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- On Poetry: Pausing for Mother's Day - Traverse City Record Eagle
On Poetry: Pausing for Mother's DayTraverse City Record Eagle, MI - 21 hours ago... take over her poetry workshop at the University of Delaware while she gave birth to Jack, the late-life infant recalled in the poem I've selected below. ...
- 6 state House members face primary challenges (Philadelphia Daily News)
While the presidential race has dominated news coverage before Tuesday's primary election, six hard-fought races for the state House will also be decided.
- Watch clips of the Evans poetry slam - Orlando Sentinel
Watch clips of the Evans poetry slamOrlando Sentinel, FL - Apr 25, 2008Let me warn you -- I shot this, so it is raw. I truly believed Evans hung its backdrop crooked, until I figured out I wasn't lining up my horizon correctly. ...
- Awards go to 61 Philadelphia high school teachers (Philly.com)
Matthew N. VanKouwenberg is always looking to seize a teachable moment, whether it's in his lesson plan or not. That's one reason he was among 61 Philadelphia teachers recognized for excellence by the Lindback Foundation.
- 21 Ways To Eradicate Campiness From Science Fiction - io9
io921 Ways To Eradicate Campiness From Science Fictionio9, CA - 1 hour agoWhen a character stands around for three pages explaining the author's philosophies in a cheery tone, it's the prose version of a giant glittery tiara. ...
- At Your library: 'We the People' now on shelves (The York Weekly)
Every year since 2002, the National Endowment for the Humanities has invited libraries across the country to apply for a "We the People" bookshelf grant. Recipients of the grant are given a collection of classic American books on a particular theme.
- Arvon Poetry Competition: 'Break every law...' - Daily Telegraph
Don't be taken in: there is no one way to write a poem, no recipe or instruction manual, no winning formula where competitions are concerned. It's something you can only learn by doing, and even then it remains a slippery and mysterious process. Jean ...
- Critic speaks highly of Costa Rican jazz concert - SFA The Pine Log Online
Critic speaks highly of Costa Rican jazz concertSFA The Pine Log Online, TX - 20 hours ago... philosophy and poetry throughout her adult life. Her songs addressed issues ranging from the necessity of communication in a romantic relationship to ...
- Greenspan Rewrites Aristophanes for World Premiere, Old Comedy , in NYC (Playbill)
Classic Stage Company presents the Target Margin Theater world-premiere production of Old Comedy from Aristophanes' Frogs by David Greenspan, based on — as the title would suggest — Aristophanes' 405 B.C. play Frogs, May 7-31 at CSC's East Village home.
- GHOST TRAIN TO THE EASTERN STAR (Kirkus Reviews)
Travel writer and novelist Theroux (The Elephanta Suite, 2007, etc.) offers an elegiac retracing of roads and railroads taken across the vastness of Eurasia.
- Trilogy Represents Values Sadly Lacking in Today's Society - Emediawire (press release)
Trilogy Represents Values Sadly Lacking in Today's SocietyEmediawire (press release), WA - 12 hours ago"Many who have begun to doubt or to encounter criticism of Christianity in today's world may find that poetry can speak to their hearts when pure logic does ...
- Gilmore Young Artist successfully navigates blistering passages - The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.comGilmore Young Artist successfully navigates blistering passagesThe Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com, MI - 1 hour agoHis softest notes were percussion-free, pure poetry. In some solo piano sections, he tended to bring out too much of the melody. But it was the blistering ...
- Leicester ready to turn tables at Twickenham - Times Online
Poetry rarely features on significant rugby occasions but Leicester will feel that they are in a position to exact poetic justice at Twickenham this afternoon. In front of a world-record crowd of 81,600 for a club match, the Midlanders will hope to ...
- Kevin Mitchell: writer, musician, playground monitor - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Kevin Mitchell: writer, musician, playground monitorSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States - 1 hour agoQ: The St. Louis Writers Guild recently presented a workshop on poetry in which the use of rhythm and beat, timing and rhyming were discussed. ...
- Stephen Moss on the use of Morse code today (Guardian Unlimited)
One had assumed that Morse code's last hurrah (that's ···· ··- ·-· ... oh, life's just too short) had been in about 1944. But one had assumed wrong. The writer Alan Sillitoe, who trained as a wireless operator in the second world war, this week revealed that he still practises taking Morse every day, listening to chatter across the airwaves, including a French station that broadcasts poetry in ...
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