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- Semifinalists vie for spot on the 2008 Madison National Poetry Slam team (Isthmus)
Many of the city's top spoken word performers will compete for one of five spots on the Madison National Poetry Slam team on Friday at the Inn on the Park. This five-person team will go on to represent Madison and compete with more than 80 other teams that will converge in town for the 2008 National Poetry Slam in August. Dasha Kelly believes Wisconsin has a unique opportunity to help shape the ...
- Around the world in 400 pages - L'express.mu
L'express.muAround the world in 400 pagesL'express.mu, Mauritius - 6 hours agoHe then hosts a workshop on drawing and poetry during which the children are encouraged to creatively express what their country means to them. ...
- Bibliofiles: Line up, autograph seekers (The Kansas City Star)
Here are some bookish events to keep in mind this week: Lee Martin, a finalist for a fiction Pulitzer for The Bright Forever, will sign and discuss his new book, River of Heaven, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Kansas City Public Library, 14 W. 10th St. It’s a free event, but reservations are recommended. Call 816-701-3407 for those or ring up Rainy Day Books, 913-384-3126, if you just need some more ...
- The Antidote: Classic Poetry for Modern Life - The Epoch Times
White midst the grey—the total of the man. What is our response to death? Not in the abstract but in the horribly, humiliatingly particular? What is our reaction when we see a body broken into pieces, burned, or tossed into the ground, with ...
- Forest Park - Hartford Courant
Player of the Year: Joe Benson, McDonogh There was plenty of pressure on Benson and lots of questions to be answered - all because of what he did as a first-year starting quarterback last fall. Last season, he led the Eagles through an unbeaten ...
- Jewel goes country with Paisley - Inside NoVA
Jewel goes country with PaisleyInside NoVA, VA - 3 hours ago"Melodies appear every time you're near/Your laughter is poetry to me/Just the scent of your skin/Well, it does me in," she sings on "Thump, Thump. ...
- The ‘beautiful noise’ of Andrew Bird - Aspen Times
The ‘beautiful noise’ of Andrew BirdAspen Times, CO - 1 hour agoBut in Bird’s hands, and with a backing of violin, Glockenspiel and guitars is usually as gentle as rainfall, the words become poetry, musical statements of ...
- Yemen: Travels in Dictionary Land - Financial Times
Thank goodness Tim Mackintosh-Smith didn’t listen to his Arabic teacher’s advice not to go to Yemen to brush up his enclitic pronouns. “Why don’t you go somewhere respectable?†he was asked. Had he opted for the safer bet of Cairo or ...
- Howard Live Calendar (Baltimore Sun)
On Stage Columbia festival The Columbia Festival of the Arts continues, with performances by STREB vs. Gravity at 8p.m. today, magician Mike Super at 8 p.m. tomorrow Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Co. at 3 p.m. Sunday, and Judy Collins at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Novelist Manil Suri will read from his work including The Age of Shiva at a high tea presented in cooperation with the Howard County Poetry ...
- Gay Giardini | KXNet.com North Dakota News - Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck
Gay Giardini | KXNet.com North Dakota NewsReiten Television KXMB Bismarck, ND - 3 hours agoWriting and Poetry were talents Gay was proud of. She loved to go shopping and find a great deal. Taking in the beautiful sights and wonders of nature when ...
- Literary calendar for June 29-July 5 - Charlotte Observer
Literary calendar for June 29-July 5Charlotte Observer, NC - 18 hours agoNC WRITER'S NETWORK SUMMER RESIDENCY: Spend a weekend with master writing instructors in fiction, nonfiction and poetry, July 25-27 at Queens University of ...
- Pratt: 'I like songs that have a story' - Rapid City Journal
Local singer, songwriter and comedian Gordy Pratt will be involved in this weekend’s Performers' Gallery at the Bullock Hotel in Deadwood, and plans to attend the Black Hills Songwriters workshop June 23-27.
- Singer credits Guthrie's influence (The Oklahoman)
When emerging singer-songwriter Samantha Crain lists her musical influences, they wind from her dad's favorites including the Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan to the electronic experiments of Radiohead to fellow Oklahomans such as Student Film and Ali Harter. "I'd say a major part of my musical influence does come from Oklahoma, and ... the Flaming Lips and Woody Guthrie are probably two of my ...
- Poetry day a 'wonderful opportunity' for all - New Zealand Herald
Poetry day a 'wonderful opportunity' for allNew Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 59 minutes agoBards from around the country will be turning in large numbers to mark Poetry Day next month. Montana Poetry Day national coordinator Laura Kroetsch said ...
- The Stark Reality - Cleveland Free Times
The Stark RealityCleveland Free Times, OH - 59 minutes agoDialogue is lyrical, often elliptical and cryptic, and it at least partially derives from the poetry of Rumi and other bards and balladeers in the Sufi ...
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