Poetry news via Google, MSN, and Yahoo!
- Poet to America's `first black president' not expecting to read at ... - Grand Forks Herald
RALEIGH, N.C. Upon his election in 1992, Bill Clinton - affectionately referred to as the nation's first black president - asked Maya Angelou to compose a poem and read it at his inauguration. Angelou feels a new poem welling up inside her following ...
- Back for Bach: Violinist Hines returns for Early Music concert - Kalamazoo Gazette
KALAMAZOO -- When Eric Strand heard that Kalamazoo native Edith Hines was playing a baroque violin, he knew he needed to get her back in town. He succeeded: Hines will perform "Solo Sonatas and Partitas of Johann Sebastian Bach" on Saturday at St ...
- Babylon Village Arts Council presents Poetry in the Village program (Babylon Beacon)
On Sunday, December 14, 2 to 4 p.m., the Babylon Village Arts Council will present poets J.T. (Judy) Turek and Lorraine Conlin at the Babylon Public Library, 24 S. Carll Ave., Babylon Village. This Poetry in the Village program is free and open to the public. The two poets' readings will be followed by an open mike.
- Rita Joe’s poetry lives on - The Chronicle Herald
A FIRST NATIONS native of Cape Breton, Rita Joe died in March 2007 at age 75. Awarded the Order of Canada and presented with several honorary doctorates, she was a poet who placed a Mi’kmaq sensibility at the core of what was once purely ...
- Talking Myself Home - Ian McMillan - yorkshirepost
So it should come as no surprise his autobiography in verse pays tribute to his beloved hometown, his loved ones, and the power of the spoken and written word, daring readers to embrace the poetry of life itself. Starting with the poignancy of his ...
- Latrobe instructor is state's Teacher of the Year - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Rebecca Snyder teaches poetry by asking her students to find song lyrics that touch them emotionally. She introduces the big ideas of the enlightenment and romantic literature by showing paintings to her students. It's those innovating teaching ...
- Matthiessen wins National Book Award fiction prize (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Judges for the National Book Awards honored a comeback Wednesday night, giving the fiction award to Peter Matthiessen's "Shadow Country," a revision of a trilogy of novels from the 1990s.
- The Belle of the bay (Seattle Times)
The historic Belle Baldwin House at Fern Cove on Vashon Island is newly refurbished and available for public rental.
- Byzantium: Treasures of a lost empire - Times Online
Byzantium: Treasures of a lost empireTimes Online, UK - Oct 20, 2008Astoundingly beautiful illuminated manuscripts speak of an articulate, highly literate culture that built Christian teachings on to sound classical ...1000 years' worth of Byzantine art Los Angeles Timesall 55 news articles
- Sudan’s Selfless Soldier (Santa Barbara Independent)
Santa Ynez teen starts nonprofit to benefit his homeland.
- Books: "The House at Sugar Beach" (The New Yorker)
Cooper is a descendant of the Congo People--the élite who once governed Liberia--and can trace her ancestry to the freed American slaves who colonized the country in the eighteen-hundreds. In 1980, she and her family fled Monrovia following a coup; her mother was raped and, on her . . .
- Mayo writer shortlisted for top Irish language award (Western People)
MAYO native, Tadhg Mac Donnagáin has had two of his books shortlisted for the Irish Language Book of the Year (Leabhar na Bliana) awards, which were announced recently by Sinéad Crowley, RTÉ arts and media corresspondant, at the Irish Writers Centre in Dublin.
- Gossip: 'Mam-mouth' talent for Jazzmouth - Portsmouth Herald News
Gossip: 'Mam-mouth' talent for JazzmouthPortsmouth Herald News, NH - 23 hours agoBy Jeanné McCartin More big news out of Jazzmouth, a celebration of poetry and jazz (drum roll please): "We've just confirmed that former United States Poet ...
- My View: Lanesville's standing up for art, poetry - Gloucester Daily Times
Stephen King famously wrote that "Life is not a support system for art. It's the other way around." That was clear at the sixth annual Art in Lanesville show, held at the Lanesville Community Center several weeks ago. The event was ably hosted by Les ...
- Dell Co-Presenting Sponsor of Music & Interview TV Series ... - SYS-CON Media
Dell Co-Presenting Sponsor of Music & Interview TV Series ...SYS-CON Media, NJ - 4 minutes agoBut it's also "The Nation of Poets," with a vibrant arts culture. Both realities are reflected in the work of acclaimed musician/emcee K'naan Warsame, ...
|
|
Looking into a Refinance?
Home Mortgage
November 2007 Mortgage News
|