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- Story shorts - 30/09/08 - Lancashire Evening Post
Story shorts - 30/09/08Lancashire Evening Post, UK - 2 hours agoHighlights include an evening of poetry and music at the Minster, the traditional festival dinner, a multicultural evening at the Harris Library, ...
- Determined Montana wordsmith travels writing path - Montana Standard
KALISPELL — For as long as she can remember, Kathy Dunnehoff of Kalispell wanted to become a writer. She credits her Whitefish third-grade teacher Dewey Hartman with nurturing and encouraging her aspiration. "I wrote a play in class that was put on ...
- Young writers inspired by island culture - Virgin Islands Daily News
ST. JOHN - Tales of mocko jumbies, speaking trees and reflections on freedom take center stage in "Words Dancing in the Wind," a 60-page kallaloo of poetry and prose produced by 13 students after three weeks in the Virgin Islands Young Writers Camp.
- Teen Talk: Don't feel bad for grieving loss of cat (The Sacramento Bee)
I had a pet cat who had to be put to sleep a month ago. I had her for 10 years and I'm 15, so that's two-thirds of my life.
- Linda Bierds' poem reshapes experience into metaphor - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
Linda Bierds' poem reshapes experience into metaphorThe Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - 2 hours agoI love the extravagance of this kind of writing, from the repetition of sounds to the heightened phrases in the short lines, such as in this pair: "waxed ...
- Brocton-Portland Festival fun, despite rain - Observer Today
PORTLAND - The weather refused to cooperate for the Friday and Saturday events planned by the Brocton-Portland Festival committee. It rained both days, putting a crimp in the activities held at the Portland Town Park. But, as festival committee co ...
- Anthony Westbury: 'Friends, Romans' listen to this - Fort Pierce Tribune
Anthony Westbury: 'Friends, Romans' listen to thisFort Pierce Tribune, FL - 1 hour ago“If you can motivate a child to learn, you’ve done your job,†Weingart said. “Why Shakespeare? We wanted the best for our kids, we wanted the world’s ...
- CD review: Human Host - The Halloween Tree - The California Aggie Online
CD review: Human Host - The Halloween TreeThe California Aggie Online, CA - 10 hours ago... elements of theater and physical comedy and all this other stuff, like manipulation of light, visual art, writing, prose poetry," Apichella said. ...
- Obama's credibility gap is visible (The Australian)
THERE is a yawning gulf between the eloquent poetry of the Democratic candidate's rhetoric and the dull prose of his political record.
- Darwin's Belated American Birthday Present - Common Dreams
Today is the anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth (the 199th, as it happens) and, as usual, scientists around the world will hold ceremonies honoring the man responsible for the foundational insight of modern science - the theory of evolution by ...
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish in critical condition after heart ... - Ha'aretz
Sydney Morning HeraldPalestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish in critical condition after heart ...Ha'aretz, Israel - Aug 9, 2008... the 67-year-old poet, known as the national poet of Palestinians, is in difficult condition at an American hospital after undergoing open heart surgery. ...Video: Remembering Mahmoud Darwish - 10 Aug 08 AlJazeeraEnglishPalestinian national poet Mahmoud Darwish in critical condition The Canadian PressPalestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 Kansas City StarKhaleej Timesall 435 news articles
- Ten things to do at the 2008 National Poetry Slam in Madison (Isthmus)
The National Poetry Slam, or NPS, is the Super Bowl of spoken word. For months, slams featuring thousands of poets are held across the country, building up to late spring when teams are selected at scores of city championships. These squads then practice all summer for a shot at glory at the national competition, which will be held this week for the first time ever in Madison. In short, ...
- Uncommon Senselessness | Horacio Castellanos Moya's novel -- his first translated into English -- views atrocity ... (Pittsburgh City Paper)
The genocide that accompanied Guatemala's long-running civil war has been called "the silent holocaust." From about 1960 until 1996, when peace accords were signed, an estimated 200,000 civilians died. Most were indigenous people of Mayan descent, and most perished, often horrifically,... By Bill O'Driscoll.
- Review: The Act of Love by Howard Jacobson - Telegraph.co.uk
Review: The Act of Love by Howard JacobsonTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 12 minutes agoSo if that character gushes on interminably, you are left with this sort of runny prose: "erotic transport even when it is as extruded as mine enjoys close ...
- River View Players Artist Development Project Debuts September 7 ... - Newswire Today (press release)
River View Players Artist Development Project Debuts September 7 ...Newswire Today (press release), UK - 2 hours agoThe event will feature award nominated poet, author and actress, DuEwa Frazier (Founder, Lit Noire Publishing), Grace Jones of The AUDELCO Awards, ...
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