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- Writer's group celebrates milestones - Newport News Times
Writer's group celebrates milestonesNewport News Times, OR - 4 hours agoWriters On The Edge, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the literary arts in Lincoln County, announces the election of Matt Love as its new director and ...
- Truly, madly, deeply - The Australian
The AustralianTruly, madly, deeplyThe Australian, Australia - 13 minutes agoI firmly believe my life would be infinitely poorer without poetry, its music, its deep wisdom. One tends to forget that poetry is wisdom. ...
- David Shribman: Humphrey gave greatest convention speech you've never ... - Newburyport Daily News
MINNEAPOLIS — If you have an eye for these things, you might have noticed that Sen. Barack Obama is going to deliver his acceptance speech in a football stadium on Aug. 28. The last man to deliver an acceptance speech in a stadium was John F ...
- Mini-university kicks off at Quest - Squamish Chief
A new breed of student has begun exploring the Quest University campus with the beginning of a mini-university for children and teens on Monday (July 7). Since the majority of instructors are Quest students, the courses have been designed around ...
- Losing Games - Tehelka
Losing GamesTehelka, India - 3 hours agoTake the case of Indian poetry. Walk into any bookshop and ask for a book of poems by Kamala Das and see what happens. They will ask if you wouldn’t rather ...
- North Kitsap Herald Community Calendar | July 23 - North Kitsap Herald
North Kitsap Herald Community Calendar | July 23North Kitsap Herald, WA - 1 hour agoPOETRY READING: The Poulsbohemian Coffeehouse hosts poetry readings at 7 pm the first Saturday of each month. The coffeehouse is located at 19003 Front ...
- When I was in my 20s, I was given a Chinese puzzle box. It was a lovely object,... (San Francisco Chronicle)
When I was in my 20s, I was given a Chinese puzzle box. It was a lovely object, smooth and elegant and wonderful to touch. It was also an elegant puzzle. The instructions: "Open the box." Three words. The solution involved thinking (including some sideways...
- Irish fest features youth choir - Youngstown Vindicator
Irish fest features youth choirYoungstown Vindicator, OH - 3 hours agoThe festival also includes traditional Irish music, dance, poetry, foods and cultural displays. Performances and services are under roof, so the weather ...
- Linda Jo Scott: The story of a lifelong friendship (Battle Creek Enquirer)
Agnes Spoerer Langner and my mother grew up next door to each other on the north side of Chicago and went all through school together — all through life together. Both loved to read and write, and for their whole lives they corresponded weekly. Their loyalty to each other was complete and unending.
- Menagerie of entertainment at Chilterns Show attracts thousands - Bucks Free Press
Menagerie of entertainment at Chilterns Show attracts thousandsBucks Free Press, UK - 9 hours agoEntrants were given the theme of "change" to write about in 2008, and had their poetry and short stories out on display for all to see. ...
- Sunken Garden Poetry & Music Festival at Hill-Stead Museum - Stamford Plus Magazine
Sunken Garden Poetry & Music Festival at Hill-Stead MuseumStamford Plus Magazine, CT - 10 hours agoAttendance is free to the public. On-site parking is $10 per vehicle. Location is Hill-Stead Museum, 35 Mountain Road, Farmington, 06032, rain or shine. ...
- A poet of balance, style and flexibility - Louisville Courier-Journal
Kentucky lost one of its literary masters this week. Aleda Shirley died Monday, after a long battle with cancer. She was the author of three collections of poetry, Dark Familiar (Sarabande Books, 2006), Long Distance (Miami University Press, 1996 ...
- Writers focus on Midwest Latinos (The Wichita Eagle)
Contributors to the new anthology "Primera Pagina: Poetry from the Latino Heartland" -- including one with ties to Wichita -- say they want to express and draw attention to the Hispanic experience in the middle of the country. "I don't think Hispanics in the Midwest have really been able to have a voice," said Marcelo Xavier Trillo, 30, who was raised in Wichita and participates in the Kansas ...
- MANN TALK: Home to the Mother - HNN Huntingtonnews.net
MANN TALK: Home to the MotherHNN Huntingtonnews.net, USA - 51 minutes agoThe above is from “Shine, Perishing Republic,†a poem by Robinson Jeffers (l887-1962), an America poet who never had to work a day for a living and who was ...
- Magnolia Arts Fest kicks off Friday - Gloucester Daily Times
Magnolia Arts Fest kicks off FridayGloucester Daily Times, USA - 1 hour agoMassachusetts State Poetry Society is sponsoring its annual National Poetry Day Contest, open to all poets. The deadline for the contest is August 1, ...
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