoodReads shows that people still read and love their booksVentureBeat, CA - 2 hours agoAlready, a lot of people are posting their own poetry, under the “writing” section of the “explore” tab on the site. Book marketers should also take note. ...
- Clubs, concerts, comedy and more - Herald Tribune
Serves beer, wine and liquor. Karaoke, 9 p.m. today, Sun. / Mitch Clark and the House Rockers, 9 p.m. Sat. (R) / Men from Mars, 9 p.m. Tues. (R). 2525 S. Tamiami Trail. 955-0195. Cafe 1660 in the Osprey Inn A restaurant and bar with full menu. Open ...
- EL medical officer is an artist and a poet (Daily Dispatch)
HE MAY be a qualified trauma specialist, but Dr Amitabh Mitra is also a dab hand with a paint brush, and poetry is second nature to him. When he’s not indulging his passion for the arts, Mitra can be found at Mdantsane ’s Cecilia Makiwane Hospital, practising science as the chief medical officer.
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