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- Poet considered for national award (Prince George Citizen Online)
Gillian Wigmore's poetry has won yet another honour. Her current book Soft Geography was shortlisted earlier this year for the coveted Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for top B.C. poet. Now Wigmore has been shortlisted for the ReLit Poetry Award for top Canadian poet published by an independent publishing company. Northern B.C.-focused book house Caitlin Press is her publisher for Soft Geography. ...
- James W. Davis Jr. - Oneida Dispatch
James W. Davis Jr.Oneida Dispatch, NY - Jul 29, 2008He was famous for his sense of humor and his poetry and could usually be found at his second home - Seven Oaks Golf Club. ...
- Before 8/8/08, here are our favorite eights - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Before 8/8/08, here are our favorite eightsSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States - 9 minutes agoJohnson, 16, writes poetry. Certain segments of the population (MEN!!!) have no problem with NBC declaring beach volleyball the fifth "major" Olympic sport. ...
- Born to perform - Canon City Daily Record
Born to performCanon City Daily Record, United States - 26 minutes agoSo she adapted her poetry for songs. If she can find someone to write the music, she will release a CD with original songs in about a year.
- LITTWIN: Welcome! And please like us, really - Rocky Mountain News
LITTWIN: Welcome! And please like us, reallyRocky Mountain News, CO - 1 hour agoMost days of the year that are not in August, you can actually see the white peaks and the purple majesty and write, if you need to, your own poetry. ...
- Writer Ha Jin says he wants to visit native China but is frustrated by censorship (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Award-winning author Ha Jin says he wants to visit his native China after being away for 23 years but is discouraged by the Communist government's censorship of his books.
- Comedy overrules romance in off Broadway "Tempest" - Reuters
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Star Mandy Patinkin makes an aggressive, angry Prospero in the Classic Stage Company's vivid new production of Shakespeare's "The Tempest." For this is a determinedly anti-romantic "Tempest" that CSC artistic director ...
- Edward Said and Mahmoud Darwish (Al-Ahram Weekly)
It is five years today -- Thursday 25 September -- since the death of the Palestinian public intellectual and political activist Edward Said, "the most brilliantly eloquent emissary of Palestine to the outside world" in the words of an equally eloquent and brilliant fellow compatriot -- Mahmoud Darwish.
- Most Popular Entertainment - The Zimbabwe Standard
Most Popular EntertainmentThe Zimbabwe Standard, Zimbabwe - 11 hours agoHis laconic poetry is principally concerned with examining the African continent, its politics, its history and its place in the international. ...
- Artists needed for underpass mural project - Whistler Question
Artists needed for underpass mural projectWhistler Question, Canada - 1 hour ago... a call for artists to submit ideas for the underpass that “expresses the spirit, values, vision, and poetry of place that collectively defines Whistler. ...
- The truth about life after 80 - guardian.co.uk
The truth about life after 80guardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoBut I wouldn't call them poetry exactly. I can't believe I'm 92 - I put it down to luck and a good set of chromosomes. I smoked for a while when I was a ...
- Poetic return for city native (North Adams Transcript)
NORTH ADAMS -- A North Adams native and Drury High School graduate will return to the city on Saturday to share her poetry with a community she hid it from while growing up.
- City of Corners by John Godfrey - Bookslut
City of Corners by John GodfreyBookslut, IL - 3 hours agoAssociated with the New York School of poetry and being a long time resident of Manhattan’s East Village, Godfrey is a master of writing city poems. ...
- Literati commemorate Shahriar on National Day of Poetry and Literature - MehrNews.com
Literati commemorate Shahriar on National Day of Poetry and LiteratureMehrNews.com, Iran - 21 minutes agoHis poems are mainly influenced by Hafez. His most famous works are “Heidar Babaya Salamâ€, a poem dedicated to his birthplace, the village of Heidar Baba ...
- Profile on Fiona Phillips: No more rise and shine for sofa star - Scotland on Sunday
Profile on Fiona Phillips: No more rise and shine for sofa starScotland on Sunday, UK - 59 minutes agoAs a child growing up in Canterbury, Phillips was precociously clever. At five she had a reading age of 11, and at six she won a national poetry competition ...
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