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- Historical anti-slavery speech the subject of July 4th celebration - Oakland Tribune
Oakland musicians and poets will offer an alternative celebration of Independence Day this week with a staged version of Frederick Douglass' famed 1852 speech decrying the hypocrisy of slavery in a supposedly free country. Poetry and jazz ensemble ...
- Rockford Writers’ Guild announces contest winners - Rockford Register-Star
The Rockford Writers’ Guild has announced its 2008 Ides of March contest winners. For adult prose: Kevin Schiller of Rockford took first place for “Corey’s Song.” Jeff Flodin of Loves Park took second place for “Fred Smith,” Carol K ...
- Photojournalist chronicles women who overcome adversity - The Desert Sun
Photojournalist chronicles women who overcome adversityThe Desert Sun, CA - 3 hours agoIn Zimbabwe, the Girl Child Network created a social movement against child rape through poetry, an important part of that country's culture. ...
- The terror and tenderness of old age - guardian.co.uk
The terror and tenderness of old ageguardian.co.uk, UK - 4 hours agoThis is no romantic image but a poignant symbol of the real horror of old age that lies at the heart of Larkin's poem: unfathomable and endless isolation as ...
- Woman on the run (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
A hallucinatory, post-partum 19-year-old who has murdered her husband flees into the Canadian wilderness, with a pair of vengeful brothers-in-law on her heels.
- Meditations on love (Savannah Morning News)
Love comforteth like sunshine after rain."
- Spalding plays 'cool' blend of jazz, R&B, bossa nova (Reuters via Yahoo!7 Music News)
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Moments after Esperanza Spalding finished singing "Precious" on NBC's "Late Show With David Letterman" in early June, the host strode right up and anointed her "the coolest person we've ever had on the show."
- Poet in residence at school - GulfNews
Poet in residence at schoolGulfNews, United Arab Emirates - 47 minutes agoMore generally, during life, "poetry can help in all kinds of ways. That's why so many people turn to it". Bryce said the students "have benefited a lot. ...
- Before I say goodbye - Belfast Telegraph
If you were asked to give your final thoughts on life, what would you say? American professor Randy Pausch, diagnosed with terminal cancer, delivered a lecture last September about achieving childhood dreams, which has been turned into a book. Jane ...
- Workshops pack two-day poetry festival | By Marisa Beahm The Reporter-Herald (Loveland Reporter-Herald)
With workshops titled “exploring lucid dreaming” and “stop making sense,” attendees of the Loveland poetry festival are sure to expand their creative boundaries. The Green Fuse Poetic Arts Association is hosting the festival, which includes an entire day of two-hour poetry workshops and an open reading for people to share their new creations.
- Amy Varner enjoys time with family (Keokuk Daily Gate City)
Amy Varner is the office manager for the Keokuk Area Chamber of Commerce, Main Street Keokuk, Inc. and Keokuk Area Convention and Tourism Bureau. “I am originally from Columbia, Mo., but moved to Hannibal, Mo., to attend Hannibal-LaGrange College,” she said.
- Remembering the creativity of a young girl - Austin American-Statesman
Remembering the creativity of a young girlAustin American-Statesman, TX - 3 hours ago"She was a wonderful girl, and every teacher was inspired by her creativity in poetry, art and drama," said Barbara Porter, head of the St. Francis School ...
- Stargazing on Hawaii's Mauna Kea - Los Angeles Times
Stargazing on Hawaii's Mauna KeaLos Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour ago"I just love this so much," said Livermore, a big, shambling figure in a parka, a strange, mounded silhouette in the dark. "I've been thinking about time ...
- Little Vic - Little Big Man - Sixshot.com
Sixshot.comLittle Vic - Little Big ManSixshot.com, Switzerland - 6 hours agoBut it’s kind of like that ‘poetry rap’ where people really focus on the lyricism, and the beats. The beats are not just 808’s over “NOW” mix samples. ...
- To the Class of ‘08 - Metropolis Magazine
To the Class of ‘08Metropolis Magazine, NY - 2 hours agoAs I see it you bring critical thinking, your ability to create beauty and poetry, and your skills in making things. Do not underestimate the power of the ...
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