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- Fairfax Woman Named Nation's Poet Laureate (KRXI-TV Reno)
FAIRFAX, Calif. -- Kay Ryan, a 62-year-old Fairfax resident, was appointed today by the Library of Congress as the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-09.
- Showtime's 'This American Life' fares better in second season (The Wichita Eagle)
On radio, "This American Life" is a treasure -- a brilliantly conceived form of quirky, true-life storytelling that has spawned a host of imitators and stands with the finest work the medium has delivered. But on TV last year, not so brilliant. While the first season on Showtime was promising, mistakes were made -- even host and executive producer Ira Glass says so. "I feel proud of what we ...
- Antique quilts featured in Traveling Trunk Show - WMI Central
Most aficionados of cowboy poetry know Yvonne Hollenbeck as a nationally acclaimed cowboy poet and singer. Not everyone knows she is also an award-winning quilter. Hollenbeck will be driving all the way from South Dakota so she can share her historic ...
- Library Corner: Mothers’ Club raises funds for Children’s Room - Wicked Local Manchester
Library Corner: Mothers’ Club raises funds for Children’s RoomWicked Local Manchester, MA - 44 minutes ago... recite your favorite poem, you could even dress up like your favorite poem or poet. Help us bring Poetry to Life as we celebrate Poetry Aloud Here at ...
- The Wright Stuff - Seattle University
Seattle UniversityThe Wright StuffSeattle University, WA - 49 minutes ago(Maps won the 2007 Independent Book Publishers Award for Poetry.) Seasons of Mangoes and Brainfire, Wright's previous book, received the Blue Lynx Prize and ...
- I cast Ann Savage as my mother - guardian.co.uk
I cast Ann Savage as my motherguardian.co.uk, UK - 5 hours agoI believe her ear for music extends to the music of poetry, and good film dialogue. Ann does not intellectualise these things, but she feels them - it's ...
- Considerate despot - Examiner
Considerate despotExaminer, Australia - Jun 23, 2008His opposite number, Stalin, wrote poetry as a young man, and Mussolini was influenced by Italy's avant-garde futurist movement. ...
- Pupils trace links to founders of high school - Otago Daily Times
Pupils trace links to founders of high schoolOtago Daily Times, New Zealand - 3 hours agoOn Friday, the Sutherland brothers introduced the guest speakers at the special welcoming assembly and Sam read poetry at the organ recital in the Hall of ...
- Kenya: Barack Obama And the Graveyard of Hope - AllAfrica.com
Kenya: Barack Obama And the Graveyard of HopeAllAfrica.com, Washington - 4 hours agoWe do not even remark on the haunting wastage of all this shining accomplishment - Micere Mugo sings her lyrical poetry for Americans, and we do not even ...
- Blogs › The Real World: Life After College - Anderson Independent-Mail
It was an unexpected transfer that took place Sunday morning as I packed the car to head back to Greenville after a weekend back in Conway with the family. I'd traveled alone, as we have so much to get done at home that Jonathan wanted to try and ...
- Motorcyclist jailed in passenger’s death - Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Pier 1's top executive tells shareholders he's on the right track Love and marriage bloom in one man’s garden The longtime teacher who wrote poetry was her church’s historian Barnett Shale drillers work overtime to recruit college graduates ...
- Video: Latitude festival will be 'magical' - East Anglian Daily Times
THE organisers of Suffolk's Latitude festival are confident of making it a hat-trick of successful events next month, packed with “magical” music and “phenomenal” theatre. At a press day for the event held this afternoon, festival director ...
- Obama v. Clinton: A Retrospective - London Review of Books (subscription)
Obama v. Clinton: A RetrospectiveLondon Review of Books (subscription), UK - 5 hours ago... he took the occasion of this extraordinary moment in American history not to congratulate the first African-American nominee, but rather to deride, ...
- A & E Briefs - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
A & E BriefsDubuque Telegraph Herald, IA - 7 hours ago... Sunday, July 20 at BRIO Art Gallery, 116 S. Main St. Swanberg, founder of the Rock River Poetry Contest, has been a teacher and poet for 30 years. ...
- With pencil in hand, poets come to the sand - Delmarva Daily Times
LEWES -- Poets William Claire, Billie Travalini and Jamie Brown are scheduled to read from their work at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 12 at the Lewes Library at Adams and Kings Highway. Claire is a nationally known poet, essayist and literary critic, who ...
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