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- Jonathan Franzen - New York Observer
Robert McCrum, literary editor of the UK Sunday paper The Observer , stepped down this month after a decade on the job. Yesterday he deployed a parting shot both wistful and sober-minded. "When I joined The Observer in 1996, the world of books was in ...
- Woody Guthrie fest draws music lovers from across world - NewsOK.com (subscription)
Woody Guthrie fest draws music lovers from across worldNewsOK.com (subscription), OK - 7 hours ago... open mike, poetry readings, panel discussions and fundraisers for the state chapter of the Huntington's Disease Society of America. •Cost: Free. ...
- Foothills co-founder gets Friendship award - Worcester Telegram
Foothills co-founder gets Friendship awardWorcester Telegram, MA - 21 minutes agoCarle A. Johnson of Worcester captured the $100 first prize in the annual contest sponsored by the Worcester County Poetry Association. ...
- Young poets share prose - The Saginaw News - MLive.com
Young poets share proseThe Saginaw News - MLive.com, MI - 2 hours agoPoetry students at Saginaw's Arthur Eddy Academy have put pen to paper and paper on a press to express their feelings. The students are publishing a ...
- Those Poor Superdelegates - Slate
The New York Times leads with uncommitted superdelegates fearing a prolonged battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Times says the Democratic heavies are "uncertain about who, if anyone, would step in to fill a leadership vacuum and ...
- Miami-Dade County - Baltimore Sun
As Toby Barlow points out, epic poetry all but died out some time ago, and there hasn't been any hint that it's coming back. So for someone who works in advertising (he handles the Ford Motor Co. account), Barlow's choice of free verse for Sharp ...
- Power Pop Poet (University of Melbourne University News)
When he hears a new kind of song, or is particularly excited by one, poet Michael Farrell starts thinking about how to create an equivalent in poetry. Farrell has been obsessed with pop music since he was around seven years old; his first published poem around this time was based on a hymn.
- Marine uses poetry as release from pain of war - ABC12.com
Marine uses poetry as release from pain of warABC12.com, MI - 19 minutes agoNeeley says writing poetry can be therapeutic, but it can also reopen old wounds. "As I write and read and think about my poems, it just brings everything ...
- Julia Peterson - Iowa City Press Citizen
Julia PetersonIowa City Press Citizen, IA - 1 hour agoPoetry and prose by Miss Peterson won prizes and citations and appeared in numerous publications. At the time of her death, she was a member of the National ...
- Kids, Meet Your President - eXile (satire)
eXile (satire)Kids, Meet Your PresidenteXile (satire), Russia - 6 hours agoYou can also browse the presidential photo album showing Medvedev enjoying the things that matter most in life: work, family and sports.
- Reviving the Vanished Voice of Poetry (Washington Post)
The judges were primed and the audience expectant. Then 16-year-old Shawntay A. Henry walked onstage.
- WUHS teacher accepted to national program - The People's Defender
WUHS teacher accepted to national programThe People's Defender, OH - 3 hours agoThe program was sited in Madrid, Spain and focused on the study of Spanish theatre, prose and poetry and motivated by Spanish art. ...
- Man admits having sex with 1,000 cars - Daily Telegraph
Edward Smith, who lives with his current "girlfriend" – a white Volkswagen Beetle named Vanilla, insisted that he was not "sick" and had no desire to change his ways. "I appreciate beauty and I go a little bit beyond appreciating the beauty of a ...
- ‘Humility is my religion’ - The News - International
‘Humility is my religion’The News - International, Pakistan - 1 hour ago“I had always aspired to be as famous as my father and wanted to earn respect among the literary circles as well because I was interested in poetry and ...
- Faith survey revealing, but there are more questions to ask (The Morning Call)
Dear Readers: In a recent column, I tried to set out the two routes people of faith must choose between:
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