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- Writing contest open to students this year - New Bern Sun Journal
Writing contest open to students this yearNew Bern Sun Journal, NC - 8 hours agoThe categories for both adult and student entries include fiction, nonfiction and poetry. "A large part of our literary symposium mission is to encourage ...
- Festival Fun at Lit.Com - RedOrbit
Festival Fun at Lit.ComRedOrbit, TX - 4 hours agoLaunching on National Poetry Day, the festival will open with local poets Driftnet and guest Clare Pollard, who has been named one of The Independent's top ...
- At the commune: Away from society, close to town (Lincoln Journal Star)
Solstice, an elfin gray cat, naps on a bed in the rear of the lime- green Volkswagen bus. A barefoot 2-year-old girl rummages through the glove box. A Grateful Dead song plays on a laptop.
- An old band's new life - Philadelphia Inquirer
An old band's new lifePhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - 34 minutes ago"I get really happy when I see people who like the Silver Jews' music," says Berman, the songwriter, guitarist and author of the acclaimed 1999 poetry ...
- Profiles of service members killed in Iraq (Denver Post)
Though Army Spec. Mathew P. LaForest grew up on military bases, his decision to join the infantry in wartime came as a shock to his family.
- Go and Do - Joe Hill book event tonight in Exeter (Portsmouth Herald)
Local author Joe Hill will be at Water Street Bookstore, 125 Water St., Exeter, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1 to celebrate the release of two of his books, the paperback edition of "20th Century Ghosts," as well as his newest book "Locke and Key." "20th...
- • Actor stays true to poet's words - The Saginaw News - MLive.com
• Actor stays true to poet's wordsThe Saginaw News - MLive.com, MI - 16 hours agoTruth be known, however, Massachusetts-native Fitzpatrick is a closet poetry fan; in particular, the 200 poems penned by Saginaw-born Theodore H. Roethke, ...
- The B Plot: Sword swallowing! - Asbury Park Coaster
Asbury Park CoasterThe B Plot: Sword swallowing!Asbury Park Coaster, NJ - 3 hours ago“In an historical sense we are a family-run show,†stated Eddy Jo Cotton, founding member, Yard Dogs and author of “Hobo.†“We endeavor to operate a ...
- "The Lucky Ones": When soldiers return home (Seattle Times)
"The Lucky Ones": This attempt to create an Iraq-war home-front classic like "The Best Years of Our Lives" has its moments, but the story line about three returning veterans (played by Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams and Michael Peña) is predictable.
- Students to Recite 'Poetry on a Box Top' at Smith - Smith College Grécourt Gate
Students to Recite 'Poetry on a Box Top' at SmithSmith College Grécourt Gate, MA - Nov 7, 2008Poetry will fill the air at Smith College between classes on Thursday, Nov. 20, as students recite verses from atop soapboxes at well-traveled locations ...
- Pike speech team is one of nation's best ... again - Andover Townsman
The Pike School speech team will try this school year to earn its fifth straight "School of Excellence" award at the National Junior Forensic League/Middle School Forensic League National Tournament. During the last week of June 2008, the Pike School ...
- A deluge of haiku in our political poetry contest - Contra Costa Times
Hundreds of haiku poured in last week from politically-inspired poets after we asked readers to pen a haiku inspired by a White House candidate. More than 400 3-line poems arrived over the next 48 hours, some riffing on the glories of Obama, others ...
- Grand Rapids sculptor Nathan Horowitz remembered for 'great heart ... - MLive.com
GRAND RAPIDS -- Friends are remembering a Grand Rapids sculptor whose controversial work once resided downtown near sculptures by Alexander Calder and Mark di Suvero. Nathan Horowitz, whose two-story sculpture, "Vesta," formerly was installed in 1973 ...
- White Light, White Heat (Nashville Scene)
This is an article about The Raconteurs. It only seems to be an article about Jack White, for whom the band is most certainly not, as he has told us many times, a side project. It's been an interesting few months for White. In July, he published a poem in the Detroit Free Press ent...
- Illinois Times Takes Home 11 State Press Awards (Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN))
Illinois Times has received 11 awards in the Illinois Press Association's 2008 Best of the Press contest, including first place in four categories.
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