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- Few treasures found in 'Boxes' - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Few treasures found in 'Boxes'Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 55 minutes agoit makes for the best parts of his memoir "Unpacking the Boxes: A Memoir of a Life in Poetry" (Houghton Mifflin, 208 pages, $24). ...
- New research: Jews, Israel suffer unfair hits in U.S. textbooks - Jewish News Weekly
If your child brought home a history book that said Jesus was a Palestinian, or that Jews contributed little to the arts and sciences aside from Old Testament poetry, how would you react? Would you rush to the principal’s office, tear out the pages ...
- Patti Smith, loosely knit (Detroit Free Press)
I have never met Patti Smith, the poet, musician and artist often called 'the high priestess of punk." But once, years ago, when she was living here and raising her children in self-imposed exile in St. Clair Shores, I stood behind her in a grocery store line and watched as she fished dollar bills from the pockets of her jeans.
- His world in words (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Arthur Kiyaga, a defenseman for the Richmond Renegades, was born in Uganda and moved to Canada when he was 4. He's in the process of obtaining an online degree in English, but already has had one book of poetry published and is working on another. Here's an excerpt from his first one entitled "Kiyaga-ism." "As my eyes run through your pages in search of light,
- Literary Calendar - Austin American-Statesman
Literary CalendarAustin American-Statesman, TX - Oct 13, 2008Event includes reading and signing of 'Rowan of the Wood,' a costume contest and monster mash dance party. BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar Blvd. Free. ...
- Arts grant deadlines approaching (The Bismarck Tribune)
Application deadline dates for the North Dakota Council on the Arts grant programs are approaching. Artist-in-Residence, Community Arts Access and Teacher Incentive grants must be submitted, via NDCA's new online grant system, by Nov. 1, 2008, for programs taking place between Jan. 1 and June 3, 2009. Early submission is strongly encouraged for all programs. To access NDCA's online grant system, ...
- Manley and McKay: reform and revolution in the politics of the ... - Green Left Weekly
Manley and McKay: reform and revolution in the politics of the ...Green Left Weekly, Australia - 18 minutes agoThe language and oral history traditions of rural Jamaica would shape his poetry and prose for decades. It was in Jamaica that as a young man McKay, ...
- Life-wise - Wellington Advertiser
Life-wiseWellington Advertiser, Canada - 4 hours agoBut I have never written poetry I would ever expect to publish, but maybe the time has come to explore that genre. Recently, a fellow writer told me about ...
- Undiscovered country - The Phoenix
The PhoenixUndiscovered countryThe Phoenix, MA - 52 minutes agoThat her teacher was Paula Vogel will be apparent to anyone spellbound at the intersection of poetry and whimsy that is the locus of her work. ...
- Finally, all women's secrets are revealed - Times Online
Finally, all women's secrets are revealedTimes Online, UK - 4 hours agoYet I was a little nonplussed when, for my 12th birthday, he handed over what was quite clearly a book. Once unwrapped, however, its title intrigued: ...
- That's the woeful wonder of Woolies - Times Online
That's the woeful wonder of WooliesTimes Online, UK - 7 hours ago... the slowest cars, the laziest miners, the weediest fascists, the itchiest clothes, the smelliest drains, the thickest smog, the most depressing poetry, ...
- Competition to revive dying art of poetry recital by children - Times Online
Competition to revive dying art of poetry recital by childrenTimes Online, UK - 53 minutes agoThe tradition of children reciting poetry by heart is to be revived with a national competition open to every pupil from the ages of 7-11 in the United ...
- Angeline Toomey, 103, wrote poetry - Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.com
Angeline Toomey, 103, wrote poetryHillsboro Argus - OregonLive.com, OR - 1 hour agoIn 1908, her family moved to Alberta, Canada. Her mother died in 1909 and she lived with friends of the family. In 1918, she moved to Portland with the Alex ...
- Ad drama Mad Men cleans up at Emmy awards - News.com.au
PERIOD drama Mad Men has scooped the top honour at the 60th Emmy Awards, the US television industry's annual equivalent to the Oscars. The critically acclaimed series - about the workings of a New York advertising agency in the early 1960s - was ...
- Di Prima hosts tribute - San Francisco Chronicle
Di Prima hosts tributeSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 4 hours agoDi Prima will talk about her friendship with Reitz and read parts of her autobiography describing the impact of female blues singers on her life as well as ...
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