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- World's worst poetry sold for $12,840 (Toronto Star)
EDINBURGH, Scotland – The vocabulary is poor and the rhyme excruciating but a collector paid $12,840 Friday for original works by William Topaz McGonagall, internationally celebrated as the worst poet ever to assault the English language.
- Coastal Community News Briefs for Tuesday, May 13 (North County Times)
Latin Jazz on tap at MiraCosta OCEANSIDE ---- MiraCosta College will present "The Latin Jazz Experience," featuring the Latin Jazz Ensemble and special guest local author Victor Villasenor. Mario Gonzales will conduct. Concerts will be held at 7:30 p.m. May 14, 15 and 16 in the MiraCosta Theatre, 1 Barnard Drive. General admission is $10; students and seniors $8. Call (760) 795-6815.
- Poetry and Air, Imagery and Earth - New York Times
New York TimesPoetry and Air, Imagery and EarthNew York Times, United States - 2 hours agoNext is a poem from the British Council book, “Feeling the Pressure: Poetry and science of climate change,†edited by Paul Munden. ...
- The old cemetery - Pilot
The old cemeteryPilot, Canada - 20 minutes agoIn spite of those deficiencies, I developed a love for literature, and especially poetry. I may not have been at that early age able to define poetry, ...
- Illustration by Henry Janson - New York Magazine
New York MagazineIllustration by Henry JansonNew York Magazine, USA - 1 hour agoAs Ophelia, she has the same charm and radiance—her red, red hair shines like a flame effect on this antiseptic set—only now she makes much of the poetry ...
- Lost Dog collars Michelle de Kretser $40000 prize for fiction - The Australian
Lost Dog collars Michelle de Kretser $40000 prize for fictionThe Australian, Australia - 51 minutes agoThe $30000 Kenneth Slessor Prize for poetry went to Kathryn Lomer for her book, Two Kinds of Silence. The $30000 NSW Premier's Biennial Literary Scholarship ...Dog-inspired tale wins book prize The AgeLost Dog wins NSW literary gong The West Australianall 7 news articles
- Kenya: Putting On the Kwani Lit Fest (AllAfrica.com)
As dusk descends, preparations continue apace outside the main entrance of the National Museum. Trees planted in sturdy plastic bags brought in for the occasion are being wrap-dressed in gold shimmery fabric.
- Posters, storybooks spread AIDS awareness in rural India - Mangalorean.com
Posters, storybooks spread AIDS awareness in rural IndiaMangalorean.com, India - Jun 1, 2008Some of them are also in poetry form, which readers find interesting," he said. Not all the characters in the storybooks have Hindu names, there are some ...
- Award-winning authors to conduct writing workshop in Mountainlair - Daily Anaeum
Award-winning authors will be conducting a writing workshop at West Virginia University in order to improve students’ writing ability. The West Virginia University Department of English is holding the 12th Annual West Virginia Writer’s Workshop ...
- Boy, 6, hailed a hero after saving drowning friend - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Focusing on price fires up Wal-Mart's results Fayetteville, Ark. —- Wal-Mart executives said Friday that a reinvigorated focus on price has allowed the world's largest retailer to beat out competitors in a challenging economic environment... Wal ...
- Music lovers gather to hear country tunes (Arizona Daily Star)
It might have been just a little warm outside, but that didn't bother music lovers Saturday at La Encantada.
- A Conversation with Christos Papadimitriou - Dr. Dobb's Journal
A Conversation with Christos PapadimitriouDr. Dobb's Journal, CA - 6 hours agoCP: It can kill me, but can it recite poetry? [Laughs] Perhaps such categorization is anthropocentric. DDJ: Diverging from the philosophical to the mundane, ...
- The art of a healthy life - Irish Independent
The art of a healthy lifeIrish Independent, Ireland - 59 minutes agoI like to write poetry. You have to give your brain a chance to recuperate from work. I've learnt this from experience." Carol knows of what she speaks. ...
- Secret life of student behind bomb scare at university - This is Worcester
Loner': Stephen Jackley, 22. THE University of Worcester student arrested in America after trying to buy a gun using fake ID for a £100 bet is a meditating Marxist, your Worcester News can reveal. On social networking website Facebook, Stephen ...
- Obama has long backed faith charities - Chicago Tribune
As a state senator from the South Side, Barack Obama once arranged for a $200,000 state grant to jump-start an urban venture capital fund for a non-profit group run by Rev. Jesse Jackson. The grant was the very sort of faith-based initiative now at ...
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