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- Poetry Alive! program to be presented at library (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)
A special Poetry Alive! program will be presented at the Main Cabell County Library today at 10:30 a.m. and at the Milton Library at 1:30 p.m. Poetry Alive! is a high-intensity poetry performance for children of all ages that promises to be engaging and memorable. Children will get a chance to interact with the performers and maybe get on stage with them.
- Former boxing champ finds solace in writing, will speak at workshop - Democrat and Chronicle
He may be known for fighting, but former boxing champ Charles "The Natural" Murray turns to writing when life gives him a jab. Murray says he writes every day — in his journal, on scraps of paper or on his cell phone — whether it's poetry he ...
- Environmental justice focus of rights summit - Golden Gate [X]Press
Environmental justice focus of rights summitGolden Gate [X]Press, CA - 1 hour agoThe poetry and short story segment of the performance day was moderated by Philip Hoover. Among the poets he presented were Camille Dungy, Michael Warr and ...
- Maya Angelou gives gift of hope, joy and herself - The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
Maya Angelou gives gift of hope, joy and herselfThe Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - 43 minutes agoFrail knees kept her off her feet for much of her 75-minute, free-flowing performance, but she did stand up for poetry. And she brought her own plexiglass ...
- Loraine Anderson: Lakes too special to lose (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
I love the Great Lakes and walking along Lake Michigan. I love the sense of peace and poetry the "big lake" stirs in me, the way it clears minds and opens hearts. I like looking at pictures shot from space and seeing Michigan floating smack dab in the middle of the Great Lakes basin. In recent years I've come to worry about this magnificent watershed.
- John W. Whitehead: No Shelter from the Storm: Bob Dylan's Apocalypse (HuffingtonPost)
In a pop music world where issues are seldom addressed and creativity and individuality have been lost, Bob Dylan, who just turned 67, is a refreshing alternative.
- Sunday set for the State - Manchester Evening News
Sunday set for the StateManchester Evening News, UK - 14 hours ago... proves they're a band bursting with a sonic palette which extends well outside the American Emo box. At times recalling the murky poetry of The Cure, ...
- Playing strictly for laughs - Manchester Evening News
Playing strictly for laughsManchester Evening News, UK - 1 hour agoHis is a fast-paced style but his material doesn't skimp on the poetry. Beneath his crafted turn of phrase and carefully selected vocabulary lies a writer ...
- Share this story: - Daily Chronicle
LOS ANGELES - Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it to me!" has died ...
- Love of reading requires right book, right hands - St. Petersburg Times
I love to read. As a middle school language arts teacher, part of my job is to teach reading. Not just the mechanics and strategies. I try to inspire children to be lifelong readers. Most middle schoolers don't like to read. Most people don't like to ...
- Poetry is in motion around us daily - Elmira Star-Gazette
Poetry is in motion around us dailyElmira Star-Gazette, NY - 6 hours agoAs a young girl, I preferred to read and write poetry that rhymed. Although most of my love poems until my mid-20s were in rhyming verse, upon becoming a ...
- Bob Hoover on Books: Publishers, newspapers, Unite! - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Bob Hoover on Books: Publishers, newspapers, Unite!Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 4 hours agoWhen I took a jaundiced stance on the book, publicist Kate Lloyd told me, 'Ruth's editor has assured me of the book's veracity (as has Ruth herself. ...
- United in Poetry: Students come together to discover truth in ... - Newburyport Current
United in Poetry: Students come together to discover truth in ...Newburyport Current, MA - 3 hours agoThe students then format and design their original poetry for professional publication as a literary magazine. Deborah Szabo, creative writing teacher at ...
- ANDREA GIBSON / A POEM FOR OUR TIME OF NATIONAL APATHY - OpEdNews.com
She recited her short but powerful poem, "For Eli," at the Peace Isn't Quiet Festival at Hobart and William Smith College two weeks ago . A poem dedicated to Eli ~ who recently joined the ranks of the 18 Iraq Veterans who commit suicide every week ...
- Catching crabs at HighTide - East Anglian Daily Times
Playwright Joel Horwood's works have been inspired by his upbringing on the Suffolk coast and I Caught Crabs in Walberswick, opening at the HighTide in Halesworth this week, is the latest. Lynne Mortimer talks to the playwright ahead of the first ...
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