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- From bad to verse: Vandals get classroom penance - Newsday
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - Call it poetic justice: More than two dozen young people who broke into Robert Frost 's former home for a beer party and trashed the place are being required to take classes in his poetry as part of their punishment. Using "The Road ...
- Joyce Carol Oates enters 'tabloid hell' - Arlington Heights Daily Herald
Some of Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest. Oates sets out to solve a fictionalized version of the JonBenet Ramsey murder, with skating prodigy "Bliss" Rampike replacing the real ...
- Freshwater Festival returns to ACC this weekend (Journal Inquirer)
ENFIELD — Just like April showers and May flowers; Valentine’s Day and chocolates; popcorn and movies; springtime and Asnuntuck Community College go hand in hand, to present the ninth annual Freshwater Poetry Festival Friday and Saturday, May 9 and 10. The festival opens Friday at 7 p.m. in Café II with music by singers and guitarists Mike Ciervo and Bill Washburn.
- UT grad captures Literature Prize - Austin American-Statesman
A playwright and recent grad of the University of Texas' James A. Michener Center for Writers has won the university's $50,000 Keene Prize for Literature. George Brant 's play, "Elephant's Graveyard," took the top honor out of 51 submissions, which ...
- Kay Ryan named U.S. poet laureate (Moldova.org)
U.S. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington named Kay Ryan as the library's 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-09.Ryan, a 63-year-old California native, is to begin her duties in the fall, opening the library's annual literary series Oct. 16 with a reading of her work. She also will be a featured guest at the Library of Congress National Book Festival in the Poetry pavilion ...
- RUGGIERO: Late drama made Open incredible - Grand Island Record
Only KentRUGGIERO: Late drama made Open incredibleGrand Island Record, NY - 42 minutes agoPoetry in motion. Rhythmic. Balanced. Well Timed. Why doesn’t he win more often? He can’t putt and can’t concentrate for long periods of time. ...Tiger's Latest Victory Stands Alone Evening Bulletinall 9,991 news articles
- Edwards: The Agony of the MSM - Slate
Nibbling at the edges of the MSM: Imus laments that the Edwards L.C. story is "starting to become news." ... And there's always the late-night comics' rabbithhole into public consciousness . ... But the MSM wants photos Dallas Morning News' Rod ...
- Danielle Steel says that's why she keeps writing (75 so far), despite the burdens of her insecurity, fame (Ventura County Star)
It's only 9:33, but already Danielle Steel is having a lousy morning. She's in a Rockefeller Plaza dressing room, having her hair tugged and makeup tweaked. She's endured questioning from Matt Lauer on the "Today" show and soon faces a second round with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb.
- Ozark Profile : Age doesn’t have to mean limitations - Northwest Arkansas Times
Ozark Profile : Age doesn’t have to mean limitationsNorthwest Arkansas Times, AR - 5 hours agoPainting and poetry are the most visible of her loves, but her favorite is her ability to sing. "I've been singing ever since I could talk," she said with a ...
- In Dublin, an All-Male Lonely Hearts Club - New York Sun
In Dublin, an All-Male Lonely Hearts ClubNew York Sun, United States - May 21, 2008Some lines have the clarity of poetry ("She had a silver bracelet on her left arm and she had a tan and I was watching it when she changed gears / And ...
- Notre Dame professor/poet to be honored in NY - South Bend Tribune
Notre Dame professor/poet to be honored in NYSouth Bend Tribune, IN - 1 hour agoEady is the author of seven books of poetry, including “Hardheaded Weather”; “Brutal Imagination,” which was a 2001 National Book Award finalist; ...
- Reece Society honors poet's memory at annual meeting - Access North GA
YOUNG HARRIS - “Remembering Reece” was the topic of this year’s program for the Byron Herbert Reece Society’s fifth annual meeting which was held Saturday. Members and friends of the Society commemorated the 50th anniversary of the poet ...
- CONCERTS, THEATER AND MORE - The Wichita Eagle
CONCERTS, THEATER AND MOREThe Wichita Eagle, KS - Apr 6, 2008Free. Information, 316-295-5537. TUE. Poetry Aloud, read your own work or that of a poet you admire, 7-9 pm Tue., Zoomdweebie's Tea Bar, 3010 E. Central. ...
- Literary Life - Telegraph.co.uk
Literary LifeTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 10 minutes agoBooks of fiction, poetry, memoir, history, criticism, essays and anthologies quality writing by authors of distinction, printed only on demand. ...
- Portland native will solo with Vancouver Symphony - Columbian
Portland native Charlotte Pistor, principal soloist at the Salzburg Cathedral in Austria, will make her debut with the Vancouver Symphony this weekend for the final concert of the season. She will sing “Four Last Songs” by Richard Strauss in the ...
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