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- Writer discovers you can go home again - Daily Gazette
AMSTERDAM — After a 14-year absence, city native Stephen Haven returned to his hometown in 2003 hoping to complete a book of poetry. Instead, he found the inspiration for a new project, which has earned him a nomination for a 2008 National Book ...
- 'Lyrical terrorist' wins court appeal (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
A British woman who called herself the "lyrical terrorist" and wrote a poem about beheading a hostage, has won an appeal against a criminal conviction.
- Jeanette Winterson looks to books to shed some light on grief - Times Online
Jeanette Winterson looks to books to shed some light on griefTimes Online, UK - 1 hour agoVanessa Redgrave is a profound actor, but I found the text too limited - both parochial and sentimental, and lacking in poetry. I am not sure that death can ...
- In St. Albert, the kids' plays are all right - Canada.com
There is something in the phrase "kids theatre," as used in this part of the world, that, like "family entertainment," implies a lack of quality. A toxic whiff of "not quite good enough for real people" attaches to both. Boys and girls, I give you ...
- Community Calendar: June 15-21 - Budgeteer
Community Calendar: June 15-21Budgeteer, MN - 52 minutes agoThere will be music, youth poetry and reflection. At 6:30 pm Warren Read, a great grandson of one of the mob organizers, and relatives of Elmer Jackson, ...
- Tacoma stage performer finally comfortable in his own skin - Tacoma News Tribune
For one guy, Chad Goller-Sojourner’s got a heck of a lot of stories to tell. Like the sixth-grade bus trip where the kid behind called him a tar-monster the whole way. Or 10th-grade biology class, where his classmates held a mock auction for the ...
- Lidell makes a grand entrance - Waynesville Smoky Mountain News
Lidell makes a grand entranceWaynesville Smoky Mountain News, NC - 3 hours agoOf the two ballad oriented tunes on Jim, “Rope Of Sand†is remarkable in its sincerity and quiet reserve, a simple piece of poetry trying to figure out the ...
- A Poetry Slam dunk: From the halls of Pittsburgh Sterrett - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Hey, here's an idea. Take a bunch of eighth-graders desperately consumed with what's cool, what's not, what their friends think of what they wear, what they do and what they say -- and have them deliver their hopes, dreams, fears into words on a page ...
- Fort McHenry guards Baltimore's 'Star-Spangled' history - St. Petersburg Times
A row of cannons remains in place at Fort McHenry nearly 194 years after Francis Scott Key saw the flag that inspired him to pen the words for The Star-Spangled Banner. The introductory film at Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine tells ...
- Picking up the pieces after suicide - Clarksville Online
Picking up the pieces after suicideClarksville Online, TN - 5 hours agoWatch out for friends and family who seem preoccupied with death and dying such as writing songs or stories or poetry about such. ...
- Opinon: It’s springtime in Minnesota, so get busy - Lake Elmo Leader
Opinon: It’s springtime in Minnesota, so get busyLake Elmo Leader, MN - 7 hours agoBayport does Memorial Day well, with a parade followed by ceremonies at the local cemetery complete with patriotic music, poetry recited by Andersen School ...
- A poet's love of pop - Daily Telegraph
Poets are misunderstood creatures. For those inclined to judge by output, their slimline volumes hardly look like honest work. Where a novelist might set their daily target at around the 1,000-word mark, poets only have to fill a page or so, with ...
- Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang-ke takes new approach with '24 City.' - Los Angeles Times
CANNES, France -- By necessity, Jia Zhang-ke is a filmmaker who responds to current events with the instincts of a newshound. Not only is the 38-year-old director the most prominent Chinese filmmaker of his generation, he also has come to assume the ...
- DEATH OF LEGENDARY NEWSPAPERMAN GEORGE SAMPLE MARKS END OF AN ERA - Niagarafallsreporter.com
Niagarafallsreporter.comDEATH OF LEGENDARY NEWSPAPERMAN GEORGE SAMPLE MARKS END OF AN ERANiagarafallsreporter.com, NY - 3 hours agoPure poetry, stripped of sentiment and banged out under deadline about as fast as it could be typed, minutes after learning a friend of 20 years had just ...
- Nassau poet's work targets Trump on the Ocean (Newsday)
Going into his second year as Nassau County's unofficial poet laureate, it is clear from his recent poem, "TRUMP on the OCEAN," that Maxwell Corydon Wheat is not shying away from the kind of hard-hitting words that stopped some lawmakers from officially giving him the job.
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