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- 3 THINGS TO DO TODAY - San Jose Mercury News
Poetry Center San Jose's monthly "Poetry First!" event features an open mike session and readings by Carolyn Dille, finalist for the Poetry Society of America's Emily Dickinson Prize, and Linda Lappin, author of the forthcoming collection "Not Far ...
- When Philosophy Hits the Street - Dar Al-Hayat
When Philosophy Hits the StreetDar Al-Hayat, Lebanon - 16 hours agoThe songs of Sheikh Imam and the poetry of Ahmad Fouad Nagm were the apex of revolutionary philosophical thought. Some of those who borrowed the slogans of ...
- The 'lighght' of conceptual poetry - The Daily Utah Chronicle
The 'lighght' of conceptual poetryThe Daily Utah Chronicle, UT - 41 minutes agoPick out your favorite book, poem or whatever and type out five pages of it. Opposing Ezra Pound's dictum to "Make It New," conceptual poetry responds with ...
- Three-Day Calendar (Winston-Salem Journal)
COMEDY AND CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH DAN KAMIN: 7:30 p.m. today, Ashe Civic Center, West Jefferson; 8 p.m. Saturday, Farthing Auditorium, Appalachian State University, Boone. Kamin will perform with the Appalachian Symphony Orchestra. Admission $12, $5 for students. For more information on the West Jefferson show, call 336-846-2787, on the Boone show, call 828-262-4046.
- Poetry event slated at The Space - New Richmond News
Poetry event slated at The SpaceNew Richmond News, WI - 1 hour agoOverton’s first book of poetry, “The Leaning Tree” was published by Bethany Press in 1976. The “Seed of Eden” his second volume of poetry was completed five ...
- The $25 Haiku (Denver Post)
It's Earth Day today, so we couldn't help but ask entrants to the Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest to contemplate "recycling" in verse. Happily, Karen Magner of Castle Rock managed to close the loop:
- Earth Dinners Showcase Local, Organic Foods (Beaches Leader)
Comments ( No comments posted. ) (Family Features) - The food on your dinner plate has a story. But, can you explain where the food was grown, how it was processed and how it ended up at the grocery or market where you purchased it?
- Scott champion heads to national spelling bee (Knoxville News Sentinel)
WASHINGTON - Lillie Young figured out pretty early that she had a talent for spelling difficult words when she entered a classroom spelling bee in the first grade and won.
- The Hakawati, by Rabih Alameddine (Independent)
Despite Naguib Mahfouz's Nobel Prize, there has been much discussion as to whether the novel is an appropriate form of Arab expression. While love and adventure abound in Middle Eastern storytelling and poetry, few portrayals of hothouse family life exist. The tour de force of Rabih Alameddine's novel The Hakawati ("storyteller" in Arabic) is that it moves effortlessly between the classic ...
- DVD Reviews - Metro Santa Cruz
Metro Santa CruzDVD ReviewsMetro Santa Cruz, CA - 4 hours agoThis lean, almost minimalist black-and-white crime story holds up well in this handsome reissue. Blocky Lino Ventura--a George Raft type--plays Abel Davos, ...
- NORM: Steve Wynn goes for mega-yacht - Las Vegas Review - Journal
NORM: Steve Wynn goes for mega-yachtLas Vegas Review - Journal, NV - 6 hours agoAlan Fawcett from the 1980s lip-synch shot "Puttin' on the Hitz" TV show, among a group staging auditions Tuesday at Poetry nightclub, in Forum Shops at ...
- Language for a New Century - San Francisco Chronicle
Language for a New CenturySan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 23 minutes agoIn the introduction, they explain that the project was largely inspired by 9/11, and their desire to address, through the shared language of poetry, ...
- Education News & Events - The Salinas Californian
Education News & EventsThe Salinas Californian, CA - 58 minutes ago... had her poem, "This Catharsis," selected for an anthology published annually by the Santa Cruz County High School Poetry Competition sponsored by Poetry ...
- Spring’s caffeinated aphrodisiac - Yale Daily News
Spring’s caffeinated aphrodisiacYale Daily News, CT - 19 hours agoLike the language of poetry, or a guy with an inflated ego, espresso calls attention to itself. It waves up at you from out of its tiny cup-house. ...
- Coleman Barks to read Iranian Mowlavi poetry - IranMania News
LONDON, June 21 (IranMania) - Renowned American writer and poet Coleman Barks is slated to read the poetry of Mowlavi at the Hill-Stead Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, PressTV reported. Accompanied by the award winning cellist and composer Eugene ...
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