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- Why poetry matters, by Jay Parini - The Independent
In 1989, the American poet Dana Gioia lobbed a grenade into the cosy world of the US creative-writing industry. His essay, "Can Poetry Matter?", spoke wittily and despairingly of "poets" graduating from courses who teach and produce fresh multitudes ...
- News isn't all bad for newspapers these days - Nashua Telegraph
There's good news and bad news for newspapers these days. Media is in the throes of radical change, and change is hard – even when it's for the best. The problem is lately we're only hearing, and reporting, the bad news. Every time you turn on the ...
- Princeton Prize honors 2 high school students - Boston Globe
Princeton Prize honors 2 high school studentsBoston Globe, United States - 52 minutes agoThey organized a poetry slam, a marketplace for vendors, and capped the day with performances by groups from the OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center in Roxbury ...
- Soldier expresses feelings on war through writing - Rexburg Standard Journal
Soldier expresses feelings on war through writingRexburg Standard Journal, ID - 54 minutes agoOne way Christensen expresses his feelings and emotions about fighting for his country is in the form of poetry and essays. He has a collection of poems, ...
- There once was a poet named Pete - Owen Sound Sun Times
There once was a poet named PeteOwen Sound Sun Times, Canada - 5 hours agoPoetry is also making a comeback, and the CBC's annual poetry face-off just groaned to its awful conclusion. The Mother Corp simply adores poets, ...
- Massachusetts Briefings ; Regional - RedOrbit
Massachusetts Briefings ; RegionalRedOrbit, TX - 22 minutes agoThe lecture "From Sappho to Sophia and Beyond: Towards a History of Portuguese Women's Poetry," by Prof. Anna M. Klobucka, of the department of Portuguese, ...
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- Beauty of devotion - Frontline
FrontlineBeauty of devotionFrontline, India - 2 hours agoSays Mary Ann Milford: “We have the popular impression of a certain sort of erotic element in the art of Khajuraho. When one sees the male and the female ...
- Ninebark Press receives award - Daily Citizen
Ninebark Press receives awardDaily Citizen, GA - 3 hours agoMeek is the author of three award-winning books of poetry, while Mejia is the recent recipient of a literary fellowship from the National Endowment for the ...
- Class of Distinction: 18 selected for Youth Leadership Blount - Maryville Daily Times
Class of Distinction: 18 selected for Youth Leadership BlountMaryville Daily Times, TN - 3 hours agoHer hobbies include playing the violin, writing poetry and hunting and fishing. Kaitlin Hurley, daughter of Derrick and Jill Hurley of Maryville and student ...
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- Du Bois Library exhibit features University of Massachusetts Press ... - Union-News & Sunday Republican
In 45 years, the University of Massachusetts Press has published more than 950 titles and sold more than 2 million volumes, with many translated into other languages. To give people a glimpse of that history and publishing depth, the university's W.E ...
- Taliban arms self with songs, text messages - Houston Chronicle
The Taliban has created a sophisticated media network to undermine support for the Afghan government, sending threats by text message and spreading the militia's views through songs available as ring tones, according to a report released Thursday ...
- A Gem of a Singer - Irish Voice
Irish VoiceA Gem of a SingerIrish Voice, NY - 4 hours agoShe is an Irish sister-in-arms to Jewel and Dido, offering an enticing package of lilting poetry, catchy acoustic melodies and a come hither persona that ...
- Breaking the glass ceiling - Delhi Newsline
Breaking the glass ceilingDelhi Newsline, India - 4 hours agoI do not train the artist, but merely help hone their skills by giving them free lessons and organising art workshops,†says the 73-year-old, ...
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