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- Extremes abound in world of slam poetry (Daily Nebraskan)
It was another Thursday night at Meadowlark Cafe, 1624 South St. A few people were waiting in line for their lattes and their mochas, while others read the paper or checked their e-mail. One man stood on the short stage, which hugs the east side of the cafe, adjusting a microphone.
- COMING OF AGE - Contra Costa Times
My heart started thumping when my parents told us we were going to Lebanon. They were beaming with excitement — my dad hasn't gone back to his homeland in nearly 20 years and it has been 14 years since my mom and I went there. Earlier in May, after ...
- Singing the real Baudelaire - Arts Journal
A while ago, I talked about a lieder recital, at which I thought gentility stifled all meaning . My key example was a group of songs based on Baudelaire poems -- the uneasy meaning of Baudelaire didn't come through at all. For an antidote, try Gerard ...
- COLUMN: Leyde: Murphey follows way of the West - The Salinas Californian
COLUMN: Leyde: Murphey follows way of the WestThe Salinas Californian, CA - 1 hour agoHe will head back south to appear Sunday at the 2008 Cowboys & Cabernet Cowboy Poetry Gathering at Sherwood Hall in Salinas. ...
- Sharp female characters enliven 20th century context in Fulton's ‘Nightingales of Troy' (The Ithaca Journal)
Big trees. Wide open fields. And just enough people to make you feel not alone, but not annoyed. In Alice Fulton's “The Nightingales of Troy,†Upstate New York is all that — but it is also the last place for love to be found. At least the poet's new fiction collection keeps beautiful misery in the family as it follows the experiences of four generations of women planted in Troy, N.Y. Each piece ...
- PURPLE PATCH: Moving to the sciences —Baron De Montesquieu - Daily Times
PURPLE PATCH: Moving to the sciences —Baron De MontesquieuDaily Times, Pakistan - 2 hours agoThe books of pure spirit, like those of poetry and eloquence, have at least general utility; and these sorts of benefits are often greater than particular ...
- Circle of friends helps carry burden of grief - Times Colonist
Circle of friends helps carry burden of griefTimes Colonist, Canada - 3 hours agoIrene was the family musician and poet. Lawrence now writes poetry and songs, and has joined a choir. "We grieve for the meanings and implications of a loss ...
- Arts & Books Digest (The Salinas Californian)
Romance Writers of America has announced local author Kelly Parra's novel "Graffiti Girl" has been named as a finalist in the Best First Book and Young Adult Romance categories of the 2008 RITA awards.
- Cancer victim known for positive outlook (Wausau Daily Herald)
A genuinely lovable person, Ernest A. Tervi was a man dedicated to family, friends and helping others.
- Bloodroot reading at Dartmouth bookstore - Message for the Week
Bloodroot reading at Dartmouth bookstoreMessage for the Week, VT - 2 hours agoThe upcoming reading will focus on poetry and short stories and will take place in the Bookstore’s Robert Frost Room. Joining the team from Bloodroot, ...
- Rise and fall of boxing champion Michael Nunn - DesMoinesRegister.com
Rise and fall of boxing champion Michael NunnDesMoinesRegister.com, IA - 47 minutes agoBut I lived that life." He had all the tools. Tall. Left-handed. Six-foot-two with great reach. In his prime, he was poetry. Feet borrowed from Fred Astaire ...
- LBJ, The Texas Observer & Me - Texas Observer
The confrontation between Lyndon Johnson on one side and The Texas Observer and me on the other arrived on its own terms at his ranch in the Hill Country in 1955. He was the senior United States senator from Texas and the new majority leader of the ...
- Nehad Selaiha gives an overview of the third Egyptian National ... - Al-Ahram Weekly
Nehad Selaiha gives an overview of the third Egyptian National ...Al-Ahram Weekly, Egypt - 2 hours agoObviously taking his inspiration from the scenes of the "rude mechanicals" rehearsing their "tedious brief scene of young Pyramus/ And his love Thisbe" and ...
- Andrew Motion appointed new chair of the Museums, Libraries and ... - 24dash
24dashAndrew Motion appointed new chair of the Museums, Libraries and ...24dash, UK - 1 hour agoBorn in London and educated at Oxford University, Motion became a lecturer at Hull University (1976-1981), publishing his first collection of poetry in 1977 ...
- Daniel Radcliffe wants to play a drag queen in next movie - AZCentral.com
The 'Harry Potter' star confessed he would love to land the unusual role because it would allow him to dress as a woman and wear make-up. He said: "I think part of me would love to play a drag queen, just because it would be an excuse to wear loads ...
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