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- Lucille Clifton (Washington City Paper)
Lucille Clifton published her first book of poetry in 1969. How has she kept her writing fresh after almost four decades? She’s never stopped insisting on telling it like it is.
- Chorale veteran gets amazing surprise (Contra Costa Times)
Lura Osgood had a surprise for her fellow Diablo Women's Chorale members. She was going to buy some newspaper ad space to advertise the chorale's June 1 spring concert.
- Students to tackle the Kokoda Track (Weekly Times)
Local Year 12 students James Black and Kimberley Counter will be faced with a life-changing experience when they walk Papua New Guinea’s Kokoda Track later this year.
- New releases (Boston Globe)
"Bigger, Stronger, Faster" A very entertaining documentary about what steroids mean to America, seen through the fretful eyes of director Chris Bell and his brothers, bodybuilders all. The film hops over the wall of media outrage and wonders why Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire are accused of cheating when our entire culture rewards winning at all costs. As surreally entertaining ...
- Looking for a 'healthy and stable' democratic process - The Daily Star
Looking for a 'healthy and stable' democratic processThe Daily Star, Bangladesh - 16 hours agoLike Dryden I believe that the fault lies not in poetry but in the bad poets. There is also the question of mindset. Any analysis of the political ...
- Miriam Goodman, 69; poet also nurtured others' art - Boston Globe
Photos and words, the parentheses that clasped Miriam Goodman's creative life, mingle in "Radiation Journal," a chronicle she kept on her Web page during treatment for cancer that had metastasized. At times, she wanted to avert her glance as she ...
- The Ear - Indolink
I looked at my watch for the hundredth time. My flight to Madras was leaving at 10.30 a.m. Time seemed to be ticking slowly. Pulling out my Casio pocket diary from my bag, I glanced through my schedule for the day at Madras. I was going to the Park ...
- It's Never Too Late to Join the Circus: On Marie Carter's The ... - Bookslut
It's Never Too Late to Join the Circus: On Marie Carter's The ...Bookslut, IL - 34 minutes agoAs Carter chronicles her life before and after her father's sudden death, her serene, utilitarian prose is nonetheless poetic in its scope, ...
- A musical salute to the written word (Austin American-Statesman)
Jazz vocalist Tina Marsh has always loved poetry — Mary Oliver, Rumi, Federico GarcÃa Lorca, Marshall Stewart Ball — and she clearly admires the musical aspects of literature. "So why not?" she said to herself this spring.
- FR native featured at Portuguese-American poetry reading - Herald News
The latest event in a series featuring area Portuguese-American poets and writers will be held June 5 at the Boston Public Library. Fall River native Thomas J. Braga will be joined by Nancy Vieira Couto of New Bedford and Frank X. Gaspar of ...
- Influential history of King Faisal featured - Saudi Gazette
RIYADH – The scholarly seminar on the history of King Faisal continued its sessions on Thursday in Riyadh, focusing on the influence of King Faisal on the international arena. Dr. Eid Al-Juhani from Arab Gulf Center for Energy and Strategic Studies ...
- The big gigs - Minneapolis Star Tribune
The big gigsMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 59 minutes ago... "In Town & Field," is full of sweetly sung, softly played ballads and story songs that are light on the ears, but heavy with imagery and poetry. ...
- Book Notes - BurlingtonFreePress.com
Book NotesBurlingtonFreePress.com, VT - 30 minutes agoHe not only defends poetry but sifts through it with detail, discussing (and naming chapters for) characteristics such as language, the personal voice, ...
- Genghis Khan, Harlan Ellison and RFK - Salon
Tadanobu Asano in "Mongol." I'm still on vacation, but based on the response to my going-away post, it seems like I should spend the whole summer rotating between the beach and the mountains and let the parents keep debating offbeat family movies ...
- What's Up (San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5)
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