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- Renowned poet accepts AUM fellowship - Montgomery Advertiser
Renowned poet accepts AUM fellowshipMontgomery Advertiser, AL - 13 hours agoDoty, author of six books of poems, is the only American poet to have won Great Britain’s TS Eliot Prize. His third collection, published in 1993, ...
- Poetry Live! - Oregonian
7 pm at Looking Glass Bookstore, 7983 SE 13th Avenue. (OregonLive.com 8/17 Arts has an in-depth piece on the poet.) Ms. Pedersen has a long artistic association with the bookstore, and is one of many great (literate) events Looking Glass owner Karin ...
- Religion briefs - Aiken Standard (subscription)
Religion briefsAiken Standard (subscription), SC - 3 minutes agoUU troubadour and minister Ric Masten has posthumously released his final book of poetry, "Going Out Dancing;" our UU hymn "Let It Be a Dance We Do" is ...
- Stuff we like: The book of my enemy has been remaindered (Crikey)
We link to the stories we think are worth reading.
- Should Pete Doherty Be Banned? - Entertainment.uk.msn.com
As police intervene to stop Babyshambles from playing at a festival in Wiltshire, should Pete Doherty be stopped from playing live gigs? Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse like a drink together, but they’re more than just drinking buddies. They ...
- New Faculty and Staff Join OWU Community - Connect2 OWU
Connect2 OWUNew Faculty and Staff Join OWU CommunityConnect2 OWU, OH - 7 minutes agoWhile at OSU, Elliot taught courses in freshman composition and poetry writing. Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, instructor in modern foreign languages. ...
- Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope' - The Kingston Whig-Standard
Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope'The Kingston Whig-Standard, Canada - Jul 22, 2008Steel is a leader of a genre that generated $1.37 billion in book sales in 2006, outselling every market category except religion/inspirational, ...
- Book Review - Baldwin's Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin by Herb Boyd (Blogcritics.org)
Boyd pulls at the Baldwin self-doubt scab -- born black, gay, poor and ugly, not the most auspicious start in life. James Baldwin fascinates and is fascinated with Harlem. The confluence of writer and city meet in Baldwin novels, but not in the majority of them, as most readers might expect. That is the subject of the new book by Herb Boyd. The author knows Baldwin, knows Harlem and knows ...
- Modern art - Brian Chippendale, Ajit Chauhan, Dieter Roth ... - www.allbuyart.com
www.allbuyart.comModern art - Brian Chippendale, Ajit Chauhan, Dieter Roth ...www.allbuyart.com, UK - 1 hour agoAt RISD, he worked with students to typeset and print his first book of poetry, Scheisse. Neue Gedichte von Dieter Rot (Shit. New Poems by Dieter Rot). ...
- Culture shock pushed Amy Kuney to reinterpret life and the world - Ventura County Star
Culture shock pushed Amy Kuney to reinterpret life and the worldVentura County Star, CA - 5 hours agoSo Kuney had no clue about what an iPod was, or how to buy a cell phone, but was brimming with reflective poetry because she had experienced firsthand a ...
- The Poetry of April Ossmann (Good Times)
Editor’s note: This week’s Poetry Corner features April Ossmann, the author of “Anxious Music†(Four Way Books, 2007) who has published her poems widely in journals. She is executive director of Alice James Books and teaches at The Writer’s Center in White River Jct., Vt.
- Hate preacher Hamza's 'YouTube rant' from prison... as e-mail spoof puts hooks to work (Daily Mail)
A video of hardline Islamic preacher Abu Hamza, which was said to have been made in Belmarsh Prison, has appeared on YouTube. As an internet prank which puts his hooks to work spread across the web.
- Ahmed Faraz: poet of love and defiance - Daily Times
Ahmed Faraz: poet of love and defianceDaily Times, Pakistan - 1 hour agoMore of his poetry is remembered and recited by his admirers in his own country, in India and wherever Urdu is loved and spoken, than that of any other poet ...
- MU journalism school celebration touches the arts - Columbia Daily Tribune
MU journalism school celebration touches the artsColumbia Daily Tribune, MO - 9 hours agoThe University of Missouri School of Journalism continues its centennial celebration with discussions, films, art exhibits, plays, books, poetry, ...
- Being the Nation's Poet Laureate is a Total Pain [Poetry] (Gawker)
Being the poet laureate is the highest honor a poet can receive in this country. You get $35,000 and a beautiful office in the Library of Congress. (Kay Ryan just became the newest laureate, tasked...
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