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- Jamestown College hosting media conference - Jamestown Sun
Jamestown College hosting media conferenceJamestown Sun, ND - 17 minutes agoTo celebrate the First Amendment, participants will share speeches, poetry, music, artwork and more. The event is free and open to the public.
- Picnic strikes chords other than musical - Irish Times
Picnic strikes chords other than musicalIrish Times, Ireland - 3 hours agoThe Spoken Word area could be a festival in its own right, with everything from comedy to debatesand poetry readings. Among the highlights will be readings ...
- Former Highway Superintendent Found Dead Shortly After Receiving Prison Sentence (East Aurora Advertiser)
Former Marilla Highway Superintendent David Pierce is the victim of an apparent suicide, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed. Pierce on Monday was sentenced to seven months in prison for improper use of Highway Department equipment and personnel and the theft of town funds through a fraudulent invoice scheme. The judge also ordered him to make payments well over $20,000 in restitution.
- Remark about ancient scrolls leads to novel - Tribune Review
Remark about ancient scrolls leads to novelTribune Review, PA - 4 hours agoWhile the Roman aspect of the book required a lot of research, another aspect, poetry, did not. A few poems written by the novel's central character, ...
- Darwish: 'Identity and humanity' - BBC News
BBC NewsDarwish: 'Identity and humanity'BBC News, UK - Aug 13, 2008You rarely find a poet that can bring out thousands of people to his poetry readings. His lyrics were set to music, people sang his poems, ...
- Books special: Can intelligent literature survive in the digital age? (Independent)
Look at this chap sitting outside the Caffè Uno at Paddington station. He is reading For Whom the Bell Tolls with slightly exaggerated attention. He has a Uniball pen close to hand, for making shrewd marginal comments. He holds the book up before his face, and his chin juts slightly, as if the fall of Hemingway's lapidary prose were giving him some caffeine boost of vicarious heroism. Behold, ...
- Angelou, Lear Honored as Humanitarians - Washington Post
Angelou, Lear Honored as HumanitariansWashington Post, United States - Aug 5, 2008Angelou, 80, has written more than a dozen bestsellers including "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," along with poetry, plays and children's books, ...
- Music Listings 10/9 (Provo Daily Herald)
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- Free will astrology - Pique newsmagazine
Free will astrologyPique newsmagazine, Canada - 1 hour agoOn wine, on poetry or on virtue as you wish.'" It is a perfect time in your astrological cycle to draw inspiration from that counsel, Capricorn. ...
- Acquire the write stuff: East of Eden conference beckons authors (The Salinas Californian)
Salinas-area residents yearning to see their writing published can meet nationally known authors and agents who can help them make it happen at the East of Eden Writing Conference, running Sept. 5 through 7.
- Artists’ retreats offer inspiration, quiet - The Chronicle Herald
Some people buy deserted Nova Scotian islands to escape from the world. Not Dick Lemon. Lemon wants his island between Truro and Parrsboro to become "a crucible" for creative collaboration between writers, artists and musicians. Lemon, a former ...
- The art of healing - Daily Interlake
Leigh Schickendantz and the other women in the Healing Arts Project share a vision. “It’s about raising awareness and promoting healing of serious social issues through education, theater and mentoring,†Schickendantz said. Recently ...
- Johnny Temple, Brooklyn Book Festival - Gothamist.com
This Sunday's free Brooklyn Book Festival is a one-day-only explosion of authors, publishers, poets and scholars, all gathering for discussions on four stages about anything and everything related to books, which are those heavy things people drag ...
- State poet laureate to speak at local libraries - Houma Courier
State poet laureate to speak at local librariesHouma Courier, Louisiana - 18 minutes agoDarrell Bourque’s goal is to increase awareness of Louisiana culture and poetry. “Poetry can be frightening or off-putting for some people,†Bourque said, ...
- Author puts Native life in the classroom (Rapid City Journal)
MISSOULA, Mont. -- It ain't easy being Native. So says one of America's premier writers of contemporary Native American life.
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