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- Bartlett library gets $2,500 grant (Daily Herald)
The Bartlett Public Library has received a $2,500 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to host The Big Read in the Bartlett community. It is one of 208 libraries, municipalities and arts, culture, higher education and science organizations to received the grant.
- Book events - Greenwich Time
FERGUSON LIBRARY Poetry Reading Classic poetry for teens and adults. 2 p.m. South End Branch, 34 Woodland Ave. 351-8280 or www.fergusonlibrary.org. SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY WSHU Public Radio Join the Conversation British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver ...
- Did Van Gogh Need More Sleep? Starlit Obsessions at MoMA Show - Bloomberg
Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Sunflowers aside, Vincent Van Gogh was captive to the night. The nocturnal sky is full of brightly ringed stars and spirals in ``The Starry Night,'' one of the top draws in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art ...
- Nigeria: Jude Dibia Or Kaine Agary - Who Wins 2008 NLNG Literary Prize? (AllAfrica.com)
allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience
- This Sunday, be 'Surprised by Joy' - Portsmouth Herald News
This Sunday, be 'Surprised by Joy'Portsmouth Herald News, NH - 1 hour ago... as "dark," "beautiful," "haunting," and "charming" will complement the poetry with five of her own pieces, as well as works by JS Bach and Pergolese. ...
- Glad to be back home - Clay County Democrat
Glad to be back homeClay County Democrat, AR - 39 minutes agoHe said I could write about any subject I wanted--old memories of Rector, politics, poetry, song writing, or whatever. Now that I have accepted his ...
- Culture Briefs - Washington Times
Washington TimesCulture BriefsWashington Times, DC - 1 hour agoThe poem begins: 'Marlene Dietrich is singing a lament / for mechanical love.' Ginsberg portrays Dietrich as 'a life-sized toy, / the doll of eternity. ...
- Canadian author Margaret Atwood rejects social campaigner role - AFP
AFPCanadian author Margaret Atwood rejects social campaigner roleAFP - 1 hour agoAtwood has written more than 30 books of essays, poetry and fiction. Her 1985 science fiction novel "The Handmaid's Tale" set in a United States that is run ...
- 'The Sacred Book of the Werewolf: A Novel' by Victor Pelevin - Los Angeles Times
'The Sacred Book of the Werewolf: A Novel' by Victor PelevinLos Angeles Times, CA - 29 minutes agoThe lines she quotes are fake-Auden, written by the American satirist Ian Frazier in a 2002 parody for the New Yorker called "The New Poetry. ...
- Association Plans for a Temporary Rink (East Aurora Advertiser)
Whether or not the proposed ice rink on Riley Street will go to the next stage of village review, or if the East Aurora Village Board will give a "positive declaration" requiring additional environmental study under New York's State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) law was unclear during the board's Tuesday night work session.
- Posted By ELIZABETH YATES - Brantford Expositor
Posted By ELIZABETH YATESBrantford Expositor, Canada - 10 minutes agoPlans for afternoon include beat poetry readings, interactive games, painting sessions with a live model and an exhibit featuring the work of Brant Studio ...
- Dolly Parton's Imagination Library being planned for Midland - My West Texas
Country-western singer/songwriter Dolly Parton will be making her mark on Midland students -- indirectly -- through her Imagination Library, a program that sends books to youngsters newborn to 5 years of age for $28 a year. Midland Independent School ...
- In Your County for Nov. 3, 2008 (Press of Atlantic City)
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- Armantrout's Poetry "Reflects the World" (The Harvard Crimson)
With the waning day peaking through the windows that look out onto Prescott Street, Rae Armantrout, one of the world’s most famous living postmodern poets, seated herself at a mahogany table and began to read to a couple dozen audience members amidst the stately decor of the Plimpton Room of the Humanities Center.
- A Poem for the Pentagon - New York Times Blogs
New York Times BlogsA Poem for the PentagonNew York Times Blogs, NY - 2 hours agoOnce I was comparing notes with a friend much more literary than I about modern poets we enjoyed reading: Philip Larkin, of course, and then we both said, ...
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