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- Instructor remembered for art, books and life - Iowa City Press Citizen
Instructor remembered for art, books and lifeIowa City Press Citizen, IA - 12 hours agoA native of Los Angeles who later moved to Iowa City to study poetry at UI’s Writer’s Workshop, he was an internationally shown artist. ...
- Puffing the vision - Guardian Unlimited
Last night, a funny thing happened on the way to the fringe. Just outside one of Conservative conference's more marginal venues, I was confronted with a rum spectacle indeed: a large gaggle of young men, uniformly dressed in crisp dark suits ...
- Whitireia Student Wins Katherine Mansfield Award - Scoop
Whitireia writing student Joseph Ryan has been awarded the Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Novice Writer award, for his story, Stranger Than Beautiful. The awards were held 2 October at Te Papa Museum in Wellington and are one of New Zealand ...
- Former US Poet Laureate Receives $100,000 Prize - KSDK
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former U.S. poet laureate Louise Glueck has been awarded the Wallace Stevens Award, a $100,000 prize for "outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry," the Academy of American Poets announced Tuesday. Glueck, who served as ...
- MLK group plans benefit concert (The Terrell Tribune)
The MLK Celebration of Terrell, Inc. will host a benefit concert at 6 p.m., Oct. 25 at Shiloh Baptist Church. The concert will feature a saxophone performance by TISD Superintendent Kelly Rodgers.
- Press Conference With the Pope (Zenit News Agency)
PARIS, SEPT. 13, 2008 ( Zenit.org ).- Here is a translation of a 10-minute press conference Benedict XVI gave while en route to France on Friday. Q: In 1980, during his first trip, John Paul II asked "France, are you faithful to your baptismal promises?" What is your message today for the French?
- Books address racism as it affects daily lives of Indians - Billings Gazette
MISSOULA - It ain't easy being Indian. So says one of America's premier American Indian writers of contemporary Indian life. To help explain the racial complexities that permeate Sherman Alexie's work, a textbook for teachers, "Sherman Alexie in the ...
- Review: ‘Stevie’ nails complex character (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
“Stevie,†Hugh Whitemore’s 1978 film about British poet Stevie Smith, finally made it to New York in 1981 — as part of a double bill scheduled for two days — and to Milwaukee in 1983. Whitemore’s 1977 play of the same name is now rarely perform...
- Lectures / Literary Events - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Langston Hughes Poetry Society Of Pittsburgh presents a special afternoon dedicated to the celebrated poet, novelist and playwright. It includes a screening of the 2002 TV documentary, "Hughes' Dream Harlem"; a Slave Narrative presentation; and ...
- JORDANIAN ARTIST ON INSPIRATIONS AND IDEAS - British Satellite News
JORDANIAN ARTIST ON INSPIRATIONS AND IDEASBritish Satellite News, UK - 2 hours agoMona cites poetry as a big inspiration for her work – aspiring to bring the words of a poem into a touchable form. A series of her collections reflect on ...
- WeVote brings some life to the parties - The Free Press of the University of Southern Maine (subscription)
WeVote brings some life to the partiesThe Free Press of the University of Southern Maine (subscription), ME - 2 hours agoAs soon as the slam-poetry styling of the Freedom Choir began to echo their rendition of "The Times They Are A-Changin'" from the back of the Woodbury ...
- Ian Rankin: Boys need to read more comics - Glasgow Sunday Mail
Ian Rankin: Boys need to read more comicsGlasgow Sunday Mail, UK - 2 hours agoTEEN fiction author Catherine said: "I remember the first time I was able to read without help and enjoyed it rather than struggling with it - it was ...
- Frida Hyvönen Silence Is Wild - PopMatters
PopMattersFrida Hyvönen Silence Is WildPopMatters, IL - 1 hour agoby Dan Raper If Frida Hyvönen’s debut, Until Death Comes, painted her poetry and fatalism in stark black on white, her impressive sophomore effort is all ...
- Beats and bad rhymes at Bloody Awful Poetry - Evening Standard
Poetry recitals rarely make for wild nights out. I've only been to two in my life, both by mistake. There was a lot of poetry-speak - words like "alas" and "thrice" - and impenetrable jokes about iambs and trochees. I swore I'd never go to another ...
- Vegas Valley Book Festival - KNPR
Vegas Valley Book FestivalKNPR, NV - 8 hours agoThere will be 70 authors participating in readings, panel discussions, book signings, workshops, poetry and spoken word performances, exhibitions, ...
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