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- August Kleinzahler's ugly gifts - Times Online
The monstrous “Semitrailers strain[ing] their axles†as they “take the long curve / Over warehouses and lofts†to pour their guts into Manhattan, clog “the city’s shimmering membrane†with “tons of dead lamb / Bone and flesh and offal ...
- He's your man - St. John's Telegram
St. John's TelegramHe's your manSt. John's Telegram, Canada - 1 hour agoAs the band started into "Dance Me To The End Of Love" from 1984's "Various Positions," the woman seated next to me gasped in excitement. ...
- 2b or not 2b: David Crystal on why texting is good for language (Guardian Unlimited)
Despite doom-laden prophecies, texting has not been the disaster for language many feared, argues linguistics professor David Crystal. On the contrary, it improves children's writing and spelling
- Vidal takes aim and why the web makes us dumb - Canberra Times
Welcome, to a hopefully weekly blog which will take a wide global view of the books and information worlds. Rather than impose my thoughts on the on-line readership, I'll usually try and sift through and then annotate key interesting trends and ...
- Ali Landry's daughter Estela's first birthday fête - Celebrity Baby Blog
Minnie Driver has previously been open in sharing her rationale for keeping the baby she expects in late August a delivery surprise, and that candor continues in a new interview with the NY Daily News . Not knowing whether she's about to become mom ...
- A new and improved widow-maker - Chicago Tribune
A new and improved widow-makerChicago Tribune, United States - 36 minutes agoHe was a businessman, a salesman, and his life illustrates what author William Dean Howells once called "that American poetry of vivid purpose. ...
- Outfront and center: Bad poetry returns! - Charlotte Observer
Outfront and center: Bad poetry returns!Charlotte Observer, NC - 3 hours agoThe weekend workshop, July 25-27, includes classes in fiction, nonfiction and poetry, plus faculty and student readings and a publishing forum. ...
- Kunal is all set! - Times of India
Kunal is all set!Times of India, India - 1 hour agoI wouldn't call it poetry as it is more in the prose form. What I write is not for others but a kind of personal record. It is like a journal in which I jot ...
- Narrow Minded (The Tuscaloosa News)
A disturbing genre of Web video flaunts extreme thinness. Is it art or dangerous propaganda?
- Denver's homeless play inspiring role - Rocky Mountain News
Denver's homeless play inspiring roleRocky Mountain News, CO - 32 minutes agoRather than traditional scripts, they blend music, spoken-word poetry and movement in a style the two have evolved since they met at Bard College more than ...
- The Erotic, the Political, and the Personal (The New York Sun)
The Surrealist writer André Breton once declared that beauty would have to become convulsive, otherwise it would cease to be. As if in late vindication of this injunction, the paintings of Dawn Mellor set off a strange chain reaction of anger and lyricism. She is an artist driven by both sociopolitical protest and ambiguous, personal longings, linking her to Surrealism. Her paintings are at the ...
- June Programs at The Newark Public Library - Bridgeton News
Highlighting the June schedule of programs for the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street, are a major exhibition on Newark Airport's 80th birthday, the kickoff rally for the Prudential Foundation Summer Reading Challenge, and a concert in ...
- Oh it's truly a crime that women are reluctant to rhyme - guardian.co.uk
Oh it's truly a crime that women are reluctant to rhymeguardian.co.uk, UK - 37 minutes agoWhen I was a student, nobody ever said: 'Poetry! That'll be a piece of piss that reaps millions.' Ruth Padel says that she wouldn't take the job either, ...
- Newark Muslim gathering to feature qawwali music performance - Inside Bay Area
NEWARK — Although qawwali music can inspire devotees to enter an ecstatic trance, the point isn't to succumb to sensual abandon but to explore the depths of the soul. One highlight of Sunday's "Respecting Cultural Values: A Criterion for World ...
- You talk Purdy one day - Eye Weekly
Eye WeeklyYou talk Purdy one dayEye Weekly, Canada - 12 minutes agoTwo of his 33 books of poetry earned him Governor General Awards. He also wrote a novel, Splinter in the Heart, nine collections of essays and ...
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