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- NU to Offer MFA in Creative Writing (Daily Northwestern)
Starting in Sept. 2008, Northwestern will offer, for the first time, a Master of Fine Arts program for students who write poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. A part-time, evening MFA program will allow students to write a longer thesis, closer to book length, than the part-time MA program.
- Sudden Death for the Home Team - Washington Post
Washington PostSudden Death for the Home TeamWashington Post, United States - 39 minutes agoJuxtaposing edgy imagery with the repetitive calm of beautiful Arabic poetry, the novel explores the lives of Bassam and George, young men who must choose ...
- Putting the past in perspective (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)
By CASSIE SMITH Eagle Staff Writer Amos Lee White can't explain slavery. "Having servitude over someone else, well it's kind of hard for me to und ...
- Poetic justice for teens who vandalized Robert Frost's home - Concord Monitor
Poetic justice for teens who vandalized Robert Frost's homeConcord Monitor, NH - 4 hours agoAs it happened, I had just finished a book called Why Poetry Matters, a study on the role poetry can play in our daily lives that deals extensively with ...
- Student slain in drive-by (Chicago Tribune)
Family surprised that woman died in violent manner A journalism student at Loyola University was killed when someone fired into her car on Chicago's South Side Sunday night, authorities said.
- Event Calendar this week (Denver Post)
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- Review: Gloria and The Hat, by Selima Hill - guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.ukReview: Gloria and The Hat, by Selima Hillguardian.co.uk, UK - 39 minutes agoDespite Hill's recently "outing" herself as living with Asperger's syndrome, hers is a poetry of piercing emotional apprehension, lightly worn: "Although ...
- Indian River County community connection: April 28 (Vero Press Journal)
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- "Honus" cliched, but a home run to audiences - Denver Post
"Honus" cliched, but a home run to audiencesDenver Post, CO - 6 hours agoSometimes it's poetry, like when Richard Greenberg described baseball as "unrelentingly meaningful" in his Tony-winning play, "Take Me Out. ...
- Scholar's challenge seeks to change wisdom on Serenity Prayer - Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK - 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 ...
- Robinson Jeffers' home and inspiration, Tor House, opens to the public - Monterey County Herald
Robinson Jeffers' home and inspiration, Tor House, opens to the publicMonterey County Herald, CA - 2 hours ago"He built these thick granite structures while writing poetry nearly every day of his life. In the morning, he would spend hours working on the nuances of ...
- Wordsworth opens for e-books - The Bookseller (subscription)
Wordsworth opens for e-booksThe Bookseller (subscription), UK - 46 minutes agoWordsworth Editions is to sell 300 titles as e-books from this autumn with the cheapest priced at £1.75. The titles will include a range of poetry, ...
- Poet sees hope and sarcasm in Palestinian plight - Gulf News
Ramallah: Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish said on Wednesday his new works blend sarcasm and a deep sense of hope in their treatment of the decades-old conflict with Israel. Darwish drew thousands of Palestinians to a rare public reading in Ramallah ...
- World premiere includes show in CB - SW Iowa News
World premiere includes show in CBSW Iowa News, IA - 3 hours ago"The Blizzard of Voices, composed by Pulitzer-prize winning composer Paul Moravec and based on poetry of another Pulitzer winner, former US Poet Laureate ...
- Go Home Already: Wheels on the Bus - DCist.com
DCist.comGo Home Already: Wheels on the BusDCist.com, DC - 15 hours agoMarilyn Yoon, a friend of accused Office of Tax and Revenue embezzlement mastermind Harriet Walters, has pleaded guilty to possession of more than $526000 ...
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