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- Entries due May 17 for Oak Hill Poetry Contest - Canton Daily Ledger
LEWISTOWN -- Poetry entries are due by May 17 for the Oak Hill Poetry Contest, which is part of Edgar Lee Masters Day on June 7 in Lewistown. Three age divisions for poets include youth through age 18, adults ages 19-64 and seniors ages 65 and older ...
- Britain's "lyrical terrorist" wins court appeal - CNBC
LONDON - A British woman who called herself the "lyrical terrorist" and wrote a poem about beheading a hostage, won an appeal against a criminal conviction in London on Tuesday. Samina Malik, 23, had been convicted last year of possessing documents ...
- Forget Tantra. My mantra is ‘13 minutes or less' - Times Online
Forget Tantra. My mantra is ‘13 minutes or less'Times Online, UK - 50 minutes agoAt a recent party everyone was discussing their sexual experiences and fantasies, to which I was contributing some of my “razzier†true-life stories. ...
- VIDEO: New song, new president, new era - MPNnow.com
VIDEO: New song, new president, new eraMPNnow.com, NY - 2 hours agoTwo winners of a college poetry contest, student Erin Parker and Barbara Murphy, associate professor of developmental studies, read their poems, ...
- Out & About (Nanaimo Daily News)
The Kiltlifters perform live at the Queen's Hotel on May 15 at 10 p.m. with special guests the Sub City Dwellers.
- Nam Le's long, literary journey (San Francisco Chronicle)
In the opening story of "The Boat," a remarkable first collection by 29-year-old Nam Le, the main character shares a number of characteristics with the author. Both are writers named Nam, Vietnamese by birth and Australian by upbringing. Both have had a "...
- Friends will sell books at library shop - Clackamas Review
Clackamas ReviewFriends will sell books at library shopClackamas Review, OR - 1 hour agoThe Pond House was once a residence and home to medical offices, but now it houses the Booktique and is the site of monthly poetry readings. ...
- Osama and Afghan cinema: an interview with Siddiq Barmak - Open Democracy
Afghanistan’s first post-Taliban feature film, a bleak yet lyrical story of a young girl forced to ‘pass’ as a boy in order to support her widowed mother, is provoking worldwide interest in the country’s cinematic heritage and future. As ...
- Selected Works of Veer Savarkar - Organiser
Selected Works of Veer SavarkarOrganiser, India - 7 hours ago... any reading and writing material. But all this could not break the indomitable patriotic spirit of Savarkar, which flawed through very inspiring poetry, ...
- Saigon to Seattle and Exploring Puget Sound Beaches - KUOW NPR
KUOW NPRSaigon to Seattle and Exploring Puget Sound BeachesKUOW NPR, WA - 22 minutes ago... 2006) and The Cartographer's Tongue (White Pine Press, 2000), which received the PEN USA Poetry award and the Peace Corps Writers Poetry award. ...
- Behind the Blue Curtain - Manville News
Manville NewsBehind the Blue CurtainManville News, NJ - 2 hours agoSince his youth, as a founding member of St. Louis-based Black Artists Group, he has savored his involvement in a variety of the arts — poetry, visual arts, ...
- Two Lindbergh seniors win poetry slam - Renton Reporter
Two Lindbergh seniors win poetry slamRenton Reporter, WA - 29 minutes agoWilkins put on the contest through his youth foundation, called DYNAMIC (Developing Youth Needs Athletically Artistically & Mentally Increasing Confidence). ...
- Words kept her going - Toronto Sun
Words kept her goingToronto Sun, Canada - 1 hour agoShe had yet to hit her 18th birthday. Two years earlier, in an unprecedented raid, 12 Metro Toronto Children's Aid workers had stormed a High Park group ...
- Column: ‘Absurd blurbs’ offer hope to hopeless - U-Wire.com
The beginnings of almost any lifetime passion are defined by the confidence it offers you as a child. The kids in my neighborhood couldn’t afford a real musical instrument, let alone lessons. The local schools touted paltry art budgets that had us ...
- Changing world of commencement speakers (San Francisco Chronicle)
On Sunday morning, America's most famous media personality and philanthropist will take the podium at Stanford Stadium to deliver a commencement speech to the class of 2008. Oprah Winfrey's charge is nothing less than to inspire an elite segment of the next...
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