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- Writers pick up pens to protest 42-day detentions (The Kansas City Star)
Dozens of renowned British writers came out against new anti-terrorism legislation Sunday, publishing a collection of satire, essays, fiction and poetry to protest a proposal allowing police to hold suspects without charge for up to 42 days.
- In Praise of Vulgarity - Reason.com
Who will ever forget the strangeness of the first images out of post-Taliban Afghanistan, when the streets ran with beards? As one city after another was abandoned by Taliban soldiers, crowds of happy men lined up to get their first legal shave in ...
- Flat Lake Literary & Arts Festival, Clones, Co. Monaghan, Ireland (Independent)
If, as Bill Clinton suggested, the Hay literary festival is akin to Woodstock, then the Flat Lake literary and arts festival in Clones is like a fringe event at Glastonbury. Located on the sprawling Hilton Park estate, the festival is organised by the local novelist Patrick McCabe (author of The Butcher Boy) and the Welsh film director Kevin Allen, who is tied to the estate through marriage. ...
- The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Saul Williams - BlackBook Magazine
BlackBook MagazineThe Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Saul WilliamsBlackBook Magazine, NY - 2 hours agoWhat’s the difference between writing poetry and song lyrics? When you’re writing, do you know it’s gonna be a song, or do you write poetry and then end up ...
- Telling the tales of Rosendale - The Reporter
Telling the tales of RosendaleThe Reporter, WI - 59 minutes agoPoetry winners — Of the approximately 100 poetry pieces that Laconia media specialist Claire Broussard submitted last spring, poems by senior Jayci Gebert ...
- Spying on Our Allies - OpEdNews
OpEdNewsSpying on Our AlliesOpEdNews, PA - 3 hours agoIn addition he has published more than 1700 SetonnoteS commentaries, plus poetry and political essays in publications across the country. ...
- There once was a bagel from… - Time Out New York
There once was a bagel from…Time Out New York, NY - 1 hour agoThe 31 entries included a sassy, Atkins-eschewing love note to the doughy wonder, but guest judge David Lehman, series editor of The Best American Poetry, ...
- AK Smiley library to hold annual Family Day on Saturday - Press-Enterprise
AK Smiley library to hold annual Family Day on SaturdayPress-Enterprise, CA - 1 hour agoO'Connell George will read poetry excerpts and answer questions from 11:15 to 11:45 am in the library assembly room. She will also participate at various ...
- What's Happening - The Daily News of Newburyport
What's HappeningThe Daily News of Newburyport, MA - 1 hour agofeaturing collage, photography and paintings by Newburyport High School students accompanied by poetry from members of the Powow River Poets through Oct. 16 ...
- Matthew Pearl: top 10 books for Dante lovers - guardian.co.uk
Matthew Pearl: top 10 books for Dante loversguardian.co.uk, UK - Jul 22, 2008Matthew Pearl is the author of The Dante Club, a literary thriller about a group of 19th-century Harvard scholars secretly working on a translation of The ...
- Pictou writer shortlisted for Stellar Award - TheChronicleHerald.ca
Pictou writer shortlisted for Stellar AwardTheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 1 hour agoHull’s fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. Her short story collection, Righteous Living, was short-listed for the Danuta ...
- A poetic bridge across Austin Boulevard - Austin Weekly News
A poetic bridge across Austin BoulevardAustin Weekly News, IL - 4 hours ago"We've been doing master-writing and poetry technique with the students," said Kahn. "It is an ideal experience for our students [at OPRF] because they can ...
- FZ-Sommerinsel: Poetry-Slam mit deutschen Meistern - Frankenberger Zeitung / Waldeckische Landeszeitung
Frankenberger Zeitung / Waldeckische LandeszeitungFZ-Sommerinsel: Poetry-Slam mit deutschen MeisternFrankenberger Zeitung / Waldeckische Landeszeitung, Germany - Jul 16, 2008Begleitet wird sie von Tobias Dangendorf (Klavier/Siegen), Uwe Riess (Bass/Landau), Wolfgang Kuhl (Gitarren/Biedenkopf) und Christian Seibel ...
- Female voice in male chorus - The Times
Female voice in male chorusThe Times, South Africa - 7 hours agoAn imbongi or praise singer is someone with an ability to recite emotive poetry about a person who has achieved something heroic. ...
- Arts in brief - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Arts in briefFairbanks Daily News-Miner, AK - 10 hours agoAfter each loop, runners/walkers stop at the library grounds poetry table, take a handful of magnetic poetry words, and assemble poems or a short prose ...
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