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- Great River Shakespeare Festival announces sonnet winners (Winona Post)
When Winona’s Poet Laureate James Armstrong proposed a citywide sonnet contest, he wasn’t sure he’d have enough entries to give away prizes. After all, it is a 400-year-old poetry form that may not be as familiar to the community as he’d like fit to be.
- ‘Heavy’ heart accompanies Toradze - South Bend Tribune
‘Heavy’ heart accompanies ToradzeSouth Bend Tribune, IN - 17 hours ago... of the social life of Europe,” he says. Before dinner or after dinner, romances were meant to be a very warm form of entertainment, music and poetry. ...
- A.S. Maulucci: Confessional verse arose out of repressive post-war era - Norwich Bulletin
Poets who expose details of their lives in verse are writing what has come to be called confessional poetry. The hallmarks of this type of work are intimacy and personal revelation. Some critics trace the origin of confessional poetry to the early ...
- What if the Detroit Lions were a rock band? - MLive.com
Today, I begin my annual descent into football hell. I do this willingly even as I ignore the unsettling sound of dollars being sucked from my wallet. I do this in spite of the ridicule I endure from co-workers, relatives, even strangers, who shake ...
- Poetry and photography contest deadline is Thursday (Reporter-Times)
The Martinsville Arts Council and Morgan County Public Library are co-sponsors of the 2008 Morgan County Fall Foliage Festival poetry and photography contest. The contest is at the Morgan County Public Library, 120 S. Jeffereson St. The theme for this year’s event is “The miracle of fall”.
- Authors grieve over David Foster Wallace's apparent suicide - Baltimore Sun
NEW YORK - The literary world is in grief for David Foster Wallace, an author of seemingly unstoppable curiosity, imagination and ambition who apparently killed himself last week. Readers are seeking out his work, including his 1,000-page novel ...
- TripAdvisor Tells Tale of 10 Cities Where the Pen is Mightier Than the ... - Forbes
NEWTON, Mass., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- TripAdvisor(R), the world's largest travel community, today announced the top 10 literary destinations in the world, according to TripAdvisor editors. These locations have either been the home or inspiration to ...
- Alien Pods in Our Neighborhood, or The 100-Species Challenge - Wired
Recently the kids and I have taken an idea I picked up from the Homeschooling Mom blogosphere and given it a GeekDad twist. Inspired by a quote she read somewhere about the decline of local knowledge among modern westerners, last spring Sarah Conrad ...
- Uri Avnery: The Anger, the Longing, the Hope - Scoop
ONE OF the wisest pronouncements I have heard in my life was that of an Egyptian general, a few days after Anwar Sadat's historic visit to Jerusalem. We were the first Israelis to come to Cairo, and one of the things we were very curious about was ...
- Poetry competition at FJWU - The News - International
Poetry competition at FJWUThe News - International, Pakistan - Jul 25, 2008A short story and poetry competition was held at Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) in connection with the forthcoming Independence Day here on Friday. ...
- Question of the Day: - Grand Rapids Press
It's not a trick question. Some local theatergoers are concerned that FYT's practice of casting adult actors in its productions spoils opportunities for young people. The theater's mission, counters executive director William P. Ward, is not ...
- Poet on life support - 7 Days UAE
Mahmud Darwish, widely considered the greatest living Palestinian poet, is in critical condition in a US hospital following open-heart surgery, a close friend told reporters.The 66-year-old writer was placed on life support two days ago following ...
- Sorouh honoured to support 2008 Liwa Dates Festival - AME Info (press release)
AME Info (press release)Sorouh honoured to support 2008 Liwa Dates FestivalAME Info (press release), United Arab Emirates - 1 hour agoEvenings of poetry and religious lectures were well attended. As a national company, Sorouh not only has a responsibility to its employees and tenants but ...
- State's teacher of the year hails from Cle Elum-Roslyn High School (Tacoma News Tribune)
Susan Johnson, a veteran language arts teacher at Cle Elum-Roslyn High School, was named Washington state’s teacher of the year today.
- Life of faith evident as G.I. poet copes with illness - Grand Island Independent
We all have a gift, something to give. To help one another, each day that we live. It may be a handshake, a hug or a smile. To touch another life, makes it all worthwhile. For it's only in giving, that we truly receive; Blessings from God, to those ...
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