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- Worshippers mark anniversary of Jamaican independence - BirminghamMail.net
Worshippers mark anniversary of Jamaican independenceBirminghamMail.net, UK - 4 hours agoShe said: “I am accepting this on behalf of the community, family and friends because I couldn’t have done any of this work without their support. ...
- Winter Feast for Soul expands and grows - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
Winter Feast for Soul expands and growsIdaho Mountain Express and Guide, ID - 6 hours agoAs well, the Sun Valley Center for the Arts will co-sponsor the appearance of Coleman Barks, the world's most renowned translator of Rumi's poetry, ...
- The Power Of Peter Piper: How Alliteration Enhances Poetry, Prose, And Memory (Science Daily)
From nursery rhymes to Shakespearian sonnets, alliterations have always been an important aspect of poetry whether as an interesting aesthetic touch or just as something fun to read. But a new study suggests that this literary technique is useful not only for poetry but also for memory.
- Poetry Maven Virkkunen Dies at 67 - YLE News
YLE NewsPoetry Maven Virkkunen Dies at 67YLE News, Finland - 8 minutes agoVirkkunen co-hosted the YLE Radio One radio programme "Tämän runon haluaisin kuulla" ("I want to hear this poem") almost since its inception more than 30 ...
- Filming beyond mere plot - UI The Daily Iowan (subscription)
Filming beyond mere plotUI The Daily Iowan (subscription), IA - 21 hours ago"Poetry is a valuable thing. It's just a different use of language, which isn't better or worse than a good book. It puts you in a different head space. ...
- Patchett, Price also part of reading series - Houston Chronicle
Novelists Ann Patchett, Richard Price and Geraldine Brooks are among literary worthies taking to the stage in coming months as the Margarett Root Brown Reading Series embarks on its 28th season. Sponsored by Inprint in association with the University ...
- Osama bin Laden's poetry woos urban youth (News Interactive)
OSAMA bin Laden's poetry is wooing young people "like pop music", with extracts soon to be published in an English journal.
- DJ Afrika Bambaataa at Nectar Sept. 6 with Seattle guest crew - Seattle Times
The godfather of hip-hop Afrika Bambaataa will be setting foot in Seattle Sept. 6. He performs at Nectar, on 412 N. 36th St. in Seattle, and will be joined by some of Seattle's own — MC/DJ/beatboxer Silver Shadow D, hip-hop crew Alpha P, hip-hop ...
- The ghost of Black Bottom (Metro Times Detroit)
Khary Kimani Turner (center, in hat) with current and former members of BLack Bottom Collective.
- Is this yoga for you? (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines—The poetry in movement—that which connects the body, mind and spirit—breathes life back into the busy modern age as ancient scripts find its way into the hearts of yoga practitioners.
- Canadian songstress hopes to win prize at Mountain Stage - Charleston Daily Mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Through the wonders of the Internet, Canadian singer-songwriter Tanya Davis learned about an interesting contest for singer-songwriters down in the States. The 29-year-old resident of Halifax, Nova Scotia, figured what the heck ...
- Lover of Unreason: The Life and Tragic Death of Assia Wevill, By Yehuda Koren and Eilat Negev (Independent)
The excruciatingly painful end of this fascinating biography – Assia Wevill would gas herself and Shura, her daughter by Ted Hughes, to death – overshadows everything we can learn about this unfortunate woman, even as we fantasize, as with all suicides, that we can still save her somehow before the last page and rewrite her story.
- Joyce Carol Oates enters 'tabloid hell' - International Herald Tribune
Joyce Carol Oates enters 'tabloid hell'International Herald Tribune, France - 1 hour 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 ...
- Palestinian poet's the voice a people's (Denver Post)
Mahmoud Darwish, whose prose gave voice to the Palestinian experience of exile, occupation and infighting, died Saturday in Houston. He was 67.
- Local literary greats - Brattleboro Reformer
Local literary greatsBrattleboro Reformer, United States - 1 hour agoThe Brattleboro Literary Festival features 34 authors of local, regional and national renown in a variety of styles from poetry to prose in readings, ...
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