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- McCray Nickens: A storyteller with grit and grace (The State)
By the time she was in her 70s, Carrie Allen McCray Nickens had already had a long and productive live. She had taught school and been a social worker, earned a master’s degree and was active in the civil rights moment. But she still had another career in her. At 73, she began writing seriously, and during the final two decades of her life published poetry and a book exploring the lives of her ...
- Best of the fests - Time Out New York
Time Out New YorkBest of the festsTime Out New York, NY - 9 hours agoThe little geniuses from NY Writers Coalition’s summer workshops will present their prose and poetry at this mass public reading. They’ll be in good company ...
- Two go mad in Europe - guardian.co.uk
Two go mad in Europeguardian.co.uk, UK - 9 hours agoWith the litany of horrors lengthening every day, it's hard to stay focused on your coming-of-age novel, your new poem about the fall foliage. ...
- The Week In Radio: A tribute to the power of love - Independent
The Week In Radio: A tribute to the power of loveIndependent, UK - 1 hour agoYet both agreed that the change had been the right thing, as had staying together: love made it worthwhile. The arrival at that tender conclusion was the ...
- Storm relief seems to vary with Bush - La Crosse Tribune
Why is it when the storm hit New Orleans and the surrounding area, no help from federal government was there to help? Maybe it’s because no election was at hand, or was it the location and people that made the difference? When Hurricane Ike hit ...
- MYSTIC DISC, INSIDE AND OUT - TheDay
MYSTIC DISC, INSIDE AND OUTTheDay, CT - 25 minutes agoIs that really a banner on the wall sporting the logo of Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth? Yes. Cool, isn't it?
- Bulletin board: Sept. 11, 2008 (The Charleston Gazette)
Charleston Poetry Group will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Dunbar Public Library, 12th Street and Myers Avenue, Dunbar. The program will focus on the ode as a form of poetry. Dues are payable at this meeting. Bring an ode.
- Senior Notes (Aug. 28) - Needham Times
Senior Notes (Aug. 28)Needham Times, USA - 1 hour agoHer strong voice and her understanding of the text will provide new perspective on the classic prose and poetry she brings to you. ...
- Her heart stopped and my job began - St. Petersburg Times
Theresa Brown, an oncology nurse: “My patient was dead. She had been dead when she fell back on the bed and she stayed dead through all the effort to save her.” That's hardly our intention, but they die nonetheless. Usually it's at the end of a ...
- Theodore Solotaroff, 80; his New American Review showcased writers - Boston Globe
NEW YORK - Theodore Solotaroff, who in 1967 started The New American Review as a highly unusual showcase for a rising generation of writers, including Philip Roth, William H. Gass, and Mordechai Richler in just the first issue, died Friday at his ...
- True Whoppers - Washington Post
Economists are not generally known for their lyrical phrasing. But the other day, one told me something about the election that has stuck with me: He cautioned against succumbing to the "symmetry of sin." This unexpected snippet of political poetry ...
- PM’s remarks at Hiren Mukherjee Memorial Lecture - Press Information Bureau (press release)
PM’s remarks at Hiren Mukherjee Memorial LecturePress Information Bureau (press release), India - 3 hours agoWe see it in the writings of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, in the essays of Raja Rammohan Roy, in the novels and poetry of Rabindranath Tagore. ...
- Inside Our Schools (Saint George Spectrum)
Welcome back, Sandstone Raptors. We are excited to start another year of learning. School began Aug. 12 at 9 a.m. School will end at 3:30 p.m. except on Fridays, which will be 1:15 p.m. for early outs. Kindergartners attended by appointment the first week of school.
- In praise of prose - SkySports
SkySportsIn praise of proseSkySports - 7 hours agoTo celebrate National Poetry Day, Sky Sports News is also featuring some top prose in bulletins throughout Thursday.
- Festivities mark Women’s Day - Joburg
Festivities mark Women’s DayJoburg, South Africa - 2 hours agoThere is a feast of live music, dance, theatre, film, photography, street performance, storytelling, poetry, workshops, crafts, family activities and ...
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