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- China has must-win attitude in table tennis - Memphis Commercial Appeal
China has must-win attitude in table tennisMemphis Commercial Appeal, TN - 6 hours agoNow some poetry from the late Chairman Mao: "Regard a pingpong ball as the head of your capitalist enemy. Hit it with your socialist bat and you have won ...
- Ten things to do at the 2008 National Poetry Slam in Madison (Isthmus)
The National Poetry Slam, or NPS, is the Super Bowl of spoken word. For months, slams featuring thousands of poets are held across the country, building up to late spring when teams are selected at scores of city championships. These squads then practice all summer for a shot at glory at the national competition, which will be held this week for the first time ever in Madison. In short, ...
- Poetry to be a walk in the park for Edmonton - CBC News
Walking through Edmonton's Louise McKinney Riverfront Park will soon be a literary experience. A series of poems by the city's poet laureate, mounted on light poles in the park, are to be unveiled Friday. E.D. Blodgett, a two-time winner of the ...
- Montpelier expands into history - knox.VillageSoup.com
knox.VillageSoup.comMontpelier expands into historyknox.VillageSoup.com, ME - 34 minutes agoIn Europe, youths are “deluged with literature and history, poetry, plays, opera,” Cardon said. “They learn part of history by having fun,” such as by going ...
- Music, words and memories at Kerouac festival - Taunton Daily Gazette
Music, words and memories at Kerouac festivalTaunton Daily Gazette, USA - 23 minutes agoNoting one of the festival’s events, a high school poetry contest, Amram said, “There are kids from Central America, Southeast Asia…supporting each other in ...
- 2008 'Florida Book Awards' competition begins with call for entries - Sarasota Herald-Tribune
2008 'Florida Book Awards' competition begins with call for entriesSarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - 1 hour agoThe contest categories include General Fiction, Young Adult Literature, Children’s Literature, Florida Nonfiction, Poetry, Popular Fiction, Spanish-Language ...
- 'Remembering the Struggle" - San Jose Mercury News
'Remembering the Struggle"San Jose Mercury News, USA - 1 hour agoFriday's event, which included music, poetry and the creation of a mural, kicked off a new exhibit, "Remembering the Struggle," at the Pajaro Valley Gallery ...
- Iconic Lightfoot earns new admiration - Buffalo News
Iconic Lightfoot earns new admirationBuffalo News, United States - 4 hours agoThe poetry of that powerful ballad never dulls. “Does anyone know where the love of God goes When the waves turn the minutes to hours? ...
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- Poetry at the 2012 Olympic Games? There's no rhyme or reason why not - Times Online
There is something historically incomplete about the modern Olympic motto of “citius, altius, fortius” or “faster, higher, stronger”. But in this lies an opportunity for the London Games. The original games of Ancient Greece included an ...
- Marvelous Marvin - Weekly Volcano
Weekly VolcanoMarvelous MarvinWeekly Volcano, WA - 1 hour agoFamed American literary artisans such as poet Mary Oliver; poet Tess Gallagher; and poet and novelist Mark Doty are just a few of the guests that have ...
- Nice Story About Smile Train - New York Times Blogs
Nice Story About Smile TrainNew York Times Blogs, NY - 14 minutes ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- Waiter tipped to land Ă‚ÂŁ60000 literary prize - Metro
MetroWaiter tipped to land Ă‚ÂŁ60000 literary prizeMetro, UK - Jul 13, 2008The biennial prize, set up to honour the Welsh writer, is open to authors aged under 30 whose works of fiction or poetry are published in English. ...
- Brewster's best - Moneyweb
MoneywebBrewster's bestMoneyweb, South Africa - 17 minutes agoShe has a predilection for nursery rhymes (A Pocket Full of Rye, Hickory Dickory Dock, Five Little Pigs) and a great fondness for quoting classic poetry and ...
- Review: Dylan demonstrates virtuosity - Courier-Journal
A few months ago, Bob Dylan received a Pulitzer Prize. Not in the music category, where he’d have joined previous winners like Charles Ives and Ornette Coleman. Nor in poetry, where he’d have been listed alongside William Carlos Williams and ...
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