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- After tragedy, former beauty queen writes poetry (Miami Herald)
At age 11, Diana Bien-Aime was thrown through the back window of a car in a horrible accident. She suffered a broken nose and internal bleeding and was left with scars on her face and arms.
- Poetry recitation at Russian Centre of Science and Culture - The Daily Star
Poetry recitation at Russian Centre of Science and CultureThe Daily Star, Bangladesh - 20 hours agoThe 147th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore and the 185th birth anniversary of Russian playwright Alexander Ostrovsky were celebrated by the literary ...
- Even the Most Romantic of Poets Can Sometimes Be Awfully Hard of Heart (New York Times)
The great German Romantic Heinrich Heine was a ?torn poet,? allergic to beauty even as he produced so much of it.
- Safe roads for everybody - La Crosse Tribune
A brief history of paved roads in America: In 1890, the League of American Wheelmen lobbied to have roads paved; until this time roads were an impassable quagmire of mud and ruts. The Wheelmen were a powerful organization with 102,000 members ...
- From poetry assignment to national finalist - Yakima Herald Republic
BreAnna Jones visits the Capitol in Washington D.C. with her family before the Poetry Out Loud finals. Sitting in the computer lab last winter, 16-year-old BreAnna Jones, a sophomore at West Valley High School, indifferently searched through hundreds ...
- Paula Gunn Allen, 68; a key figure in putting Native American literature on the map (Los Angeles Times)
- 'Save the Last Dance,' by Gerald Stern - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
'Save the Last Dance,' by Gerald SternPittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - May 10, 2008John Stuart Mill famously distinguished between eloquence and poetry by pointing out that eloquence is meant to be heard, whereas poetry gives you the ...
- NEWS BRIEFLY - UT The Daily Texan
NEWS BRIEFLYUT The Daily Texan, TX - 2 hours agoGeorge Brant received $50000 for his play "Elephant Graveyard," which was one of 51 submissions in drama, poetry and fiction. The prize was established and ...
- Romeo and Juliet, Open Air Theatre Regent's Park, London (Independent)
The night before the premiere of Timothy Sheader's Romeo and Juliet, I was watching I Vitelloni, the Fifties movie about spoilt, feckless young men in a grim northern Italian town. The next night, I thought I still was. Here again were the eager girls in circle skirts, the sulky boys combing their DAs, the carnival masqueraders doing the mambo. Here, too, was lots of background music – though ...
- Zedek’s æsthetic - The Phoenix
The PhoenixZedek’s æstheticThe Phoenix, MA - 3 hours agoAnd “Body Memory” was inspired by the death of a close friend in 2006, poetry-slam champ Lisa King. “I’m not one of those people who’s very creative during ...
- My life is under threat: Taslima - Hindustan Times
Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen feels that her life is under threat from "fundamentalist forces" but says she will continue to write despite attacks on her. The writer, who is now in Sweden after leaving India in March last year ...
- Brunswick Arts Council seeks funds for programs in four schools - Star News Online
Gary Halberstadt asks how you learned your ABC's. By singing them, many will say. Halberstadt and the volunteer organization he presides over, the Brunswick County Arts Council, want to take that to the next level at county's schools. They are ...
- Readings and Signings - Portsmouth Herald News
Readings and SigningsPortsmouth Herald News, NH - 8 hours agoHis poems have been published in many journals, among them Puckerbrush Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Tar River Poetry, Hawaii Review, and James Joyce ...
- Western students compete in poetry contest (Greenwich Time)
Aspiring fashion designers at Greenwich High School will show off their work Thursday at the annual fashion show in the auditorium at 6 p.
- Shelton students get chance to read, write their poetry - Shelton Weekly
Shelton students get chance to read, write their poetryShelton Weekly, CT - 38 minutes agoTopics covered America and immigration, social issues, life, love, friendship, and more. Senior Justin Mbaswa, 17, dedicated a poem to two Shelton High ...
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