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- Top poets awarded in festival contest - Auburn Reporter
Top poets awarded in festival contestAuburn Reporter, WA - 1 hour agoHorowitz, editor and publisher of Rose Alley Press, is a longtime supporter of poetry in the Puget Sound. David Rizzie took the second-place prize of $50 ...
- Al Nofi's CIC (Strategy Page)
This Issue... "Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general." “Parataxis,” a lit-crit term describing works in which “discrete segments of either poetry or prose follow each other in sequence,” like Caesar’s " Veni; vidi; vici ," is actually the ancient Greek military word for “deployed for battle,” that is, with the troops formed up side by side.
- Frenchman planning to re-connect with Nessie - Aberdeen Press and Journal
Frenchman planning to re-connect with NessieAberdeen Press and Journal, UK - 24 minutes agoHe said: “On December 24 at the stroke of midnight, Nessie is expected to appear amid the black and the boiling waters of the Loch Ness. ...
- Iran's Mr Nice - satire on a tightrope (AFP via Yahoo! News)
In Iran, satirising the establishment can mean being slapped with a publication ban or even jail for an editor. Making fun of the president and senior leaders is not a task to be undertaken lightly.
- The arts in brief - Modesto Bee
The arts in briefModesto Bee, CA - 40 minutes agoAdmission to the exhibition is free; gallery hours are noon to 5 pm Wednesday through Saturday. Comma Sutra, a poetry duo featuring Chad Sokolovsky and Cody ...
- Legacy of North Carolina's Black Mountain College continues (Courier-Post)
Starting in the 1930s, a small, experimental college on the dense wood slopes of North Carolina's western mountains left an outsized mark on American art and culture.
- County author nominated for prestigious award (The News)
PICTOU ISLAND – A Pictou Island author has been shortlisted for a prestigious award. Maureen Hull, the author of The View From a Kite, has been short-listed for the 2008-2009 Stellar Award, the British Columbia Teen Choice Award.
- The Medium Tiny Talents - New York Times Blogs
New York Times BlogsThe Medium Tiny TalentsNew York Times Blogs, NY - 15 minutes ago(“This site really is a labor of love,” writes Crack on his.) You’d think the shoestring budget would mean bad videos, but usually the reverse is true: host ...
- Andrew Motion celebrates the rise and rise of the Poetry Archive - Times Online
Andrew Motion celebrates the rise and rise of the Poetry ArchiveTimes Online, UK - 26 minutes agoThe received wisdom appears to be true: poetry is no longer part of familiar life. The Poetry Archive, which will celebrate its third birthday in November, ...
- 5 recognized as embodying award's spirit of courage - GoErie.com
5 recognized as embodying award's spirit of courageGoErie.com, PA - 20 minutes agoAccording to a biography provided by Sisters of St. Joseph, Austin has shared her poems with other women in the Sexual Abuse Family Education and Treatment ...
- Long-running workshop boosts writers (Post-Tribune)
GARY -- The Gary Historical and Cultural Society held its annual Writers Workshop at St. John Lutheran Church recently, allowing published and aspiring writers to share their ideas on creativity, choosing a topic and self-publishing.
- Great poet's grave stokes Civil War dispute - Hickory Daily Record
Great poet's grave stokes Civil War disputeHickory Daily Record, NC - 1 hour ago... and his poetry collections "Poet in New York and "Gypsy Ballads." His work draws on universal themes — love, death, passion, cruelty and injustice. ...
- Entries invited for Gunn writing contest (The Inverness Courier)
HIGHLAND schoolchildren and adults from across the Highlands and beyond are being asked to get creative and put pen to paper for the launch of the 2009 Neil Gunn Writing Competiton.
- 'Rocky Mountain National Park, A Pictorial History' - Coloradoan
Author: Kenneth Jessen of Loveland has entertained and informed us with more than a dozen books on Colorado history. This volume is softcover but merits a place on your coffee table. Story line: At first run through, the 200 photos are compelling ...
- Celebrated American Sanskrit rock band to dedicate next album to ... - PunjabNewsline.com
Celebrated American Sanskrit rock band to dedicate next album to ...PunjabNewsline.com, India - 4 hours ago"We fell in love with the overwhelming stillness, exuberance, clarity and amplified sensory awareness of Sanskrit poetry," Andrea and Sara stress. ...
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