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- Defining the Indefinite - Patrol Magazine
Patrol MagazineDefining the IndefinitePatrol MagazineDylan didn't invent self-conscious poetry or code-word introspection, but he played it at the Pete Seegerery Newport Folk Festival with all these earnest ...
- Making out is its own reward - Chicago Sun-Times (blog)
Making out is its own rewardChicago Sun-Times (blog)Until then homosexuality had been witnessed by me only in novels, poetry, vague scenes in films, and rumor. I knew lots of "queers," by which I meant ...
- "The Divine Comedy," read nonstop. | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/17/2010 - Philadelphia Inquirer
"The Divine Comedy," read nonstop. | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/17/2010Philadelphia InquirerThe images and the fairly new translation - a prose version more accessible than typical translations into poetry - came from Princeton University's Dante ...
- Our Story Continues: Tobias Wolff - Chronogram
Our Story Continues: Tobias WolffChronogramKnown for candor and authenticity in depicting both real and invented characters, abetted by razor-sharp prose, the master storyteller has honed his craft ...
- Winter Haiku At Wildlife Refuge - Wave of Long Island (subscription)
Winter Haiku At Wildlife RefugeWave of Long Island (subscription)Meet poet Jeffrey Rabkin and experience the sights, sounds –and even smells of winter through his reading of haiku poetry. You must be an online subscriber ...
- Holocaust survivor recalls experience - Yellow Advertiser
Holocaust survivor recalls experienceYellow AdvertiserThe service was a multi-faith event, which included choir music, prayers, poetry readings and hymns. It was chaired by Councillor Derek Jarvis, ...and more »
- Junot Diaz wins Writers for Writers award - Fosters Daily Democrat
NEW YORK (AP) — Dominican-American novelist Junot Diaz is among this year's winners of the Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award. He previously won the Pulitzer Prize. The award was announced Wednesday by the nonprofit literary organization ...
- devil was in the definitions - Sydney Morning Herald
devil was in the definitionsSydney Morning Herald... Word Book) and came out in revised, expanded editions in 1967 and 2000. Bierce's definitions include fake poetry that's now often dated and tedious. ...and more »
- The lure of the night - The Guardian
The GuardianThe lure of the nightThe GuardianBut the results, shot mostly at night in a gloriously restored 35mm black and white whose every shadow is richly defined, have an energy and poetry that ...
- Poems for pets: contest for kids, project for adults, immortality for ... - Tucson Citizen
Whether you have a lazy dog or a conniving cat, there is no better way to immortalize your pet with a poem in his or her honor. And you’re never too young to start. The third annual Paws for Poetry Contest is open to kids ages 5 to 12. Kids write a ...
- We have our own cherry tree tale - Springfield News Sun
SPRINGFIELD —When I was a kid, George Washington’s birthday meant hearing the legend of George and the cherry tree. It goes like this. Apparently too young to be trusted with a gun, the future Father of Our Country is given an ax by his father ...
- Mystery visitor to Poe's grave is a no-show - Examiner
She left the roses and cognac after a mysterious visitor who has left roses and cognac at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe each year on the writer's birthday failed to show ... literary master of the macabre, known for poems such as "The Raven" and ...
- Cohen second after short program - CNN Sports Illustrated
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Sasha Cohen can still put on a show like nobody else. And bring the house down. Skating for the first time since the 2006 world championships, the Olympic silver medalist skated with her trademark elegance and smoothness and ...
- WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR March 13 - SunHerald.com (registration)
WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR March 13SunHerald.com (registration)Mississippi Poetry Society meeting: 2 pm, Moss Point Library large meeting room. Poetry reading opens the meeting. Visitors welcome to attend and read. ...
- Trying to Build Bonds With Immigrant Stories - New York Times
Trying to Build Bonds With Immigrant StoriesNew York TimesHer testimony took just four or five minutes of the service, leaving plenty of time for hymns, poetry recitation by the children, collection of offerings ...
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