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- Signing: Event to benefit victims (Marion Chronicle-Tribune)
A book signing to benefit victims of murder, abuse, rape, chronic illness and suicide will be from 1 to 4 p.m. today at the Unorganized Book Store, 3602 S. Washington St.
- Word Thursdays open mike to feature poets - Oneonta Daily Star
Word Thursdays open mike to feature poetsOneonta Daily Star, NY - 2 hours agoBeasley won Bright Hill's 2006 Poetry Book Competition with her manuscript, "How the Brain Grew Back Its Own History," selected by finals judge Jay Rogoff ...
- Madison hosts National Poetry Slam (Wisconsin State Journal)
Eighteen has been good to Danez Smith. It's the age that he's come into his own, he says. And the age he was named Madison's Grand Slam Poetry Champion. It gets even better: Later this week, Smith (still 18), will perform his poetry in the national spotlight -- right on a Madison stage. Smith's local title win in May gave him a berth on the city's five-poet team, which will compete in the ...
- Raman Thediya Seethai: sheer poetry on celluloid (New Kerala)
"Raman Thediya Seethai" (Ram's quest for Sita) is one movie whose review needs a Ramayana of trivia and praise. The film is a slick, simple, splendid entertainer sans sex and sleaze.
- Celebrating the life and work of Vernon Scannell - yorkshirepost
Listen online: A unique celebration of the life and work of the poet and pacifist Vernon Scannell, recorded live at the 2008 Ilkley Literature Festival . Vernon Scannell, spent the last 25 years of his life in Otley, where this programme was recorded ...
- CHHS to present Inge's 'Picnic' - Durham Herald Sun
CHHS to present Inge's 'Picnic'Durham Herald Sun, NC - 44 minutes agoThe PlaySlam! works something like a poetry slam with short plays and scenes (1 to 3 minutes) vying for votes. The audience decides the winner. ...
- Lots of Authors, Book Clubs Ready to Discuss Recent Books - The Ledger
Most folks know that library cards are free to all county residents, but I still meet folks, from time to time, who believe there is a fee. If you are planning an event, consider inviting your local librarians to staff a sign-up booth or table ...
- What's Going On Around Here - Long Beach Press-Telegram
What's Going On Around HereLong Beach Press-Telegram, CA - 1 hour agoMike the Poet also returns this month to make a guest appearance on the Gabelich Trolley reciting his beat poetry for guests riding up and down Atlantic ...
- Library of Congress' National Book Festival to Offer Variety of Interactive Family Activities - National Mall, ... (PRWeb)
The Library of Congress' National Book Festival offers fun-filled activities for the whole family. New teen and children's authors, NBA and WNBA players, and popular storybook and television characters to appear on National Mall throughout the day. (PRWeb Sep 24, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/library-of-congress-book/92008/prweb1378414.htm
- Solitude of Being - BlackNews.com (press release)
BlackNews.com (press release)Solitude of BeingBlackNews.com (press release), OH - 46 minutes ago... the Horizon, Howard University journal; the American Poetry Anthology; and Sisters, published by the National Council of Negro Women. ...
- Central students get personal in 'Portrait' (The Doings Weekly)
To read poems is one thing. To bring them to life on stage is something else entirely. But that's exactly what the cast of "Stuck in a Portrait: A Performance in Three Snap Shots" will do next week at Hinsdale Central High School. Performers will stage poems that were written by students in August during a week-long poetry writing camp with published poet Kevin Coval. The poems will be brought ...
- Music shines in new installment from Okkervil River - UM Maneater
Music shines in new installment from Okkervil RiverUM Maneater, MO - Aug 28, 2008The album still had a half hour left of music that seemed to reach new sonic levels of sad-bastardyness (even for Sheff) that a teenage Conor Oberst would ...
- Grahamsville to host annual Olde Time Fair Saturday - Times Herald-Record
Grahamsville to host annual Olde Time Fair SaturdayTimes Herald-Record, NY - 20 minutes agoA peek at pioneer life is on display inside the little log cabin exhibit. There are a pie auction, a corn-shucking contest and the Chestnut Creek Rapids ...
- Afghanistan: Iraq All Over Again - AlterNet
Afghanistan: Iraq All Over AgainAlterNet, CA - Aug 5, 2008As the show proceeded, we ran an online poll: Should we send more troops to Afghanistan? The result: Some 60 percent of respondents watching -- a mostly ...
- Palestinians mourn national poet Darwish - Middle East Online
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinians on Sunday mourned the passing of Mahmud Darwish, who gave voice to their decades-old struggle and is widely considered one of the Arab world's greatest modern poets. Darwish, a Palestinian cultural icon whose poetry ...
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