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- Martha Wainwright speaks of her family's musical legacy - News.com.au
In the case of the Wainwrights and the McGarrigles, the question is asked quite often. That gene pool has been entertaining us with confessional, intimate songwriting for almost 40 years and is well into its second generation. The art of self ...
- Maya Angelou sees poetry in Obama (Chicago Tribune)
Upon his election in 1992, Bill Clinton—affectionately referred to as the nation's first black president—asked Maya Angelou to compose a poem and read it at his inauguration. Angelou feels a new poem welling up inside her following Barack Obama 's election, but she does not expect another command performance.
- Nellie McKay - Popmatters.com
The fictional character most like 'schizophrenic voodoo' girl, Nellie McKay? A mix of Lassie, Scarlett O'Hara, Godzilla and Nancy Drew. These and other reveling facets of her character are discussed with PopMatters 20 Questions . Singer, songwriter ...
- Robbie Hart Should've Written Some Korean Poetry - Seattle Post Intelligencer Blogs
I've been reading a diverse collection of Korean poetry books lately. They all contain more angst and sadness than anything else, which I find very interesting. And the poems in these anthologies that are "happy" often have to do with expounding on ...
- No Shoving and Pushing at the Back Please Manners are free, birthday ... - Slate
Slate 's customer base: "gangstas that want to pimp their lives"? Yes, we too were surprised by JonIscream 's description , it conjured up such an… unlikely view of you all. The topic was etiquette one way or another: this post referred to the ...
- Halifax-born children's author Kate Thompson refuses to put age ... - Halifax Evening Courier
Halifax-born children's author Kate Thompson refuses to put age ...Halifax Evening Courier, UK - 3 hours agoIt was when she moved to Ireland that she indulged in her love of writing and poetry. "I was writing poetry for adults and then I met a couple of children's ...
- Festival tops in Toolangi - Upper Yarra Mail
Upper Yarra MailFestival tops in ToolangiUpper Yarra Mail, Australia - 9 hours agoCoinciding with the centenary of poet CJ Dennis’s arrival in the tiny timber community in 1908, poetry provided one of the main focal points of the weekend. ...
- Chicano author, poet to speak tonight - Thecalifornian.com
Baca will bring that outreach effort to the Cesar Chavez Library in Salinas from 7 to 9 tonight, in a free event featuring his richly lyrical poetry and inspirational personal story. "Books nourish our courage to change and step into the roles we ...
- Cleveland, OH (Cleveland Jewish News)
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- Wake up, little Suzi - Sunday Paper
Wake up, little SuziSunday Paper, GA - 14 hours agoYour press release promises selections from all five nominated musicals at next week’s ceremony—they could be the death of me, since I usually time my ...
- Local writer wins in creative writing contest (The Mississippi Press)
Dorothy E. Rogers of Lucedale, a member of the Mississippi Poetry Society and MPS South Branch, won two awards in the Word and Sound Creative Writing 2008 Contest, sponsored by P.O.E.T.S. Newsletter and the Albert Anthony Foundation for Cultural Arts.
- British Style Genius, BBC2 The American Future: A History, BBC 2 - Independent
British Style Genius, BBC2 The American Future: A History, BBC 2Independent, UK - 1 hour agoHis programmes ring with poetry, and here, on a portentous topic such as American natural resources, he was in his element. Photogenically it excelled. ...
- An Unlikely Pairing on Common Ground (New York Times)
To call the collaboration presented at the Guggenheim Museum on Monday night unlikely is to understate the case by an order of magnitude.
- Golden Hill Ramblers, Cowboy Poet to perform - Village News Network
Golden Hill Ramblers, Cowboy Poet to performVillage News Network, CA - 1 hour agoVernon is the author of “The Lyrical Lawman Rides,” a book of original cowboy poetry (and CD by the same title). He pens poems about his time spent in the ...
- Conference for writers is tomorrow in Towson (Baltimore Sun)
Towson University will host the 2008 Baltimore Writers' Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. tomorrow in the University Union. The keynote speaker will be Larry Doyle, a one-time writer for The Simpsons and author of I Love You, Beth Cooper . The conference brings together aspiring writers from around the Mid-Atlantic to learn about writing from published authors, agents and editors. Panel ...
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