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- Nice guys can still finish first - Detroit News
John McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, have been doing so much to help Barack Obama's presidential campaign lately. I wondered, as I watched Obama's debate performance, why he was doing so little to give them a hand. His dry ...
- Writers' Workshop grad offers art we need in times of trouble - UI The Daily Iowan (subscription)
Writers' Workshop grad offers art we need in times of troubleUI The Daily Iowan (subscription), IA - 20 hours ago"Somebody smarter than I am said there could be no more poetry after the Holocaust," Cunningham said. "I think we need art more than ever when something ...
- Donald Finkel, celebrated St. Louis poet - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Donald Finkel, celebrated St. Louis poetSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States - 30 minutes agoAdmirers described it as a new form, a fusion of text and poetry. His writing won prestigious awards. But his friends remember him best for his generous ...
- Dr. Ebtisam Al-Mutwakkil to Yemen Times: “Writing was the reason ... - Yemen Times
Yemen TimesDr. Ebtisam Al-Mutwakkil to Yemen Times: “Writing was the reason ...Yemen Times, Yemen - 50 minutes agoThanks to an invitation I received to attend a poetry rally in Iraq in 1997, the poem that carried my name in that rally was able to remove darkness from my ...
- Bad Year for MFA Graduates - mediabistro.com
mediabistro.comBad Year for MFA Graduatesmediabistro.com, NY - 1 hour ago"Now if they can only tell me what defect in my brain chemistry led to the decision to pursue poetry rather than, say, astrophysics or nursing or some other ...
- Vegas club co-owner alleges discrimination (UPI)
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- The managing partner of a Las Vegas nightclub has accused his neighbors of targeting his business due to its predominantly black hip-hop clientele.
- Wake Forest hosts poetry reading by Harry Clifton (Wake Forest University News Service)
Irish poet Harry Clifton will read from his newly-released book of poems, “Secular Eden: Paris Notebooks 1994-2004,†at Wake Forest University at 7 p.m. Oct. 27 in the Charlotte & Philip Hanes Art Gallery in Scales Fine Arts Center. A discussion will follow the reading.
- Poetry for the masses in Brighton - Chichester Today
Poetry for the masses in BrightonChichester Today, UK - 3 hours ago"Good poetry forces a kind of honesty and revelation that I just don't experience when I am writing a non-fiction book like How To Get Rich. ...
- Young Western Saharan refugees build for the future in Cuba - Reuters AlertNet
Young Western Saharan refugees build for the future in CubaReuters AlertNet, UK - 13 hours agoHafdala, whose particular loves are the theatre and writing poetry and short stories, has also won several awards in national environmental contests. ...
- Let the festivities begin - Mail & Guardian Online
The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. It's bigger and better and back with a bang -- the 2008 Soweto Festival, brought to you by Adele Lucas Promotions (ALP) and hosted by the ...
- A journey across the US in song - BBC News
BBC NewsA journey across the US in songBBC News, UK - 1 hour agoThere is just something in the cocktail of experiences that forged American place-names, that gives them a pleasing romantic resonance, ripe for poetry. ...
- Fredonia Storytelling Festival Includes Events For All - Post-Journal
FREDONIA - Spoken word performances are drawing crowds in recent years thanks to events like poetry slams and hip-hop inspired jams. But the forerunner of all these events - good, old-fashioned storytelling - is also experiencing a huge resurgence in ...
- Prose and poems praise Spokane, politics - Bulletin (subscription)
Prose and poems praise Spokane, politicsBulletin (subscription), WA - 4 hours agoWalter's work, which runs the gamut of the literary scale, ranging from fiction to nonfiction to poetry among others, has made him a leading writer in the ...
- Raymond news briefs - Portsmouth Herald News
Raymond news briefsPortsmouth Herald News, NH - 15 hours agoReadings can be an excerpt of a work, poetry, song lyrics, your own work or another's, with a time limit of 10 minutes. The format will be readings followed ...
- Dateline - September 24 - Milton Canadian Champion
Dateline - September 24Milton Canadian Champion, Canada - 2 hours agoThe open mic Express the Arts group takes place from 7 to 9:30 pm at Martindale Gardens featuring poetry, music and visual arts. ...
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