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- Strange days: Fired by ancient zeal in Cornwall - Daily Telegraph
At the end of a long journey into Cornwall, crumpled into a corner of a train, I was longing to get out on the open moor. Standing around the midsummer bonfire at Madron, near Penzance Aside from the cattle-truck stylings of rail travel, the journey ...
- "Driving to Camp Lend-A-Hand" (Seattle Times)
A part of being a parent, it seems, is spending too much time fearing the worst. Here Berwyn Moore, a Pennsylvania poet, expresses that...
- Spotlight on Youth: Teens offer poetry, music and more at open mic - Buffalo News
Spotlight on Youth: Teens offer poetry, music and more at open micBuffalo News, United States - 41 minutes ago... in addition to poetry. Last Wednesday’s open mic included theater, comedy, rap, visual art and vocal performances. The reading opened with Teen Reality ...
- Author Carrie Allen McCray Nickens Dies (NBC4 Washington, D.C.)
A South Carolina woman who became well-known for her book on her biracial heritage has died at age 95.
- Fri,15 Aug 2008 (Hindustan Times)
Some things never change. If there’s a brick courtyard, hundred bhangra artistes must break into those balle balle back-bends. And if romance has to bloom, hold on to your scalps, just zoom to the Swiss Alps.
- Hendrix's burnt guitar leads rock auction in London (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The first guitar that rock legend Jimi Hendrix burned on stage, the only remaining fingerprints of Elvis Presley and the first contract signed by The Beatles all go on sale Thursday in a major auction of music memorabilia.
- Industry tactics on Public Health Bill questioned (Scoop.co.nz)
The food industry has been giving a misleading message about how the health sector wants to address obesity, a new report shows. The report, by health policy analyst John White, analysed the 204 submissions to the Health Select Committee on the Public Health Bill.
- Poetic death of language barriers - Scotland on Sunday
Poetic death of language barriersScotland on Sunday, UK - Aug 23, 2008Yet in the wider world, Reid is highly regarded for his poetry and prose, and many of the central figures of 20th century literature recognised him as a ...
- Cowboy poets and crooners roping in fans - Calgary Herald
Two weeks after the Blueberry Bluegrass Festival, a contingent of Stony Plain volunteers are back at it today, lending a hand to the 15th annual Stony Plain Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Using the same pavilion and stage at the Stony Plain Exhibition ...
- What's cheap in the city: your guide to living on less - Edinburgh News
There's no doubt times are hard – and the warnings say they are going to get even harder. There might not be much any of us can do about rising fuel prices, utility bills and soaring supermarket prices, but don't be too depressed. For Edinburgh is ...
- Farce on parade - Minneapolis Star Tribune
By: Garrison Keillor. Publisher: Viking, 267 pages, $25.95. Review: This amusing tale of Clint Bunsen's midlife crisis would feel slight if it weren't steeped in the tradition of Lake Wobegon. Event: 7 p.m., Nov. 11, Central Library, downtown ...
- Laureate bemoans 'thankless' job - BBC Entertainment
Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has said that the job of writing verse for the Royal Family is "thankless" and gave him a case of writer's block. Motion told the Ealing Arts Festival in London that the Queen "never gives me an opinion on my work for her ...
- Education Calendar: 10/07/2008 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
The Education calendar is published weekly. To submit information email awidmer@record-eagle.com ; fax (231) 946-8632; or mail to 120 W. Front St., P.O. Box 632, Traverse City, MI 49685-0632. Items should be received at least two weeks in advance.
- Cowboy poet Waddie Mitchell to appear in lecture series - Carlsbad Current Argus
Cowboy poet Waddie Mitchell to appear in lecture seriesCarlsbad Current Argus, NM - 5 hours agoHis common sense approach to life and the art of Cowboy Poetry have delighted and inspired audiences across the country. Mitchell will perform at Tydings ...
- Local inks his memoirs - The Evening Leader
Local inks his memoirsThe Evening Leader, OH - 44 minutes agoMARYS — After traveling the world twice over, a local resident has penned his lifelong experiences in a book of prose and poetry. St. Marys native Russell ...
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