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- The Broken Word, by Adam Foulds; Mandeville, by Matthew Francis; For All We Know, by Ciaran Carson (Independent)
The Broken Word is Adam Foulds's first published poetry (he has written a well-regarded novel). It shows a young man, Tom, fresh from "the bark/ and whine and snivel/ and brag" of school, plunged into service against the 1950s "Mau Mau" uprising in Kenya. The blurb explains this – a pity, because Foulds lets us find out decade, place and bloody context by degrees. The poem quietly initiates ...
- Confirm Bourque as poet laureate - The Daily Advertiser
Confirm Bourque as poet laureateThe Daily Advertiser, LA - 14 hours agoHe has traveled the state at his own expense, visiting public and private schools, libraries, colleges and universities, teaching and reciting poetry. ...
- McPartland is May Writer of the Month - Del Norte Prospector
McPartland is May Writer of the MonthDel Norte Prospector, CO - 9 hours ago... $50 for winning the contest. McPartland enjoys writing both poetry and narrative, and her favorite piece so far is a poem titled “Night’s Imagination. ...
- Alex Boyd, Anne Simpson win $1,000 national poetry prizes (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Toronto-born Alex Boyd and Anne Simpson of Antigonish, N.S., have won national poetry prizes.
- Micheline, man - San Francisco Bay Guardian
San Francisco Bay GuardianMicheline, manSan Francisco Bay Guardian, CA - 23 minutes ago... reproductions of black-and-white paintings and drawings alongside a healthy selection of previously uncollected (for the most part) prose and poetry. ...
- City desperately needs $11.7M - Camden Chronicle Independent
TRUTH BE TOLD – The City Council requested final budget numbers for their meeting last week, but got none until the next day. The council has now scheduled another emergency meeting for Sunday, June 1 at 7 p.m. UPDATE: Cap waiver failed 5-4 at June ...
- Local happenings - Dailyrecord.com
Local happeningsDailyrecord.com, NJ - 23 minutes ago"Poets in the Garden" will be held in August. Poets Susan Jackson and Dave Petruzelli will share their original poetry. This is a general admission event. ...
- Museum's exhibit reflects Vermont's art and culture: Sunday tour will close Kent Tavern exhibit (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)
hen Glenn Suokko began his artist talk last weekend at the "Pastoral" exhibit at the Kent Tavern Museum, there was a cup-shaped bird's nest resting on a mantel just behind his left shoulder. Anecdotally, he mentioned that the week before, he'd been in the next room listening to a poetry reading by Carol Westberg when he noticed a robin sitting on her nest. He watched, through the wavy glass of ...
- Outdoors briefs - Independent Record
The Lincoln Ranger District will close Copper Creek Road #330 to install a new bridge at the Copper Creek crossing immediately above the road junction with Indian Meadows Road No. 1882. The bridge installation will begin on Monday, and the road may ...
- Carla Bruni-Sarkozy sings of her 30 lovers and why Nicolas is like ... - Daily Telegraph
Le Figaro newspaper was given a sneak preview of Comme si de rien n'était (As if Nothing Happened), her first album since marrying Mr Sarkozy, ahead of its official release on 21 July. In lyrics playfully mocking her reputation as a man-eater, the ...
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 - Metapsychology
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008Metapsychology, NY - 2 hours agoFond of a rather high-flown style of prose, he saves his most melodramatic turns of phrase for rhapsodizing about melancholy folk-- those "gloomy souls who ...
- Adamick's Famous Museum - Federal Way News
Adamick's Famous MuseumFederal Way News, WA - 16 minutes agoMrs. Adamick, the daughter of the wealthy Jewett automotive family, was tall and elegant, wearing a high red wig and a pair of nose specs sans ear supports ...
- Out & About in York this week - Portsmouth Herald News
Out & About in York this weekPortsmouth Herald News, NH - 3 hours agoCzarnecki will share these road experiences through stories, poetry and haiku. "Palm-of-the-Hand Memoir Writing" takes place from 6 to 8:30 pm Tuesday, ...
- Brave cancer victim dies days before wedding - Edinburgh News
A YOUNG lung cancer sufferer who vowed to beat the disease to make it to her wedding day has died just days before she was due to be married. Laura Mackenzie, 24, of Dalmeny, South Queensferry, had been set to wed fiance Richard Hagger this weekend ...
- Days of ‘76 ‘Tough Enough to Wear Pink’ to benefit Northern ... - Lawrence County Journal
Days of ‘76 ‘Tough Enough to Wear Pink’ to benefit Northern ...Lawrence County Journal, KS - 3 hours agoIt consists of trail rides, a barbecue, cowboy music, cowboy poetry, cowboy church and an auction. This is the second year Hay Creek Ranch owners Doug and ...
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