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- Madison spoken word artists on home turf at National Poetry Slam (The Capital Times)
Downstairs, Garbage is pouring misery out from the jukebox. Upstairs, David Hart is battling his faulty memory and the audible sound of Shirley Manson's voice to get his poem out. His eyes are squeezed shut, he's trying to remember the next line. He pauses. "Take your time, Dave!" encourages a woman from the back of the room. He begins again, "The putrid corpse of hip-hop lies in state in a ...
- Show your BC pride with one of these parties - Canada.com
Show your BC pride with one of these partiesCanada.com, Canada - 18 hours agoTry to interpret haiku poetry, or watch a couple of animated shorts before wending your way through the food stands to the beat of taiko drums. ...
- Three Pioneers - Publishers Weekly
Publishers WeeklyThree PioneersPublishers Weekly, NY - 5 hours agoThe Pulitzer Prizes were launched at Columbia University in 1917 as annual awards for excellence in journalism, fiction, poetry and other cultural pursuits. ...
- Joyce Carol Oates unravels murder mystery from interesting perspective in new novel (Ventura County Star)
Some of Joyce Carol Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest. Oates sets out to solve a fictionalized version of the JonBenet Ramsey murder, with skating prodigy "Bliss" Rampike replacing the real-life child beauty pageant contestant. The resolution she imagines is heartrending, grotesque and totally believable.
- Business booming in Georgia for Stalin look-alike - San Francisco Gate
Sunday, October 5, 2008 But Ziyadaliev, 64, an avuncular father of two who dresses as Stalin even on days off, insists that business has seldom been better. He is a frequent hired guest at weddings, where he dances to Soviet Katyusha music from World ...
- Solo performance - Deccan Herald
Maya Contemporary Art. Gallery held a series of programmes called ‘Speech Magic Initiative' featuring different performers and loosely described as a performance cycle comprising spoken word, movement, sound and images. The performer for the ...
- Overrated: Angelina Jolie -- OMG, leave the poor woman alone! - Walletpop.com
Having gone to my 20th high school reunion recently, followed by some reflecting about how my life has gone an adult, I admit to feeling a little weird and intimidated about the idea of suggesting that Angelina Jolie is overrated. After all, the 33 ...
- Richard Silverstein: The death of Mahmoud Darwish is a severe blow (Guardian Unlimited)
Richard Silverstein: Mahmoud Darwish, who died last week, should have been honoured as a national poet of both Palestinians and Israelis
- October (The Springfield News-Leader)
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- Dozens answer call to show Inland writers' talent (The Press-Enterprise)
One of the surprises of the first Inlandia Writers' Workshop at Riverside Public Library this summer is the diversity of people who showed up. "The ages ranged from 14 to 80, which is pretty amazing," said Ruth Nolan, workshop leader, poet and associate professor of English at College of the Desert.
- Glorious mud and music - Stuff.co.nz
Stuff.co.nzGlorious mud and musicStuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 1 hour agoThere were 2000 performances at about 50 venues this year, including music, cabaret, theatre, poetry and children's activities. ...
- Eden Prairie holds International Festival on Aug. 10 - Chaska Herald
Eden Prairie holds International Festival on Aug. 10Chaska Herald, MN - 3 hours agoAttendees can listen to original poetry reading in Somali, which will also be translated into English, starting at 5:30 pm The Sansei Yonsei Kai Japanese ...
- Opening doors for 'fresh talent' - Tonight
Opening doors for 'fresh talent'Tonight, South Africa - 2 hours agoAlready on board are gospel singer Skhulu Miya, Ufasimba (song and poetry fusion), Bongani Nkwanyana (former bass player with Sipho Gumede) and Afro-pop ...
- John Lundberg: Osama Bin Laden: Terrorist and...Wedding Poet? (HuffingtonPost)
The pending publication of Osama Bin Laden's poetry in the academic journal Language and Communication next month is sparking some debate. While the poems could...
- Metalhead memories roar back to big screen - Columbus Dispatch
Columbus DispatchMetalhead memories roar back to big screenColumbus Dispatch, OH - 2 hours agoDoes one not thrill to hear ringing poetry such as "I just wanna make some eardrums bleed!"? Studio 35 will screen This Is Spinal Tap , the 1984 ...
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