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- Things to do Places to go - Aberdeen Press and Journal
Things to do Places to goAberdeen Press and Journal, UK - 1 hour agoPaintings from the collections, with poetry and stories by Random Acts of Writing, and Inverness-based literary magazine, 10am-5pm, today, tomorrow, ...
- John Mckinnon - Bleacherreport.com
John does not have any lineup tags. John began his writing career as an intern for The Washington Informer in Washington, DC. After being retained as a freelance journalist, John continued his tour with the Informer for the next three years. John ...
- Greece to mark anniversary of Byron's death - San Diego Union-Tribune
ATHENS – Greece has declared the anniversary of the death of Lord Byron, the British Romantic poet who fought in its 19th century war of independence, as a day of celebration to hail Greek culture. Byron died of pneumonia fighting Ottoman rule on ...
- Poetry Archive puts American poetry readings online (Computer Active)
The Poetry Archive has added “previously unavailable or difficult to obtain", readings by 20th century American poets to its digital catalogue. This will include 61 recordings from 14 poets including Theodore Roethke, Gwendolyn Brooks and William Carlos Williams.
- Forbidden fruit in the classroom (The Age)
Sex between teachers and students may be a taboo subject but that didn't stop author Peter Goldsworthy taking it on in his new book.
- A reading of 'To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time' by Robert Herrick - The Epoch Times
A reading of 'To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time' by Robert HerrickThe Epoch Times, NY - 49 minutes agoHe shared his house with an old servant nicknamed Prew, a spaniel called Tracey and, tradition says, a tame pig. His poems contain both erotic and religious ...
- a place out of no place - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uka place out of no placeTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 14 minutes agoThat said, towards the end of the novel the poetry can seem slightly forced. A line such as Florens's, "I dream a dream that dreams back at me", ...
- Teen skateboarder killed after hanging on to Jeep - Rocky Mountain News
Arvada police continued to investigate today an accident that killed a teen skateboarder over the weekend near Oak Park. The victim, Austin Ayers, 17, died Sunday at St. Anthony's Central Hospital after he was hit earlier in the afternoon by a Jeep ...
- Diversions for August 21, 2008 (Evansville Courier & Press)
MOUNTAIN HARMONY BLUEGRASS BAND — 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Lincoln Heritage Public Library, 105 N. Wallace St., Dale, Ind. BADGETT PLAYHOUSE — Grand Rivers, Ky., "Cotton Patch Gospel," 7 p.m. today and Aug. 28 and 2 p.m. Sunday and Aug. 31; "Variety!
- Mahmoud Darwish Commemorated in London - Palestine Chronicle
Palestine ChronicleMahmoud Darwish Commemorated in LondonPalestine Chronicle, WA - 11 hours agoThe event, organised by Exiled Writers Ink, included readings from the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish and other poets, literary analyses of some of his work, ...
- On the scene: Corey Smith returns for stadium concert (The State)
STADIUM PARTY: This is how the story goes: Corey Smith wrote the rally song “Party†on his way to play a weekend gig at Headliners on Sept. 8, 2006. There was a football game the next night at Williams-Brice Stadium, and the visitors were the Georgia Bulldogs. Smith, who graduated from Georgia, is a die-hard Bulldog fan. Well, the Bulldogs are back this weekend, and so is Smith, who will ...
- Do You Really Want Science Fiction Books To Be More Literary? - io9
io9Do You Really Want Science Fiction Books To Be More Literary?io9, CA - 37 minutes agoI have no idea where this fad came from — maybe poetry? — but I still see it a lot, especially in short fiction. It used to be lists, or fake memos, ...
- Blog Digest - Siliconrepublic.com
Siliconrepublic.comBlog DigestSiliconrepublic.com, Ireland - 18 minutes ago... of office life. They conjure up images of missed phone calls and impending deadlines. What about turning post-it notes into an art form? Poetry even? ...
- Bulgarian poet Konstantin Pavlov dies at 75 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Poet and screenwriter Konstantin Pavlov, who became one of Bulgaria's most prominent intellectuals with his rare defiance of the country's communist regime, has died, a filmmakers union said. He was 75.
- "The Widows of Eastwick": A bewitching update on three aging ladies - Seattle Times
John Updike has always had his share of detractors: feminists who accuse him of misogyny, moralists who deplore his fixation on adultery, critics who carp about his penchant for verbal ornamentation over storytelling. Updike's new novel, "The Widows ...
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