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- August Kleinzahler eschews Nobel-ese for a wry, witty approach (The Kansas City Star)
A couple of years ago, writing in Poetry magazine, August Kleinzahler lighted a string of firecrackers under Garrison Keillor and his “Writer’s Almanac†segments on National Public Radio.
- As freedoms wane in ex-Soviet bloc, Ukraine fills the gap (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
A gloomy Vladimir Putin wears a Czarist crown, clutching a bag full of dollars and a miniature television tower. Filipp Pishchik says this and similar cartoons, depicting the former president as a corrupt leader who stifles free speech, got him in trouble with authorities and forced him to leave Moscow last year for neighboring Ukraine. "Ukraine is just great," said the ...
- Kay Ryan of Fairfax is named U.S. poet laureate - Inside Bay Area
When Kay Ryan was a student at the University of California Los Angeles, the poetry club rejected her application; she was perhaps too much of a loner, she recalls. Now Ryan, who lives in Fairfax, is being inducted into one of the most elite poetry ...
- Part 1: The Bob Owen Story - Topeka Capitol-Journal
The Harvard graduate tipped a paper cup to his lips, tranquilizing his brain. Liquid stelazine tamed his delusions as it washed over him inside his sparsely decorated hospital room — a desk, a chair and a single bed inside four white walls. File ...
- Poetic punishment is just for teen vandals - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Here's some poetic justice: Recently 25 teens in Ripton, Vt. -- who had desecrated the hallowed ground of Robert Frost's summer home in the nearby woods last December -- were sentenced to hard poetry by a frosted judge. Their punishment took the form ...
- A passerby's journal of a busy year in Manhattan's Bryant Park - Miami Herald
A line from a poem by Carl Sandburg pops into my head one morning as I cut through Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan, its newly planted carpet of lush sod taking root. ``I am the grass; I cover all.'' The poem tells about new growth hiding the blood ...
- Iran honors great poet Omar Khayyam - PRESS TV
PRESS TVIran honors great poet Omar KhayyamPRESS TV, Iran - 3 hours agoHe is best known for his poetry and his quatrains, dubbed “Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyamâ€, which was popularized among other nations through Edward Marlborough ...
- West Lake Worth: Poetry, prose on Sunday to pay tribute to rabbi - Sun-Sentinel.com
West Lake Worth: Poetry, prose on Sunday to pay tribute to rabbiSun-Sentinel.com, FL - 1 hour agoFriends and family will remember Rabbi Samuel Silver with those expressions at 3 pm Sunday when they spend the afternoon honoring him. ...
- Luke out loud Gospel of Luke being brought to the stage - Tulsa World
Luke out loud Gospel of Luke being brought to the stageTulsa World, OK - 8 hours agoAnd I liked the language, the poetry of Luke, which seemed to lend itself more to a dramatic presentation." But to keep that dramatic presentation within ...
- Your vents, Wednesday, June 4 - Charleston Daily Mail
* I see where Anne Barth is already adopting the Democratic Party line on environmental issues. All of her words come straight from the Democratic headquarters and she offers nothing that's unique or new. Lacking the experience, she's apparently ...
- Young poets share prose - The Saginaw News - MLive.com
Young poets share proseThe Saginaw News - MLive.com, MI - 2 hours agoPoetry students at Saginaw's Arthur Eddy Academy have put pen to paper and paper on a press to express their feelings. The students are publishing a ...
- George Elliott Clarke to give special public reading tonight - Cape Breton Post
George Elliott Clarke to give special public reading tonightCape Breton Post, Canada - 4 hours agoA prolific writer, Clarke has written operas, poetry, and drama, as well as the novel, George and Rue. His most recent book is a biography of Pierre Trudeau ...
- Dinner, drink & a movie: Hong Kong Buffet, Bar Cento and `Priceless' - Cleveland Plain Dealer
PLAIN DEALER FILE PHOTOGRAPH A HEAPING HELPING: A selection from the Hong Kong Buffet includes cheese with crab casserole, chicken with broccoli, and sauteed green beans. Egg drop soup and fortune cookies round out the meal. Beer and a pizza doesn't ...
- Hell Hath No Fury - The INDsider
Hell Hath No FuryThe INDsider, LA - 2 hours agoThe main attraction — Hellboy himself — becomes an also-ran, and his signature sass seems adrift in the romance and poetry of Del Toro’s larger vision. ...
- Last Chance! Playbill's Reminder of NYC Shows Closing July 27 - Playbill.com
Last Chance! Playbill's Reminder of NYC Shows Closing July 27Playbill.com, NY - 1 hour ago... McGovern are joined by Julianne Moore and Cynthia Nixon to read the poetry and prose of Samuel Beckett, including Eh Joe, I'll Go On and First Love. ...
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