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- Foster kids tell their stories through art in local exhibit (The Arizona Republic)
The West Valley Art Museum features a traveling exhibit depicting life in the foster care system as seen through the artistic eyes of the children it affects.
- NZ Actor Conquers Musical Mountain (Scoop.co.nz)
MONDAY 21 JULY, 2008 – Journey to the hall of Norway’s mythical Mountain King this August as the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and accomplished actor Paolo Rotondo conjure the remarkable life of adventurer and rogue Peer Gynt.
- Religious retreats help guests find peace (Asbury Park Press)
At the former Shaker village, where the Taconic Mountains roll into the Berkshires and New York touches Massachusetts, Yaqin Aubert read aloud Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Zoroastrian, Judaic, Christian and Islamic texts during the Sunday service at the Sufi religious retreat.
- RPT-Palestinian poet Darwish to be buried in Ramallah (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters (Removes extraneous word from slug) By Mohammed Assadi RAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Thousands of Palestinians are expected to bid farewell to Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry encapsulated ...
- An artiste, some movies and quite a bit of poetry - The Daily Star
The Daily StarAn artiste, some movies and quite a bit of poetryThe Daily Star, Bangladesh - 1 hour agoAnd that is the legend that Kanon Devi turned out to be in life and the heritage she remains in death. You could suggest, if you like, that Devi was a ...
- Quincy Troupe (Houston Press)
Music fans know Quincy Troupe as the writer who helped pen the life story of one of America’s most influential musicians, Miles Davis. Miles: The Autobiography won the American Book Award and is easily a top-fiver on any popular music must-read list. But Troupe is also a celebrated poet whose l ...
- Do “progressives” have a special dislike for Israel? No, says ... - Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
Wisconsin Jewish ChronicleDo “progressives” have a special dislike for Israel? No, says ...Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle - 18 minutes agoWe come out of an indigenous American tradition of progressivism that is close to some of the “democratic socialism” that has been practiced in the European ...
- Is there war in your ur? - Himal Southasian
Himal SouthasianIs there war in your ur?Himal Southasian, Nepal - 8 hours agoThe war in my ur, in my city, is in poetry and in memory. One of the foremost poets of the resistant nationalist era, VIS Jeyapalan, writes in his poem ...
- Photographer finds home with Taiwanese squatters - Georgia Straight
Photographer finds home with Taiwanese squattersGeorgia Straight, Canada - Aug 7, 2008A tea house, garden, and pond are hand-built out of a falling-down group of small houses; an archive is assembled; poetry readings and performances take ...
- NRI poetess Sujata Bhatt short-listed for poetry prize - Hindu
NRI poetess Sujata Bhatt short-listed for poetry prizeHindu, India - 5 hours agoBhatt is the recipient of various awards, including the Commonwealth Poetry Prize (Asia) and has published six collection of poems, including Monkey Shadows ...
- The Mighty Book of Boosh - The List
The ListThe Mighty Book of BooshThe List, UK - 14 hours agoWith the troupe's fame reaching its height, the Boosh book compiles the best of their jokes, songs, doodles, design and cream poetry into the definitive ...
- Panaji: Two-day National Sahitya Akademi Writers’ Meet Concludes - Daijiworld.com
Daijiworld.comPanaji: Two-day National Sahitya Akademi Writers’ Meet ConcludesDaijiworld.com, India - 37 minutes ago... Writers’ Meet organized by the National Sahitya Akademi at the black box of Goa Kala Akademi concluded on Sunday, July 27, with a poetry session. ...
- • TBA '08: Lemon Andersen's "The Beautiful Struggle" - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
• TBA '08: Lemon Andersen's "The Beautiful Struggle"The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - 12 hours agoAnd he vividly describes a night when poetry entered his life, sending him in a new direction. Once he discovers spoken word, he becomes a staple of New ...
- The race to be the fourth party matters more than you think - Guardian Unlimited
Fans of football teams with no hope of winning the league get their thrills from derbies or the occasional giant killing in the early rounds of the FA Cup. In politics, the top prizes are sewn up even more tidily than the Premier League. At ...
- Ranking The Best Poets Ever - Huffingtonpost.com
In 1971, James Dickey wrote a letter listing the top ten living American poets. Slotted in third place behind Ezra Pound and W.H. Auden was...James Dickey! Arrogant? Sure. But that kind of hubris isn't unprecedented in the poetry world. Let's not ...
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