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- USC's Poetry Initiative accepting manuscripts for chapbook contest - Times & Democrat
COLUMBIA -- The South Carolina Poetry Initiative at the University of South Carolina is accepting entries for the state's fourth annual chapbook contest. Chapbook entries must be postmarked no later than Sept. 30, and winners will be announced Oct ...
- Oak Park Festival's 'Lughnasa' a powerful force - Arlington Heights Post
Late in the second act of the restless poetry that is Brian Friel's drama "Dancing at Lughnasa," an undertow of wildness and raw, instinctive sensuality roars up like a tidal wave. Until now, the underlying pull of unfettered, primeval emotion has ...
- Holbrook brought street cred to Twin Cities writers’ market (Pulse of the Twin Cities)
Writer-editor-administrator Carolyn Holbrook, well known as SASE: The Write Place founding artistic director, is a singular presence in Twin Cities lit.
- Wales under wartime terror (NewsWales)
A novel set in Wales during the Second Wold War will be the subject of a talk by its author at Llangollen Library on Saturday. Owen Sheers's debut novel Resistance is described as a hymn to the glorious landscape of the border territories and a gripping portrait of a community under siege.
- Iranian Ambassador visits Cambridge - Cambridge Network
Cambridge NetworkIranian Ambassador visits CambridgeCambridge Network, UK - 1 hour agoPeter Avery's lifelong interest in Persian poetry began when he was introduced to a translation of the poems of Omar Kayyam as a child. ...
- The spy who loved books - Scotsman
The spy who loved booksScotsman, United Kingdom - 21 minutes agoAnd, it seems, for writing. The book includes dashes of his own poetry and prose, including Portrait of the Artist as a Young Horse, in which he recalls the ...
- Lesbian activist Del Martin dies - Gay.com
Lesbian activist Del Martin diesGay.com, CA - 1 hour agoDOB, which was named after an obscure book of lesbian love poetry, initially was organized to provide secret mutual support and social activities. ...
- Directing history: Alison Carey guides commissioning of new ... - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
The Oregonian - OregonLive.comDirecting history: Alison Carey guides commissioning of new ...The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - 4 hours ago"We wanted to create, over 10 years, a kind of poetry of the history of the US, not a survey of that history." Within the "American Revolutions" theme, ...
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- An Interview with Steven Wingate - Newwest.net
Steven Wingate ‘s debut book, Wifeshopping , is a collection of witty, insightful stories centered on men’s quest for love and marriage. Wingate has been teaching composition and creative writing at the University of Colorado since 2001, and last ...
- Former AP Haiti correspondent Michael Norton dies - Boston Globe
Michael Norton -- who spent nearly two decades covering Haiti's coups, rebellions and disasters for The Associated Press -- died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He was 66. Norton chronicled the turmoil that followed former dictator Jean ...
- Short Takes: Movies for the weekend of July 25-27 - New York Daily News
Documentary about the unofficially segregated social balls leading up to Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama . (1:20) Unrated. At the IFC Center . Director Margaret Brown 's quiet, small-town documentary about the social mores and segregation in her ...
- Keeping up with local arts scene - Herald News
To stay up to date on the activities of local and national performance artists, tune to 1340-AM WJOL radio. Every other Sunday night since May, writer, editor and Joliet West High School English teacher Mark Eleveld, and singer and co-owner of the ...
- Rob Hughes: Carribean Conundrum - Scotland on Sunday Online
THE SO-CALLED Lightnin' Bolts on the Olympic track this past week would not have surprised Louise Bennett. More than 40 years ago, Bennett, Jamaica's very own Rabbie Burns, wrote Colonization in Reverse, in which she foresaw her boys and girls re ...
- Current Releases - UC Riverside
Current ReleasesUC Riverside, CA - 2 hours ago(June 5, 2008) Hip-hop poetry, Renaissance art and Afro-Brazilian music are among the workshops UC Riverside’s annual Gluck Summer Camp for the Arts will ...
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