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- Joyce Carol Oates enters 'tabloid hell' in 37th novel 'My Sister ... - The Canadian Press
Joyce Carol Oates enters 'tabloid hell' in 37th novel 'My Sister ...The Canadian Press - 1 hour agoThe way to handle broken narrators, perhaps, is to try to find poetry in their plain speech. But Oates has already done that - her "Zombie" is a brilliant ...
- Remembering Agnieszka Osiecka, songwriter and poet 10.06.2008 - Polish Radio External Service
Remembering Agnieszka Osiecka, songwriter and poet 10.06.2008Polish Radio External Service, Poland - 15 hours agoIn fact most of her lyrics were actually high-calibre poetry. She died in 1997 at the age of sixty. Her daughter, Agata Passent, recently founded the ...
- Francophone Literature: From Negritude to Realism"> - afrol News
Francophone Literature: From Negritude to Realism">afrol News, Norway - 7 minutes agoHe settled in Paris in 1928, where he began to write poetry about his feelings concerning being an African far away from his native country in the middle of ...
- Book Review: Literary memoir is believable (The Oklahoman)
"My Sister, My Love†by Joyce Carol Oates (Ecco. 562 pages. $25.95). Some of Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest. Oates sets out to solve a fictionalized version of the JonBenet Ramsey murder, with skating prodigy "Bliss†Rampike replacing the real-life child beauty pageant contestant. The resolution she imagines is ...
- New Milford auto repairman feels urge to compete in poetry slams (The News-Times)
DANBURY--There isn't a lot of money to be made on the competitive poetry circuit.Occasionally, you might win a small cash prize. More often, the rewards are far less tangible.That's one of the reasons that Craig Weidner is working as a service manager at a downtown auto repair shop rather than spinning his freestyle verse for appreciative audiences at poetry slams across the country.
- As Simple as That - Variety
As Simple as ThatVariety, CA - 1 hour agoHer only solace comes from a few stolen moments writing poetry, visiting an old friend she meets by accident and giving advice to the older man she watches ...
- Pushing for change, scholar challenges wisdom on Serenity Prayer - Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK - Generations of recovering alcoholics, soldiers, weary parents, exploited workers and just about anybody feeling beaten down by life have found solace in a short prayer that begins: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot ...
- Power to the poems - Portsmouth Herald
They've all had their say on the matter — the "Greats" — regarding the poet and poetry. Novalis said "Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason." James Branch Cabbell said "Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is." And the Portsmouth ...
- 'Scandal' needs schooling in comedy (The Washington Times)
One of the scandalous things about "School for Scandal" is how it strains for laughs. Dry-eyed through a tragedy, you can endure, but not cracking many smiles during a comedy is particularly...
- 'Love's Labor's Lost's' vision, edge a perfect fit (The Morning Call)
What a shame that Muhlenberg College's production of ''Love's Labor's Lost'' ran for only one weekend.
- Two groups offer support for new writers - Pahrump Valley Times
Two groups offer support for new writersPahrump Valley Times, NV - 1 hour agoAt the April meeting, topics such as membership fees and the details for an upcoming youth writing contest were discussed and votes taken. ...
- Juneteenth celebrated locally - Daily Iberian
Juneteenth celebrated locallyDaily Iberian, LA - 4 hours agoBY MARY CATHARINE MARTIN THE DAILY IBERIAN It might be tempting to answer “The Emancipation Proclamation,†but it wasn’t until two years later, ...
- Songwriting gurus share their secrets - Myrtle Beach Sun News
Songwriting gurus share their secretsMyrtle Beach Sun News, SC - 13 minutes agoPoetry and music Strumming his acoustic guitar Saturday at the My View Beyond gallery in Conway, Brian Roessler performed “Pittsburgh. ...
- Charlotte Hilton Andersen: Eating Disorder Roulette (HuffingtonPost)
Why do teens get eating disorders? Blame it on their friends! But wait, it's not that simple. In fact, it doesn't matter which group teen girls actually fall into but only which group they most identify with.
- Art exhibit revisits cannery strike - Register Pajaronian
Art exhibit revisits cannery strikeRegister Pajaronian, CA - 3 hours ago21, will also include a wealth of talks, a procession, workshops, poetry and songs about the Watsonville Cannery Strike. Twenty years after the end of a ...
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