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- For this poet, bombing at a reading won't be bad - News Channel 25
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Poetry readings have always been a blast for S.A. Griffin, but the tour that the venerable Los Angeles poet plans this spring may be his most explosive. This time the author of such collections as "Unborn Again" and "One Long Naked ...
- Amy Bloom: Hanging out with the god of love - Norwalk Hour
It's evident from her body of work that Connecticut author Amy Bloom enjoys telling a story, be it fiction or nonfiction, short story or novel. "I think like many writers, I was a very serious reader as a child," she said. "As an adult, I became ...
- Art classes: Winter writing workshops open - Asheville Citizen-Times
Art classes: Winter writing workshops openAsheville Citizen-TimesOther classes include fiction workshops, a nonfiction workshop, popular fiction, writing for children and poetry classes. Cost is $178.20 for 10-week ...and more »
- Getting To the Bottom of Groundhog’s Day - Digital Voice
On the morning of Groundhog Day, February 2, year after year, the entire United States and Canada has their eyes on Punxustawny, Pennsylvania and "Punxustawny Phil". Will the Groundhog see his shadow? Will winter (finally) be over? Millions of people ...
- The Poetry of Tila Tequila's Twitter-Based Eulogies - Celebuzz
CelebuzzThe Poetry of Tila Tequila's Twitter-Based EulogiesCelebuzz(please note that this poem contains original, graphic language that may not be suitable for young children or Tila's new in-laws. ...and more »
- Flix: 'Youth in Revolt' lacks rebelliousness - Las Cruces Sun-News
The ratios of "Youth in Revolt" are out of whack. Steve Buscemi and Zach Galifianakis are barely utilized, yet we get two Michael Ceras. Cera plays Nick Twisp, a precocious Oakland, Calif., teenager who describes himself as "a voracious reader of ...
- Review | Prejudice played for laughs in `Platanos and Collard Greens' - MiamiHerald.com
MiamiHerald.comReview | Prejudice played for laughs in `Platanos and Collard Greens'MiamiHerald.comFreeman (Phillip J. Smith) is a black student with a penchant for hip-hop poetry, a guy running for student body president at New York's Hunter College. ...
- Doha is all set to dazzle Arab world - MENAFN
(MENAFN - The Peninsula) Doha is set to captivate the attention of the Arab world as it stages the biggest cultural event in its history, affirming its role as the Capital of Arab Culture for 2010 with a rich line-up of events starting later this ...
- History Teachers Benefit From New Collaboration - AScribe (press release)
History Teachers Benefit From New CollaborationAScribe (press release)In spring 2010 the NHC will host two interactive, online seminars featuring American Experience episodes, Walt Whitman's Civil War Poetry and Hamilton's ...
- FREDERICK SOMMER'S PARADIGM OF ART AND REALITY - Brooklyn Rail
FREDERICK SOMMER'S PARADIGM OF ART AND REALITYBrooklyn Rail... poetry, and a series of remarkable musical scores, shown in various colors on black paper or scribbled and smeared notations drawn with ink on white. ...
- CAMERA LUCIDA: Shutterbug legacy - VUE Weekly
CAMERA LUCIDA: Shutterbug legacyVUE WeeklyLou Reed and Gregory Corso showed up for her first poetry reading. Sam Shepard once pulled a raw steak out of her pocket. Yet this is a profoundly intimate ...
- Rob Ryan and Stephen Walter Show their Perspectives of London at ... - Art Daily
Stephen Walter, The Island. LONDON.- Exposure Gallery and TAG Fine Arts present a joint exhibition of work by Rob Ryan and Stephen Walter showing their own unique perspectives of our capital city. Rob Ryan studied fine art at Nottingham Trent before ...
- Neil Gaiman and the (naked) Golden Globes - Stuff.co.nz (blog)
Stuff.co.nz (blog)Neil Gaiman and the (naked) Golden GlobesStuff.co.nz (blog)It's sad to hear about his divorce, although having seen his expression in the GFY photos he does seem to be enjoying himself and that's great. ...
- Poet, anti-apartheid activist Dennis Brutus dies - Gather.com
NEW YORK (AP) — South African poet and former political prisoner Dennis Brutus, who fought apartheid in words and deeds and remained an activist well after the fall of his country's racist system, has died. He was 85. Brutus' publisher, Chicago ...
- This Book I Just Read - Weekly Alibi
This Book I Just ReadWeekly AlibiThe plot's important, sure, but it's the beauty of the prose that stuns. At times I questioned whether the poetry worked in each of the narrators' mouths, ...
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