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- The 10 most popular misconceptions about Oscar Wilde (Guardian Unlimited)
Merlin Holland is Oscar Wilde's grandson and the sole executor of his estate. He is the author of Irish Peacock & Amp; Scarlet Marquess, the first unabridged publication of the famous libel trial.Buy Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess at Amazon.co.uk
- LitTO: May 27–June 4 - Torontoist
TorontoistLitTO: May 27–June 4Torontoist, Canada - 14 hours agoLocal indie poet (and Torontoist fave) Emily Schultz is up for the $10000 English language poetry prize for her collection Songs for the Dancing Chicken. ...
- Slam Poetry Team Represents the First Coast - First Coast News
Slam Poetry Team Represents the First CoastFirst Coast News, FL - 10 hours agoJACKSONVILLE, FL -- The members of the Jacksonville youth poetry slam team, Shattered Thought, is preparing to represent the First Coast on a national level ...
- 'The Willow Tree' offers cautions about what we see - Minneapolis Star Tribune
'The Willow Tree' offers cautions about what we seeMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 54 minutes agoYoussef (Parvis Parastui, pictured), the 45-year-old protagonist, reads and types in Braille, and teaches the poetry of Rumi at a university in Tehran. ...
- Gary R. Widger Jr. - Portsmouth Herald News
Gary R. Widger Jr.Portsmouth Herald News, NH - 1 hour agoWE REMEMBER: Gary enjoyed all facets of literature, especially writing, reading and discussing poetry. He also enjoyed music and spending time at the beach ...
- Author was 'one of the finest writers Canada has produced' (The Globe and Mail)
Author was 'one of the finest writers Canada has produced'
- To the camera born - The Statesman
To the camera bornThe Statesman, India - 3 hours ago... the daughter of a cultured, politically conscious family in a Calcutta suburb. The role of a young woman with an interest in poetry and betrayed in love ...
- Dick Martin - master of wacky TV humor on 'Laugh-In' - San Francisco Gate
Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it to me!" has died. He was 86. Mr ...
- A New Troupe Deviates Far From the Norm - Washington Post
Washington PostA New Troupe Deviates Far From the NormWashington Post, United States - Jul 3, 2008... is really creative and innovative," says Alexandria writer and poet Magus Magnus, who collaborated with Chan on a poetry performance festival last year. ...
- ‘Soldiers around you, kicking, spitting, screaming, swearing’ - Nouse
‘Soldiers around you, kicking, spitting, screaming, swearing’Nouse, UK - 14 minutes ago“Lists of every country in the world, lists of every capital city in the world, the periodic table of the elements… and I wrote lots and lots of poetry, ...
- Aspen to hold poetry contest about unclaimed dog poop (Rocky Mountain News)
The city hopes to raise awareness about unclaimed dog poop in Aspen.
- London show of Bob Dylan paintings could be Million Dollar Bash - Earthtimes
London - Even before opening, the exhibition in London of 300 paintings by legendary US singer Bob Dylan promises to be a million dollar bash, as most of the work has already been sold. The Drawn Blank Series, comprising some 300 colourful canvasses ...
- Pulitzer Prize winner conducts Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society this weekend (The Capital Times)
For composer Aaron Jay Kernis, writing music is a way to explore life's fundamentals. Birth. Death. Creation and destruction, freedom and captivity. Kernis, who won the Pulitzer Prize at the age of 37 -- one of the youngest composers to do so -- will perform some of his intensely emotional, always thoughtful, occasionally playful works at the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society's series of ...
- Cheapflights.com Celebrates Gay Pride Month With Tips for Visiting ... - Forbes
It's time to kick up your heels and be "Mary!" The month of June not only marks the official start of summer, but also commemorates the anniversary of the modern gay rights movement. Cities across the globe take this opportunity to celebrate freedom ...
- Independence Day celebration - Horsham Today
Independence Day celebrationHorsham Today, UK - 5 hours agoWORTHING Library is celebrating American Independence Day with a free live poetry event of local talent. On Friday July 4 at noon, a variety of poets from ...
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