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- Neuroscientist: Poetry Comes From Synesthesia, Tree-Climbing (Wired News)
A prominent neuroscientist told a crowd at the World Science Festival that the curious phenomenon of synesthesia -- in which some people "taste" colors or "hear" smells -- is simply a consequence of the aptitude humans evolved for abstraction.
- Collins Writers Conference will have 'more intimate' feel - Quad City Times
Collins Writers Conference will have 'more intimate' feelQuad City Times, IA - 8 hours agoCollins is the sister-in-law of the conference’s namesake, who began the conferences in 1973 and continued them through his death in 2001. ...
- That super feeling - Maui News
That super feelingMaui News, HI - 3 hours agowould become the poetry of the new generation growing up in the bluish glow of the screen, sitting like a new member of the family there in the living room? ...
- Award-winning author and Holocaust survivor to speak during KWU remembrance week (Salina Journal)
SALINA – An award-winning author and Holocaust survivor will be the special guest speaker during Kansas Wesleyan University’s 2008 Holocaust Remembrance Week April 14-18, 2008. All Holocaust Remembrance Week events are open to the public at no charge.
- Faust lost in translation? - Guardian
Faust lost in translation?Guardian, UK - 2 hours agoThis anonymous version looks rather like one of the poetry reviews of the Romantic period, in which an immense number of chunks of a long poem are quoted ...
- Our Views: Poem can be performance - Baton Rouge Advocate
Many of us know Wynton Marsalis as a New Orleans native who’s gained international fame as a jazz trumpeter. But Marsalis is also a poetry lover, as you can see for yourself at a really neat Web Site, http://www.pbs.org/poetry. The Web site ...
- Duke it out -- haiku-style - Idaho Statesman
This all-ages poetry slam features a haiku battle, a slam and a multi-voice poem all rolled into one. Poets and audience members are invited to join in the creativity. Sign-ups start at 6:30 p.m. Monday with a show at 7 p.m. for a door price of $5 ...
- Net savvy 96-yr-old blogs to share ideas - Hindustan Times
At an age when people begin to lose interest in many aspects of the world around them, 96-year-old Randall Butisingh not only mastered the intricacies of the internet but also began his own blog, which describes him as one of the world's oldest ...
- Propelled By Its Reputation, UB Poetry Collection Hits the Road - UB News Center
Propelled By Its Reputation, UB Poetry Collection Hits the RoadUB News Center, NY - 4 hours agoThe item in question is "Haiku," a tiny John Cage first edition -- it comprises no more than two measures of music -- created by the composer at Black ...
- Christopher Robert Simpson Inducted into Cambridge Who's Who ... - 24-7PressRelease.com (press release)
Christopher Robert Simpson Inducted into Cambridge Who's Who ...24-7PressRelease.com (press release) - 3 hours agoIn 2007, he was honored with recognition as a model assistant and the Editor's Choice Award for Poetry. He aspires to become a clinical specialist.
- Survival of the finesse in an urban jungle - The Australian
Survival of the finesse in an urban jungleThe Australian, Australia - 12 minutes agoSmart's particular visual poetry has sustained him for decades. He does not discuss the meaning of his works (although interpretations by others are ...
- Non-profit seeks baseball haikus - North Adams Transcript
NORTH ADAMS -- Baseball isn't just for jocks and jugheads but for everyone, even the literary-minded. "America's pastime" has long inspired writers -- not only day-to-day journalists but novelists such as John R. Tunis, Jackson Scholz and the ...
- KENT STATE UNIVERSITY |Trumbull Campus - Vindicator
Fourteen people received awards during the first Founders Day held at the Champion campus on Friday. Founders awards James F. Brown: Tribune Chronicle editor from 1976 to 1981. He became a sports reporter for The Tribune in 1939 and was named city ...
- Dating And Literary Snobbery Ingredients Of Media Crack, Apparently - Gawker
The Sunday Times included an essay on how certain books can be major turnoffs while dating, and already 162 people have posted their own "literary dealbreakers" to an nytimes.com blog post . There's also a follow up blog post , a follow-up column and ...
- Arts Creates Excellence starts July 7 - The Bridgeton News - NJ.com
Arts Creates Excellence starts July 7The Bridgeton News - NJ.com, NJ - 3 hours ago... adding students will also get to experience making books, writing poetry, creating cartoons and making window installations for the RRCA. ...
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