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- ‘Nation’s creativity’ in Scots poetry given to National Library (The Herald)
A treasure trove of poetry which captures the "creativity of the nation" over the last five years has been given to the National Library of Scotland.
- Sharing stories of John: Tribute to student who drowned (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)
John Erlanson loved crafting prose. “Love is the greatest power; it’s with us every hour,†he once wrote. Those lines resonated among more than 200 of Erlanson’s family members and friends who attended a nearly two-hour memorial service at Atascadero High School on Wednesday afternoon. Erlanson — a 17-year-old student at the high school — died May 7 when he drowned in the campus pool. School ...
- America Back on Track... for Tuesday, July 15th - OpEdNews
OpEdNewsAmerica Back on Track... for Tuesday, July 15thOpEdNews, PA - 4 hours agoIn addition he has published more than 1500 SetonnoteS commentaries, plus poetry and political essays in publications across the country. ...
- Writer who prefers being a waiter is up for £60,000 prize - Evening Standard
A 28-year-old London waiter has been nominated for one of the world's most lucrative literary prizes for his first novel. Ross Raisin's debut God's Own Country is a contender for the £60,000 Dylan Thomas Prize for authors under the age of 30 ...
- Cold feet at the gates of Hades - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukCold feet at the gates of HadesTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoIn a suggestive sub-chapter on "Roman gothic", he compares the hags who haunt Latin poetry with the reputed witches encountered by Carlo Levi in the ...
- English teacher's dream becomes writers' workshop - WBIR-TV
English teacher's dream becomes writers' workshopWBIR-TV, TN - 13 minutes agoReaves said that other memorable courses through the years have included Marilyn Kallet's workshop on incorporating dreams into poetry, Brian Griffith's ...
- Mushaira: Charting a new tradition - Saudi Gazette
Some people gather, and that is it. In this couplet, almost a century ago, Meer Taqi Meer, one of the legends of Urdu Poetry, was complaining about the changing state of Mushairas. At Meer’s time Mushairas were exclusive gatherings for literary ...
- The write stuff - Danbury News Times
The write stuffDanbury News Times, CT - 58 minutes ago... the top writing prizes for students from Fairfield County in the 11th annual IMPAC/Connecticut State University System prose and poetry competition. ...
- ANGIE MOON PHOTO - Cape Gazette
Cape GazetteANGIE MOON PHOTOCape Gazette, DE - 2 hours agoRehoboth Beach Bandstand, Rehoboth Ave., to kick off the 2008 summer season with a series o concerts at 8 pm each night featuring Love Seed Mama Jump on ...
- Art Museum Offers Immersion in Gullah Culture - Myrtle Beach Sun News
Art Museum Offers Immersion in Gullah CultureMyrtle Beach Sun News, SC - 6 hours agoWith the works of African American artist Jonathan Green as a backdrop plus a host of notable experts in Gullah art and culture, and lots of hands-on ...
- New shows, hot tickets: Get a piece of Cake at Main Street Armory - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
New shows, hot tickets: Get a piece of Cake at Main Street ArmoryRochester Democrat and Chronicle, NY - 1 hour ago... will be celebrated at the Black Dog Music Fest, a six-hour show on July 27 featuring 22 acts from the local folk, alt-country, rock and poetry scenes, ...
- Stories for Life showcases enduring art at its finest (The Post and Courier)
In "The Meaning of Shakespeare," Harold Goddard writes that the destiny of the world is determined less by "the battles that are lost and won than by the stories it loves and believes in." Political winds blow themselves out in time; humanity's great stories endure. So will storytelling, even in the electronic age.
- Parking excuses - they've heard them all (Otago Daily Times)
When it comes to creative excuses for incurring a parking ticket in Dunedin, Rachael Kelly has heard them all. There was the motorist who "didn't see the broken yellow lines because they were under the car".
- Sports writer George Kimball: My close-up view of boxing's golden age - Independent
Sports writer George Kimball: My close-up view of boxing's golden ageIndependent, UK - 20 hours agoKimball produced poetry good enough to appear in the Paris Review and when Olympic Press in Paris was publishing English-language editions of Lady ...
- The Hollow Man - New York Times
THESE days, as I watch Robert Mugabe tighten his 28-year-old stranglehold on Zimbabwe while the forces of opposition try to pry away his fingers, I can’t help thinking back to a conversation he and I once tried to have about T. S. Eliot, poetry and ...
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