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- Stokes Center welcomes noted authors (The Vanguard)
The University of South Alabama respected authors Charles Bernstein, Marjorie Perloff, and Hank Lazer Sept. 19 and 20. The authors conducted a panel discussion covering "Writing and the media in the 21st Century" and also read from their writings. This event was hosted by the Stokes Center for Creative Writing and the University of South Alabama department of English.
- Student Guide 2008 - Boulder Clarion
I always knew I was going to make it, but I wasn’t sure in what manifestation,” said John Lennon in a 1980 Playboy interview. “I used to read the reviews of books and art and music before I ever put anything out and I’d half expect to see my ...
- Jockstrip: The world as we know it. (Moldova.org)
Bin Laden's prowess as poet examinedDAVIS, Calif., Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Osama bin Laden's pre-Sept. 11, 2001, popularity and prowess as a poet is the subject of an upcoming academic work, a California professor says.Before he was the world's most infamous terrorist, bin Laden was in great demand in the 1990s as a speaker at wedding banquets and other feasts, reciting skillfully written poems that ...
- 'Serious but stable,' Deftones' Chi Cheng remains in coma - Sacramento Bee
'Serious but stable,' Deftones' Chi Cheng remains in comaSacramento Bee, USA - 2 hours agoHe also is an accomplished poet, and in 2000, he released a CD of his poetry, "The Bamboo Parachute." The Deftones formed in Sacramento in 1988 and released ...
- From poet to novelist to Giller nominee - Victoria News
From poet to novelist to Giller nomineeVictoria News, Canada - 1 hour ago... next book.” Lane knows of what he speaks, since this is not his first dance on the Canadian awards circuit. He won a Governor General’s award for poetry ...Patrick Lane's Violent Memory TheTyee.caall 2 news articles
- Passionate observer shuns cerebral labels - Calgary Herald
When Will Sheff -- the wild-eyed, wild-throated frontman of Austin, Texas's Okkervil River -- let himself loose in the labyrinth of the art world on 2007's breakthrough The Stage Names, he found no shortage of inspiration. Music, movies, poetry ...
- Dumela (hello) from Botswana - Retriever
Dumela (hello) from BotswanaRetriever, MD - Nov 17, 2008Every other Tuesday, a local restaurant called Khwest will hold an open-mic night where singers, musicians, poets, beat-boxers and countless other engineers ...
- Poetry review: Family Values by Maureen Duffy (Guardian Unlimited)
Poetry review: Family Values by Maureen DuffyThe most successful writing here conjures moments from Duffy's wartime childhood
- Musical legend Miriam Makeba dies - New Zealand Herald
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Miriam Makeba, the "Mama Africa" whose sultry voice gave South Africans hope when the country was gripped by apartheid, has died of a heart attack after collapsing on stage in Italy. She was 76. In her dazzling career ...
- Those wild and crazy ‘SNL' gals! (The Kansas City Star)
It's good to be Tina Fey.
- Deccan Herald » Crossword (Deccan Herald)
1 Talk fast, like a person needling you? (6) 2 Prepared to be driven a fair way (4,2) 3 A leading organ (4) 4 Intercede when a friend’s about to die, possibly?
- 516 WORDS literary & performance event - Local IQ
516 WORDS literary & performance eventLocal IQ, NM - 3 hours agoHe and poet Priscilla Baca y Candelaria collaborate on performances combining poetry and music. Margaret Randall grew up in New Mexico. ...
- Booker winner Adiga ready with second novel (rediff.com)
Enjoying the spotlight after winning the 2008 Man Booker prize for his debut novel, young Indian novelist Arvind Adiga says his second novel is "almost done" but declined to give details about the upcoming book. The 33-year-old journalist based in Mumbai also rejected suggestions that his award-winning book The White Tiger was overly critical of Indian society saying that he had intended to be ...
- Czech it out - San Francisco Bay Guardian
San Francisco Bay GuardianCzech it outSan Francisco Bay Guardian, CA - 6 hours agoBut their excellently crafted and performed seriocomedy — with its frank yet funny sexual randiness — never feels less than credible. ...
- Great poet's grave stokes Civil War dispute - The Associated Press
The Associated PressGreat poet's grave stokes Civil War disputeThe Associated Press - 23 minutes ago... and his poetry collections "Poet in New York and "Gypsy Ballads." His work draws on universal themes — love, death, passion, cruelty and injustice. ...
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