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- Can't get enough of the Madison Slam Team and spoken word? - The Capital Times
Can't get enough of the Madison Slam Team and spoken word?The Capital Times, WI - 3 hours agoLast week, 77 teams of poets from all over the country took over Madison for the National Poetry Slam competition and conference. Our own Madison team came ...
- VIDEO: Olympic medal joy for Scots canoeist (The Herald)
David Florence became the first Scot to win a medal at the Beijing Olympics yesterday, as he took silver in the canoe slalom. His Edinburgh-based parents said last night they were delighted by his win - and revealed he had recently applied to be an astronaut.
- Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt seeing double; Josh Brolin has a mug shot ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have their own Brady Bunch-sized brood with the arrival of twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline Saturday, delivered by Caesarian section at Lenval Hospital in Nice, France. An "emotional" Pitt was on hand for the ...
- THINK-TANK BUILDS ON ARCHITECTS' EXPERTISE TO DISCUSS CITY SCHEMES - Bath Chronicle
Bath ChronicleTHINK-TANK BUILDS ON ARCHITECTS' EXPERTISE TO DISCUSS CITY SCHEMESBath Chronicle, UK - Jun 12, 2008Mr Osborne hosted a meeting at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution to discuss the importance of an architectural forum in the city. ...
- Ursula K Le Guin (Guardian Unlimited)
"My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it."
- The Hakawati, by Rabih Alameddine (Independent)
Despite Naguib Mahfouz's Nobel Prize, there has been much discussion as to whether the novel is an appropriate form of Arab expression. While love and adventure abound in Middle Eastern storytelling and poetry, few portrayals of hothouse family life exist. The tour de force of Rabih Alameddine's novel The Hakawati ("storyteller" in Arabic) is that it moves effortlessly between the classic ...
- THE ARTS CALENDAR OF EVENTS (Midland Reporter-Telegram)
THE ARTS CALENDAR OF EVENTS A project of Arts Assembly of Midland P.O. Box 3494, Midland, Texas 79702 (432) 687-1149 FAX 687-1600 SUNDAY Arts Assembly of Midland: Midland's non-profit arts council and umbrella organization for performing and visual arts organizations, 401 W. Texas Ave., Suite 508, 687-1149. EXHIBIT: Art in the Park, four selected sculptures, Duet by David Hickman, Gypsy Rose by ...
- Verse of the Turtle Taking On the Role of Poet Laureate, Kay Ryan ... - Washington Post
More than a decade and a half ago, despairing that her poems would ever find an audience, Kay Ryan found herself writing one about a turtle. It was about as personal as a Kay Ryan poem ever gets. Ryan's appointment as the nation's new poet laureate ...
- Flying High - State Gazette
And I was only 15 minutes late when I met my husband in Jackson and we left for a four-day trip to the Gulf Coast. That evening, we had our feet in the sand before we went to bed. Now that both of our children are gainfully employed, they were unable ...
- David Bowie - Live in Santa Monica 1972 Review - 411mania.com
David Bowie - Live in Santa Monica 1972 Review411mania.com, TX - 8 hours agoIt’s simple and at the same time, it’sa piece of poetry. Although the title alone would seem to inspire melancholy or despair, it’s the complete opposite. ...
- JFK's reclusive daughter returns to limelight to push for Obama - Daily Mail
JFK's reclusive daughter returns to limelight to push for ObamaDaily Mail, UK - 8 hours agoShe has written two books on civil liberties and she has also edited a volume of poetry and an updated version of her father's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, ...
- Judging a letter by its cover, these were remarkable - Barre Montpelier Times Argus
Judging a letter by its cover, these were remarkableBarre Montpelier Times Argus, VT - 1 hour agoPerhaps Rockwell provided too much information, or Atkins didn't share his beliefs or didn't care for his poetry. Whatever the reason, the editor apparently ...
- Grieving mom tries to forgive - Canada.com
Canada.comGrieving mom tries to forgiveCanada.com, Canada - 1 hour ago"The advice he gave me a long time ago was to forgive anybody for anything," said Maria Elena Balcazar, who has just published a book of her son's poetry ...
- Bennis selected for Who’s Who - Washburn County Register
Bennis selected for Who’s WhoWashburn County Register, WI - 6 hours agoIn her spare time, she enjoys acting, art, computers, photography, reading, drawing, writing, poetry, stories and spending time with family and friends. ...
- National poet scoops book award (BBC News)
The poet Edwin Morgan wins the Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year award for his latest collection.
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