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- The Georgian patriot who made Great Russia his awful project - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
The Georgian patriot who made Great Russia his awful projectThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - 52 minutes agoHis earliest writings -- poetry mostly -- indicated his deep love for Georgia. Some historians have surmised this might stem from the fact that his parents ...
- Maya Angelou, Norman Lear named for 2008 Marian Anderson Award - News1130.com
PHILADELPHIA - TV producer Norman Lear and author Maya Angelou will be the 2008 recipients of the Marian Anderson Award, which honours artists whose leadership benefits humanity. They are to accept their honours, each with an accompanying $100,000 ...
- The Independent Weekly Line on Durango and Beyond - Durango Telegraph
Durango TelegraphThe Independent Weekly Line on Durango and BeyondDurango Telegraph, CO - 7 hours agoIn the good old days, Al’s cowboy poetry was the only ‘tweener needed. • Drink a whole lotta water and eat a lotta coal? ...
- Flying through life's regrets - San Jose Mercury News
Talk about timing: In April, American Airlines grounded more than 1,000 flights, many of them out of Chicago, to check electrical connections on its fleet of MD-80s. Two months later, Jonathan Miles published his first novel, "Dear American Airlines ...
- Great dates in Cleveland that are easy on the wallet - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Plain Dealer file The Tremont ArtWalk is a great cheap date. Just because the economy is on the decline, your social life doesn't have to be. Especially when it comes to dating. Greater Cleveland offers so many cheap dates that don't seem "cheap ...
- A steady stream of consciousness - Honolulu Advertiser
The materials an artist chooses to work with speak volumes about the artist. Jon Hamblin chooses to work on weathered, corrugated roofing metal that has been discarded. On the wavy, dented and often punctured surfaces he paints figures, animals and ...
- Author Spotlight: Lawrence Berger of Henrietta (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Author Lawrence Berger of Henrietta will be the featured reader at the Rochester Poets monthly open mike on Sept. 3 at St. John Fisher College.
- Prescription drug abuse rising among youth - Union Democrat
Prescription drug abuse rising among youthUnion Democrat, CA - 19 minutes agoMcMahon loved art and poetry, drawing and painting a mixture of modern and surreal art. He was involved in leadership of the Tuolumne Pioneers 4-H club for ...
- Sobering tales at Hopatcong anti-drug rally - Dailyrecord.com
Sobering tales at Hopatcong anti-drug rallyDailyrecord.com, NJ - 11 hours agoReading aloud from a poem she penned for Breanna, Nutto reflected on the despair, hurt, determination and love she felt after discovering her daughter had ...
- Trumpeter song (Hour.ca)
Jason Selman wants to evoke - and over the past decade, he has hit striking tones with both his poetry and trumpet.
- A delicious trip on a sailing ship on the rugged coast of Maine - Providence Journal
Providence JournalA delicious trip on a sailing ship on the rugged coast of MaineProvidence Journal, RI - 8 hours ago“I love the poetry of motion, the challenge of it,†says John Dickey, an avid sailor and NASA engineer from Houston. “And the nature. I just love it. ...
- Biography - Favorite Poet - Rod McKuen - Gather.com
Biography - Favorite Poet - Rod McKuenGather.com, MA - 12 minutes agoReturning to the US and settling in San Francisco, he read his poetry alongside Beat icons like Kerouac and Ginsberg, and began performing as a singer at ...
- Kay Ryan reluctant laureate? (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
British poets laureate are expected to sing for their supper, but their American cousins can spend all day sleeping in their lovely Library of Congress office and still collect a check. ...
- A life of fractured memories (Denver Post)
Anne Michael's 1997 "Fugitive Pieces" tells the story of Jakob as both a child who survives the murder of his family by Nazis in Poland but also as a writer wrestling with the ghosts of that lost family.
- Poet sees hope and sarcasm in Palestinian plight - GulfNews
Poet sees hope and sarcasm in Palestinian plightGulfNews, United Arab Emirates - Jul 4, 2008... people from all walks of life. "Some people ask how do you attract the young and so many different people when your poetry is complicated and different. ...
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