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- City spins its support for the arts as local artists suffer - Durham News
City spins its support for the arts as local artists sufferDurham News, NC - 19 hours agoYoung, gifted, socially conscious African-American artists are taking center stage. They have a creative edge that helps redefine what it means to be black. ...
- New poet laureate built a career far from the literary mainstream - Contra Costa Times
More than a decade and a half ago, despairing that her poems would ever find an audience, Kay Ryan found herself writing one about a turtle. It was about as personal as a Kay Ryan poem ever gets. Ryan's appointment as the nation's new poet laureate ...
- Farmer-poet publishes her third book - Park Rapids Enterprise
Farmer-poet publishes her third bookPark Rapids Enterprise, MN - 8 minutes agoWhen Gail Rixen’s tractor is dusty enough, she can compose a word or two of poetry on the dirty hood. Otherwise, she makes mental notes to jot down later ...
- Can Poetry Really Be Translated? - Huffingtonpost.com
There's a great story of a Japanese production group that decided the conclusion of Samuel Beckett's classic Waiting for Godot was a little too...inconclusive. In case you aren't familiar with the play, the unresolved wait for Godot represents, in ...
- Nordic writers take a stand for human rights - Nordic Council
Nordic writers take a stand for human rightsNordic Council, Denmark - 1 hour agoLeevi Lehto is a translator and poetry activist from Finland, who is, amongst other things, the initiator of the internet based publishing house 'ntamo’. ...
- Kay Ryan Is Appointed US Poet Laureate - NewsHour
NewsHourKay Ryan Is Appointed US Poet LaureateNewsHour - Jul 17, 2008"Kay Ryan is a distinctive and original voice within the rich variety of contemporary American poetry," Librarian of Congress James H. Billington said a ...
- Wu Han Plays Tchaikovsky, Month by Month - NPR News
APM, June 30, 2008 - You've got to love Wu Han. I've been lucky to work with her on several projects, so I've seen her in many roles: solo pianist, chamber musician, teacher, lecturer, administrator, producer, mother. In every situation, in every ...
- Library closing for two days - Peterborough Examiner
Library closing for two daysPeterborough Examiner, Canada - 1 hour agoThe English contest will have categories for poetry and short story writing, with a prizewinner and runner up in both categories. ...
- Books of The Times Even the Most Romantic of Poets Can Sometimes ... - New York Times
New York TimesBooks of The Times Even the Most Romantic of Poets Can Sometimes ...New York Times, United States - 3 hours ago“There was still a unity in the world and there were complete poets. We rightfully honor these poets and take pleasure in their poetry; but any aping of ...
- Music Can Be Path to Language and Math - RedOrbit
Music Can Be Path to Language and MathRedOrbit, TX - May 6, 2008... the tough task of building teen confidence. He notes one sophomore girl was painfully shy at the start of the year but secretly loved writing poetry. ...
- Bowen’s first writers’ festival a resounding success - BCLocalNews
Bowen’s first writers’ festival a resounding successBCLocalNews, Canada - 4 hours agoPoetry Writing featured Jude Neale, Lisa Shatzky, Bernice Lever, and special guest George McWhirter; Freelance Writing rocked the room with panelists Kami ...
- A Glimpse of Pre-Quake Chengdu - NPR News
NPR.org , May 12, 2008 · Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, is about 60 miles southeast of the epicenter of Monday's deadly earthquake in China. The 7.9-magnitude quake snapped water lines and swayed buildings in the city, which has a ...
- Student magazine 'excellent' - Herald News
PLAINFIELD --The Plainfield South High School literary magazine, "Metamorphic Expressions in Blue & White," received a rank of "Excellent" in the 2007 National Council of Teachers of English Program that recognizes student literary magazines ...
- Andy Burrows - The Colour Of My Dreams (Vertigo) - Manchester Evening News
Andy Burrows - The Colour Of My Dreams (Vertigo)Manchester Evening News, UK - 3 hours agoA CURIOUS little disc from the Razorlight drummer, who took the poetry of a family friend in Winchester and set it to blithe melodies and recorded it just ...Andy Burrows - The colour of my dreams Cherwell Onlineall 2 news articles
- Fun for everyone (Argus Observer)
Weiser — Bruce Looselip spun his tales of bad horses, good women and ranching with the bureaucracy Tuesday at the National Oldtime Fiddlers’ Contest and Festival.
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