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- Lincoln's slam poets are off to nationals - Lincoln Journal Star
The poets are going to the show. Next week, the Nebraska Writers Collective team will head to Madison, Wis., to compete at the 2008 National Poetry Slam. The annual five-day event is the largest poetry performance gathering in the world. The Lincoln ...
- Book Talk: Author Kathleen Norris find new life in "acedia" (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
When writer Kathleen Norris came across the word "acedia" used by a 4th century monk she knew she was onto something -- the "bad thought" identified by early Christian monks that lost out to more physical sins.
- Barnes & Noble to Open New Store at 911 Haddonfield Road, Cherry ... - istockAnalyst.com
Barnes & Noble to Open New Store at 911 Haddonfield Road, Cherry ...istockAnalyst.com, OR - 4 hours agoThe Camden County Youth Partnership will read poetry. The Cherry Hill Public Library will host a special Storytime with crafts. ...
- Wilmington's LoMa: If you build it up, will they come? (The News Journal)
It's clear why Wilmington for more than 20 years suspended its monthly Art on the Town loops during the summer.
- Don’t blame war on arms industry - La Crosse Tribune
I’m writing in response to Joe Orso’s Sept. 13 Faith Page column, which seemed inappropriate two days after commemorating the seventh anniversary of 9/11. I think blaming the United States and the arms industry in propelling us to war is a bit ...
- Rethinking Retirement - Packet Online
Rethinking RetirementPacket Online, NJ - 4 hours agoArt, computer and Internet basics, and memoir and poetry writing are staples. Like the Evergreen Forum, all of the classes are led by volunteers, ...
- Lemon vs Vallejo - Most Valuable Network
Lemon vs VallejoMost Valuable Network, MA - 7 hours agoHe has very quick first step that allows him to close the gap to the ball with relative ease, and watching him cover ground on short files is almost poetry. ...
- At the Theater - New York Observer
59East59 Theatres. Why do we go to the theater? Put it another way: Why, oh why , do we go to the theater? It frequently frustrates and disappoints us. And it’s expensive . Yet we keep going, come what may. But look at it from the point of view of ...
- BOOK REVIEW: Mother's mysterious friend drives 'Nothing Is Quite ... - IdahoStatesman.com
BOOK REVIEW: Mother's mysterious friend drives 'Nothing Is Quite ...IdahoStatesman.com, ID - 19 hours agoShe also has a book of poetry and four short story collections, which also have been well received. In some ways, you wonder if "Nothing is Quite Forgotten ...
- Alanis Morissette Skilled, But Shallow And Insincere - Hartford Courant
Alanis Morissette Skilled, But Shallow And InsincereHartford Courant, United States - 14 hours agoEnergetic conviction wrapped in flighty lyrical poetry was her strong suit, but her method fashioned words in a way that ultimately gave the songs little ...
- Jack Irving awarded the Order of Canada - Telegraph-Journal
Jack Irving awarded the Order of CanadaTelegraph-Journal, Canada - 3 hours agoUsing songs and poetry, performer Donat Lacroix also helped preserve and promote the Acadian culture in the province. For more than 50 years, ...
- Union prof was a poetic mind - Albany Times Union
Union prof was a poetic mindAlbany Times Union, NY - 3 hours ago"He could recite poetry by the yard," said retired Union literature professor Alan Nelson, a colleague since 1954, eight years after Murphy was first hired ...
- The world's oldest jokes revealed - Newindpress
The world's oldest jokes revealedNewindpress, India - Aug 1, 2008They found the wry observation in the Codex Exoniensis, a 10th century book of Anglo-Saxon poetry held at Exeter Cathedral. It reads: “What hangs at a man’s ...
- Facing the music - Tulsa World
Facing the musicTulsa World, OK - Aug 31, 2008I read Pablo Neruda poetry for fun, and secretly loved bluegrass music — not good for street cred. I was lowering the band's stock with cooler bands, ...
- The Man Who Shocked the World (Psychology Today)
Stanley Milgram and disturbing truths about human nature.
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