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- Photo Courtesy of Tiffany Joyner - Winston-Salem Journal
Photo Courtesy of Tiffany JoynerWinston-Salem Journal, NC - 12 minutes agoOpen-mike poetry readings. Food available for purchase. Free. Call 336-771-7663. AUTHOR VALERIE YOW: 6:45 pm, Elkin Public Library, 111 N. Front St., Elkin. ...
- Rounding up the unusual suspects - Baltimore Sun
M aybe while the four undercover state troopers - identified in a report released yesterday only as "T1" through "T4" - were wasting their time spying on a few peaceniks, other members of their unit were gathering intel on the kinds of people who ...
- Poems for little pardners - Durango Herald
Jack Schuba, 6, a first-grader at Animas Valley Elementary School, peers from under his cowboy hat Thursday while listening to cowboy singers and poets Jim Dunham and Jerry Bell perform for the students at the school. The two singers kicked off the ...
- At writing camp, schlepping goes with scholarship - Miami Herald
RIPTON, Vt. It's billed as the oldest writers' conference in the nation, a gathering at a picturesque mountaintop retreat where literary giants, book editors and up-and-coming novelists have been coming together once a year since the 1920s. But ...
- Prime Time Calendar the week of Sept. 3, 2008 (Independent Press)
Auditions, for Chatham Community Players production of A Christmas Carol, an original musical adaptation of Charles Dickens story by Philip Wm. McKinley, are scheduled for September. Director Bob Cline seeks a large cast with many types and ages; all need to sing and move well.
- FMU to have fiction, poetry festival (Marion Star & Mullins Enterprise)
Six nationally known, bestselling authors and their readers will be at Francis Marion University Nov. 6-8 for the third annual Pee Dee Fiction and Poetry Festival. The event is free and open to the public.
- Palestinian national poet in critical condition (Khaleej Times)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Mahmoud Darwish, the world's most recognized Palestinian poet, is in a critical condition in a U.S. hospital after undergoing complicated heart surgery, a Palestinian official said Saturday.
- I Am My Own Dragon by Linda Thompson - WTNH
I Am My Own Dragon by Linda ThompsonWTNH, CT - 4 hours agoThrough Thompson's compelling prose, Lucy asks readers to think of "Dragon" as not purely her story, but to become a part of it: "We are creating this ...
- ACT and Intiman get new CEOs to guide them through a rough economy - Seattle Post Intelligencer
"This is amazing theater," he recalls thinking. The Geneva conservatory-trained artist responded to the thrashing energy on the stage as a piece of drama. It took little time after that for him to veer from performing and into production, launching ...
- Poet’s village lives only in memory - The National
Poet’s village lives only in memoryThe National, United Arab Emirates - 12 minutes agoAl Birwa, the village where Darwish spent his earliest years, exists today as little more than a memory – even if one immortalised in his poetry. ...
- Tuned In to Yoav - 6abc.com
Tuned In to Yoav6abc.com, PA - 1 hour ago"I'd written poetry since I was a little kid and there were always melodies in my head, I just had to learn how to bring them together. ...
- Library releases September calendar - Hannibal Courier-Post
September 2, 10:30 a.m. PRESCHOOL STORY TIME For preschoolers who are ready to enjoy picture books being read aloud in a group setting. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to remain with their children. Hannibal Free Public Library, 573-221 ...
- Anthony Burgess - guardian.co.uk
Anthony Burgessguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoHe published two volumes of autobiography before his death: Big God and Little Wilson and You've Had Your Time. Roger Lewis's vitriolic life, which paints ...
- Late night Solo Slams build community at National Poetry Slam 2008 (Isthmus)
With eyes full of inspiration, amateur poets got a chance to test their spoken word mettle in the presence of friends and many of the competitors in National Poetry Slam 2008 in a quartet of late night Solo Slams this week, held at Genna's Lounge and the Mercury Café after the Tuesday and Wednesday night bouts. Aspiring and experienced poets alike who were not already members of teams in the ...
- Earthday concert for Haile Selassie I to benefit school - Jamaica Observer
Earthday concert for Haile Selassie I to benefit schoolJamaica Observer, Jamaica - 8 hours ago... the best in conscious music and poetry and is one of a number of events by the Rastafari Community to celebrate the birthday of HIM, July 23, 1892. ...
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