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- Madison hosts National Poetry Slam (Wisconsin State Journal)
Eighteen has been good to Danez Smith. It's the age that he's come into his own, he says. And the age he was named Madison's Grand Slam Poetry Champion. It gets even better: Later this week, Smith (still 18), will perform his poetry in the national spotlight -- right on a Madison stage. Smith's local title win in May gave him a berth on the city's five-poet team, which will compete in the ...
- Hot Entertainment Picks: 10/03/2008 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
No Malarky: Malinky plays Union Street; Round two for dance stars; Junkyard Ghosts offer vision in poetry; West Coast meets West Shore in variety act; Fall favorite Cole returns to Northport; Destination north for furniture, arts show; Singers are styling at Bellaire church; Beat it to Elk Rapids for gallery walk
- 'To Be, Or Not To Be' Sam & Jim's 'Hamlet' to be in Houma - Tri Parish Times
'To Be, Or Not To Be' Sam & Jim's 'Hamlet' to be in HoumaTri Parish Times, LA - 18 hours ago"Almost every line is poetry. It has the most outstanding language." "Hamlet" is probably the source of more phrases that have become part of the common ...
- Offbeat moments: a book for the ages - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Offbeat moments: a book for the agesMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 2 hours agoDickson will be at Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Av. S., Minneapolis, for a book-signing at 5 pm next Sunday. • “Undoing,” a collection of poetry by James ...
- Community News - Branford Review
WAMPSVILLE - The Madison County Health Department is sponsoring a free diabetes education program for Madison County residents with Type 2 diabetes. The five-week series, "Take charge of Your Diabetes," will be held Tuesday evenings beginning Sept ...
- Hundreds turn out for Black Family Day (The Record)
STOCKTON - Aside from live music, craft booths and bounce houses, visitors to Stockton's 31st annual Black Family Day on Monday had a chance to come face to face with elite black writers of Northern California.
- Palestinian poet given 'state funeral' - Globe and Mail
Palestinian poet given 'state funeral'Globe and Mail, Canada - Aug 13, 2008RAMALLAH, WEST BANK — The body of Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry gave voice to Palestinian national aspirations, arrived on Wednesday in the West Bank city ...
- 'Bird's Nest' Ballads: Olympic National Anthems - NPR News
Morning Edition , August 7, 2008 - As the Summer Olympics get under way in Beijing, a song called "The March of the Volunteers" is likely to be heard a time or two. It's China's national anthem. As winning athletes mount victory podiums in the new ...
- Regional Happenings: Grape festival, other events slated - Baxter Bulletin
Regional Happenings: Grape festival, other events slatedBaxter Bulletin, AR - 23 minutes agoCelebrate America's Western culture with music, storytelling and poetry recitations by working cowboys. Concerts planned both evenings. ...
- Celebrating Poetry - Hartford Courant
Celebrating PoetryHartford Courant, United States - 6 hours agoThe appointment of a new national poet laureate is especially newsworthy in Greater Hartford, home to one of the nation's biggest and most successful poetry ...
- Religious retreats help guests find peace - Asbury Park Press
Religious retreats help guests find peaceAsbury Park Press, NJ - Aug 1, 2008The woman washing dishes described herself as a Sufi Christian. That afternoon, there would be a discussion of the mystical, reverent 13th-century poetry of ...
- LITTWIN: Welcome! And please like us, really - Rocky Mountain News
LITTWIN: Welcome! And please like us, reallyRocky Mountain News, CO - 1 hour agoMost days of the year that are not in August, you can actually see the white peaks and the purple majesty and write, if you need to, your own poetry. ...
- Creative Expressions is an ideal local outlet for artists - Lake County Record-Bee
Creative Expressions is an ideal local outlet for artistsLake County Record-Bee, CA - 45 minutes agoOr if I was publishing an article about a poet, I would include a short poem as a sample of his or her work. But as far as creative short fiction went, ...
- Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Mary Oliver comes to Ketchum - Sun Valley Online.com (press release)
Sun Valley Online.com (press release)Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Mary Oliver comes to KetchumSun Valley Online.com (press release), ID - 1 hour agoThis collection of 61 poems—the most ever in a single volume of her work—includes a dazzling cycle of 11 linked love poems and a new sense of urgency about ...
- Iranian scholar to speak at TU - Tulsa World
Iranian scholar to speak at TUTulsa World, OK - 11 hours agoHis three latest collections of poems have broken poetry sales records. The TU lecture series is presented by an endowed chair created in memory of Darcy ...
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