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- Latitude, Leonard and the mob mind - New Statesman
New StatesmanLatitude, Leonard and the mob mindNew Statesman, UK - 22 minutes agoAfter midnight, a 45-year-old man shouts in the poetry tent: "I've only got 44 years to live!" I have a couple of "must-see" acts, including the thrilling ...
- Johnny Flynn has troubadour style - New York Daily News
The latest buzz star out of England isn't a sassy teen girl with a hit MySpace page or a neo-R&B singer who pines to be the next Amy Winehouse . It's a ye-olde-British-style folkie who uses a middle English term for his album title, writes of knaves ...
- Writer offered a young Barack Obama advice on life (Boston Herald)
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...
- Wenshun still shines brightly at 25 - Taiwan Journal
Wenshun still shines brightly at 25Taiwan Journal, Taiwan - 47 minutes agoWenshun has tackled a vast diversity of topics over its first quarter century of life. From examinations of specific writers and genres to reflections on ...
- United we stand; divided we fall - Tulsa World
The huge redwood trees in California are considered to be the tallest trees in the world. Some of them are 300 feet high and more than 2,500 years old. One would think that trees so large would have a tremendous root system reaching down hundreds of ...
- The journal - News Today Online
The journalNews Today Online, Philippines - 1 hour ago... then you labor to give birth to your piece of poetry or fiction. Spending a regular hour or two everyday writing in the journal makes the gestation ...
- Martin Levin on the 50 Greatest Books series - Globe and Mail
Earlier this year, Globe Books began a series, the 50 Greatest Books. "I know, it's an entirely presumptuous label, and no doubt we'll leave off dozens that readers feel belong," Globe Books Editor Martin Levin wrote at that time. "So why not simply ...
- Children to greet first lady - BlueRidgeNow.com
Children to greet first ladyBlueRidgeNow.com, NC - 11 hours agoCarl Sandburg, best known for his poetry and writing, moved to the farm after launching his literary career in the Midwest. He died in 1967, ...
- Montana Book Awards entries praised - New Zealand Herald
Marlborough ExpressMontana Book Awards entries praisedNew Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 1 hour agoPoetry and illustrative book entries were among the highest calibre in this year's Montana Book Awards according to one of the judges. The level of poetry ...South Island writers well represented Marlborough ExpressDebut novel shortlisted for Montana The Dominion Postall 3 news articles
- Goethe establishment slams lawyer's romance claims - Feature (EARTHtimes.org)
Berlin - Allegations of a secret love affair between a dowager duchess and Germany's greatest writer, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, have been hotly rejected this week by German literary scholars. The claims were advanced in a 2003 book by literary sleuth E...
- Druhan paintings at Gallery on Seventh - Pike County Courier
Druhan paintings at Gallery on SeventhPike County Courier - Aug 14, 2008Night Song is a visual meditation of paintings, poetry and photographic prayers that focus on the light that is present during the dark night of the soul. ...
- Nehad Selaiha attends an unusual funeral at the Creativity Centre - Al-Ahram Weekly
Nehad Selaiha attends an unusual funeral at the Creativity CentreAl-Ahram Weekly, Egypt - 1 hour agoThe sketch is a television chat show in which a poet, surrounded by a covey of cheering females in weird wigs, reminisces about an old poetry recital held ...
- 'Mapping Idyllwild' will feature music, dance, poetry at several sites (The Press-Enterprise)
What do piano practice rooms, a museum, a commercial center that looks like a life-size Lincoln Logs project and a wilderness trailhead have in common?
- Poem of the week: Fine Knacks for Ladies - guardian.co.uk
Poem of the week: Fine Knacks for Ladiesguardian.co.uk, UK - 25 minutes agoI was reminded of its existence by an essay by Clive Wilmer, published in the latest issue of that excellent poetry journal, PN Review, "Thom Gunn, ...
- Grab a marker: Poems hide in newspapers (Tacoma News Tribune)
You could be holding in your hands the start of a great poem. Figure out which words don’t belong, then share your work with us. Sometimes in poetry, it’s not so much about the words you use but the words you leave out.
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