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- Kay Ryan is the new poet laureate (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Kay Ryan, award-winning poet, mountain bike rider and self-described "modern hermit," will soon be going to Washington. The Library of Congress announced today that the lifelong Californian, whose compressed, metaphysical poetry has been compared to Emily Dickinson's, will succeed Charles Simic as the 16th U.S. poet laureate in the fall. The appointment is for one year and
- SOVER SCENE: Woman on a mission - Rutland Herald
It was called "Love Letters To Vermont" and it was the first book I'd ever opened in the sole Vermont bookstore I'd ever browsed through during the exploratory trip that my family and I made here years ago when we were considering moving to New ...
- What happens in Vegas should stay there - St.Petersburg Times.ru
What happens in Vegas should stay thereSt.Petersburg Times.ru, Russia - 42 minutes agoIt also makes you wonder if executives at studios look at dailies, much less can hear the poetry of the English language. The word dailies here refers to ...
- Tough times for local booksellers - MetroWest Daily News
Tough times for local booksellersMetroWest Daily News, MA - 1 hour agoIn the last five weeks, he's organized 13 poetry readings in his Moody Street store which stocks 15000 new and used books. For Green, "the greatest ...
- Faith takes ‘spelling magician’ to the US (Daily Dispatch)
AN NU13 teenager is hoping for gold when she competes in the spelling category of an international schools competition in the United States this week.
- Frat housemother at SMU loves serving Pi - Dallas Morning News
The bass of a neighbor's stereo thumped against the thin walls of Lila McCurtain's apartment. Deep voices shouted profanities outside her window. A car alarm went off. CHERYL DIAZ MEYER/DMN Lila McCurtain, 76, is one of only four fraternity moms left ...
- BAFTA Goes to the Arab World on Tour - Al Arab Online
Building on its regular and popular programme of films from and about the Arab world the Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival this year delivers a specially scheduled series of events in association with BAFTA. The BAFTA Goes to the Arab World… on Tour ...
- Betjeman popular in town hall - Morley Observer
Betjeman popular in town hallMorley Observer, UK - 29 minutes agoCoun Varley had even donned tennis whites and sunvisor to match, in honour of Teacakes and Tennis Whites, a John Betjeman collection of poems and prose. ...
- NHS forensics names one champ at state - Newton Kansan
NHS forensics names one champ at stateNewton Kansan, KS - 1 hour agoFinals qualifiers: Jimmie Norman, 11th, poetry; Chris Ross, eighth, prose, Aubrey Denney/Chris Ross, 10th, duet: Bill Newell, 10th, foreign extemp; ...
- Kola magazine deserves accolades, and our attention - TheChronicleHerald.ca
Kola magazine deserves accolades, and our attentionTheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 1 hour agoIn its pages, one also finds many African-American authors, such as Leonard A. Slade, Jr., and Lenard Moore, and, of course, writers of the Caribbean, ...
- Narnia Dad defends his domain name policies - The Lawyer
The LawyerNarnia Dad defends his domain name policiesThe Lawyer, UK - 7 hours ago"The 78 domain names are mostly about an [internet] poetry business," he said. "The advice we had was that we needed to buy them. ...
- 2008 Midsummer Night Swing & Lincoln Center Out of Doors (Playbill Arts)
Under new leadership, the popular Lincoln Center outdoor summer series will kick off July 8 with Midsummer Night Swing . Due to ongoing construction in the Plaza, both Swing and Lincoln Center Out of Doors have been moved to Damrosch Park (62nd Street at Amsterdam Ave) for the year.
- How to stay married - Bellevue Reporter
How to stay marriedBellevue Reporter, WA - 46 minutes agoThough a musician by trade, she also has found a niche in writing books and poetry. On the other side of the mantel are piles of more publications written ...
- Celebrate writer James Reaney dies - Stratford Gazette
Celebrate writer James Reaney diesStratford Gazette, Canada - 20 minutes agoFormer students and colleagues were quoted in a published report Friday calling the death a very sad loss for Canadian poetry and theatre. ...
- New Book Celebrates Poet Maya Angelou - TriCities.com
“Maya Angelou: A Glorious Celebration†by Marcia Ann Gillespie, Rosa Johnson Butler and Richard A. Long, foreword by Oprah Winfrey, 2008, Doubleday, $30/$34 Canada, 192 pages; and 2008, Brilliance Audio, read by Dion Graham, $26.95, 3 CDs/appx. 3 ...
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