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- Poetry power: Bob Dylan names Burns as inspiration - Herald
Music legend Bob Dylan has revealed his source of greatest inspiration - Scotland's national bard, Robert Burns. Dylan was asked to name the lyric or verse that has had the greatest impact on his life. He selected the 1794 love song A Red, Red Rose ...
- Concert brings Madiba birthday to Africa (Pretoria News)
A truly African concert will bring Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebrations home to the continent on August 23 at the Johannesburg Stadium.
- Ryan Adams, the Book - Gawker
The musician/experimental blogger is already publishing a book of poetry, and today's Page Six says he's "signed with indie Brooklyn house Akashic Books." Is it the same poetry book they're referring to—or a separate one? (Our e-mail to Adams ...
- Author, poet awarded for Western fiction (Reno Gazette-Journal)
A Sparks author who writes Western stories has been honored with an award for his latest work, a collection of short stories.
- The Week[end]: August 8-10, 2008 (Isthmus)
Summer is entering its homestretch with the opening of the Beijing Olympics, but there's still plenty of fun to be found this weekend. The National Poetry Slam will crown a champion, the Johnny Winston, Jr. Streetball ' Block Party will take over Penn Park, and the Wisconsin State Fair will wrap up, just for starters. Productions of The Rocky Horror Show, Shiny Things, Ah, Wilderness! and ...
- Critics question focus, rationale behind arts cuts - Globe and Mail
Government criticized for not being forthcoming with information about cuts to a slew of arts-and-culture programs ... Read the full article Political Junkie from Canada writes: A problem for the conservatives in doing the right thing is that ...
- Book ban ends rare Arab-Israeli cultural exchange (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
For 15 years Israeli Saleh Abbasi has traded books between the Jewish state and its Arab neighbors, fostering a rare cultural link.
- The Temple of Flora, Robert Thornton's botanical publishing folly ... - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukThe Temple of Flora, Robert Thornton's botanical publishing folly ...Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoSuperbly painted passion flowers naturally give rise to religious homilies, while poetry is used to illustrate such observations as "The fugaciousness of ...
- What's On weekend - Newbury Weekly News Group
Newbury Weekly News GroupWhat's On weekendNewbury Weekly News Group, UK - 52 minutes ago-Poets Café with Maggie Sawkins, writer, comedian and champion of poetry. AF Harrold compères Reading’s longest-running and best-loved poetry platform. ...
- Curious journey - Columbus Dispatch
More than a decade and a half ago, losing hope that her work would ever find an audience, Kay Ryan found herself writing a poem about a turtle. It was about as personal as a Kay Ryan poem gets. Her appointment on July 17 by Librarian of Congress ...
- Campership: $39,240 to goal - Waterbury Republican-American
Although she originally is from the Midwest, Ruth Ann Leever has lived in Bethlehem more than 50 years, so she considers herself a virtual native daughter. She's known about the Greater Waterbury Campership Fund for years and looks forward to making ...
- Local students, staff compete in National Poetry Slam Festival - University of Wisconsin-Madison University Communications
Local students, staff compete in National Poetry Slam FestivalUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison University Communications, WI - 8 hours ago3-9 for National Poetry Slam 2008. The poet-performers are members of some 75 teams that will compete at several downtown venues for a chance to advance to ...
- Ruth Padel's top 10 women poets - guardian.co.uk
Ruth Padel's top 10 women poetsguardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoEveryone today knows and loves The World's Wife and the recent love poems in Rapture, but she made her name by much more political work (and a different ...
- New Thomas Pynchon book on the way? - Los Angeles Times
New Thomas Pynchon book on the way?Los Angeles Times, CA - 55 minutes agoIntermittently warmed by paragraph-long sunbeams of iridescent prose-poetry, yes. Rambling, pompous and often completely incomprehensible -- yes to all that ...
- Her Own Society - New Yorker
New YorkerHer Own SocietyNew Yorker, United States - 24 minutes agoBaffled by the poems, beguiled by the woman, but, as a pastor, alarmed for the estranged soul, Higginson suggested that she find a friend. ...
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