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- Stefan Fatsis (Washington City Paper)
Stefan Fatsis has titled the first chapter of his new book, “I’m No Plimpton.”
- Michael Jackson records pop album of Robert Burns poems - Daily Telegraph
Gest, the former husband of Liza Minnelli, said they recorded the album at Jackson's studio in California with top recording artists, giving a 21st century twist to the Bard's lyrics. Gest, a concert promoter and television personality, said that ...
- Ottawa teen leads by example - LimaOhio.com
Ottawa teen leads by exampleLimaOhio.com, OH - 17 hours agoThrough FCA, Abbey also is a member of True Love Waits. "It's a girls group that talks about abstinence. Right now, we're reading a book called ‘Every Young ...
- Write On! (The Lakeland Ledger)
Kristen Tracy is a poet from San Francisco who here captures a moment at a zoo.It's the falling rain, don't you think, that makes the experience of observing the animals seem so perfectly truthful and vivid'Rain at the ZooA giraffe presented its head to me, tilting itsideways, reaching out its long gray tongue.
- Nashville's newest star: Texas mom (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
A Texas mother of five is the new “Nashville Star.” Melissa Lawson beat finalist Gabe Garcia on Monday for the title on the country music reality series. Upon winning, Lawson, 32, performed her single “What If It All Goes Right,” which was released to country radio Tuesday. Photo caption: Freeman
- Our Language Stigma - Jamaica Observer
Our Language StigmaJamaica Observer, Jamaica - 50 minutes agoMaybe we should ban all roots plays and indigenous poetry and even our folk songs. Anthropologists confirm that language is central to our customs, ...
- Teachers’ union backs decision to drop poem from syllabus - The Herald
Teachers’ union backs decision to drop poem from syllabusThe Herald, UK - 3 hours agoJudith Gillespie, of the Scottish Parent Teacher Council, said: "Quite often a lot of death in art is incidental to the main message that the artist is ...
- Poet, historian to chronicle Dublin (Contra Costa Times)
Dublin now not only has its own city historian, but a poet laureate as well. Georgean Vonheeder-Leopold is the new city historian and Ronnie Holland has been selected poet laureate.
- Laureate bemoans 'thankless' job - BBC Entertainment
Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has said that the job of writing verse for the Royal Family is "thankless" and gave him a case of writer's block. Motion told the Ealing Arts Festival in London that the Queen "never gives me an opinion on my work for her ...
- Charlotte Kohler dies; had edited literary magazine - Inrich.com
As a child growing up in Richmond, Charlotte Kohler enjoyed reading "Billy Whiskers" children's books. A love of the written word developed from that time and stayed with her during a long career as editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review and an ...
- Seattle Symphony's "A Hero's Life" a rousing program - Seattle Times
7:30 p.m. Thursday, 1 p.m. next Friday and 8 p.m. Oct. 4, Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle; $17-$97 (206-215-4747 or www.seattlesymphony.org ). Adversity and triumph are powerful themes in both Richard Strauss' "Ein Heldenleben" and Dmitry ...
- Who's bard? Burns fans shock over Jacko "show tunes" covers (BBC News)
Experts on Rabbie Burns react to reports that Michael Jackson has put the Scots Bard's work to music.
- Simple rules for poetry (Times Education Supplement)
I use this in Science as starter, plenary or revision of key idea of any topic. For lower ability ACROSTIC poem can be easier. Pupils like it - can be funny and useful, and some said helps them remember. Literacy in science link as well !!!
- University team make mark in history of steel - WalesOnline
University team make mark in history of steelWalesOnline, United Kingdom - 3 hours agoIt features the work of 20 local artists and includes a diverse range of media – including photography, film, print-making, fashion and poetry. ...
- General News - Borglobe
General NewsBorglobe, Sudan - 1 hour agoBoth are Sudanese refugees who, along with a handful of other African refugee youth in Cairo, have turned to music as their hope for resettlement and a ...
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