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- July 29: Scenes from the Arts-burgh (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Sara Evans performed her fun songs with pep and sparkle, and people on the grassy lawn couldn't help but get up and dance.
- Poem of the week: Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came by Robert ... - Guardian Blogs
Browning described the composition of "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" in terms that attest to its deep source in his own psyche. "I was conscious of no allegorical intention of writing it ... Childe Roland came upon me as a kind of dream. I ...
- When Czechoslovakia wowed the world (The Prague Post)
In 1958, the Czechoslovak pavilion at the World Expo in Brussels was an international triumph. Fifty years later, artifacts from this extremely successful exhibit for promoting Czech culture, design, fashion, craftsmanship and overall ingenuity at the dawn of the Atomic Age can be revisited at the Prague City Gallery’s space in the Municipal Library.
- Being the Nation's Poet Laureate is a Total Pain - Gawker
Being the poet laureate is the highest honor a poet can receive in this country. You get $35,000 and a beautiful office in the Library of Congress. ( Kay Ryan just became the newest laureate, tasked with "bringing poetry to the forefront of the ...
- Off the shelf: What everyone else is reading this summer, rumour ... - National Post
Off the shelf: What everyone else is reading this summer, rumour ...National Post, Canada - 2 hours agoThey publish some pretty good fiction (and poetry, and plays) these days too. Vancouver author William Gibson (Neuromancer, Mona Lisa Overdrive, ...
- Amos Lee - Rolling Stone
Though he's often labeled as a singer-songwriter, Amos Lee is a talented singer, period. On his third album, the Philadelphia native lends his stellar Al Green impression to "Won't Let Me Go," and lays a cool, Curtis Mayfield-style falsetto over the ...
- CRITICS' PICKS - Urbanite Baltimore
CRITICS' PICKSUrbanite Baltimore, MD - 46 minutes ago“He never lost his flair for poetry and storytelling,” she says. “He was like the Pied Piper to us.” A mediocre rock band I followed as a teenager used to ...
- Teenagers invited to enter writing contest (The Hamilton Journal News)
FAIRFIELD — The Lane Libraries will soon launch its seventh annual Teen Writing Contest, "Our Own Words," for short story and poetry writers ages 13-18. Work will be judged on originality, clarity, ideas presented, voice, word choice, presentation, sentence structure/fluency and spelling. There are two divisions: Division I for ages 13-15 and Division II for ages 16-18, according to a release ...
- Theater Dance Arts Listings 6/12 - Daily Herald
Theater Dance Arts Listings 6/12Daily Herald, UT - 1 hour agoWRITERS AT WORK -- Short fiction, novel and poetry. June 23-27. Westminster College, Salt Lake City. www.writersatwork.org. CARTOON CAPERS -- Children ages ...
- Poetry sought for publication - Traverse City Record Eagle
Poetry sought for publicationTraverse City Record Eagle, MI - 1 hour agoWriters may submit up to three poems of no more than 40 lines each; there is a $10 entry fee. The deadline for submissions is Oct. 15. ...Poetry prize submissions sought Leelanau Enterpriseall 2 news articles
- Palestinians plan funeral for admired poet - Boston Globe
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry encapsulated the Palestinian cause, will get the equivalent of a state funeral in the West Bank tomorrow - an honor only previously accorded to PLO leader Yasser Arafat. Tributes for Darwish poured ...
- Exotic Erotic Ball Celebrates 29th Year with Largest-Ever Weekend ... - NewsBlaze
Exotic Erotic Ball Celebrates 29th Year with Largest-Ever Weekend ...NewsBlaze, CA - 1 hour ago... websites, and novelties, plus panel discussions on First Amendment rights, fashion shows, a spiritual oasis with psychics and massage, erotic poetry, ...
- Edison teen learns lesson in standing up for herself (Miami Herald)
Never had Jeislee Alvarez imagined something so cold and humiliating as jail. There she was, all of 18 with her whole life ahead of her except for the grimy cell holding her back. Poet, pacificist and now jail bird No. 08-18621. Despite her tough-girl shell, the 5-foot-4 Miami Edison Senior High student feared using the toilet with other inmates and guards watching. Disgusted by the smell of the ...
- Nepali literature blooming in Diaspora - Nepalnews.com
Nepalnews.comNepali literature blooming in DiasporaNepalnews.com, Nepal - 4 hours agoBy Indra Adhikari The poetry festival organised recently by the International Nepali Literary Society (INLS) in Baltimore, USA, alongside the convention of ...
- Rendered Mute - National Review Online Blogs
Rendered MuteNational Review Online Blogs, NY - 1 hour agoAnyone familiar with Hispanic art and literature knows that poetry isn’t only a genre. Poetry is in the DNA of this romantic, passionate people. ...
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