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- John Lundberg: American Indian Slam Poets (HuffingtonPost)
Slam poetry gives Indian American high-schoolers a chance both to explore and express their rich culture and to celebrate the music and rhythms of American Indian languages.
- Poets show 'verse-atility' onstage - Jamaica Gleaner
Jamaica GleanerPoets show 'verse-atility' onstageJamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 5 hours agoWhen Nobel laureate Derek Walcott pointed out the natural relationship between film and poetry at the 2008 Calabash International Literary Festival, ...
- Share this article: - BurlingtonFreePress.com
Share this article:BurlingtonFreePress.com, VT - 2 hours agoFuture Wednesdays will feature more music, art, poetry and stand-up comedy with thematically matched food. Co-owners and sisters Chantal and Lia Beliveau ...
- Aberystwyth student wins National Eisteddfod crown - Daily Post
Aberystwyth student wins National Eisteddfod crownDaily Post, UK - 2 hours agoHe learned the strict metre poetry at school in Carmarthen with his friend, Eurig Salisbury, who has also won major awards at the Urdd National Eisteddfod. ...
- WHO IS JOSEPH GRANVILLE? - RushPRnews.com (press release)
WHO IS JOSEPH GRANVILLE?RushPRnews.com (press release), Canada - 2 hours agoIt not only was a Travelogue in poetry, but also his philosophy of life. While a sophomore at Duke University, Joe enlisted in the Navy in 1943. ...
- Valley Native Has Small but Huge Role in Shepard Play - RedOrbit
Valley Native Has Small but Huge Role in Shepard PlayRedOrbit, TX - Jul 27, 2008The Bethlehem native stands silent for four to five minutes in nothing but a slip and a cowboy hat. Her only act is to hand the hat to the man who tossed it ...
- Poignant, personal tour of Bulgaria - New Zealand Herald
Poignant, personal tour of BulgariaNew Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 2 hours agoKapka was a bird of passage in our literary scene - she published two novels and a couple of volumes of poetry here, before departing for Scotland - but a ...
- Guest column: Lesson for teachers: To care and not to care - Des Moines Register
One morning last fall I found a line from T. S. Eliot's poem "Ash Wednesday" swirled in purple marker across the front whiteboard of my classroom: "Teach us to care and not to care." The elegant penmanship told me it was Trudy, my friend and fellow ...
- Thoughts in Exile - Egypt Today
THE WORDS OF Iraqi novelist Alia Mamdouh keep ringing in my ears long after I leave her eighth floor room at the Shepheard Hotel. Her powerful, captivating voice masterfully delivers the Arabic language in a distinct Baghdad accent. “When you’re ...
- August 11 (Boothbay Register)
Believe it or not we actually had two nice days this past week. Tuesday was sunny as was Sunday. Bob Treend, long time Island visitor and his newest lady friend, Carol Look of Houston, Texas visited the Woolsons for four days. Luckily they experienced one of the nice days.
- Author’s top ten of towering Welsh castles - WalesOnline
Author’s top ten of towering Welsh castlesWalesOnline, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoWe know more of Dinas Bran in legend, poetry and art than in history, for despite its lofty site it was quickly seized by the English in 1277 and again in ...
- End-of-year school obligations drive parents batty (Las Vegas Sun)
Wed, Jun 4, 2008 (2:02 p.m.) My son's baseball teacher scheduled an end-of-year, mother-son game the other day, and it was a blast. The 5-year-old boys "won" (wink wink), but not before us moms got to hit a few grounders and run the bases in Central Park in the middle of a work day.
- Mahmoud Darwish: A People and a Poet - World Press Review
Mahmoud Darwish: A People and a PoetWorld Press Review - 13 hours agoMy heart ached with all of the unhealed Palestinian losses that are recalled with each new loss—losses Darwish made sure to record in his poetry. ...
- Estelle Getty, thank you for being a friend (Salon.com)
The Golden Girl died this morning at the age of 84.
- Persepolis (2007) (New York Times)
Marjane berated by fundamentalists. “Persepolis” is a simple story told by simple means. Like Marjane Satrapi ’s book, on which it is based, the film, directed by Ms. Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, consists essentially of a series of monochrome drawings, their bold black lines washed with nuances of gray.
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