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- New program will recruit kids to fight violence with art, music, and ... - Boston Globe
City youth armed with digital cameras and audio recorders will capture images and words that they hope will persuade their peers to shun violence, under a new city program being announced this afternoon in Dorchester. The youth will work on ...
- Spoken-word poet Jon Goode: A man of his word - CNN
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- In a small independently owned coffee shop on the corner of one of Atlanta's urban pockets, a group of would-be poets come together at open mic night for an evening of poetry and rhymes. Emmy-nominated spoken-word poet Jon ...
- Which bits of Michael Jackson turn 50 today? - guardian.co.uk
Which bits of Michael Jackson turn 50 today?guardian.co.uk, UK - 15 hours agoBut what of the Boo Radley of pop, who remains in seclusion following his acquittal on child molestation charges? His public have had to survive on whatever ...
- Despite Pacino and De Niro, "Kill" is no thrill" - Philadelphia Inquirer
They are, indelibly, the young Vito Corleone and Michael Corleone, the seasoned faces of American conflict and compromise and the most authoritative actors of their generation. If there were a Mount Rushmore of actors, surely their profiles would be ...
- Anglican Church moves to end gay bishop ordination - ABC Online
Anglican Church moves to end gay bishop ordinationABC Online, Australia - Jul 28, 2008Several African churches, including those in Nigeria, Kenya and Rwanda have appointed bishops to serve traditionalist parishes inside the United States. ...
- State poet laureate to speak at local libraries (The Daily Comet)
THIBODAUX - The 2007-2008 poet laureate of Louisiana will speak at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Lafourche Public Library, the first of four area engagements.
- Area man's videos help deaf people connect to pop culture (Detroit Free Press)
Sean Forbes of Royal Oak, partially deaf since infancy, had a can't-miss party trick: interpreting hit songs for his friends, using sign language to convey lyrics in time to the beat.
- Author Ha Jin still waiting for the right time to visit his native China (The Kansas City Star)
On a trip that has put him the closest he has been 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.
- Rapunzel - Poems by doctors - British Journal of Psychiatry (subscription)
Rapunzel - Poems by doctorsBritish Journal of Psychiatry (subscription), UK - 10 hours agoHis poetry has been published in numerous literary and medical journals. Among others, these include JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, Annals of Emergency ...
- Jacqueline Karp - French News
This is me, with my journalist mum’s wartime typewriter, on which I learned to type before I even learned to write. She carted it all the way round the Middle East with her, and passed on to me the writing bug. I fought it for ages, making a career ...
- Poetry in Stop Motion - Broadcast Newsroom
Poetry in Stop MotionBroadcast Newsroom, CA - 3 hours agoBy John Virata A work of art demands to be beautifully framed, and for that most modern of artworks, the car, what more appropriate frame could there be ...
- Peace Day Festival planned for Sept. 20 at Millbrook Meadow - Wicked Local Rockport
Peace Day Festival planned for Sept. 20 at Millbrook MeadowWicked Local Rockport, MA - 18 hours ago20 at Millbrook Meadow in Rockport from noon to 5 pm This will be a day filled with music and dance, poetry and puppets, art, story telling and food for all ...
- Mr. Mayor, do you hear cries for change? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
The mayor is still silent about the spate of gang slayings involving youths in Seattle. Maybe he needs to listen to a new beat.
- Winners Announced for 16th Annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest (PRWeb)
Victoria Gouldthorp is the winner of the 16th annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest sponsored by Tom Howard Books. This contest awards $5,250 in prizes for the best original short stories, essays or other short prose, including a top prize of $2,000. Gouldthorp's story "All Things Considered" was judged the best of over 1,800 entries from around the world. The top 15 winners are ...
- IWP: Rome's Raimo and Macedonia's Madzirov (The Daily Iowan)
Even though she has released her first novel, had her poetry published, and written for the Italian Rolling Stone magazine, International Writing Program participant Veronica Raimo is still exploring her place as a writer.
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