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- Fans, poets gather for poetry slam (Wisconsin State Journal)
"Poetry slams began in Chicago in 1984," reads Bill MacMillan, the evening's "bout manager" and de facto emcee, as he goads a standing-room-only crowd in Madison's Bartell Theatre. On cue, the audience hollers back: "SO WHAT!" And that's just the warm-up. When MacMillan, a longtime spoken-word fan from Worcester, Mass., finishes his introduction, what follows is a rollicking night of ...
- De'Medici: Not such a bad guy? (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Bankers tend to get bad press in their lifetimes, worse when they're dead. J.P. Morgan personally rescued America from economic ruin during several monetary crises, but is characterized most frequently as a scowling manipulator whose complex web of interlocking trusts plundered our industrial might.
- Police arrest Tulsa man charged with first-degree murder - Tulsa World
arrested a Tulsa high school teacher Friday morning in the fatal shooting of his wife with a gun that he purchased one week earlier, according to a police affidavit. John Kastner, 50, was charged Friday with the first-degree murder of Lori Kastner ...
- Poet Joel Toledo on exorcisms, shadowy secrets and beating the British - ABS-CBN
2006 Bridport International Creative Writing Prize winner Joel Toledo is the first Asian and first Filipino to win a prize in that presitgious competition in the United Kingdom since it was founded in 1973. He actually won two prizes--second and ...
- Slingshot Hip Hop invades Lebanon - Menassat
Slingshot Hip Hop invades LebanonMenassat, Lebanon - 1 hour ago"You saw in the film how that one kid called himself an Arab and not a Palestinian. This is what my [Palestinian] friends are taught in Israeli schools," ...
- Enana Offers Tunisia a Bouquet of Drama and Dance - Al Arab Online
A journey of music, drama and poetry that took us throughout history, an attempt to revisit the greatest civilisations and the brightest cultures was the “Al Sindibad: Al-Aujwan Journey†presented by the Syrian Ballet Enana as part of the ...
- Adrienne Sichel's hot tips - Tonight
Adrienne Sichel's hot tipsTonight, South Africa - 2 hours agoGo to marvel at literary types, browse among usually hard-to-get books; catch book launches, lectures, meaningful workshops and some terrific poetry and ...
- In the Swiss footsteps of Byron (Belfast Telegraph)
Byron's expedition to the Swiss mountains is explored in new works to be performed at the City of London Festival. The first is tomorrow. The poet's journey also inspired John Walsh to follow his trail to the Jungfrau
- I love you, Lord Byron: How the poet's postbag bulged with female ... - Independent
I love you, Lord Byron: How the poet's postbag bulged with female ...Independent, UK - 2 hours ago"They were often personal outpourings – some were written as poetry and some cast him as one of his own poetic characters," she said. ...
- Author spotlight: Eugene Stelzig of Groveland, Livingston County. - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Author spotlight: Eugene Stelzig of Groveland, Livingston County.Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, NY - 1 hour agoBacklist: My poems (and translations from German poetry) have appeared in a variety of little and literary magazines during the past four decades. ...
- Riverfront park with a view and poetry, too - Edmonton Journal
Edmonton JournalRiverfront park with a view and poetry, tooEdmonton Journal, Canada - 2 hours agoBlodgett, a prolific poet with 18 books of poetry under his belt as of this fall, didn't want to write "just a series of nice little nature poems. ...
- Nothing to do this weekend? Wrong! - McAllen Monitor
Thirsty Monkey offers $5 you-call-it martinis from 4 p.m. to close on Thursdays. We recommend the cucumber martini. They also have live music from local rockers Cadiwagon later in the night. The martini usually costs about $10, and it's pretty ...
- Bubba Will Speak - Radar Online
Radar OnlineBubba Will SpeakRadar Online, NY - 46 minutes agoNo word on whether she read from her amazing book of poetry at the ceremony. • More of the same: The EU has tightened sanctions against Iran for continued ...
- Students' Work Helps Ex-Slaves - Hartford Courant
SIMSBURY — - Lots of elementary school students have written book reports; students at Tariffville Elementary School have written books. The colorful, laminated volumes, 122 in all, run the literary gamut from poetry to fantasy fiction to humor to ...
- FEVA fever grows as top poet prepares for reading - Knaresborough Today
FEVA fever grows as top poet prepares for readingKnaresborough Today, UK - 4 hours agoHe joined the British Black Panthers in his teens, discovered black literature and began to write poetry of his own. He gained a sociology degree in the ...
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