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- A heart to do good - Culpeper Star Exponent
A heart to do goodCulpeper Star Exponent, VA - 2 hours agoIn her spare time, BT enjoys photography and writing poetry. “I will stay busy, I think,” she said last week. “I am a busy person.” BT said she’d still work ...
- The house where Al Purdy lived is on the block - Globe and Mail
The house where Al Purdy lived is on the blockGlobe and Mail, Canada - 26 minutes ago“Certainly there are some philanthropists that really do revere Purdy's memory and his poetry,” he added, referring specifically to Scott Griffin, ...
- Letters: Oxbridge admissions (Independent)
David Blunkett, discussing Oxbridge admissions (report, 21 July) falls into the same trap as most commentators in assuming that the problem of a high proportion of independent-school admissions to Oxbridge lies with the universities themselves.
- Vote for the Winner of the Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder Contest (Kansas City InfoZine)
The U.S. EPA Aging Initiative, in partnership with Generations United and the Rachel Carson Council Inc., invites the public to vote for their favorite submissions for the Second Annual Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder Intergenerational Poetry, Essay and Photography Contest.
- Maui poets to compete in National Poetry Slam - KHNL News 8
WAILUKU, Maui (KHNL) - For the first time in three years, a team of poets from Maui will compete in the National Poetry Slam in Madison, Wisconsin. Maui SLAM! is sending four of Hawaii's top spoken-word poets to compete in the annual championship ...
- Etruscan Press Names New Managing Editor - Wilkes University
Etruscan Press Names New Managing EditorWilkes University, PA - 8 hours agoThe press released two publications that were National Book Award finalists: Shoah Train, a poetry collection by William Heyen, and Chromatic, ...
- A few things to Go & Do this week - Portsmouth Herald
Wednesday is Reptile Night at Great Bay It's another family night at the Great Bay Discovery Center on Aug. 6 — and this time it is Reptile Night. Wildlife Encounters of Rochester will be bringing live reptiles to the Hugh Gregg Center for a 6:30 p ...
- FSC student is poetry finalist (Sentinel & Enterprise)
FITCHBURG -- A Fitchburg State College student was recently named a finalist in the first annual Worcester County Poetry Association College Poetry Competition.
- Michael X: A Life In Black And White, by John Williams (Independent)
Sometimes reading makes one feel old. As the fag end of the swinging Sixties merged into the sobering Seventies, John Williams was "a little white kid growing up in South Wales", seeing the Angry Brigade, the IRA and Black Power as distant spectres from the adult world. By contrast, I was newly married to a jazz musician and living in affordable Notting Hill, crossing paths with many of the ...
- Sun Road events planned June 27 - Daily Inter Lake
Sun Road events planned June 27Daily Inter Lake, MT - 21 minutes agoOde to the Road Poetry Contest at Belton Chalet from 7 to 10 pm. The poetry contest will reflect the unique and historic character of Going-to-the-Sun Road. ...
- Bosnia's butcher poet - The Australian
Bosnia's butcher poetThe Australian, Australia - 34 minutes agoIn 2005, he thumbed his nose at the world by publishing a book of poetry, Under the Left Breast of the Century. From Pale, Ljiljana reacted yesterday to his ...
- Political Plays to the Silent Center - Weekend America
Weekend AmericaPolitical Plays to the Silent CenterWeekend America, MN - 3 hours agoPolitical speech is not very different from poetry, and often it can just be about the resonances of how the syllables sound together. ...
- Fallen Idol Worship - New York Times Blogs
Dark Knight, dark life: “ It’s time to stop the canonization of Heath Ledger . He’s not a tragic hero. He’s not a beautiful martyr. He’s just a pretty good actor who did away with himself and broke the hearts of his family and friends, and ...
- Roger Rees on Shakespeare in one-man show (San Francisco Chronicle)
"That's been the tragedy of my life, actually. I've always looked younger than I am," Roger Rees says, perhaps only half in earnest. "I was 36 when I played Nicholas Nickleby," he continues, referring to his breakthrough, Olivier and Tony award-winning title...
- Film, reissues pull Joy Division's Curtis from shadowy myth - Chicago Tribune
Joy Division singer Ian Curtis has the dubious distinction of being a momentous rock performer revered for the wrong reason. Joy Division's music was good enough to stand the test of time without becoming embalmed in a tragic melodrama. But when ...
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