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- Local poetry slam team doesn’t advance - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
The Worcester Poetry Slam Team, competing at the National Poetry Slam Finals in Madison, Wis., last week, performed well in the performance competition, but did not score high enough to advance to the semifinal round, according to posts on the ...
- It beats most of this summer's blockbuster entertainments into pulp - This is London
It beats most of this summer's blockbuster entertainments into pulpThis is London, UK - 5 hours agoThe pair fail to capture the full flights of Shakespeare’s soaring poetry, with the balcony scene a rushed, missed opportunity. ...
- Vikings came in search of dirhams - The National
Vikings came in search of dirhamsThe National, United Arab Emirates - 15 hours agoIn a new book to be published later this year, Dr Hussain contends that this previously little known trade relationship was based on the silver used to make ...
- Kidnap suspect Clark Rockefeller calls days with daughter 'glorious' - New York Daily News
BOSTON - The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller and is accused of kidnapping his young daughter says he spent "six glorious and wonderful days" with the girl while evading authorities, but he still isn't talking about his life before 1993 ...
- My fellow prisoners, please wash away the green behind your ears - Tucson Citizen
I once used a word in a poem for a UA poetry class: corpusculent. Great word, except I was mortified to find out, during a class reading before a published poet, that no such word actually exists. The poet, however, loved the feel and sound of it ...
- BOOK REPORT: 'Goldengrove' (Lancaster Online)
For many teens, so much seems tragic: appeal — or rather, the lack thereof — to the opposite sex, embarrassing parents, a spectacularly bad haircut. Nico, the 13-year-old protagonist of Francine Prose's new novel, experiences all that through the prism of true tragedy: the death...
- Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish Dies - Wall Street Journal
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Mahmoud Darwish, whose prose gave voice to the Palestinian experience of exile, occupation and infighting, died on Saturday in Houston. He was 67. The predominant Palestinian poet, whose work has been translated into more ...
- Bubbly Johnson sets off to charm Beijing - guardian.co.uk
Bubbly Johnson sets off to charm Beijingguardian.co.uk, UK - 9 hours agoAway from the gym, she transfers her zest for life into poetry. In one poem, titled "Champion", she describes the battle to keep striving towards winning. ...
- Profile: Alex Turner and Alexa Chung - Times Online
Profile: Alex Turner and Alexa ChungTimes Online, UK - 2 hours ago... as the poetic “spokesman for a generation”, and his descriptions of life in Sheffield, detailed and funny, have been hailed as poetry by Simon Armitage. ...
- One last song helps to mourn departed friend - Greensboro News & Record
More than 400 people turned out Saturday to celebrate the life of Ransom Hobbs in the way he would have appreciated most — with song, leavened by both laughter and tears. Hobbs, an accomplished musician, was killed the morning of Sept. 13 in an ...
- Interview: Underoath - Artistdirect.com
The summer of 2008 was pretty good for Underoath . "The Slipknot tour was the most fun summer tour that we've ever done," exclaims vocalist Spencer Chamberlain. "At the end, it wasn't like saying goodbye to a few close friends. We had to say it to ...
- WEATHER FOR STROUDSBURG: (Pocono Record)
JIM THORPE — "Sometimes poetry is hard to relate to, but because of the subject matter here, it will be more accessible for all," said Shirley Thomas, curator of the Anita Shapolsky Art Foundation.
- Bad Year for MFA Graduates - mediabistro.com
mediabistro.comBad Year for MFA Graduatesmediabistro.com, NY - 1 hour ago"Now if they can only tell me what defect in my brain chemistry led to the decision to pursue poetry rather than, say, astrophysics or nursing or some other ...
- Sarah Palin In The News And In Poetry - The Moderate Voice
With tomorrow’s highly anticipated Vice Presidential debate between Democratic Sen. Joe Biden and Republican Gov. Sarah Palin generating all kinds of news stories, here are two must reads — breaking tidbits about Palin: 1. Palin did a GOTCHA ...
- Paul Zeise's Pitt football chat transcript (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Bennett8111: Since Wannstedt has ALWAYS had the same tags apply to him in any job, IE: unimaginative, conservative offense and poor game day preparation amongst others), shouldn't this be addressed by either the Pitt athletic department or sportswriters face to face with him as it is SURELY driving fans away in droves.I still am in shock that he punted not once, but twice from the 34 yard line ...
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