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- Poets on the shortlist for the Giffin Prize - Toronto Star
The 2008 Griffin Poetry Prize is bestowed Wednesday during a gala in the Distillery District, with two awards of $50,000 going to the best Canadian and best international book of poetry published in English last year. The event is preceded Tuesday by ...
- Mohammed orders setting up centre for arabic poetry (Khaleej Times)
DUBAI — His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, yesterday directed the establishment of the House of Poetry, a centre for researching and documenting Arabic poetry and strengthening its presence and profile within the Arab world and beyond.
- Christina Patterson: The more sex we get, the more we want (Independent)
"Sex," says the 17-year-old narrator of The Catcher in the Rye, "is something I really don't understand." Well, mate, nor do I. I only know (yes, I'm afraid I do know) that the arms of someone you don't even like – who your head, and your friends, tell you is a total shit – can feel like your natural home on this planet.
- Hardeep Singh Kohli: Being a storyteller is the stuffing of dreams - Scotsman
Hardeep Singh Kohli: Being a storyteller is the stuffing of dreamsScotsman, United Kingdom - 2 hours agoThose that weren't slaves to prose were crafting beautiful poetry. I could be wrong but these days it seems less folk are taking the time to do this. ...
- North Ridgeville roundup - Chronicle-Telegram
North Ridgeville roundupChronicle-Telegram, OH - 16 minutes agoNorth Ridgeville resident Mike Haszto has published not one, but two poetry books over the past two months. Waiting until his late 40s before realizing a ...
- Frank O'Hara in the Heaven on Earth Bldg - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Frank O'Hara in the Heaven on Earth BldgSeattle Post Intelligencer - 11 hours agoTime, inscribed upon O'Hara's brisk syntax and jaunty prosody, hastens every poem of his forward, but the world arrests him with marvels: a liver-sausage ...
- Sophomores place in college writing contest - Community Press & Recorder
Sophomores place in college writing contestCommunity Press & Recorder, KY - 45 minutes agoThis year is the 12th anniversary of the annual High School Writing Contest, composed of entries from sophomores in poetry, personal essay and short fiction ...
- Literary Circle marks 125 years - Fairmont Sentinel
Fairmont SentinelLiterary Circle marks 125 yearsFairmont Sentinel, MN - 1 hour agoCook has won awards for her poetry since 1977, when she won the Collegiate Poetry Contest for “Lyric†magazine. She later joined the League of Minnesota ...
- YouthBuild graduates come of age - Waukegan News Sun
YouthBuild graduates come of ageWaukegan News Sun, IL - 10 hours ago"Poetry helps me vent." YouthBuild also teaches the construction trades and connects once-unemployable young people with companies willing to give them a ...
- Greek islanders say gay women are no Lesbians - Reuters
ATHENS (Reuters) - Some residents on the Greek island of Lesvos say they are the only true Lesbians and they want gay groups to stop using the word. Several residents have begun legal proceedings and pending a ruling have asked a court to ban the Gay ...
- The Art of Travel (DVD Talk)
For some, traveling is defined as movement from location to location in as little time as possible. For others, traveling is merely the first step toward greater self-exploration, where adventures can teach and motivate the soul to higher plains of consciousness.
- Week of June 15 - Los Angeles Times
Week of June 15Los Angeles Times, CA - 8 hours agoSarah Maclayand Marsha de la O read their poetry, the Coffee Cartel, 1820 S. Catalina Ave., Redondo Beach, 8 pm (310) 316-6554 or www.redondopoets.com. ...
- Around Town - St. Petersburg Times
Nursing mothers class: St. Joseph's Women's Hospital presents a seminar on nursing mothers and breast-feeding. The session covers the basics of feeding, including how the body produces milk, proper positioning and latch-on techniques. 6 to 9 p.m ...
- National magazine, "Hope Keepers", publishes work by Laura Beth Young. - 24-7PressRelease.com (press release)
National magazine, "Hope Keepers", publishes work by Laura Beth Young.24-7PressRelease.com (press release) - 2 hours agoThe poem published in "Hope Keepers" was written when she was feeling her life could only be joyful if her chronic spinal condition improved. ...
- Appreciation: Oakley Hall, writers' champion (San Francisco Chronicle)
With the death of Oakley Hall on Monday, the Bay Area - and, by extension, the United States - lost one of its greatest champions of literature. Novelist, librettist, instructor and administrator, Hall, who lived a robust 87 years, maintained an influence...
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