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- Inmate-actors find purpose in jail theater performance - Gary Post Tribune
Inmate-actors find purpose in jail theater performanceGary Post Tribune, IN - 2 hours ago"Yellow is the color of new beginnings," according to the Sunflower Poetry of Hope, a book the women compiled while participating with the Theatre of ...
- Longtime letter-writer dies (Albany Democrat-Herald)
Lunette Mulkey, a 20-year Albany resident and one of the most prominent writers of letters to the Democrat-Herald, has died. She was 96.
- Poetry review: 'The Ghost Soldiers: Poems' by James Tate - Orlando Sentinel
James Tate is the Jerry Seinfeld of American poetry. You'll remember Seinfeld, the '90s sitcom famously dubbed "a show about nothing." Here's part of Charles Simic's blurb for Tate's new collection, The Ghost Soldiers: "To write a poem out of nothing ...
- Atwood Wins Prince of Asturias Award - New York Sun
Margaret Atwood has won Spain 's Prince of Asturias Award for Letters, defeating 32 other nominees from 24 countries for the prize, worth $77,750. The Canadian author was rewarded for producing "outstanding literary work" that explores various genres ...
- 2008 Awards for Excellence: Marketing nominees - Anderson Independent-Mail
Alex Hand, T.L. Hanna. Emily Hopkins, Pendleton. Katlyn Louise Ivester, Westside. Casey Elaine Lewis, Palmetto. Steven Vicktor Peckham, Crescent. Caroline Warner, B-HP. School: Wren High School. Age: 18. Parents: Stephen and Wanda Shaefer. School ...
- 2 men follow God's call to ministry - Toledo Blade
2 men follow God's call to ministryToledo Blade, OH - 1 hour agoHis hobbies include reading, writing fiction and poetry, baking bread, and running and lifting weights for exercise. "And an occasional video game," he ...
- Rise and fall of boxing champion Michael Nunn - Des Moines Register
Sandstone, Minn. - He shakes your hand with the kind of grip that would make a brick cry. FCI Sandstone inmate No. 11172-030, the quiet man with the shaved head and easy smile, tells you he's a grandfather, yet he doesn't look a day over 35. "If I ...
- Poetry contest winners are fine specimens of insincerity - Democrat and Chronicle
If you want a good poem and a good apology, ask a kid. Young people, fourth-graders to be exact, have emerged as the stars of the first-ever Connections Contrition poetry contest. The first-place winner, drumroll please, is Leah Warth, 10, of ...
- Painting with commitment - Calcutta Telegraph
Calcutta TelegraphPainting with commitmentCalcutta Telegraph, India - 2 hours agoJune 19 at Gyan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Creations India presents Monsoon Hues, an evening of music and poetry by Sudeshna Basu and Sujoy Prasad Chatterjee. ...
- Profit Honors Poet in His Own Country - New York Times
Profit Honors Poet in His Own CountryNew York Times, United States - 16 minutes agoPerhaps his best-known poem dealt with the Tay Bridge disaster of 1879 and included the lines “So the train mov’d slowly along the Bridge of Tay/Until it ...
- Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London - E-Flux
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), LondonE-Flux, NY - 5 hours agoTechnologies can be enjoyed for their poetry and exploited for their spare capacity – their ability to undertake tasks not foreseen by their makers. ...
- Gao Xingjian: Composing a narrative in ink paint (International Herald Tribune)
Although he is better known around the world as a playwright and novelist, Gao, 68, is celebrated among fine art connoisseurs as one of today's giants in the ink-on-rice-paper medium. His works are on show at Alisan Fine Arts in Hong Kong.
- Guthrie Director Dowling will be on NPR this Friday - Broadway World
Guthrie Director Dowling will be on NPR this FridayBroadway World, NY - 5 hours agoTo purchase tickets or season subscriptions call the Guthrie Box Office between 10 am and 8 pm daily at 612.377.2224 or toll-free 877.44.STAGE. ...
- Helping Children Overcome Sibling Rivalry - American Chronicle
American ChronicleHelping Children Overcome Sibling RivalryAmerican Chronicle, CA - 1 hour agoThe Orlando, Florida native is currently writing a collection of original poetry, a novel, short stories, and various articles for news media, ...
- U study praises educational value of MySpace, Facebook - Minneapolis Star Tribune
University of Minnesota researchers say they have discovered educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook. The same study also found that low-income students are in many ways just as technologically savvy as their ...
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