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- Behold, a happy poet - The Independent
After a shaky start, Wendy Cope has become that rarest of things: a best-selling poet, and also a contented one. Christina Patterson meets a true oxymoron "Sometimes", said the poet Sheena Pugh in a poem which was, for a while, plastered all over the ...
- Love, National Gallery, London (Independent)
Love seems a theme more suitable to a poetry anthology than an art exhibition, so it's fitting that the first item on show is Tracey Emin's embroidered, partly illegible love poem, sprinkled with appliqué roses: "Those Who Suffer Love (I'm OK Now)". Heartfelt, skew-whiff, hand-made to the point of being rubbishy, it's disarming and directly tackles the theme. Round the corner, things get a bit ...
- 30 memorable years of dance for Carl Campbell - Jamaica Gleaner
Jamaica Gleaner30 memorable years of dance for Carl CampbellJamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 1 hour agoHowever, the initial project was not limited to dance as it included drama, music, dub poetry (using sign language) and writing. ...
- Adam Golaski publishes book of short stories - Abington Mariner
Adam Golaski recently had a book of supernatural ghost stories, “Worse than Myself,†published. However, the book may not feature the kind of horror one might expect. Golaski explained that many people refer to this type of writing as being ...
- Tempted by the illusion of greatness (Asbury Park Press)
In a previous life, I remember wondering out loud about Mark McGwire's assault on one of our cultural treasures, baseball's single-season home-run record. Something didn't feel right to me. I wasn't alone, either. But the skeptical voices of 1998 were drowned out by an unrestrained celebration that was enthusiastically endorsed by Major League Baseball.
- Kingsized, Save Our Bookstore and more - Creative Loafing Atlanta
Kingsized, Save Our Bookstore and moreCreative Loafing Atlanta, GA - 1 hour agoDay two offers a "pay what you can" sliding-scale fee for an afternoon with Poetry Atlanta and Kodac Harrison. Fri., 7:30 pm; Sat., 2 pm 545 N. McDonough ...
- Languages and music: natural partners in education - On Line Opinion
Of course students in Australian schools should be learning languages other than English (LOTE). Other writers have presented a number of excellent reasons for making it mandatory. But it seems that nobody has raised another crucial point: languages ...
- The longest day - The Saginaw News - MLive.com
The longest dayThe Saginaw News - MLive.com, MI - 16 hours agoSeveral residents will bring poetry to read during the event. Others are encouraged to read poetry of their own, said Museum Director Marilyn Wheaton. ...
- Police to beef up enforcement on Tropicana (Las Vegas Sun)
Metro Police will be targeting a stretch of Tropicana Avenue this weekend for increased traffic enforcement.
- ?A Writer?s People? (New York Times)
?Early in 1949, in Trinidad, near the end of my schooldays, word came to us in the sixth form of Queen?s Royal College that there was a serious young poet in one of the smaller islands to the north who had just published a marvellous first book of poems.?
- Brown, Dixon, and Swallow Added to 'Romantic Poetry' Cast - Broadway World
Manhattan Theatre Club ( Lynne Meadow , Artistic Director; Barry Grove , Executive Producer) is pleased to announce full casting for the upcoming world premiere of ROMANTIC POETRY, a new musical by John Patrick Shanley and Henry Krieger. The show ...
- The Chinese Olympic Journey - Fool's Mountain
The Chinese Olympic JourneyFool's Mountain, San Francisco - 25 minutes agoWe had a president who sang opera, danced, recited poetry and Lincoln speeches, and groomed on camera at state banquets on his foreign visits. ...
- Revisit times that inspired Key's 'Star-Spangled Banner' - Courier-Journal
Aug. 1 was Francis Scott Key's birthday, making this an ideal time to visit Fort McHenry in Maryland and learn about the battle that inspired Key to write the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner." The fort sits on the Patapsco River, and it was from ...
- The fearless explorer - Ottawa Citizen
The fearless explorerOttawa Citizen, Canada - 28 minutes agoEven at the close of the free-wheeling '70s, the sight of Chouinard urinating into a bucket was shocking enough to get her banned from the Art Gallery of ...
- Fred Dean: Situational pass-rusher made most of his opportunities - Canton Repository (subscription)
Canton Repository (subscription)Fred Dean: Situational pass-rusher made most of his opportunitiesCanton Repository (subscription), OH - 1 hour agoUltra-shy, an introvert who wrote poetry, Dean preferred Louisiana to team facilities to hone his craft. "What I did was work in the offseason at home to ...
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