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- Former US poet laureate receives $100,000 prize (AP via Yahoo! News)
Former U.S. poet laureate Louise Glueck has been awarded the Wallace Stevens Award, a $100,000 prize for "outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry," the Academy of American Poets announced Tuesday.
- SUMMER'S HOT SCHOOL READING LIST - New York Post
Forget the beach. it's time to hit the books. There are only six weeks left until school kicks off, so if you don't want your child to spend Labor Day with his or her nose buried in a book, it's time to start summer reading. Each summer, the Teaching ...
- In brief: City of God director tackles Shakespeare (Guardian Unlimited)
Plus: Will Ferrell takes on 2-Face, comic bookdom's Lucky Luke begins journey to big screen, and trailer for Ridley Scott's Body of Lies goes online
- New Arab poetry award in memory of Palestine’s Darwish - SINDH TODAY
New Arab poetry award in memory of Palestine’s DarwishSINDH TODAY, Pakistan - 1 hour agoThe Sharjah Department of Culture and Information has launched the new competition as part of the annual Arab poetry forum it organizes, according to the ...
- A Colonial Oasis in Upper Manhattan (The New York Sun)
When Lucinda Martinez-Desir was a young girl growing up in Washington Heights, she'd often sit on the steps leading up to Sylvan Terrace and write poetry. Almost two decades later, she returned, moving into one of the cobblestone street's famed Colonial row houses. A tucked-away, car-free block on 161st Street between St. Nicholas Avenue and Jumel Terrace, Sylvan Terrace is lined with street ...
- The Phantasmagorias (The Gillette News-Record)
Why are they doing this? There are maybe half-a-dozen paying customers on this Monday evening, tops.
- Balancing act - The Wichita Eagle
Balancing actThe Wichita Eagle, KS - 4 hours agoThe country/bluegrass-flavored musical is based on the autobiographical poetry of cattle rancher Howard L. Johnson, whose son, Ronald, was one of the ...
- Memoirs are made of this - The Australian
Memoirs are made of thisThe Australian, Australia - 1 hour agoOz is an only child and his life is also shaped by the suicide of his mother when he is 12. This colossal roadblock dominates and shapes the book and yet ...
- Hendrix guitar a "flaming bargain" - The Independent
A collector who paid £280,000 at auction for the first guitar set alight on stage by rock legend Jimi Hendrix is preparing to take his new purchase home to America. A delighted Daniel Boucher, 51, Boylston, Massachusetts, said he thought he would ...
- SEND TO A FRIEND - Los Angeles Weekly
You are sending a link to this story only. Neither you nor your friend's email address will be used for any other purpose. Three best things to do in Los Angeles on Saturday, August 23 Be-Boppin' in the Park Only in Burbank will you find three AMC ...
- PREVIEW: Lucinda Williams - MLive.com
Finally! Lucinda Williams is rocking in the studio again. On several tracks from her new CD, "Little Honey," Williams finally emerges from the hushed, meditative and lugubrious space she's been in - sonically and emotionally - since her "Essence ...
- Browse by week posted: - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
The Star-Ledger - NJ.comBrowse by week posted:The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - 3 hours agoViewers coming fresh to Shaffer's dark story should expect a potentially powerful mix of psychosexual mystery and surreal theatrics that doesn't quite ...
- 10 p.m. Sundays - San Francisco Gate
on AMC. In the first episode of the second season of "Mad Men," there's a great moment - in fact, many great moments - that immediately justify the runaway critical acclaim for this series while underscoring the primary mechanism for its brilliance ...
- Random Urban Static: Spoken Word Poetry Power - Blackvoices
Random Urban Static: Spoken Word Poetry PowerBlackvoices - 7 hours agoThe most talented spoken word artists, or "rhymecologists," proffer clever, vocabulary acrobatics as observations about the way we live in the world. ...
- Why Sagging Pants are Conspicuously still in Style - Political Affairs Magazine
Why Sagging Pants are Conspicuously still in StylePolitical Affairs Magazine, NY - 8 hours agoAnd whether young African Americans and Hispanics want to hear it or not, White American fears your large numbers and your potential, but grown men adopting ...
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