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- Parabola Magazine Presents The Justice Issue In Full Color - 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
7thSpace Interactive (press release)Parabola Magazine Presents The Justice Issue In Full Color7thSpace Interactive (press release), NY - 20 hours ago"You can turn it into a monastery or it will turn into hell" says Death Row prisoner Damien Echols of his life of solitary confinement in a "supermax" ...
- New literary magazine in Fredericton - Daily Gleaner
New literary magazine in FrederictonDaily Gleaner, Canada - 9 hours agoNonymous, a new Fredericton literary magazine, is seeking submissions of poetry, prose, and visual art. "There is no limit to what style of writing is ...
- Fall is the season of abundance when it comes to books, especially for Louisiana writers (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
New releases from Anne Rice, Truman Capote and Wynton Marsalis lead the way
- Second annual Congo Square Rhythms Festival moves to Bayou St. John - New Orleans Times-Picayune Blogs
From traditional African dance to the latest hits by R&B singer Cupid, drums ancient and modern will beat at the second annual Congo Square Rhythms Festival. The festival, which will be held on Bayou St. John at Orleans Avenue on Saturday, Oct. 4 ...
- DSO inspires grand thoughts (Detroit Free Press)
To contemporary ears there was nothing unusual about the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's program last weekend, which matched Brahms' First Piano Concerto with orchestral excerpts from Wagner's operas "Tannhäuser" and "Die Meistersinger." Here were beloved staples of the romantic era, peas in a pod, given absorbing performances under conductor Mark Wigglesworth, with pianist and fellow Brit Stephen ...
- Poetry Reading, Oct. 6 (Knox College)
Israeli author Zali Gurevitch will read from his own poetry at 4 p.m., Friday, October 6, in the Alumni Room, Old Main, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. The reading is free and open to the public.
- Book Marks: October 2008 Reviews - Pride Source
"The 19th Wife," by David Ebershoff. Random House, 514 pages, $26 hardcover. The murky history of the Mormons and the abusive reality of polygamy's dark past and its outlaw present constitute the primary storyline of this compelling collage of a ...
- Cooey set to die today for 1986 murder of North Ridgeville woman (The Morning Journal)
LUCASVILLE — Convicted killer Richard Wade Cooey II is almost out of legal options as he is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 10 a.m. today in the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, where he was transferred from a Youngstown prison yesterday morning.
- Poetry recitation contest launches fourth competition (Ironwood Daily Globe)
Poetry Out Loud offered for fourth year by Michigan Humanities Council
- A quiz for National Poetry Day (Guardian Unlimited)
The Forward prizes have just been awarded, and today is Britain's annual celebration of all things poetic, so it's a good moment to check that you're up to speed with the latest developments
- Ladies day at the stock market? (San Francisco Chronicle)
On Wednesday morning, Jimmy Smith called to say he had had 11 drinks Tuesday night. This was a comment on John McCain's debate performance; Smith had tipped his glass every time McCain said "my friends." "As you can tell," said Smith, "it's 10:30, and I'm...
- Struthers celebrates launch of 11th book (The Peterborough Examiner)
A book launch tomorrow will celebrate the publication of a Peterborough author's eleventh book. Where the Night Comes Closest by Betsy Struthers, published by [...]
- The Censor in the Mirror (The Epoch Times)
Ha Jin says it’s not what the Chinese Propaganda Department does to artists, but what it makes artists do.
- Fine Yuletide gift for wee hockey fans (Toronto Star)
"The outlook wasn't hopeful for the Rocket team that day. The score was three to two with just a minute left to play." Sound familiar? If you've ever heard or read the classic baseball poem, "Casey at the Bat," you will recognize the rhythm and rhyme.
- Literary legend Hass awarded UI Honorary Degree (first in four-part series) (The Daily Iowan)
Robert Hass has spent most of his life and career in the Golden State, but he still cherishes Iowa City as a "legendary place." And rightfully so, because the UI Honorary Degree Committee also sees the internationally acclaimed poet as a literary legend and awarded Hass an honorary UI degree last week.
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