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- Daily digest 4.8 - Daily Herald
Daily digest 4.8Daily Herald, UT - 1 hour agoNyia Hanseen, Elizabeth McBride, Eli Miller and Lea Taylor, Edgemont Elementary School students, got state recognition in the Junior Creative Poetry Contest ...
- Simic stepping aside as U.S. poet laureate (Moldova.org)
A lecture on poetry translation will be the final time Charles Simic speaks as U.S. poet laureate, the Library of Congress said.I've thoroughly enjoyed this past year, Simic said in a news release. The best part of being poet laureate of the United States is working with the fine, dedicated and learned people at the Library (of Congress).Simic, poet laureate since August 2007, will give a ...
- The Poor Itch (Backstage.com)
Playwright John Belluso died in 2006 while in the process of writing The Poor Itch . Lisa Peterson has taken the work and, under the Public Lab banner and in tribute to her late friend and colleague, has directed The Poor Itch as an unfinished play.
- Center Aims To Boost Provo Cultural Level
Brigham Young News - The new art center will be the home for several projects, such as the Provo Film Society, a cabaret poetry show once a month, art workshops and classes for community members.
- Basketball's Chris Webber gives a clinic – in African-American lore - Christian Science Monitor
Basketball's Chris Webber gives a clinic – in African-American loreChristian Science Monitor, MA - 1 hour agoContributor Christopher Hartman talks with CSMonitor.com's Pat Murphy about the African-American artifact collection of NBA star Chris Webber. ...
- A light in the dark - Scotland on Sunday
A light in the darkScotland on Sunday, UK - Mar 30, 2008The gothic subculture revolves around interests in poetry, music, literature, the arts and history. If you get into the scene as a teen you are more likely ...
- Parents defend, decry head of Jewish school - National Post
National PostParents defend, decry head of Jewish schoolNational Post, Canada - 6 hours agoParents took turns criticizing and defending the director of a Jewish day school yesterday, after an anonymous e-mail exposed excerpts of explicit poetry ...
- Developing young minds
Daily Independent - But they’re learning about and writing metaphors, analyzing the elements of poetry. The third-graders are just this side of intermediate school, where they will be using their reading skills for even more sophisticated concepts, not just in ...
- Chitang’s tribute to Adrian
Manila Times - Among those who spoke were The Times’ Rony Diaz, a young writer who recounted Adrian’s acts of friendship and ... some that did not bear his name), slogans, pamphlets, diatribes, profiles, lectures, plays, biographies, poetry ...
- Plaque honours poet's memory
Leitrim Observer - The 22-year-old, who was born in Co Tyrone in July 1914 and later settled with his family in Dublin, was killed on February 27, 1937 while serving with the International Brigade. His poetry, described as remarkable for someone so young, was ...
- WritersCorps empowers young poets (San Francisco Chronicle)
If the young poets were nervous, it didn't show. Each of the teenage bards walked or bounded onstage and recited her or his verses with self-assurance and enthusiasm - apparently undaunted by the more famous poets with whom they shared the stage, the packed...
- Students slamming down poetry (Akron Beacon Journal)
TALLMADGE: In a high-tech age in which teens' lives are dominated by cell phones, MP3 players, social networking Web sites and instant messaging, Tallmadge High students Lizzie Ferracane, Matt LoPresti and Lisa Conti look to a simpler past for fulfillment.
- Md. Church Welcomes Easter With a Joyful Noise - Washington Post
Washington PostMd. Church Welcomes Easter With a Joyful NoiseWashington Post, United States - Mar 23, 2008Boom, boom, boom came the crescendo as the sun slowly rose on the holiest day of the Christian calendar. "Christ is risen," called the Rev. ...
- Exchange: Diggins Responds to HBO's 'John Adams' (Parts 3) - New Republic (subscription)
Exchange: Diggins Responds to HBO's 'John Adams' (Parts 3)New Republic (subscription), DC - 11 hours agoEdmund Burke, defending the American cause before Parliament in his famous "Speech on Reconciliation," told the British that the colonists would not yield ...
- Suriname, a land of many tongues, seeks its own (International Herald Tribune)
In Suriname, where the people communicate in more than 10 languages, the country is debating which of them to speak and its national identity after just three decades of independence from the Netherlands.
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