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- Writers capture poetry awards (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
Recent graduates of the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop have captured two of the poetry world's most prestigious first-book awards.
- Lord Byron's life of bling, booze and groupie sex - The Sun
The SunLord Byron's life of bling, booze and groupie sexThe Sun, UK - 40 minutes agoCurator David McClay said: “Two centuries later, many have never read a word of his poetry but most have heard of his lifestyle.
- Film And TV - Nypress.com
“Look at me, man, I’m trying to close a bar.” Jud Mongel was holding a broom in one hand and a dustpan in the other. He had more important things to do than talk about his new, hipper-than-thou Greenpoint bar, Five Leaves, and I’d started to ...
- Newmarket news briefs - York Weekly
Newmarket news briefsYork Weekly, NH - 5 hours agoThe second Thursday of every month from 7 to 9 pm is "An Evening of Spoken Word" at Crackskull's Books & Cafe on Main Street. The poetry open mic night is ...
- Art Recycled (Honolulu Advertiser)
"Eco/Logic," on display at The ARTS at Marks Garage, is an environmentally themed art exhibition coinciding with Hawaii Conservation Week. Its 31 artists address issues as global as peak oil and as local as the pollution on O'ahu's beaches, ultimately expressing the interconnectedness of our precarious ecological system.
- Star power meets philanthropy with celeb charities (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Bono battles the AIDS epidemic. Leonardo tries to make the world a greener place, and Martha has a soft spot for animals.
- Wilmington's N. Madison St. kids to end summer with party (The News Journal)
Neighbors on Wilmington's North Madison Street know the drill.
- Africa and SA’s best to play for Mandela - Sowetan
Africa and SA’s best to play for MandelaSowetan, South Africa - Jul 30, 2008He said Mandela’s life would be reflected through poetry, traditional instruments, praise singers and archival footage . A children’s programme will be ...
- Ha Jin wants to visit China - Forbes
On a trip that's put him the closest to his homeland in 23 years, Chinese-American author Ha Jin says he wants to visit China but expressed frustration with censorship of his books. The 52-year-old National Book Award winner told The Associated Press ...
- Business forum: Your story? Just the facts, ma'am - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Business forum: Your story? Just the facts, ma'amMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 4 hours agoSimple, direct statements in government-style, gray-flannel prose. No lying, no embellishing. Leave out the poetry. Write in clear declarations that begin ...
- Scorched Jimi Hendrix guitar sells for Ă‚ÂŁ280,000 - Daily Telegraph
The rock legend torched his 1965 Fender Stratocaster at the end of a show at the Astoria in Finsbury Park, north London, in March 1967. The stunt sent roadies rushing to put out the flames and left Hendrix needing treatment for minor burns. But amid ...
- Out and about - Eagle-Tribune
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Elvis Week, the annual Elvis celebration at the late superstar's home in Graceland, is scheduled to get underway on Aug. 9. The nine-day event will feature several new activities and entertainment, including "Elvis, From Broadway ...
- Emmett Till subject of Southern Quarterly - Hattiesburg American
Emmett Till subject of Southern QuarterlyHattiesburg American, MS - Aug 19, 2008Among the 15 poets who contributed works are Sonia Sanchez, considered by many scholars as one of the most prolific and distinguished African American poets ...
- Teaching ‘poetry slam’ (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
Workshop will meld contemporary poetry with modern energy
- Poet’s village lives only in memory - The National
Poet’s village lives only in memoryThe National, United Arab Emirates - 12 minutes agoAl Birwa, the village where Darwish spent his earliest years, exists today as little more than a memory – even if one immortalised in his poetry. ...
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