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- Political clash in Nandigram (Calcutta News)
Some houses were ransacked and a few rounds of firing took place in a political clash at Nandigram in West Bengal Sunday evening.
- Striking work by local writers marks National Poetry Month (Seattle Times)
Showcasing poetry month with five striking works, five very different voices from Washington state.
- Silencing the drums of war (Aljazeera)
Shortly before his death in 1997, the Nigerian Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti declared that "music is the weapon of the future". Since then, however, more than $3 trillion has been spent on far deadlier weapons of war which are fought in the name of peace and stability.
- Literary Happenings: Ventura writer will sign new book in hometown - Ventura County Star
Literary Happenings: Ventura writer will sign new book in hometownVentura County Star, CA - 2 hours agoPoetry reading at 856 E. Thompson Blvd., Ventura. 642-1146. Picture book forum 2 pm March 9. Author Jody Fickes Shapiro, illustrator Diane Greenseid, ...
- Confronting Islam
Front Page - Consult what I’ve elsewhere called the most embarrassingly weak and egomaniacal poetry anthology ever brought out by a reputable publisher—I mean Sam Hamill’s cabaret-light and melodrama-heavy Poets Against the War volume.
- Bay Area music legends Wesla Whitfield and Mike Greensill play ... - Pacifica Tribune
Bay Area music legends Wesla Whitfield and Mike Greensill play ...Pacifica Tribune, CA - 14 minutes agoI've always been in love with words and as a young girl would sit alone in my room and read poetry aloud. Oh, I was such a dweeb!" Where has her music taken ...
- "Move On": Karen Akers Returns to the Algonquin May 13 (Playbill)
Karen Akers, who starred in the original Broadway productions of Nine and Grand Hotel, returns to the fabled Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel May 13.
- Colleges look to ease Hispanics through obstacles - Lower Hudson Journal news
Colleges look to ease Hispanics through obstaclesLower Hudson Journal news, NY - 19 minutes agoBy Diana Costello Blanca Paccha wasn't exactly met with an outpouring of encouragement when she first told her family she was thinking about going to ...
- P.E.I. poet laureate launches website (CBC Prince Edward Island)
Saying he has a mandate to make poetry more accessible, P.E.I.'s poet laureate has launched a website where Islanders can share their work.
- Dylan's Pulitzer, Poetry, Beer Boxes, Dingy Rooms: Mike Zwerin - Bloomberg
MSN IndiaDylan's Pulitzer, Poetry, Beer Boxes, Dingy Rooms: Mike ZwerinBloomberg - 2 hours agoWhen I gave Dylan a copy of Paris Metro, a new English language weekly I was writing for, the guard said: ``Yeah, I've seen that. It's good. ...Dylan now 'Tangled up' in Pulitzer honors KAREBob Dylan receives Pulitzer Prize North Platte BulletinIt didn't take a Pulitzer for Dylan fans to feel the power of his ... The Plain Dealer - cleveland.comThe Associated Pressall 279 news articles
- Samuel Flynn Scott ‘Straight Answer Machine’ - Thread
ThreadSamuel Flynn Scott ‘Straight Answer Machine’Thread, New Zealand - Apr 18, 2008Samuel Flynn Scott, lead singer of The Phoenix Foundation, will transform the winning poem from the NZ Post National Schools Poetry Awards ‘Best Lyric’ ...
- louvre curator to speak at school awards - Greenwich Time
louvre curator to speak at school awardsGreenwich Time, CT - 13 hours agoThe German School of Connecticut, which draws about 20 to 30 students from Greenwich, will hold its annual Poetry Recitation Contest at 10:30 am, ...
- Winds of change amid deluge - Newindpress on Sunday
Winds of change amid delugeNewindpress on Sunday, India - 1 hour agoThe criticism often levelled at contemporary Oriya poetry is that it has chosen myth and legend as its vehicles and timeless themes of death, love, ...
- A way with words - Bucks County Courier Times
Every year for the last 21 years, one talented high school poet has been named Bucks County's high school poet of the year. And four of the last eight winners have been from Central Bucks. Including the eight winners, 47 students have been recognized ...
- Book Notes: Rash a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist (Asheville Citizen-Times)
CULLOWHEE -- Ron Rash, the Parris Distinguished Professor of Appalachian Culture at Western Carolina University, has been named one of four finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award for his compilation of short stories "Chemistry and Other Stories."
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