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- University Press staffer takes top Mississippi post (Lexington Herald-Leader)
After 17 years of hard and productive work, Leila Salisbury's dream has come true -- and at a relatively young age. Salisbury, 37, the marketing director at the University Press of Kentucky, has been hired as director of the University Press of Mississippi, in Jackson, Miss. She will start July 14. "I had always wanted to work in publishing," Salisbury said. "I knew eventually I wanted to ...
- Highwood man aims for shot at 10th District seat - Chicago Tribune
Highwood man aims for shot at 10th District seatChicago Tribune, United States - 4 hours agoHe also wrote a collection of poetry called, "Somewhere between Bratislava and DC." A group called "Gun Owners for Allan Stevo" set up a Web site in May ...
- Haycast 07: Michael Rosen, Will Self and Kathleen Turner - guardian.co.uk
Haycast 07: Michael Rosen, Will Self and Kathleen Turnerguardian.co.uk, UK - 6 hours agoPlus Kathleen Turner and Jhumpa Lahiri Children's laureate Michael Rosen opens today's programme with a poem and explains how you talk politics to children ...
- Just Plain Neighbors: Neglected cemetery befriended - Recorder
Carolyn McLellan of Greenfield received a call from Robert Bitzer of Erving and she shared it with me. ''He was concerned because the little cemetery on Bernardston Road is deteriorating and he wondered what could be done about it,'' she said. ''It's ...
- Out of Africa - guardian.co.uk
Out of Africaguardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoAt first he is archly sceptical and teasing of Tiresias' passionate poetry and Parnassian recollections. Yet as time progresses and themes darken towards ...
- The “L” or “l” word - TheDay
The “L” or “l” wordTheDay, CT - 1 hour agoActually, if her poetry is any indication, Sappho was a lover of both women and men, but for some reason, we use the word lesbian to describe women who love ...
- Bolton faiths unite for victims of disasters - This Is Bolton
RELIGIOUS groups from Bolton are coming together to raise funds for the victims of two devastating natural disasters. The Bolton Interfaith Council is organising a "Helping in Harmony" event following the cyclone in Burma and the Chinese earthquake ...
- Dante's infernal crimes forgiven - Daily Telegraph
Florence's city council has approved a motion revoking a sentence on Dante from 1302 which stated that he would be executed if he stepped foot in the city again. The sentence forced Dante into exile and he spent the last 20 years of his life ...
- Waldport writing workshop blends learning with summer fun (Newport News-Times)
Seashore Family Literacy invites area teens to take part in a week-long writing workshop that blends creative writing with hiking, biking, beach walks, and more.
- Those are fighting words in Pakistan - Los Angeles Times
Those are fighting words in PakistanLos Angeles Times, CA - Jun 5, 2008His birthday is a national holiday. (Imagine a US holiday for Robert Frost or Emily Dickinson.) “Our people are very fond of poetry. ...
- A few of our favorite Patriots cheerleaders - RealFootball365.com
A few of our favorite Patriots cheerleadersRealFootball365.com, AZ - 1 hour agoAnd Julie’s favorite quote comes from Simonides of Ceos, lyric poet from seventh-century BC Ancient Greece: “Dancing is silent poetry. ...
- Sports schedule for June 16, 2008 (Calcutta News)
Poet Bareilwi gets first Firaq Gorakhpuri award Agra, June 16 (IANS) Noted Urdu poet Wasim Bareilwi, a regular feature at poetry soirees since the 1960S, has been given the first Firaq Gorakhpuri International Award here.
- Border Ballads - Slow food
Slow foodBorder BalladsSlow food, Italy - 2 hours agoNot that this was the first time—nor will it be the last—that violence has generated great poetry: The Border people wrote the Border ballads. ...
- Award nominee among local book releases - London Free Press
Award nominee among local book releasesLondon Free Press, Canada - 1 hour agoBy KATHY RUMLESKI A couple of mysteries, some poetry and a collection of short stories are among the books London and area writers have published recently. ...
- R. S. Gwynn's "Fried Beauty" (Seattle Times)
Texas poet R. S. Gwynn is a master of the light touch. Here he picks up on Gerard Manley Hopkins' sonnet "Pied Beauty," which many of you...
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