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- Interview: Richard Schnell on the International Haiku Festival - Vermont Public Radio
Interview: Richard Schnell on the International Haiku FestivalVermont Public Radio, VT - 5 hours agoProfessor Richard Schnell of SUNY Plattsburgh says Haiku can vary--in English, it's generally regarded as any poem of fewer than 17 syllables, Un- rhymed, ...
- McCain Moves Right On Affirmative Action - The Bulletin
Democrats claim the McCain camp has engaged in what they are calling another flip-flop in an attempt to placate the right flank of the Republican Party. But the presumptive Republican nominee's people claim it derives from their candidate's lifelong ...
- The Laureate of All Arabs - Common Dreams
None of us really thought he’d die. Our loss is great, we tell each other. In our minds we think of Edward Said, of Haider Abdel-Shafi, of Faisal Husseini, and even - yes - of Yasser Arafat. The “big men” of Palestine. And now, Mahmoud Darwish ...
- Oxymorons demonstrate a facile complexity - Naples Sun TImes
Oxymorons demonstrate a facile complexityNaples Sun TImes, FL - 4 hours agoFinally, many poems are written by people who have fallen in love, and they become inspired to write romantic poetry to their beloved. ...
- Freikeh Festival bears fruit for the first time in three years - Daily Star - Lebanon
Freikeh Festival bears fruit for the first time in three yearsDaily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon - 25 minutes agoThe month-long event offers audiences theatrical performances, musical recitals, poetry readings and an arts exhibition, featuring both Lebanese and ...
- Calligraphy draws student interest - Viet Name News
Art of the word : Members of the Young Calligraphers Club demonstrate their handwriting skills at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Ha Noi. — Photo courtesy of the club HA NOI — Calligraphy is considered to be a classic art form ...
- Sunil Dutta First Indian-American to Become LAPD Lieutenant - India Journal
India JournalSunil Dutta First Indian-American to Become LAPD LieutenantIndia Journal, CA - 37 minutes agoDutta is a published author, having published a translation of Mirza Ghalib’s poetry with Robert Bly and several articles and editorials in magazines, ...
- Poet Dannie Abse on how writing helped him through grief - Times Online
Times OnlinePoet Dannie Abse on how writing helped him through griefTimes Online, UK - 17 minutes agoNow it is the memory of Joan, an art historian and biographer, and his desire to celebrate their lives together in poetry that drive his creative energies. ...
- Creative Arts Theatre & School announces 2008-2009 season - Pegasus News
Creative Theatre Arts & School (CATS) is one of the oldest operating youth theatres in the nation and the only youth theatre in DFW where youth perform for peers and run the lights, sound, and crew. They have just released the info on their upcoming ...
- Tom Meschery, Bard of the Backboards - Sierra Sun
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series about Tom Meschery. Read next week’s Sierra Sun for the second installment. Wrapped in a handshake, the powerful clutch of Tom Meschery’s large right paw jibes with the NBA All-Star’s ...
- James Brown is Innocent - Orange County Weekly
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- Manchester writers give sneak preview of new work - University of Manchester
Manchester writers give sneak preview of new workUniversity of Manchester, UK - 1 hour agoThe author of a controversial new novel and an acclaimed poet will join forces for an early evening burst of their latest poetry and prose at The University ...
- For adoptive family in Chester, love abounds (New Hampshire Union Leader)
Chuck Myette will serve as grill master today for his family, including six adopted children.
- Day-long event to commemorate the 1963 death of poet Theodore Roethke - MLive.com
MLive.comDay-long event to commemorate the 1963 death of poet Theodore RoethkeMLive.com, MI - 2 hours agoAnd in honor of the centennial year, SVSU has placed ads in Poetry magazine and on the Academy of American Poets web newsletter at poets.org inviting the ...
- The longtime teacher who wrote poetry was her church’s historian (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By AMAN BATHEJA Ruby Peters starting writing poetry as a teenager. It was a practice she would continue throughout her life. At her funeral Friday, mourners received copies of some of Ms. Peters’ poems, including some of her earliest, a reminder of her imagination as well as her meticulousness. "She just kept lots of different kinds of journals," said Norma Burns of Arlington, Ms. Peters’ ...
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