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- Widely ridiculed poet's original works sell for $12,840 (San Diego Union-Tribune)
EDINBURGH, Scotland – The vocabulary is poor and the rhyme excruciating, but a collector paid $12,840 for original works by William Topaz McGonagall, internationally celebrated as the worst poet ever to assault the English language.
- Children's book deals with school disaster - Morning Sun
Now the 73-year-old Mt. Pleasant resident has not only authored a book she's had it published. "Life is Fragile: One Girl's Look at the Bath School Disaster" is a children's novel written from the perspective of a 12-year-old girl who grew up on a ...
- This week's hot 5 events (Arizona Daily Star)
Sound of Paint: Five-day event merges music, art
- Celebrate the Genius of Shel Silverstein This Month - Market Wire
CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - May 7, 2008) - Shel Silverstein was a prolific illustrator, songwriter, playwright, poet, and author. Perhaps best known for his classic children's books, Silverstein was also a Grammy-winning artist (Best Children's Album ...
- What's On: Stage - Toronto Star
What's On: StageToronto Star, Canada - 28 minutes agoYou and Me by Marlo Thomas and friends, mixes skits, poetry and music to celebrate the individual in every child. Presented by the Randolph Young Company, ...
- Listen to the prize-giving at the recent Griffin gala, as well as ... - CBC.ca
CBC.caListen to the prize-giving at the recent Griffin gala, as well as ...CBC.ca, Canada - 1 hour ago(Photo credit: Lynn Davis) This week’s podcast features recordings from the Griffin Poetry Prize event. Along with the awards presentations and acceptance ...
- Poet Peter Gizzi Reads at Haverford - Bi-College News
Poet Peter Gizzi Reads at HaverfordBi-College News, PA - 1 hour agoBy Sean Hughes Haverford recently hosted an outstanding poetry reading by Peter Gizzi, an accomplished poet and the poetry editor for The Nation. ...
- Singer dedicated to donor program - Courier-Post
CAMDEN — When Darryl Mapp learned that the Gift of Life Donor program had made arrangements to hold an awareness night at Friday's Riversharks game, the Cherry Hill resident was quick to offer his services to the cause. A former standout basketball ...
- What’s up with that? (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
SHOCK THE MONKEY n A curious classified in the April 29 Chronicle caught the eye of more than a few bargain hunters who discovered they harbored previously unrealized yen for a discounted exotic pet.
- Juneteenth celebrated locally - Daily Iberian
Juneteenth celebrated locallyDaily Iberian, LA - 4 hours agoBY MARY CATHARINE MARTIN THE DAILY IBERIAN It might be tempting to answer “The Emancipation Proclamation,” but it wasn’t until two years later, ...
- Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang-ke takes new approach with '24 City.' - Los Angeles Times
CANNES, France -- By necessity, Jia Zhang-ke is a filmmaker who responds to current events with the instincts of a newshound. Not only is the 38-year-old director the most prominent Chinese filmmaker of his generation, he also has come to assume the ...
- Art shock troops mock Russian establishment - Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Carrying bags of stolen groceries, Oleg Vorotnikov takes out the batteries of his mobile phone before entering the secret headquarters of his underground art collective on the outskirts of Moscow. "This is to prevent the cops from ...
- Big day for small book publishers (Scarborough Mirror)
"It's a real cool thing for us to be part of," said Liisa Ladouceur, one of the many small publishers - and authors - who will be on hand this Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. at the Toronto Small Press Book Fair being held at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, 750 Spadina Ave.
- MY TAKE - Facing up to our limits - Holland Sentinel
In a recent commentary in another publication, U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra argued that the solution to our oil crisis is to increase our oil supply. His various ideas range from opening the Outer Continental Shelf and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ...
- Planet writer, ‘Wordwoman,’ named poet laureate (Telluride Daily Planet)
In keeping with Colorado’s rich history as a state that both inspires and nurtures the art of poetry, San Miguel County resident Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer has accepted a second two-year term as the county’s poet laureate. As poet laureate, she will continue to promote the literary arts both locally and throughout Colorado.
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