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- Poet, novelists among winners of $25,000 US prize for women writers (CBC)
A poet from New Mexico and a nurse from Washington are among the six winners of the $25,000 Rona Jaffe Foundation awards, given annually to emerging women writers in the United States.
- Love story plus house - Ballard News Tribune
Love story plus houseBallard News Tribune, WA - 39 minutes agoCarol's forthcoming poetry chapbook "Red Rooms and Others" is inspired by the house. The tour takes over an hour, but it also a travelogue about their ...
- 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 ...
- Poet's manuscript plea - Hounslow Guardian
A Tolworth author who stopped to ask directions after getting lost in Surbiton said he is “shattered” after a valuable manuscript was stolen from his car. Sohan Lal Saini, 72, of Hamilton Avenue, Tolworth, wants the thieves to return the ...
- Revellers enjoy the craic at 17th annual Halifax Irish Festival - Halifax Evening Courier
Revellers enjoy the craic at 17th annual Halifax Irish FestivalHalifax Evening Courier, UK - 1 hour agoOther festivities included an evening of poetry and song, an over-55s lunch, a gaelic football match and a ceilidh. A gala dinner dance at the Casa Hotel ...
- Spotlight: Baraboo native publishes novel (Baraboo News Republic)
Bill Meissner is a career singles hitter who at last is swinging for the fences. The Baraboo native has published several books, including a collection of short stories about baseball — "Hitting into the Wind" — that earned acclaim in 1994. This month, Meissner celebrates the publication of his first novel, "Spirits in the Grass." It's another baseball-themed book, but Meissner said crafting a ...
- Calendar of events - Portsmouth Herald News
Calendar of eventsPortsmouth Herald News, NH - 2 hours agoThe Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting a free workshop "Essentials of College Planning" at University College at the Sanford Center, ...
- Hip-hop review: Marc Bamuthi Joseph's 'The Break/s' - San Francisco Chronicle
Hip-hop review: Marc Bamuthi Joseph's 'The Break/s'San Francisco Chronicle, USA - 4 hours ago"I am," he says more than once during the evening, standing onstage in a simple orange T-shirt and cargo pants, echoing Grandmaster Flash, "an American at ...
- Heritage Festival: Cowboy poet Zeb Dennis to perform July 4 - Journal-Advocate
Heritage Festival: Cowboy poet Zeb Dennis to perform July 4Journal-Advocate, CO - 1 hour agoDennis, who is from Longmont, writes and performs his unique brand of cowboy poetry in the tradition of the old Western poets. As a cowboy, he has had the ...
- Michael Rosen’s favourite children’s books - Socialist Worker
Adults become attached to children’s books in three overlapping ways – as memories of when they were children, as moments when reading books with children in their care and as pleasurable reads in themselves. So, when we come to recommend ...
- Schedule For 'IMWYRT' (Erie Times-News)
All "It Matters When You Read Things" events will be held Tuesdays at the Blasco Library, 160 E. Front St. They're free and open to the public. For details, call the library, 451-6900.
- India' grand old Bade Miyan bids final adieu - Deccan Herald
India' grand old Bade Miyan bids final adieuDeccan Herald, India - 1 hour agoVery fond of Urdu poetry, Miyan had a childlike smile on his face and loved going down the memory lane reciting Raj anecdotes. ...
- Collecting Local Music: Price Guide Encyclopedia, plus STP Comics ... - San Diego Reader
Collecting Local Music: Price Guide Encyclopedia, plus STP Comics ...San Diego Reader, CA - 7 hours agoThe album has two side-long tracks – “Wild Women With Steak-Knives (Homicidal Love Song for Solo Scream)” and "The Litanies of Satan" (based on a poem by ...
- City's young writers learn art of expression - New Britain Herald
City's young writers learn art of expressionNew Britain Herald, CT - 34 minutes agoOn the last day of class, they were working on acrostic poetry, taking turns chiming out words that begin with the letters that spelled "HOPE. ...
- Spot-on poetic types - Straits Times
Spot-on poetic typesStraits Times, Singapore - 4 hours agoGIVE them a word, any word, and members of the Proletariat Poetry Factory will spin a poem out of it - on the spot. Armed with portable typewriters, ...
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