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- Fighting Words - BU Today
BU TodayFighting WordsBU Today, MA - 2 hours agoJames Anderson Winn, a BU professor of English, started working on The Poetry of War during a sabbatical in 2001. He’d written an introduction and part of ...
- John Mellencamp still rocks, but ages gracefully - Chicago Sun-Times
John Mellencamp still rocks, but ages gracefullyChicago Sun-Times, United States - 29 minutes agoLater, Mellencamp was able to recover from a strangely placed appearance from comic Joe Hernandez (“Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jamâ€), who read a poem he ...
- Actor Mark Rylance's Tony acceptance speech greeted by uniform ... - Times Online
Tricky things, acceptance speeches. But there's normally some kind of etiquette. Let the accolade say it for you. Name the names (don't forget your mother) and never go on too long. So imagine the perplexed faces when the noted Shakespearean actor ...
- Reclaimed, recycled, revitalized sculpture - Anchorage Daily News
The owners of Midtown sweets haven Modern Dwellers Chocolate Lounge also do metal sculptural work from discarded objects like car doors, toolboxes and all kind of machinery. "We pick it up at scrap yards, the side of the road, and some people give it ...
- Caroline Kennedy brings discretion to candidate search - Charleston Daily Mail
BOSTON - Caroline Kennedy lives a very private life with a very public profile. It's the perfect skill set for her newest assignment. As part of Barack Obama's vice presidential search team, Kennedy must function with the utmost secrecy in what is ...
- Editorial: Try for this kind of verse - Albany Democrat-Herald
With rare exceptions we don’t run poetry in the letters column or anywhere else in the paper. But for the entertainment value alone, maybe we should. I have been thinking about this since Paul Pritchard of Albany handed me a folder last month at ...
- Bruce Clements left legacy of environmental activism in Groton - Lowell Sun
GROTON -- Emil Rechsteiner still remembers the handmade political signs painted in blue that dotted across the town in spring of 2003 carrying just one word: "Bruce." The signs said it all about the selectman candidate, Bruce Clements, who made them ...
- Chamber music fest walks on wild side - Detroit News
It was a wild musical hunt, the 15th Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival. Spread over two weeks and moving through venues across Metro Detroit, the Great Lakes fest -- which presented its 17th and final concert on Sunday -- was full of surprises ...
- 'Hyakunin' translations capture commission prize (The Japan Times)
In the same way that few British people have read all of Shakespeare's sonnets but many can quote at least a few lines of the lyric tradition, any adult who has gone through the Japanese school system is familiar with the Ogura "Hyakunin Isshu." This collection of 100 waka — a classic poetic form written in lines of 5, 7, 5, 7 and 7 syllables — has been translated into English before. The first ...
- Settle, Er, Settle with Epitaph - Exclaim!
Exclaim!Settle, Er, Settle with EpitaphExclaim!, Canada - 12 hours agoEpitaph head-honcho and Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz says, “Settle has everything I admire in a great band: poetry, tunefulness, originality and ...
- Local Digest - El Dorado News-Times
Local DigestEl Dorado News-Times, AR - 9 hours agoBarton came home with 10 awards including four for poetry, three for fiction and three for nonfiction. He won the top prize in fiction and was second in ...
- Inaugural Edwin Morgan poetry prize awarded - guardian.co.uk
Inaugural Edwin Morgan poetry prize awardedguardian.co.uk, UK - 6 hours agoCambridge University graduate Kate Miller has won the inaugural Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition for her poem After the Ban. ...Miller takes poetry prize The Bookseller (subscription)all 2 news articles
- The wide world of Goodman's Latino Fest - Chicago Sun-Times
The wide world of Goodman's Latino FestChicago Sun-Times, United States - 2 hours agoThere are competitions among the dancers, poets and songwriters." Performed by Chicago-area actors with Mexican, Peruvian and Colombian roots, ...
- Out and About: June 18 - 29 - West Bridgewater Times
Out and About: June 18 - 29West Bridgewater Times, MA - 30 minutes agoOpen mic signup, 8 pm Open mic followed by featured poet, concludes with poetry slam. The Trinity Church Flea Market every Saturday. ...
- Pop and Rock Listings - New York Times
Pop and Rock ListingsNew York Times, United States - Jun 12, 2008With Kid Sister and Born Ruffians. Andrew WK will host. At 4 pm, Central Park SummerStage, Rumsey Playfield, midpark at 70th Street, (212) 360-2777, ...
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