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- Birthplace a ‘complete spectrum’ of Sandburg’s life - Galesburg Register-Mail
Birthplace a ‘complete spectrum’ of Sandburg’s lifeGalesburg Register-Mail, IL - 54 minutes agoHe published books of poetry, wrote for newspapers, compiled biographies of Abraham Lincoln and penned several folk songs. By the time he died in 1967, ...
- August's contributors - The Australian
August's contributorsThe Australian, Australia - 2 hours agoHer latest collection of poetry is Man Wolf Man (John Leonard Press). CLIVE JAMES's latest book of poetry is The Book of My Enemy (Picador). ...
- Calif. woman pens a rant-and-rave for the D - Detroit Free Press
The Straits," issued by a California publisher, is essentially an epic poem about Detroit. It's perhaps the first epic poem about Detroit, or at least the first of the 21st Century.
- Declare freedom from foreign fuel - South Coast Today
Declare freedom from foreign fuelSouth Coast Today, MA - 8 hours agoOn that evening, music, sing-alongs and a poetry reading will accompany poster-making and working on the Wing's Court Eco-Garden RainGarden, ...
- Mental Graffiti - Time Out Chicago
Mental GraffitiTime Out Chicago, IL - 22 minutes agoHBO Def Poetry Jam vets Tim Stafford and Joel Chmara host one of the city's longest-running (and most entertaining) poetry slams. ...
- Dream comes true for local performer - Laurinburg Exchange
As a child growing up in Dillon, SC, Timmy Dee would brush his teeth and then pretend the toothbrush was a microphone. His dream was to perform and sing. “My goal was just to record one song,” he said. Since that time, Dee performed for many and ...
- Prose watch: Obama acceptance speech (The Politico)
At times in Obama's acceptance speech on the final night of the DNC, poetry and prose diverged.
- Edinburgh festival: Amsterdam Underground Comedy Collective - guardian.co.uk
Edinburgh festival: Amsterdam Underground Comedy Collectiveguardian.co.uk, UK - Aug 8, 2008The last thing you expect to come next, probably will - even if that means something not remotely funny at all. Teeuwen is making his solo Edinburgh debut, ...
- Family Fun - Denver Post
Family FunDenver Post, CO - 2 hours agoAt the Heart of the West fest on Friday and Saturday, Western musicians set the scene for cowboy poetry, storytelling and shopping at three venues. ...
- Big baby in - Independent
Share Pete Doherty : Last of the Rock Romantics By Alex Hannaford Ebury, st£16.99 Pete Doherty: Last of the Rock Romantics By Alex Hannaford Ebury, st£16.99 Lynn Barber Through the fog of Alex Hannaford 's prose, one can dimly discern that Pete ...
- Unshelved comic guys, Yahoo! answers, kids' jokes on the Web - School Library Journal
We're packing for New Orleans. I'm taking my linen shirts and leaving my ties at home. If you are at ALA later this week, stop by booth 1840 and say hello. On Saturday, you'll find Rick Margolis and Daryl Grabarek (9 to 10 a.m.), Phyllis Mandell (10 ...
- Passing the time with Boston Poet Laureate Sam Cornish - Somerville News
Passing the time with Boston Poet Laureate Sam CornishSomerville News, MA - 2 hours agoOn the subway, on the way to the meeting, I read through a collection of Cornish's that I picked up at the Grolier Poetry Book Shop some time ago: “Cross A ...
- On the eternal quest for meaning and knowledge - Mason City Globe Gazette
On the eternal quest for meaning and knowledgeMason City Globe Gazette, IA - 22 minutes agoHe got a preacher’s license as a teen, earned his bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Simpson College and attended Garrett Biblical Institute in Evanston, ...
- Poster poems: Calling for Clerihews - Guardian Blogs
Many of you who pass by this humble shop window in search of quaint diversions will already be familiar with the story of Edmund Clerihew Bentley , the dull chemistry lesson, and the birth of the light verse form that bears his name . Legend has it ...
- State library announces best books of Indiana awards (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Times Staff Report The 2008 Best Books of Indiana were named last week at an awards ceremony at the Indiana State Library.
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