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- We talk with acclaimed poet Mark Doty in advance of his Pittsburgh reading. (Pittsburgh City Paper)
"What I really want to do is make a poem that is as involved as it can be in how it feels to live." By Paul Ruggiero.
- Missoula's old faves make return engagement - The Missoulian
The MissoulianMissoula's old faves make return engagementThe Missoulian, MT - 21 hours agoThe center, which preserves and documents Western culture and most famously sponsors the annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, was wondering what ...
- Nightlife Calendar: 07/04/2008 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Short's Brewing Company, Switchback performs benefit for Grass River Natural Area 7 p.m. July 10, $10 general admission, for tickets call GRNA, 533-8314; The Duhks with opening act Well Fed Kids July 17, doors open 7 p.m. for 8 p.m. show, all ages welcome, $12 advance, $15 door, tickets available at Short's; in TC at Cuppa Joe, Borders Books and Patisserie Amie, online at ...
- Caught in the Act - NY Arts Magazine
Caught in the ActNY Arts Magazine, NY - 5 hours agoThese instantaneous drawings, like Polaroids, SMS messages, or comic strips, lack narratives and are documents of poetry and life.
- Today in History - Aug. 4 - New Hope Courier
Today in History - Aug. 4New Hope Courier, OK - 2 hours agoThought for Today: "Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds." -- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822).
- Book Festival: Reviews: Today's Satire Will Be Tomorrow's Documentary - RedOrbit
Book Festival: Reviews: Today's Satire Will Be Tomorrow's DocumentaryRedOrbit, TX - 12 hours agoHe hopes his book will so something to "recomplicate reality", restoring some of its "poetry and mystery". But using fiction to interact with the issues of ...
- Love Flowing Under the Night - ChristianityToday.com
Love Flowing Under the NightChristianityToday.com, IL - 39 minutes agoConcocting an intimate chemistry of guitars, violins, and rowdy percussion, she draws poetry from betrayal, regrets, and life in Hollywood, ...
- Free culture in London - Evening Standard
“Don't be such a cheapskate!†I hiss at my friends when they complain about the price of West End tickets. “You'd pay that for a haircut or a football match.†I am the original London culture vulture. An embarrassing proportion of my salary ...
- Thousands enjoy Big Chill - Ledbury Reporter
Thousands enjoy Big ChillLedbury Reporter, UK - 11 hours agoMusic, comedy, poetry and performance were all represented at the three day event which kicked off on Friday afternoon (August 1). ...
- 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). ...
- Randi Ward: A W.Va. Poet Who Truly Cares - Graffiti
Randi Ward: A W.Va. Poet Who Truly CaresGraffiti, WV - 27 minutes agoIn her first book of poetry, “Meditations on Salt,†published in the Faroe Islands under her auspicious pseudonym, numerous panoramas of unending hillsides ...
- Book Review - Baldwin's Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin by Herb Boyd (Blogcritics.org)
Boyd pulls at the Baldwin self-doubt scab -- born black, gay, poor and ugly, not the most auspicious start in life. James Baldwin fascinates and is fascinated with Harlem. The confluence of writer and city meet in Baldwin novels, but not in the majority of them, as most readers might expect. That is the subject of the new book by Herb Boyd. The author knows Baldwin, knows Harlem and knows ...
- They'd just as soon give us a miss. - Houston Press
The Houston Shakespeare Festival is now lighting up the evening sky over the grassy hill at Miller Outdoor Theatre. In this bucolic setting, the great bard's poetry and the actors' energy spin like fairy dust through the miasma of the warm night. The ...
- The Rockstar Who Would Save the World - Santa Barbara Independent
del.icio.us. Strawberry shortcakes just might save the world, and that’s why Jack Johnson is spending the last Friday morning of July on his knees, picking the ripe red fruits from a green patch at Goleta’s Fairview Gardens. Surrounding the world ...
- Best of both worlds - The National
Best of both worldsThe National, United Arab Emirates - 1 hour agoAs for me, I have a deep loathing of folk dancing, and tend to fall asleep at poetry readings. Having spent many years in the Middle East, I was enthused by ...
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