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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.]
- FACTBOX: A glimpse of Chinese ancient literature - Xinhua
FACTBOX: A glimpse of Chinese ancient literatureXinhua, China - 1 hour agoSHI: A kind of poetry that usually has five or seven characters in a line. The form peaked in the Tang Dynasty (581-907 AD). ...
- Singing the real Baudelaire - Arts Journal
A while ago, I talked about a lieder recital, at which I thought gentility stifled all meaning . My key example was a group of songs based on Baudelaire poems -- the uneasy meaning of Baudelaire didn't come through at all. For an antidote, try Gerard ...
- From bad to verse: Vandals get classroom penance - San Francisco Gate
Call it poetic justice: More than two dozen young people who broke into Robert Frost's former home for a beer party and trashed the place are being required to take classes in his poetry as part of their punishment. Using "The Road Not Taken" and ...
- A villain with a heart of gold - Charleston Post Courier
Charleston Post CourierA villain with a heart of goldCharleston Post Courier, SC - 4 hours agoA vegetarian who neither smoked nor drank, he loved poetry and classical music, especially Mozart, and was a deep thinker who studied theology and ...
- Michael Schmidt: I'll sing for you, Gordon (Guardian Unlimited)
Michael Schmidt: He may not be as twinkly as Blair, but in his first year Brown has shown courageous leadership
- Dreaming in the library - Sheffield Telegraph
Dreaming in the librarySheffield Telegraph, UK - 1 hour agoThe poem was about a friend of hers who had died, so the tears were assumed to be about that but Leviston believes that when poets write about their own ...
- Celebrated Palestinian poet dies in US hospital - Daily Star - Lebanon
Sydney Morning HeraldCelebrated Palestinian poet dies in US hospitalDaily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon - 2 hours agoHe first gained prominence in the 1960s with the publication of his first poetry collection, "Bird without Wings." It included the poem "Identity Card" that ...Video: Remembering Mahmoud Darwish - 10 Aug 08 AlJazeeraEnglishPalestinian 'poet of the resistance' Mahmoud Darwish dies Telegraph.co.ukParting Words: The Poetry Of Mahmoud Darwish NPRHa'aretz - The Nationalall 439 news articles
- Feature writing awards announced - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
Feature writing awards announcedThe Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - 44 minutes agoHe would say that he just knew it was what he was meant to do, and he would try in fits and starts - he'd written poetry for years, even frequented ...
- Past and present collide in world-premiere production of The Uncurled ... - Greenville News
Safely secluded in the New Mexico desert, a Vietnam War-era draft resister named Zeke lives a life of contented self-exile with his wife and teenage daughter. But when his long-unacknowledged younger brother arrives bearing a bequest for Zeke's ...
- Contest: Win DSO series tickets (Detroit News)
For the second year, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, in partnership with The Detroit News, will kick off "8 Days in June," the cutting-edge music festival at The Max M. Fisher Music Center.
- The veil vs. French values (Salon.com)
A Muslim woman is denied citizenship -- some say because she wears the niqab.
- Indian River County community connection: June 30 - Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription)
Indian River County community connection: June 30Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription), FL - 2 hours agoCreative Writing, Poetry: Discussion, critiques, encourages budding writers. Indian River County Main Library, 1600 21st St., Vero Beach, 6 pm Adults. ...
- Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Arnold Wesker, playwright - Independent
Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Arnold Wesker, playwrightIndependent, UK - 1 hour agoWesker's Love Plays, Wesker's Monologues, and the playwright's first poetry collection, All Things Tire of Themselves, have all been published recently. ...
- Baring their souls - guardian.co.uk
Baring their soulsguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoThe answer might also lie in the history of poetry. Even now, male singer-songwriters are often viewed as troubadors - historically, lyric poets whose ...
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