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- From bad to verse: Vandals get classroom penance (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Call it poetic justice: More than two dozen young people who broke into Robert Frost's former home for a beer party and trashed the place are being required to take classes in his poetry as part of their punishment. Using "The Road Not Taken" and another poem as jumping-off points, Frost biographer Jay Parini hopes to show the vandals the error of their ways _ and the redemptive power ...
- A page-turner on every corner - Brisbane Times
A page-turner on every cornerBrisbane Times, Australia - May 18, 2008Junot Diaz is inspirational. Last here in 1998, he bowled everyone over then with his brilliance. His first novel, The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao, ...
- Local poet publishes second book (Southampton Press)
Though she didn’t start writing poetry until after retirement, Ann Hammond has made up for lost time and has recently published her second book of poems.
- Latitude festival sells out - Eastern Daily Press
Tickets for this year's Latitude festival in north Suffolk have already sold out. Organisers are thrilled at the rise in popularity of the ÂŁ3m music and arts festival in its third year. Last year all 20,000 tickets sold out a few days before the ...
- Husband’s memory provides abundant dose of inspiration - Providence Journal
Providence JournalHusband’s memory provides abundant dose of inspirationProvidence Journal, RI - 6 hours ago... mother would read Beatrice’s poems before she’d leave for work. Later in life, Beatrice found it was her love for Edna St.Vincent Millay’s poetry, ...
- Wiggins is perfect spot to celebrate Juneteenth - Courier-Post
CAMDEN — There's no place more appropriate than Wiggins Park to celebrate the end of slavery. During the 1800s, what is now one of the most scenic portions of the Camden Waterfront served as a marketplace where slaves were traded and sold. That's ...
- Welcome the voice of Chase Berggrun - Barnstable Patriot
Welcome the voice of Chase BerggrunBarnstable Patriot, MA - 26 minutes agoHe had been threatening to show up at The Black Spot poetry open mic (the last Thursday of the month) for some time. His mother Susan Russell, a friend of ...
- Lesbos islanders want to stop homosexual women calling themselves Lesbians (Daily Telegraph)
The inhabitants of the Aegean island of Lesbos have began a court action that will attempt to prevent homosexual women from calling themselves Lesbians.
- Poetry.com - a Place Where Everyone is a Poet - PR.com (press release)
Poetry.com - a Place Where Everyone is a PoetPR.com (press release), NY - 30 minutes agoThe site also offers a variety of poetry tools such as a glossary, rhyming dictionary, greeting cards, and contests. "It’sa free service that allows all ...
- Troy Public Library invites residents to examine "Arabian Nights" - Suburban Lifestyles
Troy Public Library invites residents to examine "Arabian Nights"Suburban Lifestyles, MI - 1 hour agoWinner of the Hopwood Award for Poetry from the University of Michigan, she is on the adjunct faculty of several local colleges. For more information, or to ...
- Derek Jarman, Glitterbox - GreenCine
GreenCineDerek Jarman, GlitterboxGreenCine, CA - 9 hours agoActors, including Tilda Swinton and John Quentin, also read from Jarman's journals and poetry. Writer/director Derek Jarman injects his patented iconoclasm ...
- Magic transcends borders as Lincoln couple bring smiles to refugees in ... - Addison Independent
LINCOLN — Even in the middle of a refugee camp in Iran near the border with Iraq, Tom Verner of Lincoln almost felt at home. “We just felt so warmly welcomed by the Iranian people,” Verner said. Verner and his wife, Janet Fredericks, last month ...
- The calendar - Miami Herald
For just 31 cents, Baskin-Robbins guests can enjoy a scoop and support the National Fallen Firefighters Association. Locations in Dade and Broward counties. 7 - 8:30 p.m. WINE GODS The Art and Wine Lecture Series features a a discussion on ...
- Iranian painter adopts unique style - CCTV
Iranian painter adopts unique styleCCTV, China - 22 hours agoThe 48 year old likes to involve himself in different modes of expression, from painting to film directing and poetry. He particularly likes painting ...
- Dick Martin, half of "Laugh-in" comedy team, dies (The Pantagraph)
LOS ANGELES -- Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it to me!" has died. He was 86.
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