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- Young orators display speaking skills (Miami Herald)
Courtney Toombs stepped up to the stage and, without hesitation, began to loudly recite: 'I'm not giving my black back! I'm not giving up my greens or my grits or saying `Girl' and putting my hands on my hips.''
- Poet laureate brings poets, poetry lovers together - TriVallyCentral
West Hartford's poet laureate, Maria Sassi, made it her mission to bring West Hartford poets together, and for the most part, she feels as though she has accomplished this goal during her tenure. West Hartford's poet laureate, Maria Sassi, made it ...
- Artist and Activist Sharon Bridgforth - AfterEllen.com
Artist and Activist Sharon BridgforthAfterEllen.com - 41 minutes agoSo Bridgforth started going to poetry readings: "I started going to poetry events, started calling myself a poet, started asking her to help me with my ...
- Firemen's Ball & other boogie-fests - OurayNews.com
Firemen's Ball & other boogie-festsOurayNews.com, CO - 2 hours agoThe show's creator, Bill Fries, captures the poetry and grandeur of this place and its people in a way that nobody else ever has. ...
- Out & about - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Out & aboutFort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - 3 hours ago“Poetic Justice, Achieved Against All Odds†– Poetry and song; 3 to 5 pm; Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza; $5 cover; 421-1200, ...
- Is a slow-witted person an oxymoron? - Jackson Clarion Ledger
Is a slow-witted person an oxymoron?Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS - 55 minutes agoA troubadour was to poetry what a raconteur [rak-uhn-TUR] is to An oxymoron is a combination of contradictory words. Examples: jumbo shrimp (jumbo is large, ...
- Village-wide event kicks off Friday - Millbrook Round Table
Village-wide event kicks off FridayMillbrook Round Table, NY - 1 hour ago2-3 pm: Poetry reading and discussion and local history at Lyall Church. 2-3 pm: Children reading their own work: writers from "Treasure Chest Magazine" at ...
- Woman on the run (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
A hallucinatory, post-partum 19-year-old who has murdered her husband flees into the Canadian wilderness, with a pair of vengeful brothers-in-law on her heels.
- Cicely Nichols, writer/editor, activist, dies at 70 - The Villager
Cicely Nichols, writer/editor, activist, dies at 70The Villager, NY - 2 hours agoIn addition to Christy, her daughters Hilda and Jenny Speicher survive along with Tori Jan Evans, who joined the family as an adult. ...
- North Las Vegas Library lets you read poetry - KNPR
North Las Vegas Library lets you read poetryKNPR, NV - 11 hours agoEach person presents two poems/songs/pieces of writing or has five minutes of time at the microphone. Refreshments provided. North Las Vegas Library, ...
- Marking Caribbean American Ties (Washington Post)
Since 2000 the Institute of Caribbean Studies in Washington has celebrated Caribbean American heritage, highlighting contributions made to the United States.
- Chuck Landon: Friday night proved good can die when young or old - Huntington Herald Dispatch
Chuck Landon: Friday night proved good can die when young or oldHuntington Herald Dispatch, WV - 26 minutes agoIt is the poetry of Dr. Ricard's remarkable life. In so many ways, he was born and, now, died on the Fourth of July. And for the death knell to come from ...
- National stage beckons student for recitation - Richmond Times Dispatch
National stage beckons student for recitationRichmond Times Dispatch, VA - 13 hours ago... from Rappahannock High School in Warsaw will experience Monday in the semifinals of the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest in Washington. ...
- Center to honor centegenarian as new US citizen - The Desert Sun
Center to honor centegenarian as new US citizenThe Desert Sun, CA - 12 minutes agoHer 13-year-old granddaughter Ghazal Babai, Antoine's daughter, was at her side, listening to her recite poetry. "She always recites poetry," Ghazal said. ...
- Bulrusher is an everyday epic (Theater) (City Pages)
The odd tale deftly weaves the mythic and the mundane
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