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- Jamey Johnson's new CD 'bare-knuckled, barroom poetry': review - Jam! Showbiz
Jamey Johnson's "That Lonesome Song" delivers a salt-of-the-earth antidote for those who consider contemporary country music too slick and sentimental. His bare-knuckled, barroom poetry takes the point of view of hard-bitten losers and boozers, and ...
- A 'Colour'-ful tribute to 9/11 - Sentinel
This past Thursday, the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon, was greeted with somber displays at the former site of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. However at the Old Bowie Town Grille, the 9/11 ...
- A tough job but worth it - guardian.co.uk
A tough job but worth itguardian.co.uk, UK - Aug 28, 2008Whittling all the entries down to a field of 10 - spanning fiction, non-fiction and poetry - was a tough job, made easier only by the fact that several ...
- Is Malouf playing politics? - The Age
Is Malouf playing politics?The Age, Australia - 19 minutes agoThe following June he published Typewriter Music, his first poetry collection for 25 years, and in October last year we got The Complete Stories, ...
- West Island community events! - West Island Chronicle
West Island community events!West Island Chronicle, Canada - 37 minutes agoRehearsals start Aug. 17. For more information 17 to 25-year-olds can contact Erin or Craig at wistac@gmail.com. Montreal Public Poetry Festival Sept. ...
- Autumn Equinox Poetry Festival - San Francisco Chronicle
Autumn Equinox Poetry FestivalSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 1 hour ago6 pm Book Passage, 1 Ferry Building, the Embarcadero at Market St., SF (415) 835-1020. Read from their works. 4:30 pm The Poetry Center, Humanities Bldg. ...
- CCSU professor writes novel for young adults - New Britain Herald
CCSU professor writes novel for young adultsNew Britain Herald, CT - 5 hours agoAn early review from "School Library Journal" gives the novel a thumbs up: "Hazuka's first young adult novel realistically depicts one teen's struggle to ...
- Jane Varley to read book excerpts - MU The Parthenon (subscription)
Jane Varley to read book excerptsMU The Parthenon (subscription), WV - 17 minutes agoOther than writing books, Varley also writes narrative poetry. "I've been writing very short poems," she said. "I'm extremely influenced by different places ...
- In small town, an immense loss (Boston Globe)
MASHPEE - An American flag rippled at half-staff yesterday in the center of the town's quiet Veterans Garden, where residents will gather tonight for a candlelight vigil in honor of two servicemen who died on consecutive days last week.
- Bangladesh mourns death of poet Samudra Gupta (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Dhaka, July 20 (IANS) Noted Bangladeshi poet Samudra Gupta, a freedom fighter who wrote against religious extremism in his poems, short stories and novels, died in a Bangalore hospital in India Saturday.
- The death of handwriting (Guardian Unlimited)
We spend our working days tapping into computers. We communicate with each other via email rather than letter. And today, as chip and pin technology becomes compulsory on the high street, even our signatures have become obsolete. Could it really all be over for handwriting?
- Disabled artists show works - Berkshire Eagle
GREAT BARRINGTON — To be acknowledged and celebrated for their artistic talent can feel like an unreachable dream for disabled people, who have often been stigmatized and silent. For that reason, Sandra Newman founded Community Access to the Arts ...
- Kay Ryan Is Named New U.S. Poet Laureate (The Online NewsHour)
The Library of Congress announced Thursday the appointment of Kay Ryan as the 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-2009.
- Salmon Poetry & Over The Edge launch new books by Gerald Dawe ... - Indymedia Ireland
About "Catching the Light: Views & Interviews" by Gerald Dawe This fascinating series of literary views and interviews illuminate the coming of age of Belfast-born poet Gerald Dawe during the fifties and sixties in Northern Ireland, the literary and ...
- First Christmas by Alastair Macdonald - The Conservative Voice
First Christmas by Alastair MacdonaldThe Conservative Voice, NC - 10 minutes agoFrom simple nudges to the convergence of author, poetry, Coptic artist, experienced publisher and 25 years of being persistent, something has been born. ...
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