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- 3 TO TRY - Columbus Dispatch
D ust off your lawn chairs and sense of humor. The 25th annual Doo Dah Parade will march through the Short North, Victorian Village and Italian Village Friday . This year's "Less-Than-Grand Marshal" is former Columbus Mayor Dana G. "Buck" Rinehart ...
- Goodbye high school, hello college, and feeling torn - Stamford Advocate
DARIEN - It is three days until my high school graduation and to be honest, I really don't know what I am feeling. I'm torn between being ready to move on while at the same time having to say goodbye to the people I've made strong bonds with in the ...
- 'Slam' provides local storytellers a creative outlet (The Oklahoman)
Friday afternoon, I learned about a form of comic relief that likely will appeal to office workers. It's an offshoot of the Arts Council of Oklahoma's Wintertales storytelling program and modeled after PoetrySlam, where budding poets get to share with an audience verses they've penned. OKC StorySlam does the same thing, except in storytelling form, and each month focuses on a different theme. ...
- Wednesday's Agenda, May 21 - Miami Herald
Items contributed must be received at least two days in advance at Calendar Desk, The Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Fifth Floor Newsroom, Miami, FL 33132-1693. To submit items online, go to MiamiHerald.com, click on Calendar of Events and click Add ...
- Tasmania poet wins NSW prize - ABC Online
Tasmania poet wins NSW prizeABC Online, Australia - 2 hours agoMs Lomer's second collection of poetry, 'Two Kinds of Silence', was recognised as part of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. ...
- I've had 30 lovers, Carla Bruni tells world - and it's music to Sarkozy's ears (Times Online)
Carla Bruni, the chanteuse wife of Nicolas Sarkozy, is to release a new album on which she sings of 30 past lovers and compares one of them to taking hard drugs. But rather than embarrass her husband, her work is likely to give him a boost.
- Words At Large - CBC News
Ever notice how sometimes a minute feels like a lifetime (sit ups, anyone?), and other times hours flash by? If you want to change the pace of time – or at least appear to do so – take Christopher Dewdney’s advice. In his new book, Soul of the ...
- V V: Poet beyond nature - Business Standard
"C P Cavafy is a Greek gentleman in a straw hat, standing absolutely motionless at a slight angle to the universe. His arms extended … he is going either from his flat to the office, or from his office to his flat. If the former he vanishes when ...
- Alexandra Reinhardt 1960–2004. River and Red Butterfly ... - British Journal of Psychiatry (subscription)
Alexandra Reinhardt 1960–2004. River and Red Butterfly ...British Journal of Psychiatry (subscription), UK - 2 hours agoIn her twenties she was the first deaf student at the Chelsea College of Art and continued to use the visual arts and poetry as a means of expressing the ...
- From bad to verse: Vandals get classroom penance - The Associated Press
The Associated PressFrom bad to verse: Vandals get classroom penanceThe Associated Press - 17 minutes agoAnd metaphorically you're in the woods, in your life. Look at you here, in court diversion! If that isn't `in the woods,' what the hell is `in the woods'? ...
- We are like that only - Mid-Day Mumbai
We are like that onlyMid-Day Mumbai, India - 2 hours agoYet I am named in Meitei, get goose bumps when I read Tamil poetry and speak the little Kannada that I know with a nonchalance that is quite incomparable. ...
- Reading for pleasure is crucial, say leading authors at UKLA - EurekAlert (press release)
Reading for pleasure is crucial, say leading authors at UKLAEurekAlert (press release), DC - 2 hours agoBoth Lockwood and Goodwin emphasize the importance of the family in promoting reading for pleasure and that it should take place both in the classroom and ...
- Myrtle Beach museum hosts Gullah celebration - Island Packet Online
MYRTLE BEACH -- Residents and visitors to the Grand Strand will have dozens of reasons to celebrate Gullah culture at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum's free Family Day on Saturday. There will be works of African-American artist ...
- Serenity Prayer's authorship in dispute (Pioneer Press)
Generations of recovering alcoholics, soldiers, weary parents, exploited workers and just about anybody feeling beaten down by life have found solace in a short prayer that begins: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change."
- Obituaries in the news - International Herald Tribune
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Eugenio Montejo, a Venezuelan poet and essayist who won the 2004 Octavio Paz prize, died Thursday. He was 70. The poet's publishing house said he died of natural causes. Montejo's poetry is known for its rich texture and ...
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