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- Open-air poetry reading today - Haringey Independent
If the sound of lyrics in the open-air catches your fancy, pop along to today's courtyard poetry reading. Tipped as one of 12 new poets to watch by the Guardian, Kathryn Simmonds will be reading a selection of her work at Hornsey Library, Haringey ...
- Book Review: Duck Duck Wally: A Novel by Gabe Rotter (Blogcritics.org)
As a humorist, debut author Gabe Rotter has made a comedic grand entrance on the pop culture sha-zeeny! Everyone wants to know what's up with this book's title. Two sources come readily to mind: the children's game, "Duck, Duck, Goose" and the rude gesture of goosing another person. But you must read clear through the last chapter of Duck Duck Wally to get it. No cheating, either, because you ...
- Daughter inspires his poetry (State Hornet)
First ultrasound, night time feedings, first steps - these are just a few of the joys a baby brings to new parents. Some parents take a lot of pictures and videos to keep track of these precious moments or even fill out baby books.
- 'Bird's Nest' Ballads: Olympic National Anthems - NPR News
Morning Edition , August 7, 2008 - As the Summer Olympics get under way in Beijing, a song called "The March of the Volunteers" is likely to be heard a time or two. It's China's national anthem. As winning athletes mount victory podiums in the new ...
- After the deluge, poetry (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Poetry lends itself to all occasions, happy and sad, everyday and rare. It offers a multitude of forms -- the exquisite slenderness of a haiku, the sprawling pages of an epic, the rigor of a sonnet, the bouncing rhyme, the grace of free verse -- but every word is the result of a careful choice.
- Mashpee soldier killed in Afghanistan - Daily Comet
Mashpee soldier killed in AfghanistanDaily Comet, LA - 58 minutes agoConlon is a 2005 graduate of Mashpee High School who loved poetry. His mother said his writing ability earned her son a generous scholarship to Franklin ...
- Slaves in the Family - Newsweek
NewsweekSlaves in the FamilyNewsweek - 44 minutes agoSo Dave's poetry and his penchant for signing his work signals not only his own bravery but at least some modest enlightenment on the part of his owners. ...
- Agreda: Ubbog and Cordillera Writing (Sun Star)
THE Cordillera region probably has one of the richest kinds of languages in the country.
- Chennai, the erstwhile Madras, celebrates 369th birthday (Outlook India)
Fast turning out to be the Detroit of India, for its rapid expansion of automobile manufacturing units and growing reputation of being the cultural capital of the south, Chennai, the erstwhile Madras, turned 369 today.
- JCC Preps for Annual Used Book Sale - jewishinstlouis.org
JCC Preps for Annual Used Book Salejewishinstlouis.org, MO - Jul 28, 2008The 42nd annual Used Book Sale will open Sunday, August 10 and will run through Sunday, August 17 in the air conditioned comfort of the Ida Pasterak ...
- 'Romantic' artist exhibition in Alley - icDerry
A new exhibition by celebrated artist Berni Bradley has opened in The Alley theatre with a major new exhibition based on the works of Dylan Thomas and the romantic period. A native of Strabane, Berni studied art at the University of Ulster and has ...
- Pump up the power - Globe and Mail
Pump up the powerGlobe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour agoTitled Beloved of the Sky, the collection was poetry in motion, a beautifully executed array of imaginative pieces employing frayed yarns, crochet, ...
- How 'Genius' Bill Walsh brought brains to a brute-force game - Alameda Times-Star
For decades, the consensus held that the thinking fan's game was baseball. In its leisurely rhythms were the textures, subtleties and nuances of life itself. Football, by contrast, was the brute sport, a conflict of power and mayhem. That was before ...
- Upcoming classes - Hagerstown Morning Herald
Upcoming classesHagerstown Morning Herald, MD - 14 hours agoFree your inner poet: thaw the frozen sea, composing poems with Ethan Fischer. For ages 15 and older, 10 am to noon Saturdays, Oct. 11 and Oct. 18. ...
- Critically Acclaimed Poet Li-Young Lee To Read At Penn State - State College News
Critically Acclaimed Poet Li-Young Lee To Read At Penn StateState College News, PA - 23 minutes agoLee went to the University of Pittsburgh, where he took Gerald Stern’s poetry writing class and earned his BA in 1979 Lee’s most recent book of poems, ...
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