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- 'Exiles' is sure to get its claws in your brain (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Here is what happened when I began raving to some (very nice) friends about “Exiles,” a new novel by Ron Hansen about how the 19th-century Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins came to write perhaps his most inaccessible poem, “The Wreck of the Deutschland,” after hearing of the death of five German nuns in a shipwreck on the shoals of the Thames.
- Theatre time - Orangeville Citizen
Theatre timeOrangeville Citizen, Canada - 30 minutes agoMost of Shakespeare's plays are an 80/20 blend of poetry and prose. The poetry scans but does not usually rhyme. The 'blank verse' consists, typically, ...
- Literary luminaries to attend unveiling of statue of poet Al Purdy (Jam! Showbiz)
TORONTO - Author Margaret Atwood and poet Dennis Lee were among the literary luminaries set to attend an unveiling of a statue of poet Al Purdy on Tuesday.
- He's my Man of the Match - Electric New Paper
He's my Man of the MatchElectric New Paper, Singapore - 18 hours agoIt was Dutch poetry in motion, a windmill with a lethal sweeping, fanning move. Before the game this morning, Van Bronckhorst had asked the media why they ...
- Social Development Commission uses music to fund its programs - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Social Development Commission uses music to fund its programsMilwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - 4 hours agoA longtime writer of plays and poetry, Blanks' song, performed by Melissa Carter with Element Everest and Yetunde Bronson, is about the need for people to ...
- Bookshop with a view (The Telegraph)
In the quaint Radhanath Mullick Lane, off College Street and just a few bends away from Putiram, a bookshop has just been born. Formally, it is called Charchapad — also the name of its imprint.
- UVa’s Osher institute to offer classes for seniors - Daily Progress
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Virginia is offering local senior citizens an array of more than 50 classes for the fall semester. More than 25 of the courses are new. Subjects include politics, the environment, opera ...
- Berkeley play to tell Laotian refugees' stories - Tribune-Chronicle
When American troops pulled out of Vietnam in 1975, hundreds of thousands of people from the neighboring country of Laos were thrust into the ensuing chaos. One of them was Ova Saopeng, an actor and playwright who'll present the California premiere ...
- Read all 'media' posts in Webware - Webware.com
Tuesday, I got a peek at Boxee , a personal media center that's currently in private alpha. My colleague Greg Sandoval wrote about it shortly after it was unveiled last week, but it's worth delving into what I think will be the next big thing in ...
- Revolutionary poet fights social contraints - The Massachusetts Daily Collegian
Revolutionary poet fights social contraintsThe Massachusetts Daily Collegian, MA - 11 hours agoHe started out his set with a recital of some lines of poetry completely a cappella, followed by a buzzing rendition of "Convict Colony" from his new record ...
- Hip cast gives "Iron Man" comic book appeal - Buffalo News
Tony Stark, genius munitions designer, is in Afghanistan, showing off his latest blowtop handiwork. He’s riding through a war zone, which in his case means having cocktail hour and drinking up the world’s adulation along with a very good scotch ...
- Solving the school crisis - Prince George Citizen
Solving the school crisisPrince George Citizen, Canada - 3 hours agoSome parents, naturally, might opt to mortgage their homes so their kids could attend smaller schools that offer such luxuries as music, poetry and critical ...
- Volunteering in the Dominican Republic - Part 2 - GoGirlfriend
GoGirlfriendVolunteering in the Dominican Republic - Part 2GoGirlfriend, Canada - 1 hour agoThey sang to us and read poetry and said things in English but most of all they gave us love. The love was so intense that between classroom good-byes, ...
- Austin Daily Herald (Austin Daily Herald)
“Everyone is talented, original and has something important to say.” — Brenda Ueland’s “If You Want to Write” I’m not sure we are convinced of this while we are in school unless one works with the school newspaper if the school puts one out.
- District Community Events May 8-15, 2008 - Washington Post
District Community Events May 8-15, 2008Washington Post, United States - 7 hours agoUS POET LAUREATE LECTURE, Charles Simic discusses poetry translation. 6:45 pm, Library of Congress, Madison Building, Montpelier Room, 101 Independence Ave. ...
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