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- A haiku contest (Inside Bay Area)
An ancient poetic form gets a political twist in a new haiku contest. Can you haiku?
- Corsi's Dull Hatchet - Newsweek
Despite its place near the top of The New York Times' nonfiction bestseller list, where it has been riding high for the past six weeks, Jerome Corsi's "The Obama Nation" is not a reliable source of facts about Obama. Corsi cites opinion columns and ...
- Stanley Plumly's Romance With Keats (The New York Sun)
Poets who die young often have surprisingly lively posthumous careers. John Keats (1795-1821) provides the most celebrated example: Almost immediately after his death in Rome, at the age of 25, he entered the realm of legend. Though his poetry wasn't much read at the time, he himself was quickly transformed into a figure of myth. For Shelley — who drowned with a copy of Keats's last book in his ...
- Poet Tennyson collection displayed thanks to £50000 grant - Louth Today
Poet Tennyson collection displayed thanks to £50000 grantLouth Today, UK - 7 hours agoThe project will also allow for the preservation of a collection of the proofs to the illustrations to Tennyson's poetry published in 1957 which is now one ...
- Well Done -- Urbandale & Johnston (The Des Moines Register)
Manning Ding of Johnston, a 2008 graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, N.H., was a recipient of highest academic honors; a fourth-year English Prize; the Lewis Sibley Poetry, third prize; and a prize in statistics from the Academy’s mathematics department. Ding will attend Harvard University this fall.
- The Arts Scene's grand finale - Daily Local News
Staff photo by Amy Dragoo The Arts Scene in West Chester is closing its doors. WEST CHESTER — On Wednesday night, Ben Gall hosted a Grand Finale at The Arts Scene, a contemporary gallery in the process of closing that also houses a small cafe and ...
- Seeing the light in darkness - Nashua Telegraph
Seeing the light in darknessNashua Telegraph, NH - 15 minutes ago... fiddler crabs and chickadees; comets and seastones; wind, water, earth, fire and air. In his title poem, he tackles darkness and finds the poetry in it.
- The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats - Globe and Mail
Martin Levin: Introducing the 50 greatest books series  Earlier discussion: Martin Levin on the 50 Greatest  First entry: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn  Second entry: In Search of Lost Time  Third entry: On the Origin of Species ...
- Scenes of looting, pillaging near Georgian city of Gori (Khaleej Times)
DZARDZANIS, Georgia - Scores of houses were ablaze Wednesday outside the Georgian city of Gori as local fighters and Russian soldiers looted homes in Georgian villages, an AFP reporter witnessed.
- Nonfiction review: 'Letters of Allen Ginsberg' - San Francisco Chronicle
Nonfiction review: 'Letters of Allen Ginsberg'San Francisco Chronicle, USA - 1 hour agoAmid a life of courted controversy, his humanity always shone through. While conducting a fierce dispute with his father, Louis, also a poet, ...
- Shakespeare's Bootlegger, Dylan's Biographer, Nabokov, and Me - Slate
I believe I've discovered a previously unrecognized genre of contemporary writing that deserves commendation for its distinctiveness and frequent excellence. It's practiced mainly by contemporary poets, but it's not poetry. In fact—at least for me ...
- The World's Greatest Poet Brings SpiritChili to the World - Press Release 365 (press release)
The World's Greatest Poet Brings SpiritChili to the WorldPress Release 365 (press release), FL - 12 minutes agoIn less than one minute, Tony can literally pull a poem out of thin air. Give him the title of what you'd like to call your poem and he will create it for ...
- Late night Solo Slams build community at National Poetry Slam 2008 - Isthmus Daily Page
Late night Solo Slams build community at National Poetry Slam 2008Isthmus Daily Page, WI - 9 hours agoRather, it is about generating a supportive community where people are free to express themselves without fearing scorn. The hosts of the slams prompted the ...
- Julie Forbush - Appeal-Democrat
Julie ForbushAppeal-Democrat, CA - 1 hour agoTell us about a life-changing experience: Going to the Amicus Books poetry group after high school. Almost everyone now in my life came from that, ...
- Sultry Summer Poetry Event Book Launch Open Mic - The Observer
The Ontario Poetry Society officially launches Sounding the Seconds, a new 156-page book edited and compiled by Sarnia poets Adele Kearns Thomas and Lynn Tait with photo illustrations by Tait.The group will also launch 4 chapbooks by Sarnia area ...
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