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- At 80, Maya Angelou still a dynamo - Toronto Star
At 80, Maya Angelou still a dynamoToronto Star, Canada - 1 hour agoDespite writing 31 books, including six memoirs, several collections of poetry, children's stories and a cookbook, the great-grandmother prefers to be ...
- A chat with Malcolm-Jamal Warner - Detroit News
The voice is unmistakable. It's Theo from "The Cosby Show," or to be more specific, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the man who played everybody's favorite male sibling for eight years on one of TV's most beloved sitcoms. Warner, 37, is all grown up and ...
- Kay Ryan Is Appointed US Poet Laureate - NewsHour
NewsHourKay Ryan Is Appointed US Poet LaureateNewsHour - Jul 17, 2008"Kay Ryan is a distinctive and original voice within the rich variety of contemporary American poetry," Librarian of Congress James H. Billington said a ...
- Spoleto is over but . . . (Arts Journal)
It’s been a couple of weeks since the end of the annual international arts festival here in Charleston, but I’d like to post a few of the things we did here at Charleston City Paper , primarily from the paper’s blog, Spoleto Buzz . Our blogs, during May and part of June, attracted some 742,000 hits from more than 58,000 unique visitors.
- Nielsen's inspired by the city of her dreams (CNN.com)
Actress Connie Nielsen hit the big time when she starred in "Gladiator" as Lucilla, sister of the deranged Emperor Commodus. Since then she has appeared in hit movies including "One Hour Photo" and "The Hunted".
- Insurers give worn flags a final salute - Lynnwood Enterprise
Insurers give worn flags a final saluteLynnwood Enterprise, WA - 1 hour ago... Will Rogers Medallion for cowboy poetry, the Washington State Book Award for poetry and the cowboy poetry book award by the Western Music Association. ...
- As The Man Says - Leaves of Summer - Ulster Herald (subscription)
As The Man Says - Leaves of SummerUlster Herald (subscription), UK - 14 minutes agoThis summer, a week of activity was given over to celebrating the life and achievement of the Omagh-born playwright and short-story writer, Brian Friel. ...
- Umrao Jaan - A Story of The Indian Girl Child - Desicritics.org
Umrao Jaan - A Story of The Indian Girl ChildDesicritics.org, India - 1 hour agoIt is a story of an Indian girl child who laments her agony of life, composed in the form of poetry and music, with soul-gripping lyrics. “In my next birth, ...
- The house where Al Purdy lived is on the block (The Globe and Mail)
You can find his widow, Eurithe, on the roof, caring for the Eastern Ontario cabin in which her husband morphed from tortured writer to poetic icon
- Bourne COA hosting author readings - SouthCoastToday.com
Bourne COA hosting author readingsSouthCoastToday.com, MA - 2 hours agoThe series will begin at 1:15 pm on Tuesday, June 17, with Robert Gardiner, author of "Funny Stuff: A Cheerful Poetic Romp Through the Puddle and Muddles of ...
- Edward Albee at 80: Still a 'Young Troublemaker' - Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalEdward Albee at 80: Still a 'Young Troublemaker'Wall Street Journal - 1 hour agoAt 18 he lit out for Greenwich Village, where he wrote bad poetry, worse fiction, then took up drama "because I'd failed at the other things," he said. ...
- Scholarship at writing camp includes waiting tables - Tulsa World
RIPTON, Vt. — It's billed as the oldest writers' conference in the nation, a gathering at a picturesque mountaintop retreat where literary giants, book editors and up-and-coming novelists have been coming together once a year since the 1920s. But ...
- Emily Dickinson - guardian.co.uk
Emily Dickinsonguardian.co.uk, UK - 47 minutes agoThough known as something of a poet to her friends and family, circulating poems in letters and hand-sewn manuscript books, Emily Dickinson had only a ...
- Entertainment Calendar for July 10- July 19 - NRToday.com
Entertainment Calendar for July 10- July 19NRToday.com, OR - 7 hours agoPOETRY SLAM — 6 pm, Granger Book Co., 111 Second Ave., Myrtle Creek. Read your own poetry or bring your favorite poem to read. Free public event. 793-5599. ...
- Mystery writer to speak at state Authors Club convention - Dodge City Daily Globe
Mystery writer to speak at state Authors Club conventionDodge City Daily Globe, KS - 3 hours ago... “Creativity” and another on “Poetry” by Jane Holwerda of Dodge City; “Newspaper Writing” by Charlene Scott of The Dodge City Daily Globe; ...
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