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- Speaker addresses issue of violence in young girls' lives - Daily Gleaner
Speaker addresses issue of violence in young girls' livesDaily Gleaner, Canada - 21 minutes agoTHANKS: Susan Montague, left, second vice-president of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Foundation for Family Violence Research, presents a cheque to Linda Eyre ...
- 1 p.m. - Sinangan-ta poetry slam tomorrow night (Pacific Daily News)
1 p.m. Aug. 29 — Those looking for a little knowledge and inspiration can head down to PTC tomorrow night for this month's Sinangan-ta poetry slam. Those looking to participate should bring two pieces to perform for a chance at the $100 prize.
- Museums, galleries rich right now with eye candy - Durham Herald Sun
Museums, galleries rich right now with eye candyDurham Herald Sun, NC - 2 hours ago1, 2009: "Feminine and Masculine in Ovid's Poetry and Early Modern Art." -- Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art. Through Nov. 30: "Julie Mehretu: City ...
- Stemming flow of literary heritage across the pond - guardian.co.uk
Stemming flow of literary heritage across the pondguardian.co.uk, UK - 29 minutes ago"Two things are inevitable: death and Texas," one of them was heard to sigh. Judy Berg, archivist at the University of Hull, remembers overhearing this ...
- Zimbabwe: Mukanya Heads for SA Show, Zim - AllAfrica.com
Legendary Zimbabwean musician Thomas Mapfumo will be coming to perform in October, Standardplus can report. Mapfumo is scheduled to perform in South Africa this month at the 12th Poetry Africa International Festival to be held in Durban. The festival ...
- Aug 10 - Aug 16 (208) - Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
Many of the claims in The Obama Nation – including allegations that Obama lied about when he stopped using cocaine and marijuana, and charges about his relationship with Islam and his participation in the congregation of Jeremiah Wright’s Trinity ...
- Between the lines: Animal magnetism (The Sacramento Bee)
If you want to sell a book, include animals in the story. Such conventional publishing wisdom may seem somewhat dated, but it still works with a segment of the national audience. For example:
- Poetry feast (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)
NORTHFIELD -- Four organizations have come together to plan a feast of poetry projects in Northfield and Roxbury during the month of October. The Friends of the Brown Public Library, Paine Mountain Arts Council, Roxbury Free Library and the Vermont Council on the Humanities will sponsor a series of activities for all ages that will include book discussions, workshops and readings. ...
- Addicted to life (HT via Yahoo! India News)
The once bitten twice-shy actor has finally realised that all he needs now is 'a simple, ordinary girl to make my world extraordinary.' And even as he is busy 'going on dates' and 'meeting interesting girls', he's quite comfortable leading a bachelor's life.
- Breakfast of Champions 7/14: "That Guy" edition - Minneapolis City Pages
Breakfast of Champions 7/14: "That Guy" editionMinneapolis City Pages, MN - 2 hours agoDuring out friendship his role was to write good poetry; mine was to write mediocre poetry and coordinate our community endeavors. Each role fit us smartly, ...
- Pencil This In: Tuesday - LAist
LAistPencil This In: TuesdayLAist, CA - 20 minutes agoPOETRY*: Greenway Court celebrates poetry and the spoken word with a weeklong festival featuring new and established writers and poets. ...
- Toronto Radar: Awkward Show and Tell Promises a Humiliating Good Time - Martiniboys.com
Toronto Radar: Awkward Show and Tell Promises a Humiliating Good TimeMartiniboys.com, Canada - 11 minutes agoBy Richard Trapunski in Attractions Last year I went to a U of T event called "The Poetry Massacre". It used a tried and tested formula, a poetry reading, ...
- Iranian institutions to honor Hafez expert Salim Neysari - MehrNews.com
Iranian institutions to honor Hafez expert Salim NeysariMehrNews.com, Iran - 4 hours agoSeyyed Ahmad Hosseini Kazeruni on “The Impact of Hafez on Bushehr’s Contemporary Poets,†Abbasali Vafaii on “The Impact of Hafez Ideology and Poetry in ...
- Cross-border slamming - Globe and Mail
Cross-border slammingGlobe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour agoThe poetry is highly dramatic, sometimes very funny and at other times super serious. The issues dealt with by the poets on the Toronto and Vancouver teams ...
- Irish Wit Infuses Poetry - Hartford Courant
Paul Muldoon once said, "The point of poetry is to be acutely discomfiting, to prod and provoke, to poke us in the eye, to punch us in the nose, to knock us off our feet, to take our breath away." Muldoon is known for his Irish wit, masterly way with ...
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