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- NOTES (Atlanticville)
The second annual Monmouth Beach Beautification Committee Scarecrow Festival is planned for 2-4 p.m. Oct. 18 at Monmouth Beach Borough Hall. A rain date is scheduled for Oct. 19. Residents are asked to make their own scarecrows and there will be four categories: individual, group, business and school class.
- Poet Natasha Trethewey, Hymning the Native Guard - NPR News
Fresh Air from WHYY, July 16, 2007 · Natasha Trethewey was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Native Guard, her most recent collection of poetry. The title refers to a regiment of African- American soldiers who fought for the Union in the Civil War ...
- Avondale poet wins top award - Auckland stuff.co.nz
Avondale poet wins top awardAuckland stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 2 hours agoShe says her sixth poetry collection, Cold Snack has focused on her life as a former secondary school teacher. But it also looks at her experiences as a ...
- Lessons of 9/11 - Sauk Valley Daily Gazette
Most of the students in Kim Printz's fifth-grade class were in kindergarten when the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred. Some were too young for school. Dalton Newcomer, 11, was playing video games at his grandparents' house when news of the twin towers ...
- The passions of John Stuart Mill. - New Yorker
New YorkerThe passions of John Stuart Mill.New Yorker, United States - 1 hour agoThe curriculum had no room for new poetry, and not much for old music. It was nothing but history, math, economics, the classics, and the Benthamite axioms: ...
- Lesbian Takes Poet Laureate Post - EDGE Boston
Washington PostLesbian Takes Poet Laureate PostEDGE Boston, MA - 44 minutes ago... Ryan first ventured into poetry following the death of her father, the article said, before attending the University of California Los Angeles, ...Kay Ryan, Outsider With Sly Style, Named Poet Laureate New York Timesall 141 news articles
- Debatable Opinions; Letters to the Editor - OpEdNews.com
All letters to the editor are debatable. Not many hot stories are broken via letters to the editor. They’re almost always based upon opinion and even the opinions aren’t always solidly covered by factual information. In the September 17 Anchorage ...
- Bryan always has a story to tell - Sunny South News
Bryan always has a story to tellSunny South News, Canada - 4 hours agoWhatever technique Smith uses for writing his poetry has obviously worked wonders. Smith’s book of cowboy poetry, “Mounties, Mountains and Memories” is an ...
- I Am My Own Dragon by Linda Thompson - WTNH.com
(WTNH) - We all have a dragon deep inside. Because we all have the power to make anything we want happen. That's one of the messages of a new book called "I Am My Own Dragon." The idea behind the book written by motivational speaker and author, Linda ...
- The Fall Of Meyerhold - Swans
The Fall Of MeyerholdSwans, CA - 1 hour agoNot only in theatre but in art, film, poetry, and literature. Nor was Meyerhold the only artist breaking down the barriers. ...
- Kentucky Women Writers Conference - Kentucky.com
Kentucky Women Writers ConferenceKentucky.com, KY - 1 hour agoNovelist Laura Benedict will present alongside Oates; poet Lisa Williams, who won a poetry contest judged by Oates, also will be a presenter. ...
- Cuomo says More Internet Providers are Blocking Child Porn - WNED
Cuomo says More Internet Providers are Blocking Child PornWNED, NY - 4 hours ago"Child pornography is not protected speech. It's not art, it's not poetry, it's not copyrighted material. Child pornography is a crime...it is a felony," ...
- Face to faith - Guardian Unlimited
The Bible is often appealed to on issues of sexuality, and those who use it to condemn homosexuality often turn to it in support of heterosexual marriage. Here, though, the Bible is against them, for nowhere do we find an exemplary marriage explored ...
- September listings (8/22) - San Francisco Gate
Yellowjackets: Hot young playwright Itamar Moses, celebrated for his Stoppard-like brainy wit ("Bach at Leipzig"), returns to his hometown for the world premiere of a play about racial and class collisions at his alma mater, Berkeley High. The new ...
- Lincoln's slam poets are off to nationals (Lincoln Journal Star)
The poets are going to the show. Next week, the Nebraska Writers Collective team will head to Madison, Wis., to compete at the 2008 National Poetry Slam. The annual five-day event is the largest poetry performance gathering in the world.
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