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- Potpourri of topics explored at poetry fellowship (The Jamaica Observer)
Poets blasted Cash Plus and Kern Spencer whilst discussing gay politics and sex-worker taxation, Tuesday at the Poetry Society's monthly fellowship at the Edna Manley College - part of the Kingston on the Edge Festival.
- Grads to be honored at kente cloth event (Fremont News-Messenger)
FREMONT -- The African-American College Club will honor graduating students in the Kente Cloth Draping Ceremony at 6 p.m., Friday at Warren Chapel A.M.E. Church in Fremont.
- Advice dissent - Chicago Sun-Times
At key moments in his adolescence, Barack Obama could not turn to a father he hardly knew. Instead, he looked to a left-leaning black journalist and poet for advice on living in a world of black and white. Frank Marshall Davis had his opinions. He ...
- Aspen to hold poetry contest about unclaimed dog poop - Rocky Mountain News
ASPEN — The city of Aspen wants the scoop on dog poop. By holding a poetry contest on canine feces, the city hopes to raise awareness about unclaimed dog poop in Aspen. In a survey conducted in October, Aspen residents deemed left-behind feces ...
- Guatemala: Animal Del Monte Festival in Xela - Global Voices Online
Global Voices OnlineGuatemala: Animal Del Monte Festival in XelaGlobal Voices Online, MA - 1 hour agoMany poets attended Animal del Monte, a Latin American poetry festival during the rainy month of May. The 40 Guatemalan and Latin American poets departed ...
- Jacqueline Bishop: Choosing the write way - Jamaica Gleaner
Jamaica GleanerJacqueline Bishop: Choosing the write wayJamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 2 hours agoI hate how creative writing, particularly poetry writing, has been largely segregated and divorced from the body politic. "I would love to see poetry and ...
- A poet of balance, style and flexibility - Louisville Courier-Journal
Kentucky lost one of its literary masters this week. Aleda Shirley died Monday, after a long battle with cancer. She was the author of three collections of poetry, Dark Familiar (Sarabande Books, 2006), Long Distance (Miami University Press, 1996 ...
- Profile: Hamid Karzai - Guardian Unlimited
Tomorrow, there will be no presidential hopefuls, no hordes of advisers and staff, no senior TV anchors, none of the razzmatazz of an American election campaign. The routine lack of routine that is life in Kabul will have been restored. President ...
- PALMER'S ALMANAC: Memorial Day's roots in Civil War - Tuscaloosa News
The only Civil War-era grave decorated at the Friendshp Cemetery in Columbus Thursday was the grave of a Mrs. Canant, a Confederate Volunteer nurse who suuffered wounds at the Battle of Shiloh. Memorial Day is a day to reflect and remember the women ...
- Every school every Thursday -- East/North - Des Moines Register
Nothing submitted. The East Side Library staff members came to visit May 27 to talk about their summer programs. They encouraged students to 'Catch the Reading Bug' this summer with their reading program beginning Monday. Readers can earn fun prizes ...
- Washington County Poetry Contest winners honored at reception (The Herald-Mail)
Winners of the 10th annual Washington County Poetry Contest were announced April 23 and a reception honoring the poets was held at the Central Library in Hagerstown on May 13.
- BRIEF: Van Doren On Dickinson: Jul. 18 - RedOrbit
BRIEF: Van Doren On Dickinson: Jul. 18RedOrbit, TX - 35 minutes ago13--The annual summer lecture sponsored by the Litchfield County Writers Project will feature a talk called "Poems of Love, Poems of Loss' by Charles Van ...
- DIVA TALK: Catching Up with Karen Akers, Tony Talk and News of ... - PlaybillArts
PlaybillArtsDIVA TALK: Catching Up with Karen Akers, Tony Talk and News of ...PlaybillArts, NY - 56 minutes agoThrough the poetry of Dorothy Parker and the music and lyrics of an eclectic array of composers — including Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter, Maury Yeston, ...
- A poet well-versed in North Korea's pain - Asia Times
SEOUL - A former court poet for North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has become a best-selling author and media sensation in South Korea, where his poems about the brutality of everyday life in North Korea have now been published for the first time. Jang ...
- Nam Le's long, literary journey - San Francisco Chronicle
Nam Le's long, literary journeySan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 2 hours agoBy then Le was reading voraciously - Auden, Tennyson, Rilke - and writing poetry. "That was the dream - to become a poet." Instead, feeling the pressure to ...
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