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- Seven Days in Chicago - New City Chicago
Seven Days in ChicagoNew City Chicago, IL - 2 hours agoIn 2005 he published his first book of poetry, "Slingshots (A Hip-Hop Poetica)," which focused on his childhood as a latchkey kid and his discovery of ...
- After 'August: Osage County,' a departure for Tracy Letts (International Herald Tribune)
The best news about "Superior Donuts," a valentine to both Chicago and Norman Lear, is probably its unlikeness to any of the writer's previous plays.
- Library hosts TeenSpace program, video gaming tournament - Journal Times
RACINE — On Saturday, the Racine Public Library will host a TeenSpace program and gaming tournament as part of ongoing programming to build relationships with teen patrons while generating library interest. The monthly event features free Internet ...
- Cape Cod Academy Solar Sprint team shines - Barnstable Patriot
Cape Cod Academy Solar Sprint team shinesBarnstable Patriot, MA - 2 hours ago18 to 22, offers sessions for writers of poetry and prose. Taught by published authors with extensive experience in teaching young people, these classes ...
- It may take a French poet to enjoy absinthe - AZCentral.com
Arthur Rimbaud wrote complicated, gorgeous poetry in the mid-1800s. So gorgeous, in fact, that I found myself thinking of him and his work on Saturday night as I tried to choke down his favorite cocktail, absinthe. Rimbaud, a precocious, intense ...
- Proud peafowl crossings (MLive.com)
Peacocks and peahens originally came to the Western world from Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and the Himalayas, where the birds have mystical significance.
- Iran, in a new light (MPNnow.com)
Lynda Howland, of Pittsford, recently traveled to Iran with a group from the Fellowship of Reconciliation, an interfaith peace organization. Touring historical sites and meeting with a former Iranian president, religious, cultural and political leaders, she experienced a country and culture few Americans visit.
- More campers, hikers taking along electronic gadgets - ksl.com
To be fair, those who want a pristine and silent wilderness experience should probably avoid camping in developed camp grounds or so close to roads that trailers and RVs equipped with generators can easily access the location. It is pretty tough to ...
- Writers ignite next 'black literary renaissance' - MinnPost.com
MinnPost.comWriters ignite next 'black literary renaissance'MinnPost.com, MN - 8 hours agoThat's how Arleta Little, poet and executive director of the Givens Foundation for African American Literature, describes the first annual Givens Black ...
- The voyage of a lifetime - Austin American-Statesman
Ben Edelstein rose early, clambered up the steps of the Gypsy Soul and gazed out at deep blue water. Alone in a cove in the Galapagos Islands, the former Austin real-estate broker saw nothing but 3,000 miles of water between him and the Marquesas ...
- A Whitman sampler - Conroe Courier
A Whitman samplerConroe Courier, TX - 21 minutes agoWhile the scholars acknowledged some readers initially are intimidated by Whitman’s writing, most discover his poetry and prose is worth the intellectual ...
- Molestation suspect in N.H. after Mexico arrest (The Charlotte Observer)
A sex offender who lived with a family after prison, then fled after being accused of molesting their 5-year-old son, appeared in court Friday following his return from Mexico, where he apparently spent a decade on the lam. The FBI had put Jon Savarino Schillaci (shuh-LACK-ee) on its list of most-wanted fugitives in September. Agents with the help of Mexican authorities arrested him in San Jose ...
- Music Reduced to Beautiful Math (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)
It's hard for anyone to say what music looks like, but a new mathematical approach sees classical music as cone-shaped and jazz as pyramid-like.
- Former teacher wins Montana poetry (TVNZ)
A 54-year-old former schoolteacher has won the poetry category of the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. Janet Charman has beaten strong competition from Johanna Aitchison and Fiona Farrell, with her sixth poetry collection Cold Snack.
- D Numbers want you to dance (Arizona Daily Wildcat)
D Numbers sound like the Mario Bros crashing a tandem bicycle … on acid. Not really - the three-piece experimental psychedelic band from Santa Fe, N.M. eludes description, though writers at times make a game of mashing together labels like magnetic poetry.
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