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- The sonnetmeister (Press & Sun-Bulletin)
is a pleasant bonus to being a friend or colleague of Martin Bidney, Binghamton University professor emeritus of English. If you spend time together, have a lunch or even a conversation while passing in a hallway, he will often pen a poem in response. And then he will e-mail it to you.
- You can't miss these top Fringe picks - Edmonton Journal
You can't miss these top Fringe picksEdmonton Journal, Canada - 21 hours ago... happens in the Fringe's smallest venue, a vintage 1970 ETS bus (three sisters conjuring the passengers on their late driver dad's daily route). ...
- Coyotes and Canoes - The Santa Barbara Independent
Coyotes and CanoesThe Santa Barbara Independent, CA - 2 hours agoBy Perie Longo When I asked Neal Crosbie which came first in his show, Message, at Art Resources — the paintings or the poetry — his eyes twinkled. ...
- Subtle: overcoming odds in pursuit of silver linings - Drowned In Sound
When critics make reference to maverick artists operating in the margins of the mainstream, rarely are the musicians in question actually carving niches anew. And that’s fair enough – there are only so many chords, so many variations on an ...
- Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah! - Daily Telegraph
Leonard Cohen is one of the most charismatic voices of our age - and wrote one of its greatest songs. As financial hardship forces his return to the stage, Neil McCormick celebrates a remarkable song and a remarkable man The wit, warmth and wisdom of ...
- If we're comfortable in our non-belief, why bash believers? - Chicago Sun-Times
Albert Einstein's letter, containing a short rant about God and the Bible, sold recently for 25 times its expected price, thanks, in part, to professional atheist Richard Dawkins being one of the unsuccessful bidders. It's long been said religion is ...
- Acting as he likes it - Tonight South Africa
From a young age, Thami Mbongo lost his heart to poetry. "I fell in love," is how he explains this first brush with performance poetry. Growing up in Paarl, it was his involvement in Volkswagen's Music Active programme that showed him the way. "We ...
- Bus driver puts brakes on career - phillyBurbs.com
Bus driver puts brakes on careerphillyBurbs.com, PA - 3 hours agoHe kept me strong and well,†she said Now, she is settling into retirement, working in her yard, writing poetry and singing in her church choir. ...
- Livin’ La Vida Hands-Free Loca (Santa Monica Mirror)
This column has long questioned the need for California drivers to make telephone calls while they are operating a motor vehicle. So when it became law on July 1st that you couldn’t talk and drive without a hands-free device, there was some sense of things moving down the right road.
- The madness of creativity (Macon Telegraph)
I know few people, even the left brain, linear-thinking types who don't aspire to be creative. In today's world of fast-track innovation, creative thinking is a virtue to be revered. You can't will creative thinking. You can't manufacture it. It's a relentless, often intrusive, state of mind that cannot be denied. Studies show that musical creatives continually have tunes in their heads. ...
- America Back on Track... for Tuesday, July 8th - OpEdNews.com
Our Quote of the Day is from Mark Twain who said, "Only presidents, editors and people with tapeworm have the right to use the editorial ‘we.’" Some observations on the news... Ingrid Bettancourt was reported near death during the end of her six ...
- Flying through life's regrets - San Jose Mercury News
Talk about timing: In April, American Airlines grounded more than 1,000 flights, many of them out of Chicago, to check electrical connections on its fleet of MD-80s. Two months later, Jonathan Miles published his first novel, "Dear American Airlines ...
- Bumbershoot literary lineup to include Edmund White, Joshua Ferris - Seattle Times
Bumbershoot literary lineup to include Edmund White, Joshua FerrisSeattle Times, United States - 4 hours agoOther highlights: a teen angst poetry contest and a haiku competition. The festival runs Aug. 30-Sept. 1 at Seattle Center. Go to www.bumbershoot.org for ...
- Enter for a chance to win a signed copy of "ghostgirl" - Uniontown Herald Standard
Enter for a chance to win a signed copy of "ghostgirl"Uniontown Herald Standard, PA - 1 hour agoThat film is now being distributed by the United Nations on its Poetry Festival DVD. "Having one of my films distributed through the United Nations really ...
- Cleveland teen wins national filmmaking contest - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Timothy Kay, an 18-year-old from Cleveland, gambled when he invested all of his $3,000 in college money in his movie. But he hit a big payoff: a full tuition-paid scholarship to Regent University's School of Communication and the Arts. He was among ...
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