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- SF State professor documents the undocumented - Golden Gate [X]Press
SF State professor documents the undocumentedGolden Gate [X]Press, CA - 7 minutes agoby Kate Lemley, staff producer Peter Orner, a creative writing professor and fiction writer at SF State, read from his new novel, “Underground America: ...
- Angel Island Historical Site Still on Track to Reopen - KCBS
KCBSAngel Island Historical Site Still on Track to ReopenKCBS, CA - 3 hours agoâ€These poems talk about the passage over, the difficulties of life in China, and their feelings about being detained and prevented from entering the country ...
- When faces come out of the rain - Toronto Star
When faces come out of the rainToronto Star, Canada - 32 minutes agoIn loosely keeping with the conventions of a biography, Currin plots a life, but in reverse: She groups the poems in sections from "Death" to "Birth" ...
- Paradise deferred: John Milton still divides readers - Independent
Paradise deferred: John Milton still divides readersIndependent, UK - 44 minutes agoBut the United States that put some – not all – of his most cherished ideals into constitutional practice seems to be surging ahead in the birthday stakes. ...
- Poetry slam showcases diversity of talent, thought (The Wilmington Star-News)
The audience laughed, gasped, cringed, clapped as some of the Port City's poets exposed their hearts at a poetry slam by the river.
- Art, music, gossip - it's (virtually) all there in my parallel universe (Guardian Unlimited)
It has been quite a week for virtual worlds, the three-dimensional sector of the internet where people can live a parallel existence with their own avatar or alter ego. The world's most profitable virtual game, World of Warcraft, which has more than 11 million paying participants, released a long-awaited expansion that generated midnight queues as enthusiasts vied with each other to steal a ...
- Album reviews: 'American Idol's' new self-titled albums - MLive.com
Seems only apropos that the two finalists -- both Davids, mind you -- who duked it out at the end of "American Idol" earlier this year would release debut albums within a week of each other. But while "American Idol" devotees are liable to snap up ...
- Nominations invited for children’s literature award (Gulf Times)
By Anwar Elshamy THE Supreme Council for Family Affairs (SCFA) yesterday invited nominations for the Children’s Literature Award 2009. The council will start receiving applications on November 18.
- Poetry in Motion - New York Times
On the fourth Monday of every month, the spoken word gives way to the signed at the Bowery Poetry Club. The event, A.S.L. Slam, is a free-form poetry and storytelling night for the American Sign Language community. Darren Fudenske performed at one of ...
- Prize finalists lend inspiration - BBC News
BBC NewsPrize finalists lend inspirationBBC News, UK - 1 hour agoIt was inspired by the Swansea-born poet whose first book of poetry was published when he was just 21. Paul Newman, chief executive of the prize, ...
- Lake View High School Roundup - San Angelo Standard Times
Lake View High School RoundupSan Angelo Standard Times, tx - 4 hours agoDuring the day Friday, 16 of Jennifer Johnston's students traveled to Bradford Elementary School to read poetry to the students. On Saturday, Hec Knutson, ...
- Behold The Patriot! - LeadershipNigeria
Behold The Patriot!LeadershipNigeria, Nigeria - 53 minutes agoThe Iyasele of Esanland added a streak of logic and poetry to his homily when he stated that - "In many ways, the fate of our president is tied to the fate ...
- Realism is the lure in Billy Collins’ poetry - Arkansas Online
Ballistics, by Billy Collins, 112 pages, Random House, $24 The poem is called “Old Man Eating Alone in a Chinese Restaurant.†It is about an old man preparing to eat rice and shredded beef alone in a restaurant called Chang’s. Accuse Billy ...
- More and more stars lend names to charity - MSNBC
NEW YORK - Bono battles the AIDS epidemic. Leonardo tries to make the world a greener place, and Martha has a soft spot for animals. For today’s celebs, charity work is almost as much a part of the job as walking the red carpet. Famous names have ...
- In tribute to Herbert - Thenews.pl
In tribute to HerbertThenews.pl, Poland - 4 hours agoIts programme includes a wide range of panels devoted to the reception of Herbert’s poetry and prose and the translations of his poems. ...
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