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- 2008 'Florida Book Awards' competition begins with call for entries (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida Book Awards has kicked off its third annual competition with a call for entries in eight categories, including a new one for "Book Design."
- When Free Speech Doesn’t Come Free - Center for Research on Globalization
When Free Speech Doesn’t Come FreeCenter for Research on Globalization, Canada - 11 hours agoRemi Kanazi is the editor of the forthcoming anthology of poetry, Poets For Palestine, which can be pre-ordered at www.PoetsForPalestine.com. ...
- 'What's your sign?" - Globe and Mail
'What's your sign?"Globe and Mail, Canada - 9 hours ago"I always thought of astrology as an art, like music or poetry, in which a set of stories describe the way we experience different people and the way others ...
- 30 under 30 Honorees: LEWIS, GREGORY, KROELL, ROSENGARD - Windy City Times
30 under 30 Honorees: LEWIS, GREGORY, KROELL, ROSENGARDWindy City Times, IL - 7 hours agoFrom messy finger-paints and notebook doodles to angsty poetry, art has been a driving force for Lewis since his early years. Growing up, his cousins were ...
- How to make your own Mercury Prize shortlist - Scotsman
How to make your own Mercury Prize shortlistScotsman, United Kingdom - 3 hours ago... teen fiction, biographies, non-fiction, graphic novels and probably a collection of poems to counter accusations that the prize ignored poetry. ...
- The big gigs (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Music lovers know that Matisyahu is a Hasidic Jew, so he won't perform after sundown on Fridays. But sunset isn't until 9 p.m., so the highly entertaining, thought-provoking, reggae-loving rapper will start his show early tonight. (7:15 p.m. today Weesner Family Amphitheater, Minnesota Zoo, $34.)
- Expanded event will honor founder (The Ann Arbor News)
New attractions are planned for the 13th annual African American Downtown Festival on Saturday, and a moment of silence will be included to pay tribute to its founder, Lucille Hall Porter.
- Library to hold Poetry Open Mic night Thursday (Quincy Herald-Whig)
The Hannibal Free Public Library will host its monthly Poetry Open Mic at 6 p.m. Thursday.
- A long flowering - Baltimore Sun
The poet Josephine Jacobsen, in an essay she wrote for The Sun almost 30 years ago, decried how hard it was to get inside things that should be easy to open (milk cartons, aspirin bottles), yet how quickly Americans seemed to expect personal intimacy ...
- JUNETEENTH (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Juneteenth is a day about remembering the past and celebrating the future.
- John Updike (Guardian Unlimited)
'Reality is - chemically, atomically, biologically - a fabric of microscopic accuracies. The capture of such accuracies is the surest pleasure a writer receives.'
- Reluctant 18-year-old poet sees work chosen for top prize (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
After years of denial, Merit O'Hare has finally come to terms with her inner poet. ...
- Dissecting Nas’ Untitled - Part 4 - PopMatters
PopMattersDissecting Nas’ Untitled - Part 4PopMatters, IL - 14 minutes agoBoth songs contain the seamless blend of poetry and prose that has always been Nas’ strongest asset as an emcee. His words induce chills whether or not you ...
- Guide: Art spaces - Billings Gazette
Bozeman. 4-8 p.m. Friday, July 11. Lewistown . 4-8 p.m. Friday, July 11. "Expressions Northwest." Port Townsend Arts Commission and Northwind Arts Alliance seek two- and three-dimensional works and photographs for juried art competition. Artist must ...
- Oakland's unofficial poet laureate dies at 60 - Tri Valley Herald
Oakland's unofficial poet laureate dies at 60Tri Valley Herald, CA - 56 minutes agoHis poetry, articles and reviews have been published in nearly 100 anthologies, periodicals and textbooks, and he performed his work all over the country, ...
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