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- New U.S. poet laureate, Kay Ryan, is a lesbian - Oregonian
Arguably more interesting than her sexual orientation is the tidbit that when newly crowned U.S. poet Laureate Kay Ryan was rejected from the Poetry Club as an undergraduate at UCLA. While the New York Times article profiling the newly recognized ...
- Poet turns ordinary things grand (The Standard-Times)
Though she calls herself "a proud mono-tasker," Kay Ryan was making toast for her nephew while fielding calls about her appointment as 16th poet laureate of the United States.
- Our Lady Peace frontman delivers poetic solo album - Asbury Park Press
Our Lady Peace frontman delivers poetic solo albumAsbury Park Press, NJ - 3 hours ago... of Canadian alt-rockers Our Lady Peace, has ventured out on an introspective solo disc, "The Hunter's Lullaby," engaging his love of progressive poetry. ...
- Two Davids provide spark during American Idols Live show at Van Andel - MLive.com
David Cook waved, pointed to, and slapped hands with Liza Elder, 11, a sixth grader at East Grand Rapids Middle School. He may have even winked. The effect was not lost on Elder, whose front row seat gave her plenty of exposure to the Top 10 ...
- Byronic Burlesque Comes to Brooklyn—The Madame's Poetry Brothel (New York Press)
Some time ago, the New York Press received a small wooden box in the mail—a board game with a few poker chips in gold and silver, a pair of dice, small cards seemingly pulled at random out of a deck, some tarot cards, and a CD compilation of turn of the century boudoir music with "Play Me First!" written across the top.
- FIM instructor Ina Yoon featured soloist at orchestra concert - MLive.com
As a young girl, Ina Yoon of Grand Blanc Township dreaded practicing the piano. Now she looks forward to it. On Saturday, Flint Symphony Orchestra audiences will hear the fruits of Yoon's labor. She'll perform "Symphony on a French Mountain Air" by ...
- WBKO Hometown Hero - WBKO
18 year old avid photographer Clyde Calloway is the president of the school choir and a member of the drama club and Kentucky School of the Arts. The most recent organization he's joined is the Gay Straight Alliance. "A lot of people have joined ...
- Art with Energy - Santa Fe Reporter
Santa Fe ReporterArt with EnergySanta Fe Reporter, NM - 19 hours agoIt is a work of cinematic experimentation that will appeal more to lovers of postmodern poetry or peyote vision quests than it will to fans of traditional ...
- Among the Ghosts: Heroes and Grand Plans (New York Times)
Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, the British adventurer and diplomat, was as decisive in the creation of the modern Iraqi state as any single person.
- Father, child, water (Seattle Times)
We mammals are ferociously protective of our young, and we all know not to wander in between a sow bear and her cubs. Here Minnesota poet Gary...
- Hunting industry courting more females (The Post and Courier)
As the number of male hunters has declined, the sport has targeted women with everything from pink guns to gender-specific hunting courses. The campaign received a boost in recent weeks from the vice presidential nomination of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
- Reporter's Notebook - Lancaster Eagle Gazette
Reporter's NotebookLancaster Eagle Gazette, OH - 27 minutes agoBy BRIAN SLODYSKO • The Eagle-Gazette Staff • July 23, 2008 But in this case, Eagle-Gazettecorespondent Jack Blankenship, was instructing children in poetry ...
- Construction on the Interstate 35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge began in ... - USA Today
MINNEAPOLIS - The new span that stretches across the Mississippi River on the spot where the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed a year ago bears little resemblance to its predecessor. The sleek, white concrete swath includes the latest design and safety ...
- How Fiction Works By James Wood Farrar, Straus and Giroux 265 pp. $24 - Christian Science Monitor
How Fiction Works By James Wood Farrar, Straus and Giroux 265 pp. $24Christian Science Monitor, MA - 7 minutes agoAmong them: Joyce Carol Oates’s “The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art,” and David Lodge’s “The Art of Fiction,” which collects essays from the Guardian ...
- Spoken word artist Shihan gives performance in Den - The DePauw
Spoken word artist Shihan gives performance in DenThe DePauw, IN - 1 hour agoThe Multicultural and Community Life Office sponsored a poetry performance by spoken word artist Shihan Thursday night in the Den. ...
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