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- Lesbians of Lesvos fed up of being called lesbians - Times Online
Dimitris Lambrou is tired of being called a lesbian. As a magazine publisher on the Greek island of Lesvos — Lesbos according to the classical spelling — he is suing Greece’s biggest gay and lesbian association to get the term (with a small l ...
- Gannon poet digs for her inspiration (AUDIO) (Erie Times-News)
Berwyn Moore keeps a compost pile in her office. It doesn't smell, doesn't help the environment and doesn't leak all over her floor. But it does provide the fodder for much of her poetry.
- Church of England bishop to probe whether gay priests got married - Chicago Sun-Times
LONDON — The bishop of London said Sunday he would order an investigation into whether two gay priests exchanged rings and vows in a church ceremony, violating Anglican guidelines. The priests walked down the aisle in a May 31 service at one of ...
- Book Review (Santa Monica Mirror)
Those who have followed the poetry scene in Southern California know about FrancEyE (aka Frances Dean Smith). She has been reading and publishing her poetry since the 1960s and until recently, lived in Ocean Park.
- School News: NE area towns - Democrat and Chronicle
The following are the winners of the Penfield Public Library's annual Teen Poetry Contest: Sixth Grade Division: 1. Rebecca Markajani, Bay Trail Middle School, Footprints in the Sand ; 2. Aamir Zain, Allendale Columbia School, Excitement ; 3. Alex ...
- True Believer - Nashville Scene
Nashville SceneTrue BelieverNashville Scene, USA - May 14, 2008As usual, Ryan’s lyrics are endlessly quotable, such as this opening stanza from “It Could’ve Been Worse,†about a troubled teen who turns to music to ...
- Writing Workshop Changes Students (Washington Post)
"Georgetown Day School, eight poems. . . . National Cathedral has two." Nancy Schwalb listed the schools and poems in the Parkmont Poetry Festival's 2007 25th anniversary book. "Edmund Burke has four," she said. "The Parkmont School has eight."
- From bad to verse: Vandals get classroom penance - San Francisco Gate
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 Not Taken" and ...
- Ilyas Malayev, 72, Uzbek musician and poet - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Ilyas Malayev, a musician and poet renowned in Uzbekistan and transplanted to the New York City borough of Queens, where he was a legend among fellow Bukharan Jews, died on Friday in Flushing, Queens. He was 72 and lived in Forest Hills, Queens. The ...
- 'Hope the mindset changes' (Hindustan Times)
Young songwriters don't give enough importance to the craft of poetry, says screenwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar.
- The To-Do List - Calgary Herald
The To-Do ListCalgary Herald, Canada - May 2, 2008Fri talon book launch The final event of the 2008 Calgary International Spoken Word Festival brings the Vancouver poetry publishing house to town. ...
- Read the Original Review - Time
Announcement of the U. S. publication of Tropic of Cancer was surprising literary news not only because of its underground reputation. It revealed the recent revival of interest in the neglected field of experimental writing—that cloudy area of ...
- Instead of lounging by the lake - Boston Globe
Instead of lounging by the lakeBoston Globe, United States - 1 hour agoThe crowd erupted. Kremer has no formal American engagements next season, but one can always hope he's up for another restful vacation in New England.
- Best bets - Tuesday, July 1 - Daily Camera
Best bets - Tuesday, July 1Daily Camera, CO - 7 hours agoOpen Poetry & Acoustics Back-porch poetry with local poets, 7:30 pm, Trident Cafe & Booksellers, 940 Pearl St., Boulder, free; 720-937-4343. ...
- ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Arvidson '08 merges poetry, prose, memory in senior thesis (The Dartmouth)
While the rest of Dartmouth is sleeping off a late night of partying or studying, Valerie Arvidson '08 is hard at work on her first novel. Arvidson, a creative writing major and anthropology minor, has tentatively titled her senior thesis "Eleven," a 'multimedia novel' that incorporates her various interests and talents.
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