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- State black 8th-graders rank worst in nation in writing (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
The classic three R's of education - reading, writing and arithmetic - became the three R's of educational alarm for Wisconsin with the release Thursday of nationwide data on eighth-graders' writing ability.
- Everything’s Coming Up Poetry (Santa Barbara Independent)
Santa Barbara is celebrating National Poetry Month all April in grand style.
- School bands score high rating at festival - Visalia Times-Delta
School bands score high rating at festivalVisalia Times-Delta, CA - 3 hours agoItems on the agenda include student performances from the Poetry and Prose Festival and recognition of Cherry Avenue Middle School's Gabriel Jimenez, ...
- Weekend offers WAC fun, St. Patrick's celebrations (6:24 a.m.)
Las Cruces Sun-News - Class schedules and registration forms are available at the museum on the Downtown Mall and online at http://museums.las ... The evening will be supplemented with Irish poetry. Admission is $8. • "Easter Alive" features a cross with 41,000 computer ...
- Hope Is The First Step - Tampa Tribune
Tampa TribuneHope Is The First StepTampa Tribune, FL - 8 hours agoHe has turned to the poetry of his native New England. "I always have them read from Robert Frost or Emily Dickinson," he said. ...
- UNC Earth Day Events Set Tuesday - Greeley Tribune
UNC Earth Day Events Set TuesdayGreeley Tribune, CO - 2 hours agoPoetry readings by students and community members and the Danza Azteca Tlalac Native American dancing and drumming will be held on the West Patio from 11 am ...
- I'm hoping my poems will help save lives
Evening News Norwich - She had to have treatment and still lives with the condition. Poetry became her therapy, which she based on her own life experiences or even broader events happening in the world. She added: “I write about anything, it's very eclectic and so is my ...
- `August: Osage County' wins Pulitzer (AP via Yahoo! News)
The Pulitzer Prize for drama was awarded Monday to Tracy Letts for his brutal and dark comedy, "August: Osage County." Bob Dylan won a special music citation.
- Cason Point: Poet's verse makes sense of adversity (Ventura County Star)
It's tough to find the rhyme or the reason when a person dies way before her time. Even the verse meisters at Hallmark fall short of the occasion. It seems half the sympathy cards that line the racks confess "words cannot express" or "words fail us."
- Bulletin Board - Springfield Connection
Bulletin BoardSpringfield Connection, VA - Apr 4, 2008Celebrate Shakespeare’s Birthday. Interactive workshops with the Shakespeare Theatre Company 7 pm, at Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, ...
- 1958: The War of the Intellectuals (New York Times)
Fifty years ago, American critics worried about the collapsing distinction among highbrow, middlebrow and lowbrow.
- Poetry in motion: Tiger's try for perfect (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
W atching Tiger rewrite history rivals reading Walt Whitman or Maya Angelou; his six-in-a-row major-win tally, and quest for the perfect season command personifying lines and magnificent metaphors.
- Literary journal releases 50th issue - LSU The Reveille
Literary journal releases 50th issueLSU The Reveille, LA - 2 hours agoThomas Stevens, winner of the Matt Clark Prize for poetry, was the first to read his work to the audience. Stevens said his winning poem, "Alma Mater," is a ...
- Tuesday's Agenda, April 1 (Miami Herald)
Items contributed must be received at least two days in advance at Calendar Desk, The Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Fifth Floor Newsroom, Miami, FL 33132-1693. Or e-mail your items to newscalendar@Miami Herald.com. No faxes, please. For a complete list of today's events, go to www.MiamiHerald.com. Questions?, Corrections?, Call 305-376-3355.
- Words of welcome: Festival honoree makes poetry accessible (The Daily News of Newburyport)
poets NEWBURYPORT and mdash; Rhina Espaillat believes a poem should welcome readers in, not push them away. Newburyport's best known and most respected poet is the honoree of this year's Newburyport Literary Festival, which kicks off this evening.
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