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- Can't get enough of the Madison Slam Team and spoken word? - Wisconsin State Journal
Last week, 77 teams of poets from all over the country took over Madison for the National Poetry Slam competition and conference. Our own Madison team came in at #35 in that line-up (see the full results here ). That might not sound like such a great ...
- Sarah Palin Is Not A Woman, Not Really - Anorak.co.uk (satire)
Sarah Palin Is Not A Woman, Not ReallyAnorak.co.uk (satire), UK - 14 minutes agoSarah Palin Is Not A Woman, Not Really - WHY Sarah Palin is not a real women, by Menstrual Poetry: Not only is Sarah Palin not a feminist, she is . ...
- Results of Primaries for State and Local Seats (East Aurora Advertiser)
Republican incumbent Dale Volker and Democratic challenger Kathy Konst were the winners of the Sept. 9 primaries for the 59th District of the State Senate, which includes Aurora, Elma, Holland, Marilla and Wales.
- Playing for the People - Austin Chronicle
The article " Bohemian Rhapsody: Patti Smith's 12-Year Take ," about photographer Steven Sebring's documentary, Patti Smith: Dream of Life , appears in this print issue. An expanded transcript of the interview with Sebring is below. Patti Smith ...
- Track star Jason Walton killed by train - Manville News
Track star Jason Walton killed by trainManville News, NJ - 41 minutes agoJason was also part of the peer mentor program at the high school and enjoyed writing short stories and poetry. Surviving are his parents, Ernest and Linda ...
- Iranian professors to participate in Roudaki confab in Tajikistan (Islamic Republic News Agency)
Iran - Tajikistan - Roudaki A five-member group of Iranian Persian language professors arrived in Tajikistan on Wednesday. The Iranian professors are going to participate in a conference marking the 1,150th death anniversary of the founder of Persian poetry, Abu Abdollah Jaafar Roudaki.
- Q&A: "Longing for the Past Yet Belonging to the Present" - Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 1 (IPS) - Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, thousands of intellectuals, activists and poets have left Iran, many fleeing to Europe and the United States. A new book brings together the work of 18 Iranian poets from this diaspora to ...
- Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope' (KABC-TV Los Angeles)
Author Danielle Steel says she writes to 'give people hope.'
- Notable: Katrina collections - Tampabay.com
Notable: Katrina collectionsTampabay.com, FL - 6 hours agoBy Colette Bancroft, Times Book Editor To mark this week's third anniversary of the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina, three new books of poetry ...
- Norman Dello Joio, 95; Pulitzer and Emmy Award-winning composer (Los Angeles Times)
Norman Dello Joio, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer with a lyrical style who wrote works for orchestra and chorus as well as several operas and an Emmy Award-winning television score, died July 24 at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. He was 95.
- What's Happening - Fort Bragg - Mendocino Coast Calendar of Events (Mendocino Beacon)
- Love in Action Detox Forum, 1 to 3 p.m., St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Fir and Franklin, Fort Bragg. 964-1900. - Big River Lecture, Coastal Redwood Ecology by Greg Giusti, 7 p.m., St. Anthony's Hall, Lansing Street, Mendocino. 962-0470.
- City starts search 'parties' to recruit foster families for teens - New York Daily News
Luis was one teen who showed up at a recent mixer for foster parents in Queens. Valerie Benton whipped up banana custard for dessert, baked up her special chicken wings and had plenty of Cherry 7-Up for her bash in the South Bronx . She wanted her ...
- International News (Baltimore Jewish Times)
The Baltimore Jewish Times is a preeminent publication in North America, covering regional community issues and news with quality award-winning journalism, including Israel news, opinion, and analysis, giving a unique perspective.
- Attorney's rape case makes steamy fiction (Mansfield News Journal)
MANSFIELD -- Local attorney Marcus Wolf had plenty of time to reflect on his shattered life as he sat in a jail cell. Accused of rape, Wolf was looking at 25 years in prison. Everything -- his marriage, career, reputation -- was up in the air.
- Parties slam porn bill for 'potential to create conflict' - Jakarta Post
Civil society groups and two House of Representatives factions are claiming the pornography bill currently before the House violates deliberation procedures and lacks urgency due to its overlap with existing laws. The country already has several ...
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