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- Underhill Books settles into its niche - Herald & Review
DECATUR - Things have finally settled down and Mike Coulter has settled in. And Underhill Books is a reality. The Decatur man rented the space at 130 S. Main St. in January. But he really didn't get a chance to have everything finalized and establish ...
- Young poets are honored at Library of Congress - Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Young poets are honored at Library of CongressSarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - 55 minutes agoThe contest -- the largest youth poetry competition in the world -- is conducted by Berkeley nonprofit River of Words and is affiliated with The Library of ...
- The Voice of Mahmoud Darwish (Middle East Online)
Wherever Mahmoud Darwish was, words in his hands were a magic lamp that set free the genie of the Arabic language. He knew the heart of the Palestinians. He knew that they had only one wish for the genie, one yearning request of their language – ‘home’, says Ibtisam Barakat .
- Obama's poems show real talent level (WorldNet Daily)
Prior to 1990, when Barack Obama contracted to write "Dreams From My Father," he had written very close to nothing. As an undergraduate at Occidental College, Obama had composed what he calls some "very bad poetry," and he does not sell himself short.
- One of poetry's finest reminds us of our place in the natural world (The Japan Times)
Skinny frog Don't give up! Issa is here He has been dead for 180 years, but Kobayashi Issa's haiku keep reminding us that the essence of Japan's culture lies in its intimate tie to nature. Humans are seen by him entirely as an element in nature, where ideally there is no artificial hierarchy and certainly no holier-than-thou moralizing. Read the full story
- Double Vision David Budbill and William Parker continue to explore their singular sound (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)
avid Budbill seems to be everywhere these days. ... - By Tom Huntington Arts Correspondent
- Olympics: Shawn Johnson delivers poetry in silver motion - guardian.co.uk
Olympics: Shawn Johnson delivers poetry in silver motionguardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoHer fellow American Nastia Liukin won the gold. Photographer: Lluis Gene/AFP There are two statues of Shawn Johnson in Iowa. One is carved in bronze and ...
- Artists rhyme, sing for Obama - Virginia Tech Collegiate Times Online Edition
Virginia Tech Collegiate Times Online EditionArtists rhyme, sing for ObamaVirginia Tech Collegiate Times Online Edition, VA - 2 hours agoHis craft is slam poetry, a genre of poetry that is read out loud and delivered in a rhythmic and often intense fashion. When asked about how he describes ...
- A palette full of color and a pocketful of stones - Artists say a lot about death�� (New Times Weekly)
09/24/2008: Editor's Note Momento mori: Remember that you are mortal. Consider the macabre theme our annual Autumn Arts edition not as a celebration of death, but as a reminder of vitality, a reminder that life,...
- Parkapalooza at Sanford Lake Park features nine bands - MLive.com
A newly renovated Midland County park is the site of a free day-long musical extravaganza on Sunday, Sept. 7. Nine mid-Michigan bands perform 45-minute sets during Parkapalooza on the shores of Sanford Lake at Sanford Lake Park. The line-up is as ...
- A 'Colour'-ful tribute to 9/11 (Montgomery County Sentinel)
This past Thursday, the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon, was greeted with somber displays at the former site of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
- The poetry of optimism, the triumph of political management (Express India)
At the Invesco Field at Mile High, I asked The Nation magazine columnist and poet Katha Pollitt to tell me if there had been any moments of poetry at this Democratic convention.
- Plays, dogs, talks, treats: It's the Get Out calendar - Tampabay.com
Tampabay.comPlays, dogs, talks, treats: It's the Get Out calendarTampabay.com, FL - 6 hours agoPoetry @ the Studio: Featuring Aleshea Harris, 8 pm, Studio@620, 620 First Ave. S, St. Petersburg. $5. See www.studio620.org. Household budgeting: Designed ...
- Watch Generation Kill , read the review - Slate
Prized Fray regular wmccomninel watched Generation Kill , read the review in "Culturebox", and started a great thread which led to his laying this thought on the line: My own life was negatively affected by serving in both wars in Iraq, that much is ...
- Weaving together bodies and words - Tonight
Weaving together bodies and wordsTonight, South Africa - 4 minutes agoBy Adrienne Sichel In the sunlit Newtown dance studio Lebo Mashile's words trigger the motion which dissolves into poetry. Standing in a tight-knit clump, ...
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