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- A poem takes place’ - Abington Mariner
“As far back as I can remember, I’ve had a fascination for the sound of words,” Poet Robert Pinsky told a near-capacity crowd gathered in the library’s Fehlow Room last Wednesday. The past U.S. poet laureate, Boston University professor ...
- Poet Honoree Fanonne Jeffers Reads from her Works at W&L - Rockbridge Weekly
Poet Honoree Fanonne Jeffers Reads from her Works at W&LRockbridge Weekly, VA - 1 hour agoJeffers, who recently guest-edited an all-black women's issue of the journal PMS: PoetryMemoirStory, is at work on a fourth book of poetry and her first ...
- Los Feliz's Skylight Books is growing up - Los Angeles Times
Los Feliz's Skylight Books is growing upLos Angeles Times, CA - 49 minutes agoBut don't expect long-winded poetry readings at the decidedly more festive -- and family-friendly -- opening. Highlights will include a ribbon-cutting ...
- Mahmoud Darwish is gone, but his struggles are not yet laid to rest - Lebanon Daily Star
The death of Mahmoud Darwish marked the tragic loss of another legendary figure in the Palestinian national movement, and indeed in the cultural and intellectual life of the wider Arab world. Through his poetry and other writings, Darwish gave voice ...
- Discoveries of Everyday Life - Tucson Weekly
Tucson WeeklyDiscoveries of Everyday LifeTucson Weekly, AZ - 1 hour agoBut let's face it: Pretty much the only people who read modern poetry these days are enrolled in writing programs at universities. ...
- African music icons for Madiba celebration - Daily News
A truly African concert will bring Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebrations home to the continent on August 23 at the Johannesburg Stadium. Starting at 11am, the Madiba Concert will be a musical birthday party for the father of the nation and will ...
- Darwish: 'Identity and humanity' - BBC Middle East
Palestinians feel they have lost their voice. It is easy to describe Mahmoud as a national poet, but he is much more than that. For Palestinians, he not only shaped your language, he also shaped your self-perception - who you are. This is whether you ...
- Doing strange things with the spoken word: Dan Le Sac and ... - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukDoing strange things with the spoken word: Dan Le Sac and ...Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 27 minutes ago... time since post-punk poets such as John Cooper Clark and Joolz, audiences are ready to involve themselves in dark, narrative poetry as part of a gig. ...
- Prof. Ghassan Nasr is Runner-Up for Saif Ghobash - Banipal Prize - DePauw University
DePauw UniversityProf. Ghassan Nasr is Runner-Up for Saif Ghobash - Banipal PrizeDePauw University, IN - 6 hours agoThe first prize winner is Fady Joudah for his translation of the late Mahmoud Darwish’s poetry collections in The Butterfly’s Burden. ...
- The importance of fresh sandals - Lincoln Journal Star
Over the past few days, I have taken great pleasure in unearthing shorts and sundresses and light, springish sweaters from the deep, dark recesses of my closet. I have taken less pleasure in unearthing last year’s sandals. I believe that sandals ...
- Pioneering lesbian rights activist dies just weeks after wedding (Independent)
Del Martin, the pioneering lesbian rights activist whose career spanned more than five decades, and who twice took part in California's “first” gay marriage, has died at the age of 87.
- His and Hers - London Review of Books (subscription)
His and HersLondon Review of Books (subscription), UK - 1 hour agoWilde’s quip – ‘Meredith is a prose Browning, and so is Browning’ – expresses a view shared by admirers such as George Eliot and Henry James, doubters like ...
- Poet Tony in line for title push - The Sun
Poet Tony in line for title pushThe Sun, UK - 1 hour ago... awake in bed until the early hours going over this bout in my mind and to try to get some sleep, I started writing a bit of poetry about my girlfriend. ...
- Joyce Carol Oates enters 'tabloid hell' - Idaho Press-Tribune
Joyce Carol Oates enters 'tabloid hell'Idaho Press-Tribune, ID - 6 hours agoThe way to handle broken narrators, perhaps, is to try to find poetry in their plain speech. But Oates has already done that — her “Zombie” is a brilliant ...
- Did Van Gogh Need More Sleep? Starlit Obsessions at MoMA Show - Bloomberg
Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Sunflowers aside, Vincent Van Gogh was captive to the night. The nocturnal sky is full of brightly ringed stars and spirals in ``The Starry Night,'' one of the top draws in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art ...
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