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- Poet aided Obama's search for black identity in Hawaii - Los Angeles Daily News
HONOLULU - At key moments in his adolescence, Barack Obama could not turn to a father he hardly knew. Instead, he looked to a left-leaning black journalist and poet for advice on living in a world of black and white. Frank Marshall Davis had his ...
- Current Issue: (Gateway)
The job and housing markets may be in a slump, but one local exchange keeps expanding. Over the past year, Omaha's shopping has exploded with chain stores that the area has never seen before with several areas around town receiving a piece of the action.
- Bevill State basketball coach pens book - Daily Mountain Eagle Online
By his own admission, Bevill State Community College-Jasper basketball coach Al Davis Blanton said it is an unusual for a basketball coach to publish a book of poetry.
- Bubble Room at Hom is about to pop open - Charlotte Observer
Bubble Room at Hom is about to pop openCharlotte Observer, NC - 56 minutes agoThis smoke-free NoDa billiards bar features open mic poetry night on Tuesdays and books live entertainment regularly. The Grape, either the University or ...
- 1936 singles guide is fun, instructive - Detroit Free Press
1936 singles guide is fun, instructiveDetroit Free Press, United States - 43 minutes agoAllshouse, a Floyds Knobs, Ind., resident, is studying to be a chef, and her free time is filled with painting, boxing and trying to get her poetry ...
- Hip-Hop: Agent for social change or angry, misogynist music? - The Gazette (Montreal)
Hip-Hop: Agent for social change or angry, misogynist music?The Gazette (Montreal), Canada - Jun 29, 2008Is it "pavement poetry that vibrates with commitment to speaking for the voiceless," as Michael Eric Dyson, a professor at Georgetown University, believes? ...
- Silly fun with teens in 'Emo! The Musical' (The San Francisco Examiner)
Teen angst - it happens to the best of us. Take a second to reflect upon those melodramatic years and recall the disaffected youth you most identified with: Were you the misunderstood artiste, the perpetually stoned slacker or perhaps the sad-sack scribe of seriously bad poetry?
- Byronic Burlesque Comes to Brooklyn—The Madame's Poetry Brothel - New York Press-Follow The Leader Blog
New York Press-Follow The Leader BlogByronic Burlesque Comes to Brooklyn—The Madame's Poetry BrothelNew York Press-Follow The Leader Blog - 1 hour agoShe wears long black gloves, gold bangles and a black dress. She's smoking a cigarette through a long holder worthy of Audrey Hepburn. ...
- Bulletin Board, Aug. 19 - Norwich Bulletin
Bulletin Board, Aug. 19Norwich Bulletin, CT - 35 minutes agoSinging, dancing, piano, guitar, poetry readings and skits. Proceeds benefit the Southeast Connecticut Community Center of the Blind. ...
- College Town - Worcester Telegram
College TownWorcester Telegram, MA - Jul 13, 2008Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the Worcester County Poetry Association will help Miss Halstead celebrate her 92nd birthday during “Rare Readings” from ...
- Yippee for Yap! - Limpopo Informant
Yippee for Yap!Limpopo Informant, South Africa - Jul 23, 2008Yap is aimed at consolidating a platform for all budding artistes whether they are involved in art, design, dance, music, fashion, modelling, drama, poetry ...
- POET LAUREATE OF THE UNITED STATES: Kay Ryan - San Francisco Gate
Though she calls herself "a proud mono-tasker," Kay Ryan was making toast for her nephew Thursday morning while fielding calls about her appointment as 16th poet laureate of the United States. From now on, the 62-year-old poet and English teacher ...
- REVIEW | House of Cards: Terry Kinney's "Diminished Capacity" - Indie Wire
Indie WireREVIEW | House of Cards: Terry Kinney's "Diminished Capacity"Indie Wire - 5 hours agoShortly after Cooper's return, and just as you're settling in for the cliched "prodigal son returns home to dysfunctional family" indie, Uncle Rollie whips ...
- 'Thanks' to the Teacher That Changed a Life (ABC News)
Decades after a teacher's inspiration, a former student says "thank you."
- Freakonomics Haiku - New York Times Blogs
Freakonomics HaikuNew York Times Blogs, NY - 58 minutes 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 ...
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