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- At 70 is the Wessex Scene old news? (The Wessex Scene Online)
In celebrating the Wessex Scene’s ‘70th anniversary’, it made a great deal of sense to look back at where we had come from. With seventy [seventy two –Ed.]
- Bucky Phillips' Attorney Files Appeal (R News)
The attorney representing Ralph "Bucky" Phillips filed an appeal in New York State Appellate Court. Phillips pleaded guilty to aggravated murder in the death of Trooper Joseph Longobardo and aggravated attempted murder for shooting and wounding Trooper Donald Baker in August 2006.
- Guest column: Inspirational lives of two poets - News-Enterprise
Kathleen Driskell is often kidded as being the “death poet†around Spalding University’s English department. Driskell says, however, that she agrees with Wallace Stevens in his poem “Sunday Morning†when he expresses the sentiment that ...
- Turkmen president orders removal of his autocratic predecessor's golden statue (Charleston Daily Mail)
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) -- Turkmenistan's leader has ordered the removal of a giant golden statue of his late predecessor from downtown Ashgabat, the Turkmen capital, a state-run daily said Saturday.
- Allan Ahlberg: 'The fun thing is still making the book' - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukAllan Ahlberg: 'The fun thing is still making the book'Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoThis, he points out, is his most remarkable sales statistic, since it is poetry - not the fact that the Jolly Postman picturebook and its two sequels sold ...
- Abu Dhabi launches dates festival - Middle East Online
ABU DHABI – A cultural festival on dates of the United Arab Emirates is launched Thursday in Abu Dhabi, organisers of the event said. The Mazayin Al Ratb Festival includes activities such as: dates contests, traditional handicrafts competitions ...
- Weekend Calendar (The Herald-Mail)
Coffeehouse, open mic night for teens; Caledonia State Park; Swing for Missions; Dance festival; Auto racing; Anniversary concert; Music by the Lake; Eclectic music; Allison-Antrim Museum open house; Christian music; Municipal Band
- Happy Birthday, Archibald MacLeish! - Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Daily StarHappy Birthday, Archibald MacLeish!Arizona Daily Star, AZ - 1 hour agoHe was a guest of the Ruth Stephan Poetry Center. When MacLeish was in Tucson his schedule included a meeting with reporters, attendance at a formal recital ...
- Frank Oke students strut their stuff (Scarborough Mirror)
From African dance performances to poetry readings, every student at Frank Oke Secondary School got involved with Arts Night, showcasing their various artistic talents Thursday evening.
- Snappy rhymes, beautiful pages of illustrations (San Diego Union-Tribune)
These new children's books prove that reading poetry can – and should – be wonderful: David Elliott's short, snappy rhymes pair perfe.
- COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD (Elmira Star-Gazette)
A summer aquatics camp, run by the Sullivan Trail Chapter of the American Red Cross, begins Monday in Elmira and on Aug. 1 in Waverly. The camp teaches participants to become lifeguards.
- Master of tragedy and comedy - but one for modern audiences? - BBC News
So can Renaissance humour thrive in the 21st Century? Literature and comedy from 1500-1700 comes under scrutiny at a conference at the University of Leicester, where experts will gather to ponder ribticklers such as early Tudor (or should that be ...
- Rosa's Celestial Celebration - RedOrbit
Rosa's Celestial CelebrationRedOrbit, TX - 5 hours ago"When I perform that in Sweden everyone understands the lyrics and the sadness and poetry comes through very easily, whereas here I have to translate that ...
- Pak. music band to perform in Held Kashmir for the first time - Nation
Indian Kashmir's main city was abuzz for a rare event _ a performance by a Pakistani band. The group ``Junoon'' was scheduled to perform on Sunday in Srinagar, the summer capital of the Indian-held part of Kashmir, before nearly 17,000 people, Karan ...
- Ineffable lightness of being Cesare and Jean Marie Syjuco (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines - Scrolling through avant-garde artist Cesare A. X. Syjuco’s on-line blog is an exercise in momentary displacement. There is nothing there; not a single line of his famous cryptexts or those raging dialogues between debating punctuation marks.
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