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- Tribute: Mary Lois Shepp had a way with words - Kansas City Star
Love of words: When Mary Lois Shepp had a hysterectomy in 1987, she did what she always did in moments that needed uplifting: She wrote a limerick — this time, as a goodbye to her womb. “For every occasion, normal occasions and invented occasions ...
- Local poet's book of poetry nominated for Pulitzer Prize, National ... - TriVallyCentral
Having touched the lives of countless persons within Connecticut and without, West Hartford resident and poet Bob Jacob's latest book of poetry, "Perspective," was nominated recently for two highly prestigious literary awards, the Pulitzer Prize and ...
- 'The 351 Books of Irma Arcuri' by David Bajo - Los Angeles Times
'The 351 Books of Irma Arcuri' by David BajoLos Angeles Times, CA - 7 minutes agoBajo uses words and equations to the point of poetry, particularly when he evokes the world created by Cervantes and the theories of pendulum mathematics as ...
- A side of soul and charm - Chicago Tribune
A side of soul and charmChicago Tribune, United States - 2 hours agoHunter took ownership of the club two years ago when she was looking for a new direction in her life after her husband died. She gave the building a face ...
- Thunder and Lightning on the Keys, With Some Intermittent Sunshine - New York Times
New York TimesThunder and Lightning on the Keys, With Some Intermittent SunshineNew York Times, United States - 50 minutes agoBut these moments seemed not to engage Mr. Rose nearly as much as the feistier, flashier ones, and in retrospect, most seemed less like poetry than like ...
- Reconsiderations: 'Life Studies' by Robert Lowell (The New York Sun)
Even before Robert Lowell published "Life Studies," his masterpiece, in 1959, he was widely regarded as the best American poet of his generation. But for most of the 1950s he was also completely blocked, managing to write, as he later recalled, just "five messy poems in five years." The problem was not that Lowell had failed to master his chosen style — the symbol-studded, ambiguity-laden, ...
- Poet Kay Ryan is named poet laureate - Sioux City Journal
NEW YORK (AP) -- Kay Ryan, award-winning poet, mountain bike rider and self-described "modern hermit," will soon be going to Washington. The Library of Congress announced Thursday that the lifelong Californian, whose compressed, metaphysical poetry ...
- Tuesday Map: Iran's blogosphere, inside and out - Foreign Policy Passport
Foreign Policy PassportTuesday Map: Iran's blogosphere, inside and outForeign Policy Passport - 1 hour agoEach dot represents a blog, color-coded by content (yellow and green for reformist, secular and expatriate bloggers; purple for Persian poetry; ...
- Virtuoso guitarist knows how to be sexy without really trying - TheNewsTribune.com
Virtuoso guitarist knows how to be sexy without really tryingTheNewsTribune.com, WA - 1 hour agoTake a man raised in Italy, who’d studied flamenco with the Gypsies and classical guitar with Andrés Segovia, throw in a talent for poetry and some killer ...
- Remember when: 25th anniversary on cruise ship was a memorable moment (Stuart News)
Our 25th wedding anniversary was March 26.
- Stockton youth seek to give city positive spin at poetry event (The Record)
Loreal Nelms is going to Washington, D.C., to make a statement about her hometown.
- What's on this weekend - Newbury Weekly News Group
Newbury Weekly News GroupWhat's on this weekendNewbury Weekly News Group, UK - 2 hours agoDoors open 8pm, poetry 8.30pm. – Classical guitarist Morgan Szymanski. A performance of works by Iannarelli, Mangore, Lauro, Roth, Tarrega and Bellinati. ...
- Indexed: Nuttiness - New York Times Blogs
New York Times BlogsIndexed: NuttinessNew York Times Blogs, NY - 4 hours ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- 'Unique' poetry day staged in Dunstan - Southland Times
Southland Times'Unique' poetry day staged in DunstanSouthland Times, New Zealand - 21 minutes agoOn display were the Montana Book Award finalists, and any profit from the night would purchase some of them for the school library.
- iUniverse Top 5 Selling Titles for June (PR.com)
iUniverse, the leading book marketing, editorial services, and supported self-publishing company, announced its top five sellers for the month of June. [PR.com - July 21, 2008]
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