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- Behold, a happy poet (Independent)
"Sometimes", said the poet Sheena Pugh in a poem which was, for a while, plastered all over the London Underground, "things don't go, after all,/ from bad to worse." Sometimes, she adds, "green thrives", "crops don't fail", "a man aims high" and "all goes well". And sometimes, she didn't add, a poet can be happy. Yes, even a poet who has won the hearts and, more rarely, the wallets of hundreds ...
- Impact of books influences lives - Arizona Daily Star
Metamorphosis — change — is the theme of the Pima County Public Library's adult summer reading program, which ends July 19, and a larger library program that continues through April 2009. In the latter program, the library is asking Tucson ...
- Who will Couture Queen of Fall Galas? - New York Sun
It looks like soprano Renee Fleming will have a running start to rule the fashion pages next gala season. For the first time in the Metropolitan Opera's history, Karl Lagerfield, John Galliano, and Christian Lacroix will design costumes for Ms ...
- The Arts Equation ; News Experts Have Some Fun Drawing Out the ... - Blackenterprise.com
The arts speak to all of us in unique and unpredictable ways. Whether it's the improvised piano lines of Oscar Peterson that hijack your brain waves, the comedy films of the Coen brothers that transport you or the wild drips of Jackson Pollock that ...
- Amiri Baraka to kick off spoken word education institute - University of Wisconsin-Madison University Communications
Amiri Baraka to kick off spoken word education instituteUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison University Communications, WI - 1 hour agoAuthor of more than 40 books, including essays, poetry, drama and music history, Baraka will give a reading from his works. The reading will be followed by ...
- DELECTABLE PIECES/Amanda Lenk - Wine, poetry and shrimp at Bar ... - Alexandria Times
DELECTABLE PIECES/Amanda Lenk - Wine, poetry and shrimp at Bar ...Alexandria Times, VA - 2 hours agoAnother man in an equally fabulous tie (“a dandy can never be a vulgar manâ€) introduced himself as a “friend of Uwe’s from law school. ...
- Ian On Sunday - Stabroek News
Ian On SundayStabroek News, Guyana - 1 hour agoSeamus Heaney, the great Irish poet, whose piercingly clear collection of essays The Redress of Poetry I like to re-read, writes that WH Auden’s elegy for ...
- National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Books for the Big Read (Kansas City InfoZine)
Communities looking to rekindle their love of reading by joining the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) reading initiative The Big Read will now have even more great books to choose from.
- Can science explain why ABBA is so catchy? - QuickDFW.com
It only takes a single exposure, and in an instant, your whole day can change. The infection is rapid and feels potentially unending. One minute you're minding your own business and the next you find that you can't stop thinking, humming, or singing ...
- Filey Festival - York Press
Filey FestivalYork Press, UK - 22 minutes agoFiley Festival: music, comedy, concerts, jazz, shows, poetry, crafts, art in local venues and a super Party in the Park (on final day Sunday 6th July). ...
- Get out and stay out this weekend! - Wisconsin State Journal
Whitney Mann sings a fantastic twangy alt-country tonight at Mother Fool's Coffeeshop. I've been listening to her on myspace a lot this week and love it. Get details on the show and read about her here . Listen to her here . ( Emily White will also ...
- Film fest celebrates its 10th year with plenty of edge - Wicked Local Truro
Film fest celebrates its 10th year with plenty of edgeWicked Local Truro, MA - 39 minutes agoJosh Peck is revelatory as a teenage dealer, a virgin and striver who turns to a shrink in crisis (Ben Kingsley) for fatherly advice, then falls in love ...
- Prestigious Griffin Poetry Prizes to be handed out at dinner in ... - CanadaEast.com
Prestigious Griffin Poetry Prizes to be handed out at dinner in ...CanadaEast.com, Canada - Jun 4, 2008Four books are on the international shortlist: "Notes From the Air: Selected Later Poems" from John Ashbery (HarperCollins Publishers/Ecco); Elaine Equi's ...
- Civilian oversight part of King Co. police guild contract - Seattle Post Intelligencer
A first-ever comprehensive civilian review process is part of a tentative five-year contract agreement King County has reached with the King County Police Officers' Guild. The Guild entered into negotiations a year early in order to help speed up ...
- Student slain in drive-by (Chicago Tribune)
Family surprised that woman died in violent manner A journalism student at Loyola University was killed when someone fired into her car on Chicago's South Side Sunday night, authorities said.
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