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- 17th annual festival gives an essence of Africa to Forest Park - St. Louis American
17th annual festival gives an essence of Africa to Forest ParkSt. Louis American, MO - 2 hours agoConcerts, storytelling, craft making, dance and poetry are just some of what this year’s festival has to offer - and in many cases guests have an ...
- Nigeria: The State of the Arts - AllAfrica.com
Nigeria: The State of the ArtsAllAfrica.com, Washington - 2 hours agoIn poetry, I look forward to the day when and where a national event like the celebration of Nigeria's independence, Children's Day or inauguration of a new ...
- Jasper native named Indiana poet laureate (WANE-TV Fort Wayne)
JASPER, Ind. (AP) -- An author who writes about his youth in the southern Indiana city of Jasper and his German heritage has been named the state's second poet laureate. Sixty-four-year-old Norbert
- Obituaries in the news - Daily Herald
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Eugenio Montejo, a Venezuelan poet and essayist who won the 2004 Octavio Paz prize, has died. He was 70. The poet's publishing house said he died Thursday of natural causes. Montejo's poetry is known for its rich texture ...
- Meet local authors Sunday in Vallejo - Vacaville Reporter
From nonfiction to poetry, "A Celebration of Local Authors," will give 10 local writers the chance to talk about their craft Sunday in the Joseph Room at Vallejo's John F. Kennedy Library. Readers and aspiring writers are invited to participate in ...
- VLP poetry reading, slam features South Dakota author (Vermillion Plain Talk)
The Vermillion Literary Project is hosting a poetry reading and poetry slam on Thursday, June 26 from 7-9 p.m. at the Coffee Shop Gallery, which is located in downtown Vermillion. The poetry reading will feature award-winning writer Courtney Huse-Wika.
- Writer tells soldiers’ stories - Moose Jaw Times-Herald
Writer tells soldiers’ storiesMoose Jaw Times-Herald, Canada - 57 minutes agoAt 12:15 pm, a festival wind-up lunch will take place at the Cosmo Centre, with Anne Slade and Doris Bircham hosting a presentation, “Prairie Women: Poetry ...
- 2008 Artists to Watch - Jackson Free Press
2008 Artists to WatchJackson Free Press, MS - 35 minutes agoListening to his music is listening to poetry on wax. 5th Child is hard at work on his third album, “Behind The Music,” which is sure to hit your ears ...
- COMMUNITY CALENDAR (Cambridge Chronicle & Cambridge Tab)
MONUMENT INSCRIPTION WORKSHOP — 2 p.m., Mt. Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mt. Auburn St. Help preserve inscriptions on Mt. Auburn’s 19th century monuments. Free. For information, call 617-607-1981.
- Robin Williams comedy filming in Wallingford (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Bobcat Goldthwait and Robin Williams are filming a comedy in Seattle.
- Poetry workshop: May's shortlist and Gillian Clarke's responses (Guardian Unlimited)
Poetry workshop: In a special Hay festival edition of the workshop, Gillian Clarke welcomes the honest and truthful responses to her request for poems about objects and their resonances
- Honor Your Mother (West County Journal)
Mother’s Day is fast approaching. The Journals want to know what makes your mother or wife the best of them all. Sing her praises and send photos to tosmith@yourjournal.com.
- Class of 2008 Says Good-Bye to Berkeley High (Berkeley Daily Planet)
Tucked inside every diploma of the Berkeley High School graduating class of 2008 is a voter registration card, something principal Jim Slemp didn’t forget to point out amidst all the exhortation, advice and pranks at the Greek Theater on Friday.
- Hurt's front man comes out of dark - Daily Oklahoman
The first clues that Hurt front man J Loren is coming from a dark and moody place can be heard in his angry, angst-ridden vocals and the unpredictable storminess of his intricate minor-chord arrangements for guitar, strings, banjo and thunderous ...
- No dictionary needed: Emporia girl can spell - Topeka Capitol-Journal
Nishat Yasmin loves words. She pores over them in books, stories of fiction she can't put down until she has reached the other cover — perhaps a natural thing for a kid on her way to her first national spelling bee. But ask the 13-year-old to study ...
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