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- Jonathan Franzen - New York Observer
Robert McCrum, literary editor of the UK Sunday paper The Observer , stepped down this month after a decade on the job. Yesterday he deployed a parting shot both wistful and sober-minded. "When I joined The Observer in 1996, the world of books was in ...
- Being Beckett - Irish Voice
Irish VoiceBeing BeckettIrish Voice, NY - 39 minutes agoIn addition, there will be a poetry and prose reading preceding each marathon, featuring the cast and special guests. For tickets call 212-721-6500.
- All hail Kylie - Spectator.co.uk (subscription)
Spectator.co.uk (subscription)All hail KylieSpectator.co.uk (subscription), UK - 7 hours agoWhen she read out “I should be so lucky” at the Poetry Olympics in the Royal Albert Hall it went down a treat – you can’t knock its power on account of its ...
- Young poets share prose - The Saginaw News - MLive.com
Young poets share proseThe Saginaw News - MLive.com, MI - 2 hours agoPoetry students at Saginaw's Arthur Eddy Academy have put pen to paper and paper on a press to express their feelings. The students are publishing a ...
- Those Poor Superdelegates - Slate
The New York Times leads with uncommitted superdelegates fearing a prolonged battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Times says the Democratic heavies are "uncertain about who, if anyone, would step in to fill a leadership vacuum and ...
- Event honors kids' art skills - Herald News
FRANKFORT -- It can be a few lines of poetry scribbled on a restaurant placemat, or it could be a couple of eighth notes beaten casually on a drum set. It could even be a coffee mug made out of clay or a meticulously drawn self portrait in colored ...
- Power Pop Poet (University of Melbourne University News)
When he hears a new kind of song, or is particularly excited by one, poet Michael Farrell starts thinking about how to create an equivalent in poetry. Farrell has been obsessed with pop music since he was around seven years old; his first published poem around this time was based on a hymn.
- librarynotes (The Lincoln-Way Sun)
Poetry slam
- Julia Peterson - Iowa City Press Citizen
Julia PetersonIowa City Press Citizen, IA - 1 hour agoPoetry and prose by Miss Peterson won prizes and citations and appeared in numerous publications. At the time of her death, she was a member of the National ...
- Kids, Meet Your President - eXile (satire)
eXile (satire)Kids, Meet Your PresidenteXile (satire), Russia - 6 hours agoYou can also browse the presidential photo album showing Medvedev enjoying the things that matter most in life: work, family and sports.
- Reviving the Vanished Voice of Poetry (Washington Post)
The judges were primed and the audience expectant. Then 16-year-old Shawntay A. Henry walked onstage.
- WUHS teacher accepted to national program - The People's Defender
WUHS teacher accepted to national programThe People's Defender, OH - 3 hours agoThe program was sited in Madrid, Spain and focused on the study of Spanish theatre, prose and poetry and motivated by Spanish art. ...
- Man admits having sex with 1,000 cars - Daily Telegraph
Edward Smith, who lives with his current "girlfriend" – a white Volkswagen Beetle named Vanilla, insisted that he was not "sick" and had no desire to change his ways. "I appreciate beauty and I go a little bit beyond appreciating the beauty of a ...
- The pyramids: made by Jewish slaves, - Israel News Agency
Jerusalem --- April 8 ..... The weather is perfect. Not hot. Not cold. No rain. Clear, sunny skies as white, yellow and purple flowers blossom on both sides of the border. Tourism to both Israel and Egypt is on the rebound. And watching tourism turn ...
- Faith survey revealing, but there are more questions to ask (The Morning Call)
Dear Readers: In a recent column, I tried to set out the two routes people of faith must choose between:
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