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- Slammin' Two Twin Cities teams have a shot at glory at the National Poetry Slam (Pioneer Press)
For spoken-word poets, the National Poetry Slam is the big enchilada — their moment in the spotlight, their shot at glory, an event that's equal parts backstage drama and family reunion.
- Negligence Led To China's Milk Scandal - Hartford Courant
The note posted in July on the website of China's food safety inspection agency came from a doctor: There had been a sudden rise in infants turning up at his hospital with kidney stones after drinking the same brand of formula. The warning, which ...
- Poetry Meets Music (The Mass Media)
One of the things that I love most about being a student at UMass Boston is the privilege of getting to know (and perhaps experiencing first-hand) the exceptional professors that teach here. English professor Lloyd Schwartz, Pulitzer Prize winner and the Frederick Troy Professor of English, is one of these individuals.
- Thousands enjoy Big Chill - Ledbury Reporter
Thousands enjoy Big ChillLedbury Reporter, UK - 11 hours agoMusic, comedy, poetry and performance were all represented at the three day event which kicked off on Friday afternoon (August 1). ...
- AIG & the Art of Adapting to the Global Economy - Canada Free Press
Canada Free PressAIG & the Art of Adapting to the Global EconomyCanada Free Press, Canada - 1 hour agoAaron’s poetry can be found on http://www.poetsforthewar.org and http://www.timbuckley.com. Aaron lives and works in Boston.
- Review: 'Waltzing' heartfelt, poignant - Kansas.com
Review: 'Waltzing' heartfelt, poignantKansas.com, KS - 6 hours agoDirected by Marie Allyn King, head of WSU's music theater and opera department, the world-premiere show is based on the healing poetry of cattle rancher ...
- Renowned author opens USM series - Hattiesburg American
Renowned author opens USM seriesHattiesburg American, MS - 31 minutes ago"There you go - that's kinda why I wrote the book," she said. After the reading, Trethewey signed copies of her poetry for the audience. ...
- Literary renaissance of national import in tiny Point Reyes - Marin Independent Journal
Where can you perch on a bale of hay in a feed barn and listen to a reading by former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for poetry?
- Pioneer party: Small towns make July 24 their own (The Salt Lake Tribune)
There is something quietly refreshing about visiting a small American town in the middle of the summer, when life is often slower and simpler.
- First lesbian to be married in San Francisco dies aged 87 - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukFirst lesbian to be married in San Francisco dies aged 87Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 5 minutes agoThe Daughters of Bilitis was named after a book of lesbian erotic poetry first published in Paris in 1894. As well as her wife, Ms Martin, ...
- New Banville chapter released online - RTE.ie
RTE.ieNew Banville chapter released onlineRTE.ie, Ireland - 2 hours agoNew issues featuring music, public debate, art and video as well as fiction and poetry are intended every spring and autumn. John McAuliffe, co-director of ...
- Testing time for Year 12s - Sunshine Coast Daily
Sunshine Coast DailyTesting time for Year 12sSunshine Coast Daily, Australia - Sep 2, 2008In each of the four papers, students responded to materials like prose passages, poetry, graphs, tables, mathematical and scientific data and artwork. ...
- Bay teacher gets third crack at poetry prize - Weekend Post
Bay teacher gets third crack at poetry prizeWeekend Post, South Africa - 1 hour agoThe winner would receive $20 000 (R155000) in prize money and a book publishing contract. “I started writing poems in the 1980s. My poetry is inspired by ...
- Across a landscape of memory and timeless poetry - The Daily Star
The Daily StarAcross a landscape of memory and timeless poetryThe Daily Star, Bangladesh - 4 minutes agoIn Hasnat Abdul Hye's instance (and these are episodes from his life he once enlightened readers of a national English language daily with on a weekly ...
- Nigh-No-Place, By Jen Hadfield - Independent
Nigh-No-Place, By Jen HadfieldIndependent, UK - 19 minutes agoThe writing is all the better for this manifestation of energy, though it means the poems are best experienced one after another rather than singly. ...
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