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- Robin Blaser wins Griffin Prize - National Post
Robin Blaser wins Griffin PrizeNational Post, Canada - 5 hours ago"Life is full of surprises, isn't it?" said Blaser as he took the podium. "Vive la poesie. Long live poetry." The prize was founded in 2000, and is awarded ...
- 'Lyrical terrorist' wins appeal against jail - AFP
Daily Mail'Lyrical terrorist' wins appeal against jailAFP - Jun 17, 2008Her poem "How to behead" contained the line: "It's not as messy or as hard as some may think/It's all about the flow of the wrist. ..."Lyrical terrorist" wins court appeal Reuters UKall 119 news articles
- READ: Worthy of a Tagore (The New Straits Times)
SU AZIZ spoke to Kunal Basu, the prolific Indian author whose work has been compared to that of Asia’s first literary Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore.
- Tod A of Firewater - PopMatters
PopMattersTod A of FirewaterPopMatters, IL - 1 hour agoI admire Hunter S. Thompson for his punk rock attitude and hyped-up hyperbole, Charles Bukowski for his brutal honesty and dark poetry, and Milan Kundera ...
- African student group celebrates culture of 'Great 56' (Oregon Daily Emerald)
Hundreds of students and community members gathered in the EMU Ballroom on Sunday night for the African Student Association's annual cultural night of performances. The event included traditional and modern dancing, singing, poetry and a fashion show.
- Copiague High School students are Poetry in Motion (Amityville Record)
The students in Ester Davila's and Flor Melgar's Spanish native and level IV and V classes at Walter G. O'Connell Copiague High School recently participated in Hofstra University's annual Poetry Contest. For the fourth year in a row, Copiague students were awarded the top two spots in original poetry and first place in recitation.
- Speech and Debate Team talks its way to Nationals - Berkeley Beacon (subscription)
Speech and Debate Team talks its way to NationalsBerkeley Beacon (subscription), MA - 17 hours agoEach of the speakers specializes in one or more of the different categories, which include debate, poetry, impromptu and persuasive speaking. ...
- Lincoln, area set plans for the Fourth (Lincoln Journal Star)
Fourth of July across Southeast Nebraska is a whole lot more than watching fireworks when the sun goes down. It can, in fact, be a dawn-to-dusk day of red, white and blue activities.
- Defense secretary visiting McChord, Fort Lewis - Seattle Post Intelligencer
FORT LEWIS -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates is visiting Fort Lewis and McChord Air Force Base. A spokesman for the Army Base, Joe Piek, says he'll remain Tuesday at Fort Lewis. Piek says no details of the visit are available. Fort Lewis is the ...
- Spare Times - New York Times
Spare TimesNew York Times, United States - 1 hour agoSunday, 2 to 5 pm, a celebration commemorating Pride Month, with film screenings, performances and poetry readings. (718) 681-6000. Free. ...
- "My Blueberry Nights," "The Free Will" - IFC
IFC"My Blueberry Nights," "The Free Will"IFC - 25 minutes agoLikening it, and Wong's project altogether, to contemporary poetry is not stretching too far — the work is a battle waged against everyday complaisance, ...
- Kunal teams up with Prasoon - Times of India
Kunal teams up with PrasoonTimes of India, India - 4 hours ago... has once again brought poetry and romance into the songs. He doesn’t used chaalu words!†says Kunal. Prasoon, a hopeless romantic, admits, “I always try ...
- Friend, son remember Downie's joy (York Daily Record)
God didn't make many men like Len Downie Sr., according to his good friend, Wallace Brenneman. On Wednesday, the number of those men dwindled by one as Downie died of a heart attack at the age of 89 at his Windsor Township home.
- Dalston Harrison Jr. Inducted into Cambridge Who's Who Executive ... - 24-7PressRelease.com
The Cambridge mission is to deliver its members the recognition and competitive edge needed to network and do business effectively. /Cambridge Who's Who/ - Brooklyn, NY, May 30, 2008, Dalston Harrison Jr., General Manager and Owner of D&B Multiple ...
- Since Bill is not going away, poet might as well write through him (The Oregonian)
P oet Robin Behn calls Dan Kaplan's first book, "Bill's Formal Complaint," "funny, crafty, wise, warm," and those adjectives, as his students at Portland State University can attest, also apply to the Portland poet himself.
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