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- Poets wrestle on stage with their muse (San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5)
There were no rhyming couplets or odes to lovers. This was full-contact poetry, with visceral words bouncing and flying around like, well, like lucha libre wrestlers bouncing off the ropes of the ring.
- Home and away: Globetrotting in the Bayou City - Houston Chronicle
Home and away: Globetrotting in the Bayou CityHouston Chronicle, United States - 1 hour agoAndrei Codrescu would love: Open-mic poetry night every Tuesday. Fung's Kitchen, 7320 Southwest Freeway, Suite 115, 713-779-2288, www.fungskitchen.com. ...
- Kenyan School Born Out Of Mother's Loss - WYFF
Kenyan School Born Out Of Mother's LossWYFF, SC - 1 hour agoA photo of Maggie is hanging on the school's wall, and her poetry book has been translated into Swahili. "To see her book in another language -- it is a lot ...
- Dylan Moran: Mr Mumbly-Stumbly - Daily Telegraph
"When I was young, all the politicians looked like ancient Latin teachers or greengrocers," says Dylan Moran. "They were mumbly, stumbly men with their hair blowing in their eyes, walking into trees, opening the wrong door. They had no idea how to ...
- Writers to present free reading Friday (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
Poet, essayist and scriptwriter Kim Gyeongmee from South Korea and writer, editor and translator Kyaw Win from Burma will present a free reading at 5 p.m. Friday in the Shambaugh House, 430 N. Clinton St.
- Charles King (The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register)
KING, Charles "Bud" William, 79, of Paden City, W.Va., died Tuesday, August 26, 2008, in St. Joseph Hospital, Parkersburg, W.Va. Bud was born November 16, 1928, in Jacksonburg, W.Va., the son of the late Daniel W. and Blanche Myers King.
- Mahmoud Darwish, poet of the Palestinians, dies - Reuters
CitizenMahmoud Darwish, poet of the Palestinians, diesReuters - 2 hours agoBy Mohammed Assadi and Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry his fellow Palestinians embraced as the voice of ...Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dies Calgary Heraldall 223 news articles
- Eric Hartley: A poetic break from sound bites (The Capital)
I happened to ask myself that the other day when a slim volume of poetry caught my eye on the new books shelf at a library. I couldn't remember the last time I'd read one poem, let alone a book of them, so I picked it up. Somehow, though, I haven't found much time to read it yet.
- American revolutionary - Salon
Telegraph.co.ukAmerican revolutionarySalon - 2 hours ago... the Democrats selected the first African-American presidential nominee in history, decades before the poets, preachers and certainly the political ...Obama's Grand Speech: Reason for Hope Mother Jonesall 2,364 news articles
- Texas Leads Nation in Drunk Driving; MADD Advocates Gather in Dallas Sept. 4-6 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) supporters convened in Dallas to kick off their annual national conference today at the Hilton Anatole Hotel, located at 2201 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas. The focus is MADD's Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving, which focuses on techniques and technologies that can eliminate drunk driving. Texas leads the nation in drunk driving and Dallas County is ...
- Republicans Approve Party Platform - The Bulletin
Prior to drafting the 2008 Republican Party Platform - the party's thoughts about and plans for handling different issues - the party set up a Web site asking for input from the public. The Republican Party Platform is without an overarching title ...
- Will Fitzhugh: High school students should be assigned the reading ... - History News Network
Will Fitzhugh: High school students should be assigned the reading ...History News Network, WA - 1 hour agoOf course, fiction, poetry and drama may be the focus of concern for the National Endowment for the Arts, but would not the reading of history books in the ...
- Sculptor's latest work honors role models - Oakland Tribune
OAKLAND — Sculptor Mario Chiodo began his life-long fascination with history at age 5, when he first learned about Abraham Lincoln. As he grew he devoured biographies of Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony and Mahatma Ghandi. He got lost in the ...
- LAist Interview: Jonatha Brooke (LAist)
On her sixth solo studio album, The Works , Jonatha Brooke lends her unmistakable timbre and solid songwriting skills to lyrics penned by Woody Guthrie ("This Land Is Your Land") more than 50 years ago. With the blessing and assistance of Guthrie's daughter, Nora, Brooke scoured the Guthrie archives to create one of the most intriguing albums of the year. Throughout the 13 tracks, ...
- Reverence for the power of the spoken word - Chicago Daily Herald
Voice of AmericaReverence for the power of the spoken wordChicago Daily Herald, IL - 8 hours agoPowerful ideas cloaked in passionate poetry and heartfelt delivery can and should continue to take us to that higher place in our hearts. ...Snapshot of the Convention Lake Oswego Reviewall 361 news articles
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