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- Music Review: The Old 97's - Blame It On Gravity (Blogcritics.org)
Love and romance with a country twang, the Old 97's return with a fiery new album. "Cowboy poetry" is one of those phrases you sometimes hear and don't know quite what to make of it. Odes to sagebrush and saddle sores, perhaps? But the music of the Old 97's, with its high lonesome sound, always felt like a kind of cowboy poetry to me. The Dallas-spawned band draws on country music to create ...
- Much to savour at the Ullapool Book Festival - Ross-Shire Journal
Much to savour at the Ullapool Book FestivalRoss-Shire Journal, UK - 12 hours ago... talk about her book, Scottish Customs from the Cradle to the Grave. There is then time for a quick lunch before the first of the day's poetry sessions. ...
- Especially personal poems - UI The Daily Iowan (subscription)
Especially personal poemsUI The Daily Iowan (subscription), IA - 21 hours ago"Not just to reach people with my own poems but without changing or dumbing it down to make poetry more available to readers. It's not the job of every poet ...
- Our national anthem…a song of patriotic ardor - Fulton Valley News (subscription)
Our national anthem…a song of patriotic ardorFulton Valley News (subscription), USA - 26 minutes agoThere is an intriguing history surrounding Francis Scott Key and his writing that patriotic poem. Songwriting—or poetry—was not on his mind at the time. ...
- Robinson's friends to return honor (Detroit Free Press)
When he was a young man embarking on a work scholarship at West Virginia State College, not far from his Steubenville, Ohio, home, Will Robinson aspired to be a doctor.
- This week in the arts (The Columbus Dispatch)
CLASSICAL MUSIC • Westerville's "Sounds of Summer" concert series will begin with a performance by the Otterbein Concert Band at 6:30 tonight in Alum Creek Park amphitheater,
- Height of war - Boston Globe
Height of warBoston Globe, United States - 44 minutes agoWhite has been working for 25 years with students of all ages on poetry, memoirs, and nonfiction. She has worked in schools, libraries, prisons, ...
- Eleven years of Labour, and all that's helped Paris is a £3 pair ... - Daily Mail
Daily MailEleven years of Labour, and all that's helped Paris is a £3 pair ...Daily Mail, UK - 55 minutes agoDespite a gift for poetry and short stories, she left school at 16 without a single qualification. With little hope of a job, and therefore a home of her ...
- Working to preserve orchard - Harlow Herald 24
Working to preserve orchardHarlow Herald 24, UK - 9 hours agoThe group were able to use the area to paint, make collages, explore the scenery, make bark rubbings and write poetry. Lesley Mace, who attended the art day ...
- See Profile - Huffingtonpost.com
As the person who made the reply about the unionzed plumbers demographic, I, too, was attempting to mock all those non-working class so-called pundits like Maureen Dowd, David Brooks (who recently really put his foot in it when he criticized Obama ...
- Greece's Delphi retains the power to inspire - Miami Herald
Rain fell in sheets on the broken columns and stone blocks. I stood on the ancient ground where Agamemnon, Socrates and Cicero, among others, had humbly stood, hoping to get answers to their big questions. I was alone outside the ruined Temple of ...
- Author Profile - Elizabeth Zelvin (BellaOnline)
Elizabeth Zelvin's extensive experience as a mental health professional has led to her debut mystery Death Will Get You Sober.
- Senior Notes (June 5) - Needham Times
Senior Notes (June 5)Needham Times, USA - 1 hour agoHer strong voice and her understanding of the text will provide new perspective on the classic prose and poetry she brings to you. ...
- Summer Choir concert spotlights American poets - UW Madison
For its depth and meaning to be truly experienced, poetry should also be heard, and not just read. As evidence, the blossoming of spoken word, open mics and poetry slams are bringing the joy and power of poetry to a new generation. The University of ...
- Fielding the best summer reads (Denver Post)
Summer's here and the time is right ... for reading about baseball.
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