Poetry news via Google, MSN, and Yahoo!
- Writer offered a young Obama life advice (USA Today)
At key moments in his adolescence, Barack Obama could not turn to a father he hardly knew. Instead, he looked to a left-leaning black journalist and poet for advice on living in a world of black and white.
- Hundreds gather at funeral for Palestinian poet Darwish (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered for the equivalent of a state funeral on Wednesday for Mahmud Darwish, the towering Arabic poet who gave voice to their bitter decades-old struggle.
- Definitive Gonzo (Louisville Courier-Journal)
A lot has been — and will be — written about Hunter S. Thompson, the accidental genius behind Gonzo journalism (drunk, covering the Kentucky Derby for Scanlon's magazine, he mashed his notes into an envelope and the editor published them as they were). With the present volume, only three years after Thompson's suicide, we have what can be called a definitive biography.
- Fun Fair Foods: Elephant Ears, Corn Dogs, and Tortas? - Epicurious
Fun Fair Foods: Elephant Ears, Corn Dogs, and Tortas?Epicurious - 7 hours ago... and the carnival barker names of midway specialties read like midsummer poetry. In the Midwest the poem is all about funnel cakes, elephant ears, ...
- Dan Meyer: Remembering Tim Russert - East Aurora Advertiser
Dan Meyer: Remembering Tim RussertEast Aurora Advertiser, NY - 1 hour agoRussert had an unbridled passion for the prose and poetry of American politics, but he also had a burning desire to never forget where he came from. ...
- Salisbury school notes: Young poets honored at ceremony - Newburyport Daily News
Sixth-grade students at Salisbury Elementary School recently participated in the eighth annual Peace Poetry Contest held by the North Shore Veterans for Peace, Samantha Smith Chapter. During a June 6 ceremony, nine students were recognized for their ...
- Longfellow House to present student poetry award winners - Abington Mariner
The Longfellow National Historic Site presents the winners of the Longfellow Student Poetry Awards, a contest recognizing original poetry from local students from the Greater Boston area, Sunday, Sept. 14, at 2 p.m. on the east lawn of the Longfellow ...
- After the deluge, poetry - The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
After the deluge, poetryThe Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA - 2 hours agoPoets writing in response to Hurricane Katrina and the flood in New Orleans have risen to that terrible muse in virtually every way imaginable -- some with ...
- Aboriginal voices resist colonial history - Eureka Street
Eureka StreetAboriginal voices resist colonial historyEureka Street, Australia - 2 hours agoThe later selections detail the flowering of memoir, fiction, plays and poetry as Aboriginal writers engage with contemporary culture. ...
- John Coltrane - The Major Works of John Coltrane (Impulse, 1992) - Examiner.com
Examiner.comJohn Coltrane - The Major Works of John Coltrane (Impulse, 1992)Examiner.com - 17 hours agoBut much like William Blake's spiritual poetry, it is a harrowing journey. Both versions of the epic begin with a statement by the group followed by group ...
- Soldier Boy (New York Times)
Frances Richey?s new collection of poems, ?The Warrior,? focuses on her relationship with her son, a Green Beret who has served two tours in Iraq.
- ebrary Signs 14 New Publishing Partners (Centre Daily Times)
ebrary(R) (www.ebrary.com), a leading provider of e-content services and technology, today announced that it is greatly enhancing its growing selection of more than 170,000 titles with e-books and other authoritative materials from more than 14 new publishing partners. ebrary has now secured partnerships with more than 300 of the world's leading publishers of scholarly, STM, trade, and ...
- More about Saltimbanco Cirque du Soleil - KGMB9
Saltimbanco is a Cirque du Soleil signature show inspired by the urban fabric of the metropolis and its colorful inhabitants. Decidedly baroque in its visual vocabulary, the shows eclectic cast of characters draws spectators into a fanciful ...
- Stigler veteran’s poem, artwork win national contest (Muskogee Phoenix)
Disabled veteran Connie Joe “CJ” Lockwood has finally earned recognition for his talent. After years of creating hundreds of poems, songs and paintings, he has won an award for the first time.
- 'The Invention of Scotland' by Hugh Trevor-Roper - Los Angeles Times
'The Invention of Scotland' by Hugh Trevor-RoperLos Angeles Times, CA - 2 hours agoFake history often supports unfortunate regimes, but Scottish fakery spread tragically bad poetry and made a bunch of rich people look like idiots. ...
|
|
Get a better Mortgage Rate today and save!
Home Mortgage
|