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- BYU professor gains 2 honors (Deseret Morning News)
A Brigham Young University English professor was recently honored as the first-place winner of a national poetry contest and was also named Professor of the Year by faculty and students in his program.
- Sesquicentennial recognition (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Winona, Minn. Visit Winona on Friday for a Capital City for a Day celebration as part of the state's sesquicentennial.
- Bisbee group offers positive environment, activities for kids (The Daily Dispatch)
Organizers of the first Bisbee Summerfest Youth Band Showcase met Wednesday to discuss final details for the show that will be held on Saturday in City Park in Bisbee and check out the T-shirts that will be available.
- How Ignorant Are We? - Middle East Online
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." -- Thomas Jefferson Just how stupid are we? Pretty stupid, it would seem, when we come across headlines like this: "Homer Simpson ...
- Children's Book Reviews - Publishers Weekly
Children's Book ReviewsPublishers Weekly, NY - 22 hours agoCandlewick, $16.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-7636-3623-4 In her first YA novel, Baskin's (The Truth About My Bat Mitzvah) portrait of a teen questioning the meaning ...
- Former poet laureate George Garrett dies - Richmond Times Dispatch
Former poet laureate George Garrett diesRichmond Times Dispatch, VA - 58 minutes agoHe was a prolific writer throughout his life, publishing eight volumes of poetry, seven collections of short stories and nine novels. ...Garrett, prodigious writer and professor, dies at age 78 Charlottesville Daily Progressall 4 news articles
- Our Daily Bleg: Wall Street Proverbs, Please - New York Times Blogs
Our Daily Bleg: Wall Street Proverbs, PleaseNew York Times Blogs, NY - 48 minutes ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- Wergeland hailed on 200th birthday (Aftenposten)
Henrik Wergeland, viewed by many as one of the most important founding fathers of the modern Norwegian state, may be long gone but he's certainly not forgotten.
- Sound Tracks | Various Artists - Baltimore City Paper
Baltimore City PaperSound Tracks | Various ArtistsBaltimore City Paper, MD - 3 hours agoBut that's just how Los Jaivas open "Foto de Primera Comunión,"on the new compilation Love, Peace and Poetry: Chilean Psychedelic Music. ...
- Leader of the Pack - Wall Street Journal
The defining quality of great children's literature is persistence: It stays with the reader with undiminished vitality into adulthood. There is a certain type of gloomy old man who, for A.A. Milne's readers, will always be an Eeyore; children who ...
- Franklin Middle School 2nd in national contest (Green Bay Press-Gazette)
Students at Franklin Middle School in Green Bay took second place Tuesday in a nationwide competition designed to raise awareness and support for cancer survivors.
- NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith (Art Daily)
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, “Untitled†(Go-Go Dancing Platform), 1991. Wood, lightbulbs, acrylic paint, and Go-Go dancer in silver-lamé bathing suit, sneakers, and Walkman, Overall dimensions variable Platform: 21 ½ x 72 x 72 inches (54.6 x 182.9 x 182.9 cm) Installation view, “Lifestyle – From Subculture to High Fashion,†Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, 2006. Courtesy of Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, and ...
- He lives on through his gift - La Crosse Tribune
It was with sorrow that I read of the loss of Mary Jo Rozneoski of her son, Dustin, in 2005, at the age of 22. I too believe, everyday holds the possibility of a miracle, as Donna Frett believes. The gift of life from receiving Dustin’s liver has ...
- Gulzar's new anthology of poems steeped in nostalgia - Mangalorean.com
Gulzar's new anthology of poems steeped in nostalgiaMangalorean.com, India - Apr 30, 2008"Selected Poems" has 44 Urdu poems, mostly sonnets, along with their English translations. The poems are a reflection of the author's life, ...
- In Case You Haven't Heard - Block Island Times
In Case You Haven't HeardBlock Island Times, USA - 4 hours agoDavid, 50, lives in New York state and was a performer at the Block Island Poetry Project this year. He looks forward to coming back to Block Island for ...
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