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- Former US poet laureate Louise Glueck receives $100,000 prize - MetroMix
NEW YORK (AP) _ Former U.S. poet laureate Louise Glueck has been awarded the Wallace Stevens Award, a $100,000 prize for "outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry," the Academy of American Poets announced Tuesday. Glueck, who served as ...
- Eager To Serve - Burke Connection
Eager To ServeBurke Connection, VA - 5 hours agoA self-described lover of literature, poetry and music, Sammler-Michael's path to the Accotink church and his Unitarian faith was a long and frustrating one ...
- Nerds nerd out for Nerd Slam at National Poetry Slam 2008 (Isthmus)
Despite the maps on the walls, the mid-afternoon hour, and the lack of beer and liquor, a lecture hall in the UW Humanities Building has the aura of a downtown bar after midnight. Throngs of poets enter through the double doors, and the result is cacophony as the Nerd Slam gets started at the National Poetry Slam on Thursday. Cheers of "Nerds Rock!" echo, and the blackboard at the front of the ...
- Uige: Young Writer to Launch Debut Literary Work - AngolaPress
Uige: Young Writer to Launch Debut Literary WorkAngolaPress, Angola - 26 minutes agoUige, 08/03 – The Angolan young writer Zé Ndunguilo will launch this Sunday, in the northern Uige Province, his first literary work, a poetry book entitled ...
- A Walk Across Space and Time - Washington Post
Washington PostA Walk Across Space and TimeWashington Post, United States - 7 hours agoThe documentary "Man on Wire" opens with a grainy black-and-white reenactment of the events of Aug. 7, 1974, when French high-wire artist Philippe Petit and ...On Balance, 'Man on Wire' Reflects a Gentler Time Washington Postall 76 news articles
- Truth-telling Solzhenitsyn remained great to the end (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
'Live Not By Lies!" thundered Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who died Sunday at 89, in the uncannily wise, noble and thrilling statement he addressed to fellow Russians on Feb. 13, 1974.
- Club had look back at its past - Oxford Mail
Club had look back at its pastOxford Mail, UK - 3 hours agoThen they entertained themselves with a series of cabaret acts - singing, comedy and poetry reading - before the oldest member, Nora Price, 92, ...
- 'Wonderful Town': An understated trip back to the scene of a ... - Chicago Tribune
There's a folksy majesty to "Wonderful Town," born of its leisurely pace, pastoral views of idyllic scenery and a storytelling drive set only slightly faster than slow motion. It recalls a lot of rustic, independent English-language films of the '90s ...
- Soundcheck Archive - WNYC
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- Writing Workshop - The Coast.ca
Writing WorkshopThe Coast.ca, Canada - 22 minutes agoMs. Wesley is the author of To My Someday Child (1975), the first book of poetry published by a Black poet in Nova Scotia. ...
- The poetry of college football - Charleston Post Courier
Charleston Post CourierThe poetry of college footballCharleston Post Courier, SC - 22 minutes ago... bank that loves the home team, and you, the faithful fan, whose family's needs are always met by a former field goal kicker turned insurance salesman. ...
- Lesbian rights pioneer Del Martin dies at 87 (San Francisco Chronicle)
Lesbian rights pioneer Del Martin, whose trailblazing activism spanned more than five decades, most recently in the battle for same-sex marriage, died Wednesday, just two months after she made history again by wedding her longtime partner in San Francisco...
- Nothing but Blue Skies - Nashville Scene
Nothing but Blue SkiesNashville Scene, USA - 36 minutes agoWe rattled off a few obscure questions about international fishing rights and early 20th century poetry before turning to more relevant trivia—about ...
- Iran announces programs in commemorating Rudaki in Tajikistan (mehrnews.com)
TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) -- Iran’s Cultural Office in Tajikistan announced the arranging Iran’s programs to commemorate the 1150th anniversary of the birth of Rudaki.
- A look at WonderfulGraffiti.com - Blast
A look at WonderfulGraffiti.comBlast, MA - 8 minutes agoPoetry. Inside jokes. Motherly advice. Political statements. Even holiday greetings. McPhail points to endless examples of how beautifully designed text can ...
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