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- Today's Colonist - Victoria Times Colonist
Eight years ago, Vancouver's Sara Bynoe unearthed her old boyfriend's teenage love poems. These maudlin masterpieces were hilarious. So she phoned a girlfriend to enjoy a mutual guffaw. That nasty yukfest was the seed for Teen Angst Poetry Night. For ...
- Blending Cultures in the Melting Pot - NPR
Blending Cultures in the Melting PotNPR - 3 hours agoI remember the moment my idea of America expanded: it was in college, when my friend Jeff handed me books of American poetry. Reading Walt Whitman was like ...
- Big day for small book publishers (Scarborough Mirror)
"It's a real cool thing for us to be part of," said Liisa Ladouceur, one of the many small publishers - and authors - who will be on hand this Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. at the Toronto Small Press Book Fair being held at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, 750 Spadina Ave.
- Civil War talk at B&O museum - Baltimore Sun
Maryland historian Dan Toomey will visit the Ellicott City B&O Railroad Museum, 2711 Maryland Ave., at Main Street, at 2 p.m. Saturday to speak about the Civil War. His lecture, "The War Came By Train," concludes the 10th anniversary of the living ...
- It's not just YourSpace - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Party photos from sorority days past. A message from a friend with crude language. Sexually explicit jokes. That kind of content on a Facebook or MySpace Web page isn't an issue for many adults who use the social networking sites in their personal ...
- Udupi: Kavita Trust Hosts Memorable Evening of Poetry at Mudadu - Daijiworld.com
Daijiworld.comUdupi: Kavita Trust Hosts Memorable Evening of Poetry at MudaduDaijiworld.com, India - 4 hours agoDuring the course of the evening short poems of Antony Barkur and a poem by PJ Karugalnade were read out. Dimple Fernandes, Richie Pereira, Ancy Paladka, ...
- It's sad/ world's not glad/ we are bad - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Being a patriotic fellow, I am always saddened to learn that the good ol' USA isn't No. 1 in all fields. That was my reaction last week when I read an Associated Press story from Edinburgh, Scotland, that said a collector had paid $12,840 for 35 ...
- Pop go the exam papers as Amy Winehouse muscles in - Irish Independent
Pop go the exam papers as Amy Winehouse muscles inIrish Independent, Ireland - 2 hours agoBy Nancy Harris It's almost enough to bring you back to the days of the old Leaving Cert poetry question. Will it be Yeats? Will it be Kavanagh? ...
- Passion and poetry in Seville - PerthNow
Passion and poetry in SevillePerthNow, Australia - 1 hour agoThe place is simply colossal: the world's largest Gothic building. Some say that Christopher Columbus is buried here, though many dispute the claim. ...
- Soldier's Mother Bridges Distance with Poetry (NPR)
When Frances Richey's son deployed to Iraq in 2004, their relationship was strained by their very different views about the war. While her son was gone, Frances Richey wrote poetry about her own experience and her son's. Richey speaks with NPR's Guy Raz about her poems and the bond they helped renew with her son.
- Looking for something to do this long weekend? Here are some ... - Toronto Star
Acoustic Harvest Folk Club has world music with an Indian flavour from Tasa, Sat. 8 p.m. ($15 at 416-264-2235). St. Nicholas Anglican, 1512 Kingston Rd. Lori Cullen and her band perform songs from her discs Buttercup Bugle and Calling For Rain , Sat ...
- 'Kite on the Wind' Tethered by Its Script (Washington Post)
The new family musical "Kite on the Wind: A Tale of Pakistan" could badly use the grace and buoyancy its title imagery implies.
- Things to do this week and beyond - Salt Lake Tribune
Things to do this week and beyondSalt Lake Tribune, United States - May 22, 2008Participants will need to bring an empty vegetable or soup can to make their own lanterns; The 3rd Annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering is from noon-5 pm today ...
- Dissident poet dies after fall - Melbourne Herald Sun
Dissident poet dies after fallMelbourne Herald Sun, Australia - Apr 22, 2008Still, the poetry and writings of these four Vietnamese literary figures survived and were widely circulated underground. Last year, half a century after ...
- Wynford grad has love affair with poetry - Bucyrus Telegraph Forum
Wynford grad has love affair with poetryBucyrus Telegraph Forum, United States - 7 hours agoBy Kimberly Gasuras • Telegraph-Forum staff • June 4, 2008 HOLMES TOWNSHIP -- Wynford graduate Sarah Stahl has been writing since she was in grade school. ...
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