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- History lesson on tap at writer's festival - Guelph Mercury
Guelph MercuryHistory lesson on tap at writer's festivalGuelph Mercury, Canada - 31 minutes agoThis year, the festival will also premiere the Toronto Poetry Slam Team. The audience will get a glimpse into the world of performance poetry as the team ...
- 'Crazy Girl With Lighter' Author In West Hartford - Hartford Courant
'Crazy Girl With Lighter' Author In West HartfordHartford Courant, United States - 1 hour agoIt was partly through writing that she regained her footing, and now, at 29, she has published a poetry collection, "Crazy Girl With Lighter" (Antrim House, ...
- Arson destroys beloved Monstero! of Georgetown - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle Post IntelligencerArson destroys beloved Monstero! of GeorgetownSeattle Post Intelligencer - 12 minutes agoShe wrote poetry. I think she would have liked it," he said. A graphic designer friend, Mark "Milky" McGuane, came up with the idea of a skull, ...
- Carla Bruni, The Power of Love in Paris - Washington Post
The title of Carla Bruni's new album, "Comme Si de Rien N'Etait," translates to "As if Nothing Happened," which suggests that the foxy French-Italian model-turned-singer has at least some semblance of a sense of humor. Much, of course, has happened ...
- Waits Dazzles With Glitter - Billboard
Do a quick internet search and there are more than 600 references of " Tom Waits " and the term "huckster" together. Snake oil, parodist, sly salesman, etc., a vocabulary of carnival-esque trickery have followed the man; as critic Robert Christgau ...
- Who tends this? - Maitland Mercury
Who tends this?Maitland Mercury, Australia - 8 hours agoHer artwork was exceptional and she wrote some beautiful poetry. We will miss her so much," they told the Mercury the day after the crash. ...
- 'In Bruges' - Newsday
There is a playful deception going on in the prosaic title of "In Bruges," evocative as it is of chamber recitals and poetry readings in medieval coffeehouses. One is tempted to add a modifying phrase before the "In," for the sake of truth in ...
- Hail the chief of your family - Rocky Mountain News
Hail the chief of your familyRocky Mountain News, CO - 16 minutes agoThe Poetry of Robert Frost: The Collected Poems, Complete and Unabridged (hardcover), $26.40, Amazon.com. The great American poet Robert Frost wrote a poem ...
- 'Algren' captures city's gritty magic - Chicago Sun-Times
Memo to all those involved in promoting Chicago as a global tourist destination: Forget about the standard video portrait of the city, filled with generic (if enticing) views of the skyline and lake and ballparks, of Michigan Avenue and Millennium ...
- Old 97's Murry Solo - antiMUSIC.com
Old 97's Murry SoloantiMUSIC.com, CA - 1 hour agoTrain songs and spirituals abound as Hammond displays his love of all things Carter Family, Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, but with the twist of ...
- Kennedy return triumphant (Denver Post)
Most people have to fight a whole Civil War before getting a Ken Burns documentary. Not Teddy Kennedy, who staged a triumphant appearance before the Democratic National Convention.
- BOOKS Fire in the hole!: David Sedaris - Windy City Times
BOOKS Fire in the hole!: David SedarisWindy City Times, IL - 6 hours agoI don't understand how, if two lesbians want to exchange bad poetry on a mountain top, that would threaten the marriage of the people who grew up next door ...
- 'Slam' provides local storytellers a creative outlet (The Oklahoman)
Friday afternoon, I learned about a form of comic relief that likely will appeal to office workers. It's an offshoot of the Arts Council of Oklahoma's Wintertales storytelling program and modeled after PoetrySlam, where budding poets get to share with an audience verses they've penned. OKC StorySlam does the same thing, except in storytelling form, and each month focuses on a different theme. ...
- Community Briefs (7/18) - Ahwatukee Foothills News
Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell is extending an invitation to the voting public to sign up and become a board worker on Election Day. The positions are paid and vary in responsibility. Workers must attend a training class and set-up meeting ...
- Living in downtown Flint is a mixed bag (The Flint Journal)
Lately a lot of people have asked me how I like living in downtown Flint. I moved to a historic building a block from The Flint Journal last November. Those who don't frequent the city are increasingly curious about all the construction and changes along Saginaw Street.
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