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- October Poem of the Month: Resurrection, by Amy George - Gather.com
This power-packed narrative poem by Amy George, with its interesting second person point of view, is strongly personal and experiential; so much so, it nearly defaults into first person. That is to say, while the reader can identify with the ‘you ...
- Pro-democracy activists sentenced in Burma - Independent
Pro-democracy activists sentenced in BurmaIndependent, UK - 42 minutes agoThe poem had been printed in the weekly poetry magazine Love Journal. Three defence lawyers have also been jailed after complaining of unfair treatment ...
- Puglia, southern Italy's slice of heaven - eTaiwan News
Puglia, southern Italy's slice of heaveneTaiwan News, Taiwan - 1 hour agoThe strange, stark tower is a mish-mash of styles, with Romanesque lions, Gothic vaults and Islamic-style floors. Tower sides rise 80 feet, and standing in ...
- Don’t blame war on arms industry - La Crosse Tribune
I’m writing in response to Joe Orso’s Sept. 13 Faith Page column, which seemed inappropriate two days after commemorating the seventh anniversary of 9/11. I think blaming the United States and the arms industry in propelling us to war is a bit ...
- Painter of a Vanished World - Washington Post
Painter of a Vanished WorldWashington Post, United States - 1 hour agoShe fought to get him into a good high school, where he began drawing lessons and studied mathematics, music and poetry. Step by step he worked his way ...
- SCHOOL BRIEFS (Palatine Countryside)
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- Four Years On: The Appeal of Peel - Entertainment.uk.msn.com
Look, I’m sorry, you’re going to have to excuse the indulgence. Four years after his death, it’s impossible to talk about why John Peel mattered without talking about why he mattered to the listener personally. Despite Peel’s every effort, it ...
- Tacoma gets performing arts potpourri - Tacoma News Tribune
If you had to sum up the 2008-2009 performing arts season in Tacoma, opening later this month, the word would be “different.” Of course, every organization’s lineup is unique, but most of them are pushing boundaries in audience, performers or ...
- TIME OUT: Sweet life - Business Spectator
TIME OUT: Sweet lifeBusiness Spectator, Australia - 1 hour agoIf you love poetry and plays you can spend days trailing through shelves groaning with every edition of every work featured on every university booklist ...
- Prose knows those things that can't be taught - San Jose Mercury News
Prose knows those things that can't be taughtSan Jose Mercury News, USA - 2 hours agoAnother point about that last sentence: Prose borrowed it from poetry. "Not the words themselves but the notion of the sentence is stolen from a Philip ...
- First work (The Telegraph)
Michael Down, 24, has loved poetry since he first got interested in it at age 15 - the same age he began writing poetry. "Once I fell in love with poetry, I immediately began writing my own, and hope one day to become a well-known writer," Down said.
- Book Review: How to Write Your Book (Guaranteed!) by Thomas A ... - Blogcritics.org
Thomas Williams has a knack of taking the vague and daunting and making it seem straightforward and simple. Whether it be publishing your own magazine, making money out of poetry, or setting up a freelance writing business, Williams uses simple prose ...
- Spoken-word artist leads green revolution (Oakland Tribune)
Oakland poet makes the political personal
- Hula dancing a family affair for mother and daughter (The Daily Democrat)
When people think of hula dancing, the image of grass skirts, coconut shell tops and bare midriffs often come to mind. For Woodland residents Carolyn Cabrera and Corina Guillen, who dance with the Sacramento-based Ohana (Family) Dance Group, that's not the case.
- Finding the fresh in IC - Daily Iowan
John Nkemngong Nkengasong thinks Iowa City is "fresh." No, the Cameroonian author is not making a Will Smith reference, he's referring to a uniqueness in the structure of Iowa City itself. "I admire the University of Iowa," he said. "I've been to New ...
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