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- Have the last word at poetry slam (Central Western Daily)
CENTRAL West Libraries is calling all poets, hip-hop artists and other outspoken wordsmiths to polish their rhymes and lyrics for the Australian Poetry Slam 08, an annual slam contest offering more than $10,000 in cash and prizes.
- Day three scores from National Poetry Slam 2008 in Madison (Isthmus)
Dozens of teams competed the final night of National Poetry Slam qualifying bouts on Thursday for a shot to move on to the semifinal round. With several teams already all but assured of a spot after their performances earlier in the week, the competition was fierce for a shot at making it into one of the 20 open spots.
- New indie publishers speak out optimistically in the face of decline - Los Angeles Times
New indie publishers speak out optimistically in the face of declineLos Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour agoIt struck us as perverse that talented authors who can do more than one thing at once — it’s prose, but wait, it’s also poetry! — should often have a harder ...
- Aug 10 - Aug 16 (243) - Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
"Corsi's approach to politics is both destructive and self-destructive. If Senator Obama loses, he should lose on the merits: his record in public life and his political philosophy. And while it's legitimate to take into account Obama's past ...
- Musharraf's turbulent 9 years in power - Boston Globe
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president who took power in a high-altitude coup and later dragged a reluctant Islamic nation into the U.S.-led war on terror, submitted his resignation Monday after a turbulent nine years in ...
- Missourian's Teen Page 'My Mo' Now Accepting Staff Applications (The Missourian)
The Missourian is now seeking staff members for 'My Mo,' a page dedicated to and created by teenagers, which will run weekends in the print and online editions starting this September.
- Kerouac Got an A - History News Network
Kerouac Got an AHistory News Network, WA - 37 minutes agoAt the top of each page was the year and course title — “The Narrative Art,” “The Poetry of Thomas Hardy,” “Literature Humanities,” “Shakespeare. ...
- P.E.I. Book Award winners announced (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)
The winners of the three P.E.I. Book Awards were announced this week.
- LITERARY DATEBOOK - Kansas City Star
LITERARY DATEBOOKKansas City Star, MO - 1 hour agoRegister. www.menuha.org (816-444-2434) WALSH WRITING WORKSHOP: Six-week workshop covering fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Thursday’s 9-10 am Sept. ...
- Legendary Celtic bard Ossian subject of art exhibit at U of Guelph - Canada East
GUELPH, Ont. - A University of Guelph exhibition of works by leading Scottish contemporary artist Calum Colvin focuses on the legendary bard Ossian. Titled "Ossian - Fragments of Ancient Poetry," the exhibition is on loan from the Scottish National ...
- Amanda Palmer Who Killed Amanda Palmer - PopMatters
PopMattersAmanda Palmer Who Killed Amanda PalmerPopMatters, IL - 8 hours agoWhen Palmer strikes that balance between ostentatiousness, wry poetry, and genuine hooks, as on past gems like “The Jeep Song”, “Coin Operated Boy”, ...
- Boozer Gets Grounded at O'Hare, Curses American Airlines: Books - Bloomberg
July 25 (Bloomberg) -- Bennie Ford is a failed poet, a failed father and a successful boozer. You wouldn't want to be stranded with him at an airport, though that's essentially what happens in Jonathan Miles's canny debut novel, ``Dear American ...
- Independent Curators International - E-Flux
Independent Curators InternationalE-Flux, NY - Sep 17, 2008The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated 168-page catalogue co-published by iCI and Melville House Publishing. The catalogue includes essays by ...
- Gaelic signs – trumped-up, airy-fairy load of rubbish (John O'Groat Journal)
SIR – It looks as if the Gaelic road signs question is almost never-ending. Personally, can I just put a bit of the record straight. At a meeting, months ago, of the Royal Burgh of Wick Community Council, I, along with my colleagues, came out against the imposition of Gaelic signs in Caithness.
- SPOKEN WORD: Word to the wise (Creative Loafing Charlotte)
SATURDAY, AUG. 16... By Carlton Hargro Local poet/promoter J.C. Cowan has worked to keep the art of spoken word alive in Charlotte for nearly a decade. So, it's only fitting that some of the city's (and the nation's) top poetic talents would come out to celebrate Cowan's official birthday bash -- dubbed Poetry in Motion. Expect to see spoken word stars like Def Poetry Jam regular Georgia Me, the ...
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