Poetry news via Google, MSN, and Yahoo!
- In Nairobi’s slums, E.C. Glass teacher finds hope - Lynchburg News and Advance
Surrounded by appalling poverty and thousands of miles from home, E.C. Glass High School teacher Patty Worsham at first wasn’t sure where she fit in. She was in an urban slum in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi to deliver supplies donated by Glass ...
- CULTURE-PAKISTAN: Afghan Refugee Poets Behind Pashto Revival - Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, May 28 (IPS) - Afghanistan’s tumultuous history of the last three decades is behind the incredible popularity of poetry in Pashto, the language of the majority Pakhtoons in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The Pakhtoons ...
- London On The Cheap - Londonist
LondonistLondon On The CheapLondonist, UK - 34 minutes agoWednesday: A free mid-week jazzy/world music/poetry/acoustica party in Dalston that goes by the name of the Last Mango in Paris? Sold. Er, free. ...
- WELCOME (Belfast Telegraph)
Are you flying abroad for a break? If you are, I hope you have better luck than the poor passengers stranded in the chaos of Dublin airport. There is no doubt that a foreign holiday this time of year is a very attractive option.
- Can iPhone restaurant picks be trusted? (Dallas Morning News)
If you were searching for a restaurant that would please almost anyone, Dressler, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, might well be it. Good-looking? Definitely. Menu? Contemporary American, with a mix of fish, meat and meatless options.
- School comes first, but he's looking at several different avenues for the future (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
Myles Ledet was 17 and in the ninth grade for the third time when he and several family members left Metairie, La., as Hurricane Katrina roared toward the Gulf Coast in 2005.
- Writer offered a young Barack Obama advice on life - Boston Herald
H ONOLULU - 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 ...
- The seven year scratch - C-Ville Weekly
C-Ville WeeklyThe seven year scratchC-Ville Weekly, VA - 11 hours agoBefore Brown was even born, Braun was publishing stories and sports poetry for the Detroit News, and in 1966 published her first The Cat Who… novel—seven ...
- Santa Fe Opera Film Series Premieres 'The Magic Flute' - HULIQ (press release)
Santa Fe Opera Film Series Premieres 'The Magic Flute'HULIQ (press release), NC - 2 hours agoSimon is the author of seventeen books, most recently Dreamers of Dreams: Essays on Poets and Poetry, John Simon on Theater, John Simon on Film and John ...
- Famous Faces of European Collection Showcased in Installation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Art Daily)
Lullaby: Madame Augustine Roulin Rocking a Cradle (La Berceuse), 1889. Vincent van Gogh (Dutch (worked in France), 1853–1890). Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Bequest of John T. Spaulding. Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
- 118 more things to do today >> - Seattle Weekly
Slipknot, Disturbed, Five Finger Death Punch, 36 Crazyfists, Black Tide White River Amphitheatre Wed., July 9, 1:00pm South King County Foo Fighters KeyArena Wed., July 9, 7:00pm Queen Anne Girl In A Coma, Papermache, Jerry Peerson, Stop Motion ...
- Are you the best poet in the district? - St. Albans Observer
Are you the best poet in the district?St. Albans Observer, UK - 2 hours agoOne poet from St Albans and Harpenden will be selected to represent the region in an annual best of UK poetry book. As well as having their work published ...
- Nigeria: Roli Odeka - Orchestra Amazon That Feeds Hope to Hopeless ... - AllAfrica.com
Roli Hope Odeka is one of the very few notable Nigerian art ambassadors who is doing the country proud in the outside world. Based in Milan, Italy, her name does not strike any strange chord to anyone who is conversant with the classical opera ...
- In Iraq, The Love Stories Are Gone - Common Dreams
BAGHDAD - As statistics go, at least 655,000 Iraqis have died as a result of the occupation, now in its fifth year. Every one of them has left behind once loved ones to mourn the loss and to think of what might have been. This is the land of the ...
- OECTA's Young Authors Awards recognize excellence in student writing - Canada NewsWire (press release)
OECTA's Young Authors Awards recognize excellence in student writingCanada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 7 hours agoWinners are selected from hundreds of entries across the province for poetry, short stories, plays and non-fiction. "These pages are filled with creativity ...
|
|
Refinance today and save!
Florida Mortgage
December 2007 Mortgage News
|