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- Preston's a poet and now all of New Zealand knows it - The Press
Preston's a poet and now all of New Zealand knows itThe Press, New Zealand - 1 hour agoA Christchurch poet has won the nation's richest poetry prize with a collection she produced for a creative writing course. ...
- Not your average orientation - Ellicott City View
Ellicott City ViewNot your average orientationEllicott City View, MD - 8 hours agoThis year's lineup included a performance by a Go-go band (Go-go is a genre that is indigenous to DC), a poetry slam workshop and a documentary that ...
- Photo Courtesy of Tiffany Joyner - Winston-Salem Journal
Photo Courtesy of Tiffany JoynerWinston-Salem Journal, NC - 12 minutes agoOpen-mike poetry readings. Food available for purchase. Free. Call 336-771-7663. AUTHOR VALERIE YOW: 6:45 pm, Elkin Public Library, 111 N. Front St., Elkin. ...
- Eats: The Commons - Sun-Journal
LEWISTON - "Did you hear? There's a new ice cream shop that just opened on Bartlett Street." Somebody at the office relayed this news to me several weeks ago, with something akin to mystification on his face. Regardless of the reality (reality being ...
- Singing her way to political freedom - The News International
Singing her way to political freedomThe News International, Pakistan - 2 hours agoA composer, an actress, a writer, a teacher and a social and political worker, she performed at a time when music and poetry played a key role in political ...
- Inside the Mind of an Actress - Gulfshore Life
Inside the Mind of an ActressGulfshore Life, FL - 2 hours agoFor an hour and a half, I was onstage—without a break—telling the story of Dr. Vivian Bearing, a college professor renowned for her expertise in the poetry ...
- Hari Kunzru to Philip Pullman: writers and politicians pick the best reads of 2008 (Guardian Unlimited)
Hari Kunzru Joseph O'Neill's Netherland is a melancholy and controlled novel about cricket. There aren't many of those around. JG Ballard is also a cricket fan, and his volume of autobiography, Miracles of Life , provides a key to his strange, hallucinatory fiction. I'm living in New York, and the only thing that's made me feel homesick is a photography book called No Such Thing As ...
- Gore Vidal Blasts Racism Claim - Truthdig
Gore Vidal Blasts Racism ClaimTruthdig, United States - 2 hours agoInstead, he writes, I gave him “a look of pure contempt” when I allegedly said slaves have a hard time making poetry (this might have been a warning for him ...
- Wisconsin Book Festival 2008: M.K. Asante, Jr. speaks (Isthmus)
In his new book, It's Bigger Than Hip Hop, the poet, author and filmmaker M.K. Asante, Jr., chronicles the rise of the post-hip-hop generation, its ownership of the spoken-word movement as a vehicle for social justice and its savvy rejection of corporate exploitation. He describes the inspirations for and the fluid process of researching and writing the book, recounts a formative childhood ...
- Broadway vet energizes Ritz's 'Kate' (Courier-Post)
With the words "economic meltdown'' ringing in our ears
- A celebration of women: BMC museum exhibit shows off artwork - Asheville Citizen-Times
A celebration of women: BMC museum exhibit shows off artworkAsheville Citizen-Times, NC - 14 minutes agoWomen, such as teachers Anni Albers and MC Richards, achieved international success (Albers for weavings and Richards for poetry and pottery). ...
- The Letters of Allen Ginsberg - Popmatters.com
The Letters of Allen Ginsberg is unlike a lot of literary letters collections in that it contains no new revelations about its subject. But that should hardly be surprising considering the fact that we are dealing with one of the most frequently ...
- Poets dig for truth in 'Full Frontal' (University of New Mexico Daily Lobo)
An ensemble of UNM students is baring it all onstage. Baring their souls, that is. "Full Frontal Poetry," showing at Theatre X, features the confessional works of 13 actor-writers. The show, directed by Paul Ford, explores the themes of sin, confession, journey and the loss of innocence through poetry, fable, art and nursery rhyme.
- Kashmir Black Day - Pakistan Observer
Kashmir Black DayPakistan Observer, Pakistan - 3 hours agoKashmiris and Pakistanis in London and other cities of England, in Time Square New York and elsewhere will express solidarity with Kashmiris on the Black ...
- Evening Leader appeal led to Wrexham family being reunited - Evening Leader
Evening Leader appeal led to Wrexham family being reunitedEvening Leader, UK - 2 hours agoMaria turned to poetry as a way of expressing her emotions after her mother left. A poem we published last September produced such strong sentiments in ...
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