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- Newsmaker of the Day: David Morse (The Norwich Bulletin)
David Morse, 67, of Storrs will hold a poetry reading at 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at Hygienic Art in New London, 79 Bank St. He will also read some prose and discuss the challenges that face writers covering Darfur.
- Brenda Shaughnessy's 'Human Dark With Sugar' (International Herald Tribune)
A wisecrack here and there can give life to a deadly serious agenda; a little wit adds dimension to a topic limited by its own darkness. And there isn't a single poem in "Human Dark With Sugar" that isn't funny.
- Stephen King: prophet of Palin - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukStephen King: prophet of PalinTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 2 hours agoThough barely previously published, he has swept the board at the Arvon International Poetry Competition this year with Shoreditch Orchid, a 50-line poem on ...
- As this year's exciting and varied Dublin Theatre Festival heads ... - Irish Times
As this year's exciting and varied Dublin Theatre Festival heads ...Irish Times, Ireland - 1 hour agoThe result is an ebb and flow of words, closer to a kind of existentialist poetry than to conventional theatre dialogue. In the hands of the Colombian ...
- Spirit of a poet: Victor Charlo to debut first published book of poetry after more than 30 years (Missoulian)
“The river runs a thin bed down the useless flat where Flathead homes are spaced like friends ... ” DIXON - Victor Charlo can still see the elderly Salish woman quickly move her hand near her waist, as if abruptly drawing an invisible dash in the air.
- Poet Quincy Troupe, Feb. 27 (Knox College)
Award-winning poet Quincy Troupe, former Poet Laureate of California, will present a poetry reading at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 27, in Kresge Recital Hall, Ford Center for the Fine Arts, on the Knox College campus in Galesburg. The event is free and open to the public.
- Hold Everything Dear: Dispatches on Survival & Resistance - Green Left Weekly
Hold Everything Dear: Dispatches on Survival & ResistanceGreen Left Weekly, Australia - 5 hours agoWhy have we lost any view of what is beyond a life-time?” Berger’s search for answers to these questions sees him discuss a wide range of political and ...
- Carers to commemorate homeless people who have died in London - Ekklesia
Carers to commemorate homeless people who have died in LondonEkklesia, UK - Oct 30, 2008Their names will be read out alongside prayer, music and poetry. Streetwise Opera, who use music to help people who have experienced homelessness to move ...
- Think inside the Box - The West Australian
Think inside the BoxThe West Australian, Australia - 4 hours agoFeaturing all-African dance theatre troupe Third World Bunfight, performance poet Odidi Mfenyana and DJ Dino Moran, who hosts the after-party, ...
- Mandy Patinkin back on stage - AZCentral.com
NEW YORK - You could call it "Mandy Patinkin times three." For two weeks only, Dec. 8-21, Patinkin will be performing his three solo concert shows, "Mamaloshen," "Celebrating Sondheim" and "Dress Casual," in repertory at the Public Theater. The three ...
- Jeff Srisourath is Warroad’s hometown hero - Grand Forks Herald
Jeff Srisourath is Warroad’s hometown heroGrand Forks Herald, ND - 6 hours agoHe walks with a cane, this 25-year-old, and he still fights pain daily, almost two years after an explosive charge detonated beneath his Bradley Fighting ...
- Northborough author's latest book takes the cake (The MetroWest Daily News)
When Dorothy Johnson was a little girl, her mother would send her down to the cellar for potatoes. Distracted by the piles of newspapers there, she'd forget the errand and end up lost in a world of words.
- Cushioned public sector must learn to share the pain - Irish Independent
Cushioned public sector must learn to share the painIrish Independent, Ireland - 15 hours agoBut I hope I am wrong about that too because black America deserves a good black president who can lay the grim ghost of slavery to rest. ...
- 'The White Tiger' short-listed for John Llewellyn Rhys prize (Deccan Herald)
Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger has been short-listed for this year's John Llewellyn Rhys Prize which is given for the best work of literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama) by a UK or Commonwealth writer aged 35 or under.
- Motion in poetry - Northern Echo
Motion in poetryNorthern Echo, UK - 10 hours agoThe poetry has been performed to parents, teachers and their fellow pupils. St Johns Primary School and Mount Pleasant Primary School have been the latest ...
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