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- Poetic Justice: A dying artist finally gets recognized for his work (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Thomas Ondrey/PD Christopher Steele at Malachi House in July. The hospice was the nicest place he'd ever lived. • Read more about "outsider art." Editor's note: Reporters usually are careful to stay out of the action. They watch, listen...
- Extremes abound in world of slam poetry (Daily Nebraskan)
It was another Thursday night at Meadowlark Cafe, 1624 South St. A few people were waiting in line for their lattes and their mochas, while others read the paper or checked their e-mail. One man stood on the short stage, which hugs the east side of the cafe, adjusting a microphone.
- Plain Dealer beginning celebration of 150 years of publishing newspaper (Wabash Plain Dealer)
Today is a Red-Letter-Day for the Wabash Plain Dealer. Today is the day the Plain Dealer begins its yearlong celebration of its 150th year in business.
- Review: The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa (Guardian Unlimited)
Review: The Diving Pool by Yoko OgawaTo read Yoko Ogawa is to enter a dreamlike state tinged with nightmare, writes Joanna Briscoe
- Crossing barrios to promote peace - San Diego Union-Tribune
SAN DIEGO – Every Sunday, Lucky “2 Tears†Morales laces up his steel-toed boots, wraps a bandana across on his forehead and slips on his black, fingerless gloves to march the streets of southeastern San Diego alone. For more than a decade ...
- Rwanda: Local Artist Earns Intenational Repute - AllAfrica.com
Rwanda: Local Artist Earns Intenational ReputeAllAfrica.com, Washington - 40 minutes agoThe festival featured several events throughout the week such as a poetry jam, drum and dance workshops, dance parties, art exhibits and several free ...
- A search for enlightenment (Asbury Park Press)
At the former Shaker village, where the Taconic Mountains roll into the Berkshires and New York touches Massachusetts, Yaqin Aubert read aloud Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Zoroastrian, Judaic, Christian and Islamic texts during the Sunday service at the Sufi religious retreat.
- Ad Lib - Kalamazoo Gazette
LAWTON -- Award-winning bluegrass/Americana artist Fred Eaglesmith was raised with eight brothers and sisters in a religious home. Two of his uncles are pastors. So it's not surprising that no one in his family will bring up his latest album ...
- Olymic celebration of arts in the capital - This is London
This is LondonOlymic celebration of arts in the capitalThis is London, UK - 2 hours agoThere will be poetry in Docklands, bell-ringing in Bexleyheath and free ballet classes for adults with the English National Ballet. ...
- In the next 24: Poetry reading; handbell concert - Kalamazoo Gazette
FEASTING ON POETRY: A program co-sponsored by the Friends of Poetry will bring together a group of writers to present their summer works at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Kalamazoo Public Library. Free. RING IN THE EVENING: A community handbell choir ...
- Bread Loaf Writers' Conference: A job where tips aren't monetary - Seattle Times
Gerald Maa, 27, center, of Washington, D.C., and Christian Anton Gerard, 26, right, of Norfolk, Va., refill food trays during the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. RIPTON, Vt. — It's billed as the oldest writers conference in the nation, a gathering ...
- Joyce Carol Oates examines 'tabloid hell' in novel inspired by ... - International Herald Tribune
Joyce Carol Oates examines 'tabloid hell' in novel inspired by ...International Herald Tribune, France - 45 minutes agoThe way to handle broken narrators, perhaps, is to try to find poetry in their plain speech. But Oates has already done that — her "Zombie" is a brilliant ...
- Institution Schedules Fall Workshops - Jamestown Post Journal
Institution Schedules Fall WorkshopsJamestown Post Journal, NY - 13 hours agoThe majority of the workshops focus on the craft of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Additional offerings include wellness-oriented retreats featuring ...
- Being the Nation's Poet Laureate is a Total Pain - Gawker
Being the poet laureate is the highest honor a poet can receive in this country. You get $35,000 and a beautiful office in the Library of Congress. ( Kay Ryan just became the newest laureate, tasked with "bringing poetry to the forefront of the ...
- Bridge system turns 70 (Kingston Whig-Standard)
Close your eyes and make a wish, because the Thousand Islands International Bridge system is ready to blow out its birthday candles. Monday is the 70th anniversary of the opening of the bridge system, a series of bridges that spans the St. Lawrence River and connects New York [...]
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