Poetry news via Google, MSN, and Yahoo!
- Protecting an extraordinary spectacle - Niles Daily Star
Protecting an extraordinary spectacleNiles Daily Star, USA - 8 hours agoRoughly one tenth of the US population lives in the Great Lakes basin and depends daily on the lakes. The Great Lakes provide drinking water to 40 million ...
- Hendrix's burnt guitar leads rock auction in London - MSN Philippines News
The first guitar that rock legend Jimi Hendrix burned on stage, the only remaining fingerprints of Elvis Presley and the first contract signed by The Beatles all go on sale Thursday in a major auction of music memorabilia. Jim Morrison's last ...
- Performance: Patton Oswalt - Delaware Online
When a famously funny comedian comes to town for a gig, one whose fans have taken that comic's albums and listened to them beyond the mere point of memorization, there's only one request his giggling groupies have before he hops on stage: Bring ...
- Take Back the Night set for August at shopping mall - Burlington Post
Take Back the Night set for August at shopping mallBurlington Post, Canada - Jul 18, 2008Take Back the Night 2008 will be an inclusive, family-friendly event. The move to Blakelock last year boosted attendance and organizers hope the transition ...
- Profile: Jeremy Paxman - guardian.co.uk
Profile: Jeremy Paxmanguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoChambers defines 'doggerel' simply as 'badly written poetry'. Paxman must have known that his statement would play badly north of the border and it doesn't ...
- Technologicology: The IgnitePhilly Highlight Reel - Philebrity.com
I knew good things were in store for IgnitePhilly when I went to Johnny Brenda’s last week and had trouble finding a parking spot—for my bike. Inside, as bartenders poured drafts in a seemingly endless conveyor of what-will-be-drunkenness ...
- Roland D. Paine, 84; Science Writer And Government Information Chief - Washington Post
Roland D. Paine, 84; Science Writer And Government Information ChiefWashington Post, United States - Aug 6, 2008An avid reader of American history and politics, he also enjoyed poetry, humor and satire. Mark Twain and WH Auden were among his favorite writers. ...
- Activities throughout city to promote peace - Philadelphia Inquirer
Malik Johnson is fed up with the violence in Philadelphia, irked that senior citizens sometimes don't dare venture to the corner store, that too many young people do nothing but loiter, that the entire city is being victimized by handguns. "We don't ...
- A case of poetic justice - Telegraph-Journal
A case of poetic justiceTelegraph-Journal, Canada - 31 minutes agoAs it happened, I had just finished a book called "Why Poetry Matters," a study on the role poetry can play in our daily lives that deals extensively with ...
- Idaho Peace Coalition to host discussion - Idaho Statesman
The Idaho Peace Coalition will sponsor a discussion about the humanitarian crisis in Iraq at 7 p.m. Aug. 21 at 1520 N. 12th St., Boise. David Smith-Ferri, an activist poet and author of "Battlefield Without Borders," will be part of the discussion ...
- Poets, Actors Celebrate Lincoln's Poetic Side - Media For Freedom
Poets, Actors Celebrate Lincoln's Poetic SideMedia For Freedom, Nepal - Oct 7, 2008Not all of the readings were strictly poetry. Academy Award-nominee Joan Allen had the honor of reading a speech that Lincoln delivered in November 1863 at ...
- Rochester poets show poetry is not for sissies (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Forget Stephen King. You want bone-chilling violence, blood-curdling revenge, read a poem.
- By the book (Daily Local News)
Many creative area residents have found the time and inspiration to put pen to paper and publish the resulting book. This is one of an occasional series highlighting the self-published authors of Chester County.
- Kokumo-The dub-griot - African Echo
African EchoKokumo-The dub-griotAfrican Echo, UK - 43 minutes agoKokumo’s work is being currently studied by Dr. Eric Doumerc a French academic who is conducting an ongoing research on Black British Performance Poets with ...
- At war with the establishment - St.Petersburg Times.ru
At war with the establishmentSt.Petersburg Times.ru, Russia - 1 hour agoCameras, camcorders and books of poetry are scattered over the floor. “We always do things that violate rules. We combine art and politics to acheive ...
|
|
Get a Home Loan today and save!
Home Mortgage
November 2007 Mortgage News
|