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- Kay Ryan named U.S. poet laureate (Moldova.org)
U.S. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington named Kay Ryan as the library's 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-09.Ryan, a 63-year-old California native, is to begin her duties in the fall, opening the library's annual literary series Oct. 16 with a reading of her work. She also will be a featured guest at the Library of Congress National Book Festival in the Poetry pavilion ...
- Legislators make good alloy of their metal theft bills - Modesto Bee
Legislators make good alloy of their metal theft billsModesto Bee, CA - 20 hours ago... writes poetry -- and quite well. He will be named Modesto's poet laureate by the City Council on Tuesday night, reading a poem to mark the occasion. ...
- Barbara Gowdy, Rachel Zolf win Ontario's Trillium Book Awards (Jam! Showbiz)
TORONTO - Authors Barbara Gowdy and Rachel Zolf were named winners Thursday of the 21st annual Trillium Book Awards, Ontario's top literary prize.
- Dianne publishes her labour of love - Fermanagh Herald (subscription)
Dianne publishes her labour of loveFermanagh Herald (subscription), UK - 1 hour agoI am a member of the Brookeborough Historical Society, and will have fiction and poetry pieces included in the next Fermanagh Authors Association ...
- Double dipping: The Children of Men - PopMatters
PopMattersDouble dipping: The Children of MenPopMatters, IL - 39 minutes ago... of Jewel’s poetry. I picked up books by Carrie Fisher and Delia Ephron, Larry McMurtry and Oliver Sacks, I found a book on JFK, Jr.’s life and death, ...
- Artists 'lift up name of Jesus' - Herald News
In December, when Sheila White of Joliet attended a free concert in Joliet featuring former members of the award-winning Christian rock band Petra, her thoughts as well as her soul took flight. Why not assemble a group of little-known Christian ...
- Nightlife, Sept. 5-11 - Canton Repository
The Ticket Nightlife calendar will list DJs, open mic, jam nights, karaoke and live bands. Deadline for submitting Nightlife listings is noon Tuesday. To do so, fax The Repository at (330) 454-5745 or e-mail necole.sims@cantonrep.com American Legion ...
- THE SPORTSMAN'S CORNER: Rethinking hunting - Willits News
The following was posted on the internet, from Dr. Randall Eaton, an award-winning author, film producer, and internationally known authority in animal behavior, human evolution, wildlife conservation and the philosophy, psychology and ethics of ...
- Students say goodbye to summer and hello to school - Agoura Hills Acorn
Students say goodbye to summer and hello to schoolAgoura Hills Acorn, CA - 7 hours ago"We are all excited to be incorporating more art, music, poetry, storytelling and movement into all of our core curriculum," Lough said. ...
- TAWA of Power - Packet Online
“ART is so good for the spirit of a city,†says Trenton painter Mel Leipzig. As a founding member of the Trenton Artists’ Workshop Association, he helped to organize a two-month, 50-event arts festival in the capital city in the 1980s. This ...
- Oh, what a paradise was lost (The News & Observer)
Ethan Canin's first novel in seven years channels varied influences. The title is taken from one of Elia Kazan's best, if most resolutely uncommercial, films. The story is a conflation of "The Great Gatsby" and "All the King's Men," with strong overtones of "The Magnificent Ambersons" (one of Canin's characters echoes Booth Tarkington by referring to "one of God's lesser known laws. The law of ...
- Wow, what a weekend, CBS catches it all - Forest City Summit
From the lighting of the ceremonial fire at the Hobo Jungle to the last trophy being handed out at the car show Sunday, Hobo Days 2008 was a grand success. Event organizers and members of the hobo community were thrilled to learn that CBS News ...
- SPOKEN WORD: Word to the wise (Creative Loafing Charlotte)
SATURDAY, AUG. 16... By Carlton Hargro Local poet/promoter J.C. Cowan has worked to keep the art of spoken word alive in Charlotte for nearly a decade. So, it's only fitting that some of the city's (and the nation's) top poetic talents would come out to celebrate Cowan's official birthday bash -- dubbed Poetry in Motion. Expect to see spoken word stars like Def Poetry Jam regular Georgia Me, the ...
- Writer, Interrupted - Minnpost.com
Nationally acclaimed author Marya Hornbacher talks wtih Hannah Dentinger about her new memoir, "Madness: A Bipolar Life," which offers an unflinchingly candid glimpse into a life periodically upended by mental illness. ONE DAY IN 1997 MARYA ...
- Guiding Hands Help Immigrant Artists Connect - New York Times
Guiding Hands Help Immigrant Artists ConnectNew York Times, United States - 48 minutes agoThey fine-tuned Ms. Vincent’s poems, discussing where they might sound anachronistic to an American ear, and explored how to carve out time to write poetry ...
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