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- Books of The Times - New York Times
“Once the world was whole, in Antiquity and the Middle Ages,” Heinrich Heine wrote. “There was still a unity in the world and there were complete poets. We rightfully honor these poets and take pleasure in their poetry; but any aping of their ...
- Poetry slam: Councilor to challenge Gloucester laureate nomination (Gloucester Daily Times)
Before the Committee for the Arts' choice for the city's next poet laureate, Ruthanne "Rufus" Collinson, starts penning any acceptance speeches, her appointment will have to survive a challenge by a city councilor on Tuesday.
- Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction: the shortlist - Guardian Blogs
The big man himself ... but which book is a winner worthy of his name? Photograph: National Portrait Gallery/PA There are almost as many ways to read a book as there are books to read - in the bath, on the loo, or slumped in your favourite armchair ...
- School's out, and there's time for some fun reads for kids (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
A persistent mouse. A vanishing sculpture. An interstellar apocalypse. There's something for just about everyone, from preschoolers to teens, in our summer book wrap-up for young readers.
- Glastonbury comes to Streatham festival - Hounslow Guardian
The Streatham Festival, the centrepiece of the area's cultural calendar, kicks off this Saturday. The week long community arts festival, now in its seventh year, will bring internationally acclaimed artists alongside the best of local talent at a ...
- Present at the creation - Boston Globe
Amid the ongoing debate about the Founding Fathers - Is John Adams still underrated? Was Thomas Jefferson an unforgivable hypocrite? - one proposition recurs in the annual crop of books timed for publication around the Fourth of July. This was a ...
- Lovers of reading and writing meet at annual event - Gary Post Tribune
Lovers of reading and writing meet at annual eventGary Post Tribune, IN - 1 hour ago... author of "I Am You: Achieving Against All Odds," and Tyrone Roberts, who promoted a book of poetry he wrote entitled, "The Brick Porch. ...
- International Dickinson society convenes in Amherst this weekend - Amherst Bulletin
International Dickinson society convenes in Amherst this weekendAmherst Bulletin, MA - 3 hours agoThe 20th anniversary banquet will be held at 6:30 pm at Lewis Sebring Hall, Amherst College, with celebratory birthday cake followed by an open mic poetry ...
- North Smithfield's Schweitzer wins arts grant for poetry - Valley Breeze
North Smithfield's Schweitzer wins arts grant for poetryValley Breeze, RI - 19 minutes agoShe realized that she really loved words - and poets love words. In the mid-'90s she joined a poetry workshop and was surprised when the facilitator of the ...
- In Middlebury, Garza mystery solved - Burlington Free Press
MIDDLEBURY — The night he vanished, Middlebury College student Nicholas Garza wandered due east from a friend’s residence hall, toward the creek in which his body would be found almost four months later, instead of north in the direction of his ...
- Poet considered for national award - Prince George Citizen
Poet considered for national awardPrince George Citizen, Canada - 2 hours agoHer current book Soft Geography was shortlisted earlier this year for the coveted Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for top BC poet. ...
- Dance star’s final sparkle - Reading Evening Post
The death of long-legged movie legend Cyd Charisse at the age of 86 brings to an end a whole era of dance. You only had to tell her: “Go into your dance” to be assured of instant cinematic magic. Trained as a classical dancer, she was a member of ...
- Ever thine. Ever mine: How romantic are today's authors - The Independent
The latest collection of historical love letters shows that authors were a romantic lot, finds Emma Hagestadt. But are today's writers as handy with a pen? There's a memorable moment in the recent movie, Sex and the City, when Carrie lugs out an ...
- Inuk artist raises her voice - Northern News Services (subscription)
Northern News Services (subscription)Inuk artist raises her voiceNorthern News Services (subscription), Canada - 4 hours agoPartridge has played with poetry for a long time but she got into spoken word performance about four years ago. She had been living in the south for about ...
- Two-minute drill with UL wideout Caleb Rubin - The Daily Advertiser
Two-minute drill with UL wideout Caleb RubinThe Daily Advertiser, LA - 45 minutes agoA: I used to write poetry. I don't do it too much anymore. I just enjoy writing. It started out when I had to do some assignments for class. ...
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