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- AP Top News at 11:00 p.m. EDT (The Washington Times)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ Before a crowd of cheering thousands, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois laid claim to the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night, taking a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the nation's first black president. Hillary Rodham Clinton maneuvered for the vice presidential spot on his fall ticket without conceding her own defeat. "America, this is ...
- Tom McCarthy's top 10 European modernists - guardian.co.uk
Tom McCarthy's top 10 European modernistsguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoHe survives to write the most powerful and dynamic poetry of the 20th century - work in which the German language buckles and tears with the impossibility ...
- An explosion of talent (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines - Still celebrating its centennial, the University of the Philippines pulled out all stops for its big “Pamantasang Hirang” (Beloved University) concert at the Cultural Center of the Philippines—a history of UP through song, dance, theater spectacle, poetry, symphonic music and film.
- Nourishing Norristown - Philadelphia Inquirer
Nourishing NorristownPhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - 3 hours ago... poetry and four novels that nobody wanted." After graduating from Gettysburg College, studying creative writing at Johns Hopkins University, ...
- City receives $1 million in art for its birthday - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The city received a major birthday gift yesterday that includes a 20-foot steel and fiberglass sculpture named "Arch," a new symphonic work, artist-mentored programs for city teens and a print portfolio designed to appeal to collectors. Together they ...
- Prestigious Griffin Poetry Prizes to be handed out at dinner in ... - 660 News
660 NewsPrestigious Griffin Poetry Prizes to be handed out at dinner in ...660 News, Canada - Jun 4, 2008Four books are on the international shortlist: "Notes From the Air: Selected Later Poems" from John Ashbery (HarperCollins Publishers/Ecco); Elaine Equi's ...
- Poets and poetry everywhere (The Block Island Times)
Over these past six weekends, have you felt lyrical rhythms floating on the island air? Found metric footprints washed up onto the shore of Crescent Beach? Noticed the rhyming tempo of your footfall as you traipsed along the new sidewalks in town? Brushed elbows with poets on every street corner?
- Teen Activities (Palo Alto Weekly)
Youth Speaks Poetry Performance Featuring poets from HBO's Def Poetry, teen poetry slam champions & all-star poets. At 2 & 4 p.m. Sun., June 1, Free. For more information, call Evy Schiffman at 650-917-6800 ext. 305 or e-mail eschiffman@arts4all.org or visit www.arts4all.org . Community School of Music and Arts at Finn Center, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View
- Family briefs: June 7, 2008 (Plattsburgh Press Republican)
PORT HENRY -- Children in grades kindergarten through sixth grade can "Be a Reading Champ" this summer at the Sherman Free Library. From June 7 through Aug. 23, participants can win prizes for every four books they read.
- Live Music - Omaha World-Herald
Little Joe and Big Trouble, 8 p.m., no cover, Downtown Blues, 1512 Howard St. 345-0180. Buttercup, 9 p.m., Goofy Foot Lounge, 1012 S. 10th St., no cover, 280-1012. Whiskey Pistols, Dain Estes of Shaking Tree , 9 p.m., $5 cover, Mick's Music & Bar ...
- An Interview with Steven Wingate - New West
An Interview with Steven WingateNew West, MT - 1 hour agoA few years ago a friend of mine, a fellow CU writer named Sigman Byrd, won a prize for his poetry book Under the Wanderer’s Star. ...
- The books have won (The News & Observer)
A bibliophile can move the stacks, but she can never overcome the pull.
- The 'Gum Drop XLVII: Hear New XYZ Affair, Win An Epiphone Electric ... - Stereogum
StereogumThe 'Gum Drop XLVII: Hear New XYZ Affair, Win An Epiphone Electric ...Stereogum, NY - 2 hours agoWe asked frontman Alex Feder about the song's depiction of the poetry of youth culture. He went in depth, so we weren't able to print all of his "Evening ...
- Who Is the Greatest Modern-Day Thinker? - New York Times Blogs
I go to the University of Richmond, which requires [us] to take a class called Core, where we read famous historical books. ( Gandhi , Marx , Plato , Augustine , just to name a few). Anyway, my question for you is: Who do you think is the greatest ...
- Young ranchers answer the cattle calling - Tampabay.com
Young ranchers answer the cattle callingTampabay.com, FL - 1 hour agoMore than half of 4-H participants live in urban or suburban areas, working on projects as varied as poetry writing and satellite mapping. ...
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