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- Faith meets tragedy | By Pam Mellskog Longmont Times-Call (Loveland Reporter-Herald)
LONGMONT – Pastor Rick Cross of Faith Baptist Church in Longmont has buried hundreds of people, he said. But the image of a tiny, pearl-colored casket containing a 27-day-old baby girl sticks with him. “She was the youngest, other than a stillborn,†he said of his funeral record. “This one had a personality, looked up at the Mom and cooed.â€
- Hayden Carruth, Marian McQuade - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Carruth lived for many years in rural Vermont and New York, where manual labor and an unforgiving climate became part of his daily life and, ultimately, his poetic voice. Through years of isolation and neglect, he doggedly continued to write, gaining ...
- Children’s author to hold book signing in Danville this weekend - Madison Messenger
Children’s author to hold book signing in Danville this weekendMadison Messenger, VA - 4 hours agoShe liked to write short stories, poetry and develop her skills with a journal. On Saturday, Harris will have a signing for her first book from 9 am to 4 pm ...
- How to Write Horror: Interview with Horror Writer Joel M. Andre - American Chronicle
How to Write Horror: Interview with Horror Writer Joel M. AndreAmerican Chronicle, CA - 55 minutes agoOver time, I began to focus more on poetry in the style of Poe; along with short stories in the same vein as time progressed I started expanding on what I ...
- Caught in the Act! - People
Joey McIntyre, Danny Wood, Donnie Wahlberg, Jonathan Knight and Jordan Knight Photo by: Larry Busacca / WireImage • They're just nice guys! The New Kids on the Block – Joey McIntyre, Jonathan Knight, Jordan Knight, Danny Wood and Donnie Wahlberg ...
- The Achebean Restoration, by Ekwe-Ekwe - Vanguard
VanguardThe Achebean Restoration, by Ekwe-EkweVanguard, Nigeria - 6 hours agoAs Robert Wren has cogently observed, “much of Achebe’s fiction, like the greatest fiction, has something of the compression of poetry, which says much in ...
- St. Gregory's sets lecture by cancer survivor (The Oklahoman)
SHAWNEE — Attorney and cancer survivor Jim Chastain will give a lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Gregory's University, 1900 W MacArthur. Chastain is a writer, film critic and attorney for the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. The theme for his lecture is "When bad things happen to good writers.†He also will talk about his book, "I Survived Cancer, but Never Won the Tour de France.†...
- Delta seeks submissions, holds art party - Tiger Weekly
Delta seeks submissions, holds art partyTiger Weekly, LA - 2 hours agoAbout 70 people gathered at the Old President’s House to hear poetry, listen to music and have refreshments. Prints and paintings of students’ work lined ...
- Manscaping Monologues (AdWeek)
Was it only three years ago that the chest-waxing scene in The 40 Year Old Virgin caused such a ruckus? Well, manscaping time must be like dog years: We have come so far in the mainstreaming of male hair removal since then that a chest wax is no longer shocking or wince-worthy.
- Autumn American River Rendezvous - Auburn
Autumn American River RendezvousAuburn, CA - 19 hours agoRoger Groghan: Poetry from the Heart of the American River. Eric Peach: Brief PARC updates and upcoming plans for 2009.
- Former teacher may face prison time (St. Joseph News-Press)
Poetry and prison led to the relationship between Jan Kauffman and Tyson Wilson. Soon poetry and prison may be all they have left. This Shakespearean tragedy of love leaves even the lawyers scratching their heads, looking to make sense of the whole affair.
- Johann Hari: Dare we stand up for Muslim women? - Independent
Johann Hari: Dare we stand up for Muslim women?Independent, UK - 16 minutes agoShahnaz loved education – especially science and poetry. But when she got married – at the insistence of her family – her husband ordered her to stop ...
- The New Poet’s Society - Kolkata Newsline
The New Poet’s SocietyKolkata Newsline, India - 1 hour agoBut allowing him to turn that loneliness around is the concept of performance poetry, a trend that is slowly making its presence felt in cities across India ...
- Celebrating Day of the Dead - Birmingham Weekly
Celebrating Day of the DeadBirmingham Weekly - 2 hours agoHuman skulls were ordinary fixtures in rituals related to life, death and rebirth. A few centuries later, Catholics co-opted the holiday, moving it closer ...
- Familiar pleasures: 'Milk and Tides' - MinnPost.com
MinnPost.comFamiliar pleasures: 'Milk and Tides'MinnPost.com, MN - 6 minutes agoGenerally it's wise to avoid too close a conflation of the first person singular, the "I" (or eye) of the poem, and the poet herself. ...
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