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- Out and About: Sept. 3 - 14 - Mansfield News
Out and About: Sept. 3 - 14Mansfield News, MA - 30 minutes agoOpen mic signup, 8 pm Open mic followed by featured poet, concludes with poetry slam. The Trinity Church Flea Market every Saturday. ...
- Ahmed Faraz, revolutionary Urdu poet (International Herald Tribune)
The revolutionary Pakistani poet Ahmed Faraz, whose name is synonymous in South Asia with modern Urdu poetry, died Aug. 25 in Islamabad. He was 77.
- David Biespiel's poetry column addresses variations in Philip Whalen's 'Zenshinji' (The Oregonian)
L ast month I was visiting a cousin who showed off his framed broadside of the poem "Zenshinji" by his late friend, poet Philip Whalen. Whalen was born in 1923 in Oregon and grew up in The Dalles (he and my cousin attended Reed College during the Gary Snyder and Lew Welch era of the late 1940s).
- Botswana: Bessie Head Competition (AllAfrica.com)
The Bessie Head Heritage Trust and Pentagon Publishers have announced the winners of the 2008 Bessie Head Literature Awards. They are: Novel - Phidson Mojokeri, for Curse of a Dream (first prize); Khumo Ketlhwaafetse, for Scrap Yard (second); and Yamikani Patson, for Hang Him (third).
- Radovan Karadzic: the master of life and death - Daily Telegraph
The Father Christmas beard, the knotted ponytail and the smeared glasses have gone. Radovan Karadzic, freshly clean-shaven, now sits in his cell, reading the Bible obsessively. In the past week, the two lives he managed to keep separate for 12 years ...
- Pitching an Agent: 'Build a Brand' - Mediabistro.com
This Kansas-based lawyer-turned-literary agent is actively seeking "authors with a platform, who wish to build a brand with multiple projects." Notable clients: Food consultant Nancy Tringali Piho, Nutrition for the Soul founder Deanna Minich, senior ...
- An intelligent portrayal of everyday life short stories - Sowetan
An intelligent portrayal of everyday life short storiesSowetan, South Africa - 1 hour agoFor those who enjoy poetry, this book is also for you. Be an active part of the Sowetan online community: subscribe to the Sowetan weekly email newsletter!
- Real 'Mad Men' read Meditations in an Emergency (and real fans enter ... - San Francisco Examiner
Critics, fans and web junkies are going nuts about the season premiere of "Madmen" and how broody marketing genius Don Draper ( Jon Hamm ) is influenced by an encounter with a stranger reading Frank O'Hara's "Meditations in an Emergency" in a bar ...
- Spain Papers Review - Wednesday July 23 2008 - Typically Spanish
Typically SpanishSpain Papers Review - Wednesday July 23 2008Typically Spanish, Spain - 1 hour agoEl Mundo also has a front page photos and says Karadzic wrote poetry for children and collaborated in a magazine called ‘healthy life’. ...
- Exotic Erotic Ball & Expo Celebrates 29th Year With Best-Ever Travel ... - Market Wire
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - July 22, 2008) - The 29th annual Exotic Erotic Ball and Expo, the internationally acclaimed Celebration of Flesh, Fantasy, and Freedom, has announced its best travel deals ever. The legendary Halloween extravaganza ...
- Definitive Gonzo - Louisville Courier-Journal
Definitive GonzoLouisville Courier-Journal, KY - 1 hour agoFrederick Smock chairs the English department at Bellarmine University. His forthcoming book is Craft-talk: On Writing Poetry.
- Narnia books boost appeal - Oxfordshire News
A former secretary of Oxford author CS Lewis is giving away signed first editions of the author's Narnia books to raise money to renovate a city church. The Oxford Oratory Church of St Aloysius, in Woodstock Road, is set to receive the windfall ...
- Beach Writer's contest winners announced - Cape May County Herald
Beach Writer's contest winners announcedCape May County Herald, United States - 2 hours agoSecond prizewinner in the poetry segment was awarded to Don Mortensen of Roselle. Winner of Infinity Publishing Company’s $700 door prize toward the ...
- Poetic justice - Morley Observer
Poetic justiceMorley Observer, UK - 1 hour ago... said: "We are very proud that the children from St Francis have been selected to have their poems published in the Big Green Poetry Machine Book. ...
- Russian Police Kill Journalist - The Bulletin
The owner of a leading dissident Russian news Web site may have become the latest victim of what anti-Kremlin forces see as an ongoing crackdown on opposition news outlets. Magomed Yevloyev, a founder of Ingushetya.ru - recently ordered to be shut ...
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