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- First Friday raises funds for Myanmar relief - Ashland Daily Tidings
The theme of Gallery DeForest's newest art show — "Opening the Closed" — took on new meaning when local poet Derek Pyle approached Cathy DeForest to raise money for the relief effort for Burmese cyclone victims. DeForest was preparing to show new ...
- Latitude 2008: DiS's festival picks - Drowned In Sound
Drowned In SoundLatitude 2008: DiS's festival picksDrowned In Sound, UK - 1 hour agoToday, he stitches his delicately crafted songs together with threads of poetry, whilst members of his band, The Sussex Wit, grant both sparse accompaniment ...
- Musical healing - Indian Country Today
Musical healingIndian Country Today, NY - 4 hours agoThe organization, which has been around for 19 years, offers several programs and services focused on cultural learning, drum circles, poetry and other ...
- New writers bring fresh perspective to everyday life - Times Colonist
New writers bring fresh perspective to everyday lifeTimes Colonist, Canada - May 11, 2008Students can experiment with poetry, fiction, drama and creative non-fiction in a department that has a stable of acclaimed writers, including poets Lorna ...
- Griffin rewards elder statesmen - Toronto Star
News1130Griffin rewards elder statesmenToronto Star, Canada - 13 hours ago"Poetry remains primary in my life," said Blaser, who grew up in the western US but has lived in Canada for more than half of his life.Robin Blaser wins Griffin Prize National PostGriffin Prize honours two octogenarian poets Globe and Mailall 24 news articles
- Being the Nation's Poet Laureate is a Total Pain [Poetry] (Gawker)
Being the poet laureate is the highest honor a poet can receive in this country. You get $35,000 and a beautiful office in the Library of Congress. (Kay Ryan just became the newest laureate, tasked...
- St. John's students show at-risk youngsters another side of life - Annapolis Capital
Annapolis CapitalSt. John's students show at-risk youngsters another side of lifeAnnapolis Capital, MD - 3 hours ago"I have discovered talents and skills I didn't know I had; writing poetry and this heavy talking stuff," Antonio Conner, 16 and a resident of the Kingsport ...
- An Avant-Gardist’s Sparse Stories, in Film and Fragments - New York Times
An Avant-Gardist’s Sparse Stories, in Film and FragmentsNew York Times, United States - 3 hours agoThen came the 1998 murder of James Byrd Jr., an African-American, by three white supremacist Texans who chained him behind a truck and dragged him to death. ...
- The winners of the Short Story and Poetry Contest - Dayton Daily News
After many hours of reading, discussing and thinking it over, our staff judges have arrived at the winners for the 12th Annual Dayton Daily News Short Story and Poetry Contest. Winning poems and stories will be published in the Life section of the ...
- Ha Jin wants to visit China - FOX News
HONG KONG — On a trip that's put him the closest to his homeland in 23 years, Chinese-American author Ha Jin says he wants to visit China but expressed frustration with censorship of his books. The 52-year-old National Book Award winner told The ...
- Centricity Records signs Andrew Peterson - Beliefnet.com
Centricity Records signs Andrew PetersonBeliefnet.com, NY - 12 hours agoDeeply connected to the artistry that is born from an intimate connection with the Creator, he creates not just songs but introspective poetry set to music. ...
- Thompson: School's out, but don't forget teachers - Northwest Herald
I’m not what you’d call an instructor. I don’t even like to show people how to work their computer, let alone summon the supernatural patience I’ve seen in the teachers I know. I am the daughter of a teacher, the niece of several teachers and ...
- Thomas M. Disch: Poet and writer of death-haunted science fiction who ... - The Independent
The death of the American writer Thomas M. Disch, by his own hand, on the Fourth of July, was the last act of a drama that had been unfolding in public for several years. As the author of a large number of death-haunted science-fiction novels and ...
- Five Ways to Keep Your Man From Straying - Modern Mom
Five Ways to Keep Your Man From StrayingModern Mom, CA - 6 hours agoI'm not suggesting you have to fawn, drool or recite poetry, but I do think some well-timed phrases like "nice job on the garage" or "suit looks great on ...
- Winehouse lyrics studied at Cambridge - MSN UK News
LONDON (Reuters) - They might not be Shakespeare or Wordsworth but lyrics by soul singer Amy Winehouse have been included in a Cambridge University literature exam for the first time. Final year English students were asked to compare a song by the ...
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