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- From bad to verse: Vandals get lesson in poetic justice (The Courier News)
Call it poetic justice: More than two dozen young people who broke into Robert Frost's former home for a beer party and trashed the place are being required to take classes in his poetry as part of their punishment. Using The Road Not Taken and another poem as jumping-off points, Frost biographer Jay Parini hopes to show the vandals the error of their ways -- and the redemptive power of poetry.
- The Beat of His Own Drum (SF Weekly)
On October 7, 1955, five young poets read at an art gallery on Fillmore Street at an event that would change the face of American poetry. While the debut of Allen Ginsberg's infamous "Howl" is widely considered to be the night’s highlight, the event also launched the career of Gary Snyder, whom ...
- Look (Las Vegas CityLife)
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- Amy Winehouse gets crushing news; Martha Stewart gets barred from ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Things have gone from bad to worse for singer Amy Winehouse. The Grammy-winning chanteuse, who has sadly become more famous for her trainwreck life than her music, has contracted emphysema at the tender age of 24, likely thanks to crack and ...
- Boinking: A (Very) Natural History (Nashville Scene)
Robert Olen Butler knows his way around a sex scene. His 1994 novel, They Whisper , is basically nothing but detailed, rhapsodic descriptions of lovemaking. So fans of literary erotica could be forgiven for, um, salivating a little in anticipation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer's new ...
- Calling all youths! A site about YOU, for YOU and by YOU... - AsiaOne
AsiaOneCalling all youths! A site about YOU, for YOU and by YOU...AsiaOne, Singapore - 53 minutes agoJack Ho, 31, lead singer and frontman of local band EIC, describes his youth as "the most important years of my life". As a musician who discovered his ...
- Order a classified ad - Northern News Services (subscription)
Order a classified adNorthern News Services (subscription), Canada - 1 hour agoWhen talking with students Pass said he tells them they don't have to understand everything in a poem right away. Poetry is hard to get in a single reading, ...
- Reading Bingo for adults - Valley Sun
Reading Bingo for adultsValley Sun, CA - 58 minutes ago“The poetry section is not just dead guys,†he said, adding that authors such as American poet Shel Silverstein have written “lots of fun stuff. ...
- Religion Calendar: 05/24/2008 - Traverse City Record Eagle
Religion Calendar: 05/24/2008Traverse City Record Eagle, MI - 26 minutes agoLois Beadsley, American Indian author and artist, will read poetry and share Ojibwa art forms. DivorceCare, 7-9 Mondays through July 28, New Hope Community ...
- The Renaissance Portrait Presented at The Museo Nacional Del Prado (Art Daily)
MADRID.- The broad time span covered by this exhibition (1400-1600) and its Europe-wide approach make it the first to provide an overview of Renaissance portraiture.
- Celebrating by sharing faith - News-Leader.com
Celebrating Independence Day has been a tradition for the members of James River Assembly of God for 11 years. What started out as a way to give the community a Fourth of July party has become one of the largest events in the country. Sixteen years ...
- Death (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Honorable mention in 16-and-younger P-I poetry contest.
- Cool App of the Moment - Times Union Blogs
Wordle . You can feed it a pile of text or links to a web page with a feed, and create cool visual art from the words contained therein. Here’s my blog wordled . Here’s my poetry chapbook, Jefferson Water . Completely pointless, but still ...
- Bears, The Twilight kick off Cleveland Sessions concert series at Rock ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Despite spring showers and a sparse turnout early on, the "Cleveland Sessions" concert series, which takes place every other Wednesday evening on The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's main stage, kicked off Wednesday with a solid showing of Northeast Ohio ...
- Avril Levigne's laryngitis forces more cancellations (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Avril Lavigne has laryngitis and has postponed shows on her national tour this week. The 23-year-old singer backed out of performances in Los Angeles and Anaheim over the weekend. She was supposed to perform in Santa Barbara today, followed by San Jose, Spokane and Everett, Wash.
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