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- The Texas Observer - Texas Observer
If the world no longer seems filled with stupid politicians and highly placed miscreants, maybe your subscription has expired. There are two ways to keep the Texas Observer exposing injustice: Even from a distance, it was easy to guess that the clerk ...
- Poets reflect on National Poetry Slam 2008 in Madison (Isthmus)
The poets long ago left for home, the venues are back to hosting live music, and organizers have returned to their day-to-day lives following National Poetry Slam 2008, which was held in Madison in early August. While SlamCharlotte took home their second consecutive national title, and Urbana Poetry Slam won the inaugural Group Piece title, the competition and accompanying Lyrics on the Lake ...
- Poetry, Underground - Huffingtonpost.com
Spreading an appreciation for poetry isn't easy in a country that doesn't read as much as it used to and doesn't value the arts as much it should. Let's face it: unless Maya Angelou is on Oprah, we poets don't tend to register on the national ...
- 2008 Stronach Prize Supports Humanitarian Projects - UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley2008 Stronach Prize Supports Humanitarian ProjectsUC Berkeley, CA - 3 hours agoTrained in art history, Judith Lee Stronach was a journalist for Amnesty International, an East Bay poetry teacher, and a patron of numerous arts, ...
- Celebs, politicians, best-selling authors at National Book Festival, Sept. 27 (Canoe Travel)
WASHINGTON - Salman Rushdie and Tiki Barber are among 70 authors scheduled to participate in the 2008 National Book Festival.
- CD reviews - San Diego CityBEAT
San Diego CityBEATCD reviewsSan Diego CityBEAT, CA - 2 hours agoNasir Jones’ debut album deserves its reputation as nearly flawless street poetry, but his subsequent work will always be compared to it. ...
- Restoration of diners gives inmates a taste of success - Houston Chronicle
Take Sherwood's Diner, once so popular in Worcester, Mass., that patrons who were firefighters rigged a fire bell to ring inside. Or Hickey's Diner, hooked to a 1954 Chevy truck on the town green in Taunton, Mass. Or the gigantic Louis' Diner in ...
- 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
- Books Calendar - Naperville Sun
Books CalendarNaperville Sun, IL - 41 minutes agoIn addition, members of the Naperville Writers Group will read their prose and poetry, and time will be provided for members of the public to read during ...
- 9-year-old Arnold girl publishes first book of stories (The Capital)
Alli Henderson, 9, of Arnold recently published a book of stroies, "Alli's Book of Read-aloud Stroies for Kids." Allison Jane Henderson loved to write before she could even read. Filling journal after journal with scribbles, she'd ask her mother to read it back to her.
- Pulitzer poet Trethewey to appear at Miss. university - Biloxi Sun Herald
HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey will hold a reading next month at the University of Southern Mississippi. Trethewey will read from her award-winning book, "Native Guard," Sept. 3. She'll be the first author ...
- Taking stock of Tao Lin - guardian.co.uk
Taking stock of Tao Linguardian.co.uk, UK - 14 minutes agoTao - who has already published a novel, a short story anthology and two poetry collections - thinks the offer will push up sales once the book is out; ...
- CAPSULE REPORT: ARTICLE 19 concerned about plight of artists - Media For Freedom
CAPSULE REPORT: ARTICLE 19 concerned about plight of artistsMedia For Freedom, Nepal - 7 minutes agoDespite Witz being a Professor of Literature and the poem winning first place in the "Tabasco Poetry Contest", the Supreme Court ruled in favour of a fine ...
- Open for Business - Big Sky Weekly
Open for BusinessBig Sky Weekly, MT - 4 hours agoOn display now is the art, poetry, and prose submitted in the Narratives of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem contest. Attendees at the Grand Opening voted ...
- We can make a difference - The Cheers
We can make a differenceThe Cheers, Estonia - 51 minutes agoWhether it was singing, dancing, poetry recital, drumming, recitation of multiplication tables or the 3 R’s, they were pretty good. ...
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