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- Buildings as poetry's canvas - Chicago Tribune
Buildings as poetry's canvasChicago Tribune, United States - 1 hour agoSzymborska, who won the 1996 Nobel Prize for Literature and who lives in Krakow, Poland, writes an elegant, spare sort of poetry that is brusque and ...PURPLE PATCH: The poet and the world —Wislawa Szymborska Daily Timesall 2 news articles
- Open wounds - guardian.co.uk
Open woundsguardian.co.uk, UK - 21 minutes agoThe narrator is horrified at both her avarice and her macabre appearance: no longer the beauty made famous by Aspern's love poetry, she resembles a "ghastly ...
- With Serena , Ron Rash Crafts a Harrowing Tale of Depression-Era Appalachia (Nashville Scene)
George Pemberton arrives at the train station in Waynesville, N.C., with his new bride Serena. Through the window he sees Rachel Harmon, the teen who used to share his bed, now swollen with child. Beside her is her very pissed-off father. This is the Great Depression, after all. The day when you ...
- Slave to the rhythm - The Age
The AgeSlave to the rhythmThe Age, Australia - 36 minutes agoAs a result, he ditched music for poetry. He is not afraid to bring politics into his art, either. The Kiki and Herb routine was born during the AIDS crisis ...
- ‘The ovary and digestive gland of a crab digs up the cabbage’ and ... - Thought Leader
‘The ovary and digestive gland of a crab digs up the cabbage’ and ...Thought Leader, South Africa - 3 hours agoChinglish is often sheer poetry or bluntly brings you back into the real world, which is a kind of poetry. For example, in Shanghai, instead of “tastefully†...
- Samford arts dean Joseph Hopkins meshes drama with robust singing - Everything Alabama
Samford University's singing dean nearly made you forget there was a presidential debate going on and a financial crisis to deal with. As McCain and Obama were debating 200 miles to the north, Joseph Hopkins was delivering wrenching romanticism at ...
- What would Emily want? (Boston Globe)
AMHERST - Exactly what inspired Emily Dickinson as she peered out the window of the bedroom where she wrote has bedeviled researchers and fans for more than a century.
- Tajikistan commemorates 1,150th death anniversary of Roudaki (Islamic Republic News Agency)
Iran - Tajikistan - Roudaki Ceremonies commemorating the 1,150th death anniversary of the founder of Persian poetry , Abu Abdollah Jaafar Roudaki started in Dushanveh, Tajikistan, on Wednesday.
- Robert Giroux, 94, editor and publisher who guided prominent author, dies (Arizona Daily Star)
Robert Giroux, an editor and publisher who introduced and nurtured some of the major authors of the 20th century and ultimately added his name to one of the nation's most distinguished publishing houses, died Friday in Tinton Falls, N.J. He was 94.
- Author and book event listings - Los Angeles Times
Author and book event listingsLos Angeles Times, CA - 14 minutes agoFestival of California Poets The Poetry Society of America, PEN Center USA and UCLA present the second annual celebration of Los Angeles-area poets; ...
- Highways of the past - Daily Freeman Journal
Highways of the pastDaily Freeman Journal, IA - 1 hour agoThe first several signs each featured one line of a poem. The final sign simply said "Burma Shave." The Burma Shave messages were not necessarily well ...
- Exploring music with redeeming value - Charlottesville Daily Progress
Exploring music with redeeming valueCharlottesville Daily Progress, VA - 8 hours agoBy Jane Norris The Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra’s next concert explores the redemptive power of love. “Music of Redemption’’ starts ...
- Skater poet in cabaret launch - Hemel Gazette
Skater poet in cabaret launchHemel Gazette, UK - Sep 30, 2008Oral Cabaret is a joint enterprise between Arts Theatre manager Angela Varley, Poetry Link and the New Writing Partnership. In addition to presenting ...
- Weeding out wedding costs - Calgary Sun
SIOUX RAPIDS, Iowa — It wasn’t your typical rehearsal dinner, but it was everything Liz Jones and Josh Dilworth hoped it would be — authentic, casual and relatively cheap. Guests by the dozens gathered in a barn on the Jones family farm for a ...
- Tim Seibles strives to build poetry fans with his readings (Columbia Missourian)
COLUMBIA - Tim Seibles has invented narrative and written prose since childhood, but he didn't come to fully identify as a poet until college. While attending Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Seibles went to a workshop held by then-faculty member and poet Michael Ryan. Ryan read poetry that did more than leave a passing impression on Seibles - it "knocked him out." "The potential for ...
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