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- A poet well-versed in North Korea's pain - Asia Times
SEOUL - A former court poet for North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has become a best-selling author and media sensation in South Korea, where his poems about the brutality of everyday life in North Korea have now been published for the first time. Jang ...
- Cal State S.B. student immerse themselves in Arabic - Riverside Press Enterprise
Amber Tracy spent the past academic year studying Arabic. But with a full-time job and other classes, she wasn't progressing as quickly as she had wanted. On June 23, she began an intensive Arabic program at Cal State San Bernardino, learning Arabic ...
- Local Dispatch: A Poetry Slam dunk, from the halls of Pittsburgh Sterrett (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Hey, here's an idea. Take a bunch of eighth-graders desperately consumed with what's cool, what's not, what their friends think of what they wear, what they do and what they say -- and have them deliver their hopes, dreams, fears into words on a page called a poem.
- in brief (The Glen Ellyn Sun)
Hall Quarry Beach open for season
- Arts in Zimbabwe: a movement fighting oppression - guardian.co.uk
Arts in Zimbabwe: a movement fighting oppressionguardian.co.uk, UK - 54 minutes agoIn Zimbabwe, through poetry and music, drama and books we assert our human dignity. We question our collective identity and the state of our lives, ...
- Summer activities abound at area libraries - The County Press
Summer activities abound at area librariesThe County Press, MI - 2 hours agoJenifer Iviskas Strauss will present stories; at 2 pm June 24 poetry and music will be brought to children by Kevin Kammeraad; Acting-up Company will bring ...
- Eminent critic Kashfi dead (Dawn)
KARACHI, May 15: Eminent critic, research scholar and former chairman of Karachi University’s Urdu department Prof Dr Syed Abul Khair Kashfi died on Thursday afternoon. He was 76.
- Burroughs' 'Wolf at the Table' memoir is a serious departure (USA Today)
With his new book, A Wolf at the Table, writer Augusten Burroughs proves that his memory well hasn't gone dry. He's still dipping his favorite literary bucket the memoir into the past and pulling up fresh material.
- Dinner Time, by Holly Howitt - ic Wales
Dinner Time, by Holly Howittic Wales, United Kingdom - 4 hours agoThey border between prose and poetry – lyrical, tightly compressed stories that often deliver a sudden jolt or surprise. The tour de force of the collection ...
- Calling all writers - ic Wales
Calling all writersic Wales, United Kingdom - 2 hours ago... poetry and short stories, an invitation is extended to anyone who works, lives or studies in the area to submit a short story or poem for inclusion in ...
- Doubly Blessed - Seattle Post Intelligencer Blogs
. Clifford Franklin Morningstar Today is Father's Day. I expect that my son Jeff is spending this day with his Dad, either playing golf together or watching a golf tournament on TV. My fathers are gone. Yes, that is fathers, plural. I have been ...
- McQueen's creative contributions recognised - Southland Times
McQueen's creative contributions recognisedSouthland Times, New Zealand - 14 hours agoShe has won the New Zealand Book Award for Poetry three times; in 1983, 1989 and 1991. After teaching in Dunedin for several years, she moved in 1995 to ...
- LATER dude (Sun-Sentinel)
Now Read This "My Wordz Make You Think"
- 2008 Kansas Notable Book List - McPherson Sentinel
2008 Kansas Notable Book ListMcPherson Sentinel, KS - 37 minutes agoThe Kitchen Sink brings together his newest work with a selection of earlier poetry, ranging from the brief, flickering lyric to the long, ...
- Our view: Busy City Council shouldn't have role in choosing laureate - Gloucester Daily Times
Our view: Busy City Council shouldn't have role in choosing laureateGloucester Daily Times, USA - 2 hours agoThat panel screened nine applicants and recommended Collinson, a Gloucester native who has written poetry most of her life and who works in book development ...
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