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- A 'slam' dunk for poetry (The Equinox)
The first annual Poetry Slam at Keene State College started late due to a "tardy" arriving crowd. At 7:07 p.m., Katherine St. Martin, the president of Sigma Tau Delta, stepped up to the microphone to announce the first poet of nine finalists, and the night began.
- Fires rip through historic Big Sur - Santa Cruz Sentinel
A small cabin that has survived the flames is surrounded by smoke as underbrush on surrounding hillsides smolders during the Basin Complex Fire in Big Sur. BIG SUR - Like snowflakes, ash drifts across the elegant patio of the Ventana Inn & Spa. Smoke ...
- Robarchek again at the forefront (Creative Loafing Charlotte)
By Matt Brunson.• The scribblings of longtime (and now retired) Charlotte Observer columnist -- and frequent Best of Charlotte CL award winner -- Doug Robarchek can be found in The Best of the World's Worst Poetry: 20 Very Odd Years of Outfrontery. The paperback, published by the local outfit Main Street Rag, is available for $14. For a sample poem from the book, see Quote This, below right....
- Gov. Ritter to grads: Dream big, go far - The Daily Planet
Gov. Ritter to grads: Dream big, go farThe Daily Planet, CO - 5 hours agoThey’re kids who speak two or three languages, who write poetry and read political philosophy, who stock their schedules with AP classes, who sing and put ...
- Hot for teacher - South End News
Hot for teacherSouth End News, MA - 21 minutes agoIt’s not just funny, it’s smart funny. The banter is very sharp and clever. It’s fun to be with characters that are so sharp." Underneath the tomfoolery are ...
- News in brief July 19 - New Mexican
News in brief July 19New Mexican, NM - 7 hours agoPhoto: Performance art: Forrest Titla performs as part of an eight-day hip-hop poetry workshop put on for 13- to 15-year-olds at Santa Fe Indian School. ...
- Book club confidential (City Pulse)
For more than 40 years, authors, friends and Michigan State University alumni Jim Harrison and Thomas McGuane have exchanged letters, documenting a trove of their trials, tribulations and careers.
- Chimaira gets the deluxe treatment - Cleveland Plain Dealer
TODD BELL HEADBANGING BONUS: Chimaira's "Resurrection" album has been reissued on iTunes with extra content. The local heavy-metal heroes of Chimaira have reissued their latest album, 2007's "Resurrection," on iTunes in a deluxe edition with two ...
- Community Calendar - July 19 (Akron Beacon Journal)
To have an event listed, send a fax to 330-996-3033 or an e-mail to newsroomemail@ thebeaconjournal.com at least a week in advance.
- Ayoon wa Azan (What Have We Left If Our Poetry Too Is Gone?) - Dar Al Hayat
I write today about Arab women poets. I am not writing a criticism or a study. At al-Hayat and others are experts and critics far better and more informed than I am about the works of those poetesses. I belong to the generation of al-Khansaa who wept ...
- SRB: Ode to a Foreskin - Scoop
Collectors of obscure Wellington poetry collections may remember a book by Israeli Historian Benny Morris's father, Ya'acov. It was published shortly before the end of Ya'acov's term as Israeli ambassador to New Zealand in the 1980s. Truth be told ...
- Urdu literary body launches website - Peninsula
Members at the launch of the website. DOHA • Anjuman Muhibban-e-Urdu Hind Qatar recently launched its website www.anjumanqatar.org at a ceremony held at the Indian Cultural Centre (ICC). Anjuman Muhibban-e-Urdu Hind is a prominent Urdu organisation ...
- Ellen, girlfriend set to get hitched - WFXL Fox 31
Ellen, girlfriend set to get hitchedWFXL Fox 31, GA - 2 hours agoNow, he jokingly says he's ready to recite poetry at her wedding to his "Arrested Development" co-star, Portia de Rossi. He says he does "great readings of ...
- Hello, summer! Festival lineup offers tons of food, fun - Beacon News
Ready or not, summer is upon us with its many music, food and cultural fests and fairs. The Southland abounds with weekend activities, so clear the calendar, rally the family and be sure to go to these events hungry. • Sept. 7 - The free family fun ...
- Kenton County school briefs - Cincinnati Enquirer
Kenton County school briefsCincinnati Enquirer, OH - 3 hours agoBeechwood High School sophomore Ellen Murphy won first place in the Kentucky Council for Economic Education's poetry contest. ...
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