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- Burmese democracy activist: 'I don't know how I kept my sanity' - Independent
Burmese democracy activist: 'I don't know how I kept my sanity'Independent, UK - 5 hours agoWin Tin, who is also known for his poetry, was frail but in remarkably good spirits after spending 19 years and three months in solitary confinement. ...
- The Anger, the Longing, the Hope (Middle East Online)
Mahmoud Darwish’s poetry enabled him to do what no one had succeeded in doing by other means: to unite all the parts of the fractured and fragmented Palestinian people - in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, in Israel, in the refugee camps and throughout the Diaspora, says Uri Avnery .
- The Power of 'Floetry' - Caymen Net News
Feeling free to let their poetic words move an attentive crowd, some of Cayman’s talented poets and performers converged on Books & Books, Camana Bay, last Wednesday, 16 July for an open mic evening of poetry and readings, dubbed ‘Floetry ...
- Communication is key (Owen Sound Sun Times)
By Don Crosby Sun Times correspondent Organizers of this year’s Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film in Durham are honouring one of their own. Geoffrey Shea has created five installations that emphasize the written and the spoken word — a theme that he says runs through his [...]
- Free literary criticism of old theories - The Australian
Free literary criticism of old theoriesThe Australian, Australia - 6 hours ago"Like thatching or clog dancing," Terry Eagleton complains in a recent study of poetry, "literary criticism seems to be something of a dying art. ...
- Inglewood Beauty Crowned As Miss Black California USA - Inglewood Today
Inglewood Beauty Crowned As Miss Black California USAInglewood Today, CA - 5 minutes agoThis writer, dancer and spoken word poet is available for speaking engagements, dance and poetry performances, and to conduct dance and creative writing ...
- Local resident Bart Yates dives into dysfunction in novel (The Daily Iowan)
For his latest novel, Iowa City resident Bart Yates departed a bit from his previous works. His last two protagonists have been young, gay men, but in The Distance Between Us, the main character is female. And straight. And 71 years old.
- Queen’s Cowboys to share stories - Sunny South News
Queen’s Cowboys to share storiesSunny South News, Canada - 8 hours agoSmith, who lives just outside of Diamond City, is well known as a cowboy poet and has even written a book of poetry, “Mounties, Mountains and Memories†and ...
- Lesbian Rights Activist Del Martin Dead (CBS News)
Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her lifelong partner in June on the first day that same-sex couples here gained that right, has died. She was 87.
- Allied Arts’ monthly Poetry Open Mike Night series begins this ... - Yakima Herald Republic
Now in it’s fourth year, the informal readings begin at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at the Allied ArtsCenter, 5000 W. Lincoln Ave. The line-up is on a first-come, first-read basis, however, readers should sign up before the event ...
- VOX POPULI: Get your vote on - McGill Tribune (subscription)
VOX POPULI: Get your vote onMcGill Tribune (subscription), Canada - 9 minutes agoIf you're still not convinced, go read Martin Niemoller's poetry and think about speaking up for others. Politics isn't just about playing the game or ...
- Griffin Poetry Prize judges announced - Nationalpost.com
The job of judging the 2009 Griffin Poetry Prize has gone to a Canadian, an American and an Irishman. Judge Saskia Hamilton of New York most recently edited a book of correspondence between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Dennis O’Driscoll has ...
- Families of Missing Persons Try to Cope - Eyewitness News Memphis
Families of Missing Persons Try to CopeEyewitness News Memphis, USA - 28 minutes agoInvestigators say it's an African-American woman whose body was badly decomposed. The body was found near Frayser High School. Right now in Memphis, ...
- A Brief History Of: The Poet Laureate - Time
On July 17, Kay Ryan became the 16th U.S. poet Laureate, one of the most coveted positions in American letters. Yet when Senator Spark Matsunaga, himself an amateur poet, pushed Congress to create the post in 1985, the American literary community was ...
- HEY SAM! TIME TO GO PLUNKIN´ - American Chronicle
HEY SAM! TIME TO GO PLUNKIN´American Chronicle, CA - 10 minutes agoWith Jesse at the helm of his SKEETER Boat, it was truly watching poetry in motion. His boat had been rigged with a dual- set of electric foot-pedals. ...
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