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- Kay Ryan is the new poet laureate (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Kay Ryan, award-winning poet, mountain bike rider and self-described "modern hermit," will soon be going to Washington. The Library of Congress announced today that the lifelong Californian, whose compressed, metaphysical poetry has been compared to Emily Dickinson's, will succeed Charles Simic as the 16th U.S. poet laureate in the fall. The appointment is for one year and
- Writers urged by ex-poet laureate to defend wildlife - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Robert Hass has issued a challenge at the international writers conference at Chatham College. The demilitarized zone separating the Koreas seems an unlikely literary metaphor, but it set the direction of Chatham University's first international ...
- SCREEN SCENE: 'DARK KNIGHT' A GREAT ADVENTURE FILM - Niagara Falls Reporter
For the first hour and a half, the new Batman feature, "The Dark Knight," is perfect. Unfortunately, in Hollywood, longer is thought to be better, so we've got another hour to go. That's not to say that at two-and-a-half hours, the movie is not ...
- Literary journal moves to Ark. university - Pine Bluff Commercial
Literary journal moves to Ark. universityPine Bluff Commercial, AR - 29 minutes agoThe publication, best known for its annual music edition, publishes short fiction, poetry, and articles that center on Southern culture. ...
- 'Billy Elliot,' 'Shrek' head list of fall musicals (AP via Yahoo! News)
Not since the heyday of the '80s British musical invasion — which brought "Cats," "The Phantom of Opera" and "Les Miserables" — has Broadway anticipated such a big, critically lauded musical from across the Atlantic as "Billy Elliot."
- Seniors Calendar - Austin American-Statesman
Seniors CalendarAustin American-Statesman, TX - 12 hours agoLifetime Learning Institute — Daytime courses include art, exercise, languages, finance, needlework, flower arranging, music, history, poetry, genealogy and ...
- 'Mad Men' and '30 Rock' win top Emmys (The Pantagraph)
LOS ANGELES -- The sleek ‘60s drama “Mad Men†made Emmy history Sunday as the first basic-cable show to win a top series award, while the sitcom “30 Rock†and its stars Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin also emerged as big winners. | Photo gallery
- Author, 93, blows book proceeds on massive house...and invites ... - This is London
Author, 93, blows book proceeds on massive house...and invites ...This is London, UK - 1 hour agoI started as soon as I could hold a pencil - fairy stories, poetry, short stories, magazine articles. It seems I've been writing for a hundred years. ...
- A Van Cliburn anniversary: From musician to folk hero (The Star)
If cultural gods tell us more about us than about themselves, Van Cliburn holds a particularly warped and smoky mirror up to the classical-music world he intermittently dominated over the last half-century - one that shows much about the strange price of being a folk hero.
- The distant enchantress who stole a poet's heart - Scotsman
FOR centuries poets have been inspired by long-distance passion to produce some of their finest work. But a modern twist on the theme of unrequited love yesterday delivered a top poetry award to Scotland's Don Paterson. His tongue-in-cheek tale of ...
- A paper cut would be a good thing - MLive.com
A paper cut would be a good thingMLive.com, MI - 3 hours agoI'm going to do the same with the shoebox of poems Tom wrote as a teen. In other words, I have enough paper that needs keeping without the literal junk. ...
- Search for Rockefeller expands - Boston Herald
Search for Rockefeller expandsBoston Herald, United States - 19 hours ago... recent life, a posting on the Web site of the literary Cafe Society of Boston gushes about Rockefeller: “Clark’s readings of Scottish poetry will send ...
- Good Reads - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Good ReadsWilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA - 50 minutes agoWednesday at 7 pm Free and open to the public. 389-5134. Book Discussion of “The Maltese Falcon†by Dashiell Hammett. Held in conjunction with the “Tools in ...
- A history of the Arvon International Poetry Copmpetition on its ... - Times Online
A history of the Arvon International Poetry Copmpetition on its ...Times Online, UK - 1 hour agoThe Arvon International Poetry Competition began in 1980. The deadline for this year's is August 15 at 5pm. All ages and every kind of poem are welcomed. ...
- Give peace a chance - Yorkshire Evening Post
Give peace a chanceYorkshire Evening Post, UK - 12 hours ago... an involvement in peace issues through poetry; and to encourage people to participate in the creative and therapeutic activity of writing poetry, ...
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