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- Booker winner squares up to narrative poem for John Llewellyn Rhys prize (Guardian Unlimited)
Aravind Adiga shortlisted for this year's John Llewellyn Rhys prize alongside Adam Foulds's The Broken Word
- Farid Farjad in Turkey - www.worldbulletin.net
www.worldbulletin.netFarid Farjad in Turkeywww.worldbulletin.net, Turkey - 3 hours agoIranians just love poetry. They love to express themselves in this way. It's true, though, there are some pieces that are more effective when you have a ...
- Vet's poem inspired by sacrifices of comrades - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Vet's poem inspired by sacrifices of comradesPittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - 2 hours agoBy Chris Togneri Ideas strike Chuck Parnell, a Marine veteran who writes poetry, at the oddest of times. "When inspiration gives a nod, it just comes," said ...
- Pick what you read, Part II - Examiner.com
Pick what you read, Part IIExaminer.com - 2 hours agoby Robert Schwab, Denver Literary Examiner So, I'm finishing the October issue of Poetry magazine, specifically a letter to the editor from Isaac Pressnell ...
- June dance program reaches back to roots (Massachusetts Daily Collegian)
Spoken word. Hip-hop. Jazz. Gospel. Blues. Spirituals. The history of American music and dance is intricately bound to the evolution of African music.
- Poet Hayden Carruth dies - Newsday
MUNNSVILLE, N.Y. - Hayden Carruth, an award winning poet who wrote about the people and places of northern Vermont , has died. Carruth, who lived in Vermont in the 1960s and 70s, died Monday at his home in Munnsville, N.Y. after suffering a stroke a ...
- Charlotte Kohler dies; had edited literary magazine (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Charlotte Kohler dies; had edited literary magazineA11 As a child growing up in Richmond, Charlotte Kohler enjoyed reading "Billy Whiskers" children's books. A love of the written word developed from that time and stayed with her during a long career as editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review and an associate professor of English at the University of Virginia.
- Airing my dirty laundry - Regina Leader-Post
Airing my dirty laundryRegina Leader-Post, Canada - 6 hours agoThis behaviour is well-documented in tomes of bad poetry penned in that period, which have since been suppressed for the good of everyone involved.
- Whose America now? Not Gore Vidal's - Huffington Post
Whose America now? Not Gore Vidal'sHuffington Post, NY - 4 hours ago"Slaves have a hard time making poetry," he said, relishing the shock factor, "unless it's got a beat." Vidal, like many of his generation and social ...
- Father thankful Powell remembered son who was killed in Iraq - Morris County Daily Record
STAFFORD -- Feroze "Roy" Khan spent much of Monday putting together an e-mail to Colin L. Powell to thank him for keeping his son's memory alive. On Sunday's "Meet the Press," Powell concluded his endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., by ...
- Poetry reading in Fanwood Sept. 16 - Scarlet Scuttlebutt
Poetry reading in Fanwood Sept. 16Scarlet Scuttlebutt, NJ - 2 hours agoAn open mic will follow the featured performance, so bring a poem of your own and join in the reading. For information, call 908-889-7223 or 908-889-5298. ...
- Religion and Native Americans - SitNews
Religion and Native AmericansSitNews, AK - 23 minutes agoThirty years ago I wrote a small book of poetry called The Aboriginal Sin about my years at the Indian mission boarding school. I was viciously attacked by ...
- Scholars Defend American Literature (The Harvard Crimson)
With the announcement of the Nobel Prize in literature expected in the coming days, many literary hopefuls are sure to be on the edges of their seats as American authors like Philip Roth, John Updike ’54, and Joyce Carol Oates are considered for the prize.
- Persian poetry of rebellion hits a classical note - Payvand
PayvandPersian poetry of rebellion hits a classical notePayvand, Iran - 7 hours agoIt was formed by five outstanding musicians who create original compositions based on both the modern and classical poetry of Iran. ...
- The Pathetic Monster - OpEdNews
The Pathetic MonsterOpEdNews, PA - 6 hours ago... and a foundling of mysterious breed named Alfalfa -- all collectively known as Our Gang -- he spends his time "productively: writing poetry, ...
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