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- Nigeria: Osundare Wins Poetry Prize (AllAfrica.com)
Professor Niyi Osundare has won this year's Tchcaya U Tamsi Award for African Poetry. The prize, debuted in 1989, is named after Tchicaya U Tam'si, one of the continent's best poets.
- Ex-Supreme Court Justice O’Connor at Elko’s Cowboy Poetry (Las Vegas Sun)
Thu, May 22, 2008 (3:37 p.m.) Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has agreed to be the keynote speaker at the 25th annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko next January.
- Food/Wine events for June - AZCentral.com
Kids Summer Boot Camp: noon-3 p.m. June 3. Ages 8 and older make dishes that include handmade pasta and Italian spiced meatballs. The Epicurean Palette, 6137 E. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek. $40. 480-488-4955. www.epicureanpalette.net. Five Star ...
- Animal whisperers help you communicate with your pets - Times Daily
Ears twitching wildly, Nikki and Lucy hovered near the telephone, aroused by the caller on the other end. He was their "whisperer," and the girls had something to tell me: "Their food tastes like sawdust." Nikki and Lucy are my 10-year-old cats. They ...
- Indian River County community connection: May 4 - TCPalm
Indian River County community connection: May 4TCPalm, FL - 1 hour agoCreative Writing, Poetry: Discussion, critiques, encourages budding writers. Indian River County Main Library, 1600 21st St., Vero Beach, 6 pm Adults. ...
- Soiree gift for Dylan - Calcutta Telegraph
Soiree gift for DylanCalcutta Telegraph, India - May 24, 2008Shillong, May 24 (PTI): The birthday boy was missing but not the fanfare as songs sung by Bob Dylan in the early sixties are still “Blowin’ in the Wind” for ...
- So, How Would You Like Your Culture Clash? Joke-Filled or Sugar-Glazed ... - New York Times
CHICAGO — Tracy Letts ’s Pulitzer-and-everything-else-winning “August: Osage County” is a full theatrical meal, a nine-course tasting menu of family angst. His new play, “Superior Donuts,” which opened Saturday at the Steppenwolf Theater ...
- Five-person team from Compton nonprofit Peace4Kids to compete July 15 - Compton Bulletin
Five-person team from Compton nonprofit Peace4Kids to compete July 15Compton Bulletin, CA - 43 minutes ago“This is a (poetry) slam so it’s going to be a very energy, intense, almost aggressive competition,” he said. “All these kids from all over the country are ...
- Asia's love of 'living art' koi fish growing (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Koi, an ornamental fish which enthusiasts liken to a moving work of art, are gaining popularity across Asia thanks to changing lifestyles and increasingly sophisticated tastes, experts say.
- Keen insights but writing is strained - Louisville Courier-Journal
Keen insights but writing is strainedLouisville Courier-Journal, KY - 6 hours agoFrederick Smock chairs the English department at Bellarmine University. His forthcoming book is Craft-talk: On Writing Poetry. By Michel Marriott.
- Sub Pop 20: Individual Staff Picks (Pitchfork)
We cap our five-feature celebration of Sub Pop's first 20 years with a look at some records and artifacts from the label's history that, while they didn't make the cut in last week's Sub Pop 20, still mean something to at least one of our staffers. read more
- Bag a book - This is West Country
THE National Year of Reading is encouraging people to escape to the outdoors with a good book this summer. And eager readers can carry their blockbusters to the beach in style with the Devon Libraries’ 'Book Bag for Life'. The stylish reusable jute ...
- What We Talk About When We Talk About Authorial Intent - Gawker
You know how all Raymond Carver 's short stories are like, "We sat in the kitchen. It was raining. I poured another scotch. I drank it. She sat on the chair, drinking. We drank together a while"? Apparently they weren't always so minimalist. In fact ...
- Ugly Betty star Ashley Jensen's new role in Robert Burns comedy - Glasgow Daily Record
Ugly Betty star Ashley Jensen's new role in Robert Burns comedyGlasgow Daily Record, UK - 11 hours agoThe Scots actress will play the mother of a poetry competition contestant in No Holds Bard, a comedy documentary for the Bard's 250th birthday next year. ...
- Garlands in evidence at poetry festival - Ledbury Reporter
Garlands in evidence at poetry festivalLedbury Reporter, UK - 11 hours agoCROWNING garlands, suitable for poets, were much in evidence at the Ledbury Poetry Festival on Saturday. Ledbury businesses sponsored a mass garland-making ...Today's events Ledbury Reporterall 2 news articles
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