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- Middletown Arts Center announces fall season (The Hub)
MIDDLETOWN — With the new slogan "You'll find it all at the Middletown Arts Center," the nonprofit, award-winning facility has announced a 21-event fall schedule that includes art exhibits, a concert series, dance, comedy, drama, poetry, magic, themed socials, even a masquerade ball.
- Night Wraps the Sky: Writings by and About Mayakovsky (The New Yorker)
At the height of his fame, in the nineteen-twenties, the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky was arguably the leading figure in Soviet art. Perhaps only Walt Whitman--whom Mayakovsky passionately admired--wrote with similar breadth and exhilaration. This volume offers some of Mayakovsky’s best works in vivid translations, and interleaves them . . .
- Extraordinary and Original - The Resident
Extraordinary and OriginalThe Resident, CT - 3 hours ago“I’m not at ease with the structure of traditional poetry. What I’ve done, and it has been done before, is poetic prose.” In his Introduction, Jean-Yves ...
- Go fishin' with Dad - Portsmouth Herald News
Go fishin' with DadPortsmouth Herald News, NH - 1 hour agoAt 10:30 am Wednesday, July 23, Lawrence Clark will share his one-man show blending music, original poetry, storytelling and drama. At 10:30 am, Thursday, ...
- Teachers’ union backs decision to drop poem from syllabus - The Herald
Teachers’ union backs decision to drop poem from syllabusThe Herald, UK - 3 hours agoJudith Gillespie, of the Scottish Parent Teacher Council, said: "Quite often a lot of death in art is incidental to the main message that the artist is ...
- A fictional first lady bares her soul in a racy novel (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
Curtis Sittenfeld knew she was being provocative. Invoking "the love that dare not speak its name" in a 2004 article for Salon.com, she burst out of her liberal Democrat's closet and declared: "I love Laura Bush. In fact, there is no public figure I admire more."
- Conor Oberst: Conor Oberst (Houston Press)
Conor Oberst's lyrics tend to be heavy-handed with metaphors and language in general, often reading like a hipper, more literate version of a 16-year-old girl's poetry journal. His self-titled effort (and first under his given name) doesn't shy away from that kind of grating poetic license. The musi ...
- Are Saratoga's best juveniles yet to come? - Horse Racing - ESPN
Are Saratoga's best juveniles yet to come? - Horse RacingESPN - 3 hours ago(f) Sky Beauty (1992 Adirondack): Though she struggled outside of New York in three career road trips, Sky Beauty was poetry in motion at home. ...
- Sunday Poetry - The Wreck - OpEdNews.com
It's about the consequences. Welcome to the Sunday Poetry Series. Some of you may remember this one ( I wrote it two years ago and it has been around the net a bit) but it is one of my favorites and for those who have not yet read it, I hope you like ...
- Retiree: Mary Kober / Eighth grade English teacher - Abington Mariner
Growing up in Haverhill, Mary Kober was the oldest of 12 children; eight boys and four girls. With all those siblings to help look after it’s no surprise that the North Andover resident went into teaching. She spent the last 32 and a half years ...
- Poetry and War, Olympic Events, and Looking for Trouble - KUOW NPR
KUOW NPRPoetry and War, Olympic Events, and Looking for TroubleKUOW NPR, WA - 5 hours ago... storyteller and teacher Merna Ann Hecht and how the war in Iraq permeates her day–to–day activities and writing. Merna Ann will read two such poems. ...
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- AP Profile of Cary Nelson - Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
AP Profile of Cary NelsonChronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - 40 minutes ago“It’s like poetry, isn’t it?” Benjamin said, comparing Nelson’s AAUP and scholarly work. “You have to have creativity and you have to have discipline. ...
- Read the movie - GQ
Read the movieGQ - 17 minutes ago... life and tough poetry of the pop and literary icon. As you'd expect with a project that's been over a decade in the making, there's a book attached: A ...
- Daniel Brocchini - Tahoe Daily Tribune
Daniel BrocchiniTahoe Daily Tribune, CA - 4 hours agoDan loved to play the guitar, write music and poetry, and skate. He was also a great musician who was trying to start a band. Dan loved kids, especially his ...
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