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- What's the matter with kids today? (And how to mentor) - Boston Globe
Raising kids today isn't exactly child's play. Kids are maturing faster, pushed along by media, popular culture and technology (think video games and hand-held game systems). Some kindergarten girls flash thongs, boys are addicted to violent and ...
- Cuban Poet Stirs Audience - Cayman Net News
Cayman Net NewsCuban Poet Stirs AudienceCayman Net News, Cayman Islands - 5 hours agoTo begin his presentation, he read his poem Incantation before departure from his book ‘Wise fish’. During this reading, he chanted in the Nigerian Yoruba ...
- Poetry Foundation names children's laureate, humor winner - Catholic Online
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - "When I grow up," begins a poem by Mary Ann Hoberman, "I want to be/A grown-up who remembers me/And what it felt like to be small. ..." Hoberman is that kind of grown-up. Now at age 78 and a grandmother, she claims a vivid ...
- Writers to present a free reading (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
Fiction writer Madeleine Thien from Canada and Cuban poet, fiction writer and essayist Rogelio Saunders, who lives in Spain, will present a free reading at 5 p.m. Sunday in Prairie Lights Books.
- Mississippi Reading Association 38th annual conference will be in ... - Hattiesburg American
Mississippi Reading Association 38th annual conference will be in ...Hattiesburg American, MS - 2 hours agoThe sessions will include topics on storytelling, the writing process, reading research, teacher mentoring, publishing, poetry, gifted students, ...
- Enid doc enjoys creating cowboy poetry (The Oklahoman)
Lynn Phillips sits in the living room of his home dressed in his hospital scrubs waiting to be called back to the hospital, as he talks about his new CD of cowboy poetry. "It started out as a form of entertainment on cattle drives. Cowboys would tell them around the campfire to pass the time," he said. Most of the original cowboy poetry is serious, but in recent years the poetry has taken on a ...
- What's on Your iPod? (The Lawrentian)
1. "3 Peat ," Lil Wayne First track off of "The Carter III," I hated this song at first but when I began to play it over and over again I realized Weezy is a genius. "Swallow my words taste // taste my thoughts // and if it's too nasty // spit it back at me." Poetry.
- Find the Good Life After 50 at Baltimore's Renaissance Institute - The Baltimore Chronicle
Find the Good Life After 50 at Baltimore's Renaissance InstituteThe Baltimore Chronicle, MD - 19 hours agoThe myriad classes offered also include art, history, science, philosophy, the short story, poetry, bridge, computer science, photography and tai chi. ...
- The Library of Virginia announces award winners (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Winners of major awards were announced last night at the 11th Annual Library of Virginia Literary Awards honoring Virginia authors or, in the case of nonfiction, works on a Virginia subject. Awards categories were fiction, nonfiction, poetry and literary lifetime achievement.
- Ann Rivero, featured Artwalk Artist at Art Accents Gallery - Auburn Journal
Owner/Artist Ann Rivero's world of watercolor will be featured in the upcoming Artwalk on Oct. 8th. Many of her images focus on water, but there will also be a good mix of still life and landscape. She is also a songwriter/musician as well as a poet ...
- Del Toro Doing His Two Hobbit Movies in the Style of Matrix Sequels? - io9
Del Toro Doing His Two Hobbit Movies in the Style of Matrix Sequels?io9, CA - 2 hours agoSure there's a lot going on in the book, but what feels fast-paced and "effortless" in JRR Tolkein's prose could come across as overlong and gratuitous on ...
- Public Theater to Present NY Premiere of Hoch's New Play, 'Taking ... - Broadway World
Broadway WorldPublic Theater to Present NY Premiere of Hoch's New Play, 'Taking ...Broadway World, NY - 6 hours ago... Whiteboys, Blackhawk Down, American Splendor, War Of The Worlds, Lucky You, HBO Def Poetry and the film version of Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop. ...
- Deepti to don the director’s hat - Daily News and Analysis
The former actor ropes in Manisha Koirala for her directorial debut. After Nandita Das, avant-garde actor Deepti Naval has turned director. Her directorial debut has a rather poetic title —Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish and she has signed ...
- Little Packages Big Talent - Chiang Mai City Life
Chiang Mai City LifeLittle Packages Big TalentChiang Mai City Life, Thailand - 6 hours agoIn every field there’sa child knocking at the door, from eight year old mental calculators to teeny pop superstars. Lately we have been scouring the streets ...
- New Poetry Society director lays out plans to grab public's attention (Guardian Unlimited)
Judith Palmer explains why knitting and the Olympics can raise poetry's profile
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