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- Jeff Miers: Singing an American tune (The Buffalo News)
It has been said that tracing the bloodlines of black American music is the same as following the arc of American song over the past century.
- At the Galleries - RedOrbit
At the GalleriesRedOrbit, TX - 34 minutes ago... at the northernmost tip of Manhattan; the most recent work in the exhibition made severe poetry out of the dreary old Pulaski Skyway, by showing it to ...
- Jordanian Poet Jailed for Religious Allusions - mediabistro.com
mediabistro.comJordanian Poet Jailed for Religious Allusionsmediabistro.com, NY - 3 minutes agoI have read the Quran, and the Arabic language is that of the Quran," the poet told a journalist. The post also reminded writers that the PEN American ...
- Pencil This In (Chicagoist)
Art The 4th annual Change Please! art showcase takes place tonight, an opportunity for more than 25 homeless/formerly homeless youth to feature their visual and performance art. All of the show’s participating artists are active in the H.E.L.L.O. (Homeless Experts Living Life's Obstacles) Youth Group, sponsored by the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless and advocating an end to ...
- Local News Briefs: Oct. 6 (Ventura County Star)
Financial aid workshop planned
- Quoth Brooke Geahan, More and More! Literary Lass Corrals Olsen ... - New York Observer
New York ObserverQuoth Brooke Geahan, More and More! Literary Lass Corrals Olsen ...New York Observer, NY - Nov 3, 2008... this last night," the hostess told the Daily Transom, showing off her slim-fitted black outfit, feathery black wings, and a bejeweled crow feather hat. ...
- Literary Cats - Norman Transcript
Literary CatsNorman Transcript, OK - 11 hours agoEdward Lear, the English popularizer of the limerick form of poetry, adored his tabby Foss, rumored to be the inspiration of Lear's famous children's poem ...
- Pencil This In - Gothamist
GothamistPencil This InGothamist, NY - 1 hour ago"Whitman was a nurse and wrote some of his most moving poetry about the experience, partly because he – and others – were afraid that the horrors of the war ...
- Tough Chicago lawmaker is chosen chief of staff (San Diego Union-Tribune)
WASHINGTON – In choosing Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel as his White House chief of staff, President-elect Barack Obama hired both a Chicago pit-bull politician and a master tactician to run herd over the West Wing.
- He's the Reeves who reads - National Post
He's the Reeves who readsNational Post, Canada - 4 hours agoLikewise, Allen Ginsberg, and his beatnik poetry gets a cool-cat call-out. Is it a pose? A pretence? Or did Keanu just get a really good education at North ...
- Leaders, community celebrate groundbreaking - Augusta Chronicle
The focus was on Augusta's children Monday during groundbreaking ceremonies for the new $22 million downtown public library at Telfair Street and James Brown Boulevard. The Academy of Richmond County ROTC Drill and Color Guard got the show under way ...
- I'm top of the poets: Abigail, 15, wins national award - Halifax Evening Courier
I'm top of the poets: Abigail, 15, wins national awardHalifax Evening Courier, UK - 5 hours agoThe award, in its 11th year, is organised by The Poetry Society to discover young poets aged 11-17 and help them develop their talents to become future ...
- 'Billy' actress says faith helped her prep for role - Spartanburg Herald-Journal
In the just-released movie "Billy: The Early Years," Stefanie Butler plays Ruth Bell Graham, beloved wife, spiritual adviser and ministry partner of "America's Preacher." Butler stars opposite Armie Hammer, who plays the film's evangelist subject ...
- Obama's Mentor - ireport
Obama's Mentorireport - 2 hours agoIn his biography of Barack Obama, David Mendell writes about Obama's life as a "secret smoker" and how he "went to great lengths to conceal the habit. ...
- Interview with Karen Wiesner, Author of Woodcutter's Grim Series (Blogcritics.org)
"I do love a good scare... and that’s what I write - stories that will make you scared of your own shadow." Prolific, multi-genre, award-winning author Karen Wiesner has written over 55 books in the past 10 years, many of which have been nominated or won awards. She's a member of Jewels of the Quill, a group of 12 award-winning women authors from the Midwest who help to promote each other. ...
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