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- The Clothesline Display from a 'Å“Friends Place' (Democrat News)
(Formerly New Way Shelter) October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The shirts hanging on the clothesline in front of the Madison County Courthouse last Friday were decorated by women and children that have received services from the (Southeast Missouri) SEMO Family Violence Council; and by family or friends of victims of domestic violence.
- Nature poet wins inaugural gong for religious verse - The Australian
Nature poet wins inaugural gong for religious verseThe Australian, Australia - 4 hours agoMark Tredinnick has won the inaugural Blake Poetry Prize with a seven-stanza work called Have you seen. Tredinnick, a former lawyer and book publisher, ...
- State announces 2009 poetry contest - KTVZ
State announces 2009 poetry contestKTVZ, OR - 13 hours ago(AP) - The Oregon Arts Commission has announced the fourth annual statewide poetry contest. The state and the National Endowment for the Arts are sponsoring ...
- Poetic Coventry youngsters love 'Larkin about' - Coventry Telegraph
Poetic Coventry youngsters love 'Larkin about'Coventry Telegraph, UK - 45 minutes agoYOUNGSTERS have been following in the footsteps of one of Coventry's most famous sons and trying their hand at poetry. Hundreds of schoolchildren wrote ...
- Jazz for All, Love for Jazz: The 29th Annual Detroit Jazz Festival - Jazz Police
Jazz for All, Love for Jazz: The 29th Annual Detroit Jazz FestivalJazz Police, MN - 18 hours ago... combinations of strings, voice and horns; his Carl Sandburg Project a futuristic approach to the epic works of one of America’s most beloved poets. ...
- Panelists to Discuss Life-End, Death Issues (Knox College)
Knox College presents a symposium, "The Right to Die and Other Ethical Issues at the End of Life," with a panel of four experts, at 4 p.m., Friday, October 14, in Kresge Hall, Ford Center for the Fine Arts, on the Knox campus in Galesburg, Illinois. The event is free and open to the public.
- NW authors to be featured Sept. 20 at Newport festival (Tri-City Herald)
NEWPORT, Ore. -- Two Northwest authors will be featured Sept. 20 at the annual Nye Beach Writer's Festival in Newport.
- Best bets - Post-Star
The North Country is a great area for bookworms this weekend, as many published authors will be speaking and signing copies of their books. If one day you hope to have a similar fate, try out your shorter pieces at Rock Hill. From Oz to Olmsteadville ...
- Angelou writing a poem about Obama - Detroit Free Press
RALEIGH, N.C.-- Upon his election in 1992, Bill Clinton — affectionately referred to as the nation's first black president — asked Maya Angelou to compose a poem and read it at his inauguration. Angelou feels a new poem welling up inside her ...
- Maine authors to judge student writing contest (Boston Globe)
Three Maine authors, including Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Ford, will serve as judges for Journey Into Writing, a statewide writing contest for high school juniors.
- LAist Interview: Jonatha Brooke (LAist)
On her sixth solo studio album, The Works , Jonatha Brooke lends her unmistakable timbre and solid songwriting skills to lyrics penned by Woody Guthrie ("This Land Is Your Land") more than 50 years ago. With the blessing and assistance of Guthrie's daughter, Nora, Brooke scoured the Guthrie archives to create one of the most intriguing albums of the year. Throughout the 13 tracks, ...
- Odds And Ends - New York Daily News
Barack Obama got to work today . The markets are down , erasing Election Day gains. Obama's win was good for newspapers . But it really was the Internet that put him in the White House, Colin Delany argues . A lot of people tuned in for election ...
- Schools learning by design to keep up with innovation - Pueblo Chieftain
Schools learning by design to keep up with innovationPueblo Chieftain, CO - 8 hours agoModern dance, poetry, neighborhood history and other creative subjects round out the school’s curriculum. The result: Students do better on tests and ...
- Since you asked … - Salon
My daughter saw a UFO while at a camp in Idaho a few summers ago. Her recitation of the event was rather cavalier; she described its dimensions and its behavior and told me there were other people with her that witnessed it. My interest was piqued ...
- Kings’ book royalties will go to educate nomad kids of Kenya - Camden New Journal
Camden New JournalKings’ book royalties will go to educate nomad kids of KenyaCamden New Journal, UK - 1 hour agoAN Islington vicar and his daughter have collaborated on a stunning book of illustrations and poetry with a Christian theme to raise money for poor children ...
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