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- Documentary: "Global Moms Iran" takes us behind the headlines, into the fascinating, and yet strikingly familiar home ... (Payvand Iran News)
THE FILM: Global Moms Iran (working title) took filmmaker Justine Shapiro, a Jewish American mom, and her six-year-old son Mateo to Iran. Before she became a mom, Justine's work as a documentary filmmaker and as host of GlobeTrekker, an internationally televised travel series, took her off the beaten track to more than 40 countries around the globe.
- Dylan's lover tells us what it was like - Toronto Star
Dylan's lover tells us what it was likeToronto Star, Canada - 7 hours ago... rights politics and modern poetry, and to finally break up with him when the pressures of his stardom became too great. Her new book, A Freewheelin' ...
- Senior Notes (July 17) - Needham Times
Senior Notes (July 17)Needham Times, USA - 2 hours agoHer strong voice and her understanding of the text will provide new perspective on the classic prose and poetry she brings to you. ...
- 'We Believe This ...' (Bennington Banner)
Monday, June 23 BENNINGTON — Local high school juniors believe in accepting who you are and trying to understand others, the importance of everyday heroes and poetry. They believe you should step out of your comfort zone and be optimistic. They believe that generosity is a gift that is often returned and that developing close relationships with family and friends will lead to happiness.
- Kay Ryan Named US Poet Laureate (Arts Journal)
"Known for her sly, compact poems that revel in wordplay and internal rhymes, Ms. Ryan has won a carriage full of poetry prizes for her funny and philosophical work, including awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and in 1994, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, worth $100,000."
- 05-06-08 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE (Eurweb)
NEWSWEEK PROBES OPRAH'S BREAK FROM TRINITY: 'A major reason—but by no means the only reason—was the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.' *Oprah Winfrey was a regular member of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ from 1984-1986, and attended periodically into the mid-1990s.
- EDUCATION: Upson students win essay contest (Lockport Union-Sun & Journal)
Sometimes kids will say “when I grow up...” followed by what they want to be or what they want to do when they’re an adult.Charles Upson Elementary students in Lockport had to put those thoughts into writing for the annual essay contest of the Orleans/Niagara Teacher Resource and Computer Training Center.
- A dance, per chance, with a pen (Morris Ledger)
In summer, it's easier finding a teenager eager to put on a swimsuit than to put pen to paper. But 15-year-old Aurora Pfefferkorn spent a week in Morris County studying writing styles and expanding a recent short story assignment for English class.
- One foot in Eden - guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.ukOne foot in Edenguardian.co.uk, UK - 7 hours ago... Willa) of Kafka - meant a great deal to me then, and I read my battered copy of his Collected Poems (1952) obsessively. To me, Muir was Scottish poetry, ...
- Minus tornado, youth-group fundraiser a success (Savannah Morning News)
Dozens of youngsters - undaunted by a tornado that washed out their first attempt - gathered Wednesday for an album-release party and fundraiser at Lake Mayer. The celebration went smoother this go-round: The sun shone, a summer breeze was blowing and the local youth group All Walks of Life raised money for an upcoming poetry competition in Washington. "Last time, we could taste the water ...
- Voice of the Day We owe the future of country to our dead - News-Leader.com
Voice of the Day We owe the future of country to our deadNews-Leader.com, MO - 7 hours agoWelcome to Everland, to the intersection of May and springtime, a bustling crossroads where each year better poetry announces anew, "...the earth never ...
- the plowboy interview: Wendell Berry - Mother Earth News
the plowboy interview: Wendell BerryMother Earth News, KS - 28 minutes agoWendell's "language of permanence" in his most recent book of poetry, The Country Of Marriage, and his reviews of Farmers Of Forty Centuries and An ...
- Poetry Contest Award Winners Will Have Reading June 26 (The Chattanoogan)
Three area poets will read the poems that took first, second, and third place in the inaugural Chattanooga Writers' Guild Poetry Contest.
- Calvert celebrates 100 years - Lake Sun Leader
Celebrating 100 years, Wealthy Culvert still plays her favorite hymns on a harmonica she carries with her. Niece Ola Cross says her aunt not only plays the harmonica but, at one time, her mother's violin and sang at church as well. Deanna Wheeler ...
- Hot town, summer in the city - Downtown Express
Hot town, summer in the cityDowntown Express - 2 hours agoNow in her fifties, Ian recorded her biggest hit in 1964 while she was still in her early teens, though Ian’s poetry, as well as her wit, ...
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