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- Poet Kay Ryan speaks tonight at Montalvo (San Jose Mercury News)
All poetry has a rhythm of some kind, but that's not why the latest event sponsored by Poetry Center San Jose has such an excellent sense of timing. The center is bringing Kay Ryan to town for a reading just as her tenure as the nation's new poet laureate begins.
- Ladi6 heads out on her own (Stuff)
Long-time collaborator Ladi6 is finally taking a punt on her own album. By Jeff Neems.
- Francine Prose talks about the 'unteacheable art of writing' (The Fayetteville Observer)
WASHINGTON  Francine Prose has thought a lot about writing in the 35 years she’s been trying to make a living at it. And one of the things she thinks is this: It can’t be taught.
- Elmer A. Ordoñez - Manila Times
The Nobel Prize Award for Literature this year went to a French novelist, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio (b. 1940), cited as “the author of new departures, poetic adventure, and sensual ecstasy, explorer of humanity beyond and below the reigning ...
- The Past Is Not a Different Country - Transitions Online
The Past Is Not a Different CountryTransitions Online, Czech Republic - 12 hours agoWhile he praised and wrote poetry lauding the Stalinist regime, friends say he was prone to private doubts. The court of public opinion already seems ...
- Book Review: Beanball by Gene Fehler - Blogcritics.org
Book Review: Beanball by Gene FehlerBlogcritics.org, OH - 15 minutes agoWhile it may seem gimmicky to use poetry to tell a story such as this, Mr. Fehler manages to make it work. The story is in itself compelling. ...
- Dave Wood’s Book Report, Nov. 12, 2008 - Rosemount Town Pages
Dave Wood’s Book Report, Nov. 12, 2008Rosemount Town Pages, MN - 4 hours agoI found that out last month when he sent me a copy of his second volume of poetry, “Love and Dog Tales: Poems & Lyrics†(Banjar Publications, ...
- Danish author accepts Nordic Council Literature Prize - Earthtimes
Helsinki - Danish author Naja Marie Aidt on Tuesday accepted the 2008 Nordic Council Literature Prize, worth 350,000 kroner (59,000 dollars). In remarks at the award ceremony, Aidt referred to her childhood in Greenland where she was born in 1963 ...
- Thinking outside the flood - Detroit Metro Times
Detroit Metro TimesThinking outside the floodDetroit Metro Times, MI - 3 hours agoIn his poetry, those experiences are still heavy and palpable  a portable exile that he carries with him. His latest collection, Jealous Witness, ...
- The Most Compelling Political Event of the Year - New York Times Blogs
It wasn’t meant to be political. In fact, Saturday night, while beautiful, was pretty conventional: two of my dear friends from graduate school were getting married. They are fellow economists who have spent 18 years together; they have supported ...
- Petal teacher motion denied - Hattiesburg American
Petal teacher motion deniedHattiesburg American, MS - 37 minutes agoPetal Sgt. Gavin Guy testified Thursday that William Folks brought to police his wife's daily planner, the love poem and box of condoms. ...
- A Map of My Mind - Youth Radio
A Map of My MindYouth Radio, CA - 15 minutes agoAnd when I was depressed, at least I wrote some good poetry. Just like anything else, when you live with pain, you get used to it. ...
- Poet Imlah wins £10,000 prize (BBC News)
Poet Mick Imlah wins the £10,000 Forward Prize for his first collection in 20 years, The Lost Leader.
- On DVD: The Sensation of Sight - Film.com
On DVD: The Sensation of SightFilm.com, WA - 55 minutes agoThe sort of film that, if it were a person, would have a goatee, ride a recumbent bicycle, and insist on reading its poetry aloud. ...
- Sculptor Horowitz remembered for 'great heart' - The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
Sculptor Horowitz remembered for 'great heart'The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com, MI - 2 hours ago"His life had his own poetry to it, and in his love of art, he invented phrases that were outrageous: 'Slick as spit on a doorknob. ...
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