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- Book Notes - Burlington Free Press
• Middlebury College and a Weybridge resident. In his book "Why Poetry Matters" (Yale University Press, $24), Parini wrote, "Poetry matters because it serves up the substance of our lives, and becomes more than a mere articulation of experience ...
- The Movie Masochist: The unexpected, undeserving summer hit (Miami Herald)
Hollywood's stream of bad movies usually seems endless, but sometimes there's a drought. This often happens during the summer, when all the big studio movies stomp their way into multiplexes after marking their opening weekends with the noise and ferocity of rutting elephants.
- Newark writer named Delaware Poet Laureate (Newark Post)
"These projects will come to fruition over a number of years, so I just have to plug away," she said Monday. "It's like working on a poem. I'll do 50 drafts. You figure you're going to get it, sooner or later. It might not be perfect, but you'll get something that's going to be good."
- Tuesday Happy trails (The Nashua Telegraph)
Although former downtown development specialist Alan S. Manoian has unofficially retired from giving his highly informative walking tours of Nashua, the historical tidbits he shared over the years are forever imprinted in our memories. Nashua will never look the same to us again. ...
- Upward Bound students plan public event showcasing work Tuesday - The Daily Astorian
Upward Bound students plan public event showcasing work TuesdayThe Daily Astorian, OR - Jun 30, 2008The 2008 Upward Bound Summer Academy will hold a "Morning of Rhythm & Rhyme with the Upward Bound Music and Poetry Project Group" from 10:30 to 11:30 am ...
- Andrew Lycett explains the significance of a newly published Dylan Thomas film and radio script (Guardian Unlimited)
Declared unfit for military service, Dylan Thomas spent much of the war writing film and radio scripts for the Ministry of Information. One of these, The Art of Conversation, is published here for the first time. Andrew Lycett explains its significance
- Listings: 7 Days & 7 Nights (Gay City News)
Zimbabwe's Story Dance Theater Workshop presents "Chimurenga," a 60-minute multimedia solo choreographed and performed by Nora Chipaumire that is her post-revolution memoir of growing up during Zimbabwe's second war of liberation. Music by Thomas Mapfumo and Alex Potts.
- Kingsolver to speak at festival (Salina Journal)
Barbara Kingsolver, whose ability to deliver penetrating insights with a poet's grace has made her an internationally acclaimed writer, will be one of the featured speakers at The Land Institute's 30th annual Prairie Festival.
- Namibia: From a Rag And Bone Boy to Top Playwright (AllAfrica.com)
When Petrus Haakskeen was not trudging through one of Namibia's poorest villages selling bones and empty bottles well before his 10th birthday to supplement his grandmother's meagre income, he read whatever printed material he could lay his hands on.
- McCullough urges BC grads to treasure learning - Boston Globe
McCullough urges BC grads to treasure learningBoston Globe, United States - 2 hours agoInformation isn't poetry, or art, or Gershwin or the Shaw Memorial. Or faith. It isn't wisdom. Facts alone are never enough. ... One can have all the facts ...
- Martin McGuinness makes parting gift of poetry to Ian Paisley - Times Online
Times OnlineMartin McGuinness makes parting gift of poetry to Ian PaisleyTimes Online, UK - 2 hours ago“My gift to Ian Paisley was a poem I wrote some time ago,” the former chief of staff of the Provisional IRA and keen angler told dumbfounded reporters ...
- Poetry by proxy (Leader-Telegram)
Fourth-grade students at Sherman School sat back in their chairs Tuesday, listening as Adora Svitak gave them tips on how to write poetry.
- Class Acts: Mississinewa (Marion Chronicle-Tribune)
Students in Mrs. Wortinger’s third-grade class had to write Famous Scientist reports. Students learned about famous scientists and the inventions they have created.
- Peirce Poetry Slam Jam - Arlington Advocate
Peirce Poetry Slam JamArlington Advocate, MA - 10 hours agoCalling all poets to… the Peirce Elementary School’s “Poetry Slam Jam,” this Friday evening, May 9, 2008 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm The “open microphone-style” ...
- 'He's left a void' - Trinidad & Tobago Express
'He's left a void'Trinidad & Tobago Express, Trinidad and Tobago - 4 hours agoSo'Brien's cousin, Julie Ghanpat, spoke of various stages of the 35-year-old man's life; his birth, childhood, teen years and eventually the man he finally ...
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