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- Arts calendar for 7/6-7/12/08 (The MetroWest Daily News)
Arts and entertainment calendar for Sunday, July 6, through Saturday, July 12
- Campus mourns Chinese quake victims during candlelight vigil - Yale Daily News
Campus mourns Chinese quake victims during candlelight vigilYale Daily News, CT - 1 hour agoIn front of Sterling Memorial Library, the mourners formed a circle to protect the flames from the blustery winds as poetry was read in both English and ...
- Life in Reverse (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Honorable mention in 16-and-younger P-I poetry contest.
- Spike in sales for next poet laureate - International Herald Tribune
NEW YORK : Kay Ryan is no longer an unknown poet. Demand for her work jumped sharply Thursday upon the Library of Congress' announcement that she had been named the new U.S. poet laureate, a one-year term beginning in the fall. Her collections "The ...
- Poetry slam: Councilor to challenge Gloucester laureate nomination (Gloucester Daily Times)
Before the Committee for the Arts' choice for the city's next poet laureate, Ruthanne "Rufus" Collinson, starts penning any acceptance speeches, her appointment will have to survive a challenge by a city councilor on Tuesday.
- Free download gives readers access to poems by Ohioans (Akron Beacon Journal)
J.B. Solomon Editions of Alliance is making a rock-star move by offering its first poetry collection as a free electronic download.
- Juneteenth to be celebrated Saturday - Yuma Sun
Juneteenth to be celebrated SaturdayYuma Sun, AZ - 31 minutes agoBencer Abraham, a freshman at Yuma High School his fall, will read poetry by the late Langston Hughes, known as on of the most important members of the ...
- Mohammed orders setting up centre for arabic poetry (Khaleej Times)
DUBAI — His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, yesterday directed the establishment of the House of Poetry, a centre for researching and documenting Arabic poetry and strengthening its presence and profile within the Arab world and beyond.
- AG graduate creates book for senior project - Uniontown Herald Standard
AG graduate creates book for senior projectUniontown Herald Standard, PA - 1 hour agoAs a middle school student, Hudak's poetry was published in "Celebrate Young Poets" and "The Teachers Anthology," which publishes the creative works of ...
- Goose was one bad mother - but she helps kids read - The Gazette (Montreal)
Goose was one bad mother - but she helps kids readThe Gazette (Montreal), Canada - May 1, 2008The more adept a child is at perceiving rhyme, for example, the faster he or she will progress in reading. Fortunately, Hewes says this effect isn't ...
- Cover Stories: strong debuts on prize list; the Bhutto perspective; Linley deal; Doyle's farewell (Independent)
* Good to see that "sparkling new fiction" doesn't necessarily equal chicklit and beach reads. The shortlist for the first Desmond Elliott Prize, announced this week, highlights some strong debuts: there's Sunday at the Cross Bones by John Walsh of this parish (Fourth Estate); Gifted by Nikita Lalwani (Viking); and Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (Simon & Schuster). The 1/2 favourite, it is set in ...
- Ready for the world: CSU-Monterey Bay graduates 12th class - Monterey County Herald
Ready for the world: CSU-Monterey Bay graduates 12th classMonterey County Herald, CA - May 18, 2008Mexican immigrant and US citizen Isai Ambrosio, whose poem, "Picking Blueberries," was selected for inclusion in this summer's Monterey Poetry Review. ...
- Film, reissues pull Joy Division's Curtis from shadowy myth - Chicago Tribune
Joy Division singer Ian Curtis has the dubious distinction of being a momentous rock performer revered for the wrong reason. Joy Division's music was good enough to stand the test of time without becoming embalmed in a tragic melodrama. But when ...
- Calendar Girls picks and clicks for May 31-June 6 - Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
Set somewhere between 2500 B.C.E. and 3000 C.E., Tony winner Mel Shapiro's "Homer in Cyberspace" is a wildly innovative remake of the classic Odysseus tale. The high-tech musical, with groundbreaking video gaming technology and digitally enhanced ...
- India's Regional Literature a Tough Sell at Frankfurt - Deutsche Welle
A huge poster of an old woman with sparkling eyes and snowy white hair adorns the entrance to the hall featuring India, the guest of honor, at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The 80-year-old grand dame of Indian literature, Mahasweta Devi, is a prolific ...
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