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- Bad poetry from 1890s brings $12K at auction (Arizona Daily Star)
EDINBURGH, Scotland — The vocabulary is poor and the rhyme excruciating, but a collector paid $12,840 Friday for original works by William Topaz McGonagall, internationally celebrated as the worst poet ever to assault the English language.
- Exhibit reveals refugee hopes, struggles (Albany Times Union)
Photos, poetry give newest in region a chance to be seen, heard ALBANY -- Seyed Bagher, an Iranian refugee, took a photograph of his large work boots laced to his 3-year-old daughter Malika's tiny Mary Janes."The picture means I want to lead my little girl to better things in America. She'll get a good education and have a lot of opportunities," Bagher said. Father and daughter will attend ...
- Poetry course at National Library - Trinidad News
Poetry course at National LibraryTrinidad News, Trinidad and Tobago - 49 minutes agoPOET Anson Gonzalez will be conducting “Master Anson’s Poetry Writing SkilShop” , at the National Library on Saturdays from June 14 to July 19. ...
- An interview with author Monica Ferrell - phillyBurbs.com
An interview with author Monica FerrellphillyBurbs.com, PA - 56 minutes agoI studied poetry in grad school and that’s kind of my main thing. I have a book of poetry coming out in the fall this year. So it was kind of a side project ...
- Leto’s luck - Star-ecentral.com
Singer/actor Jared Leto will be in town in August to host the MTV Asia Awards held at Genting Highlands. AS THE late singer Robert Palmer once sagely opined in his catchy 1980s hit song, some guys do indeed have all the luck. Looking at the seemingly ...
- Obituaries June 24, 2008 (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
James C. Thornton WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. - James C. Thornton, 28, died Friday, June 20, 2008, at his home. He was born Jan. 2, 1980, in West Memphis, Ark. He was a Baptist.
- Online reviewing boosts unsung authors (Denver Post)
For all the literary hopefuls out there who are largely shut out of major newspapers and magazines, the ongoing development of online reviewing outlets has to be an incredibly encouraging development.
- Bathinda, July 10 - Tribune
Concerned over unending reports on the non-availability of potable water in the region, the IFFCO Foundation today installed three solar-based water purifiers in different villages of the Abohar and Fazilka sub-division. They were inaugurated by the ...
- Berkshire Stages - Berkshire Eagle
Berkshire StagesBerkshire Eagle, MA - 2 hours agoBill Barclay's original music, set to Shakespeare's words and classic French troubadour poetry, is more intrusive than helpful. It all makes for a very long ...
- St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh, Fri 4 Jul - The List
The ListSt Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh, Fri 4 JulThe List, UK - 18 hours agoMore modern settings of ancient texts are by Scottish composers Rebecca Rowe and Ronald Stevenson, who celebrates his 80th birthday this year. ...
- A novel life and a passion for writing (California Aggie)
Two years ago, Gabrielle Myers quit her day job as a chef and dog-eared this chapter in her novel life for the pursuit of writing. She decided to invest two years in her passion for hemming poetry and enrolled in the UC Davis master's program in creative writing.
- Prodigy - Still Standing - Sixshot.com
Sixshot.comProdigy - Still StandingSixshot.com, Switzerland - 16 hours agoI started writing a lot of poetry. I got a lot of ideas. I have time to sit down and think like never before so I got a lot of good ideas coming to me. ...
- A mission to fight blindness - Times Union
ALBANY -- Saima Ammar, founder and chief executive officer of Pakistan Foundation Fighting Blindness, is working to help people like her get an education and employment. Ammar, 38, was 2 when meningitis robbed her of her eyesight. Now, her institute ...
- Where for arts now? - Telegraph.co.uk
Where for arts now?Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 59 minutes ago“We have a very big-scale project developing in the realm of poetry, and it’s very much a part of our objectives to encourage people to get out there and ...
- Community Calendar - Sentinel & Enterprise
Meal: Fitchburg Lodge of Elks, 860 Ashby State Road, will hold a mystery meal from 6-8 p.m. Cost is $7. For more information, see Ed or call (978) 342-9032. Show: The Drawbridge Puppet Theater, 1335 Massachusetts Ave., Lunenburg, will present Jack ...
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