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STD (Stuff to Do) November 20 - November 26
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (16:49:42)
Member of the U of C’s Committee on Social Thought, poet, and novelist Adam Zajagewski will be reading a selection of his poetry at the Renaissance Society. In 2004, he won the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, which is often considered a precursor to the Nobel prize in literary circles. (Renaissance Society, 2 p.m., free)...
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Franco family's 'Metamorphosis: Junior Year'
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (16:29:41)
The result is "Metamorphosis: Junior Year," a novel released in October that combines prose with poetry, short chapters with big themes and mythology with modern-day teenage angst. It is a collaboration between mother and sons: Betsy wrote the text; Tom, 29, did the illustrations; and James, 31, and Dave, 24, recorded the audio version of the book....
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City, police honored by county first
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (16:20:58)
Walker presented a selection of her poetry and plaques to a gathered crowd of city and Jacksonville Police Department officials at the police station. ...
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Theatre for Today presents play readings of local playwright
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (16:17:47)
Poetry News: Howard Scott lived in Deming for nine years. His book "Then He Said," a collection of poetry, essays and plays was published in 2008.
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Review: "Vagabond Dawns," by Carolyn Mary Kleefeld
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (16:14:59)
This collection of more than 100 short poems evokes images ranging from cyclical rhythms of nature to the passions and complexities of love to the timeless spiritual potentialities of the human mind and soul....
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Veteran broadcaster dies aged 94
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (16:09:21)
He was an author and poet, producing several books including the definitive guide to Wimbledon 1877-1977 and The Ballad of Worple Road, a book of poetry with a forward by Peter Ustinov.
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Irvine to host five day Burns extravaganza
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (16:07:04)
"It was in Eglinton Woods that Burns realised his poetry could be good enough for the rest of the world to read. "And it was a chance meeting with Captain Brown at Irvine harbour that ...
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Christine Brewer's celebration of Strauss' seasons took time to mature
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (14:05:27)
But Brewer did start reading and learning the poetry on which the songs are based - translations of Hermann Hesse's "Spring," "September" and "Going to Sleep," and "At Sunset" by ...
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Cowboy poets gather for weekend performances
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (14:02:17)
Carnal performed before an audience for the first time last year at Grand Junction's Cowboy Poetry Gathering at the Museum of Western Colorado's Whitman Educational Center. He's back for this year's gathering, today and Saturday at the same location....
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BookJam Bash Features 16-year-old Poet Laureate and Award-winning Authors
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (13:57:38)
The special event will feature student poetry performances and discussion highlighting proven techniques for using engaging novels in young adult literature to elevate ...
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Poem Present: Discussion on Poetics with Mary Ruefle
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (12:14:17)
Poetry News: Mary Ruefle is the author of several volumes of poetry, most recently A Little White Shadow , an art book of "erasures", a variation on found poetry; Tristimania , Among the Musk Ox People ; Apparition Hill ; Cold Pluto ; Post Meridian ; Cold Pluto ; The Adamant , winner of the 1988 Iowa Poetry Prize; Life Without Speaking ; and Memling's Veil .
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NPR programs to feature Holland poet Jack Ridl
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (12:12:35)
Poetry News: National Public Radio has discovered Holland area poet Jack Ridl , whose latest anthology "The Losing Season" in September cracked The Poetry Foundation's bestseller list.
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Sufi singer Abida Parveen, live in Chennai
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (10:35:09)
Born in Larkhana, Sindh, in a family with close links to Sufi shrines, she found herself drawn to Sufi music poetry as soon as she could sing and her first lessons came from her father Ustad Ghulam Haider, continuing with the Sham Chorasia ...
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When Bad Things Happen to Good Products
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (07:33:05)
Poetry News: Technology companies are awfully fond of comparing their work to poetry and art .
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Christmas Writing Contest deadline is near
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (07:32:15)
The deadline is fast approaching for the annual Valley Leader Christmas Writing Contest. This coming Thursday, Nov. 26 at 4 p.m. is the deadline for writers to submit their poems and stories to be eligible to win cash prizes and/or have their creations published as part of the Valley Leader's special Christmas edition. ...
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Mary Karr on Girls and their Dragons
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (07:29:46)
Mary Karr, the poet and ever the “scrappy little beast,” gives me three more reasons to marvel, and cherish her, in her third memoir. Lit, after The Liars’ Club and Cherry, is the story of drinking her way to Catholicism, sobriety and more writing. Her title refers, she says, to the things that lit her early mid-life: spiritual practice, Jack Daniels and Literature....
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MFA program ranked 42nd in the country
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (07:26:19)
The Masters of Fine Arts in Writing program here at UNH was recently ranked 42nd in Poets and Writers magazine with its nonfiction program in seventh place, a rare accomplishment for a program that is just shy of four years old....
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Racial slurs interrupt poetry reading
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (07:22:21)
Poetry News: Approximately 85 people gathered on Lanier County property Sunday night to hear words of poetry.
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POETRY : Poetry fest celebrates 10th anniversary
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (05:54:49)
Poetry News: WHAT: 2009 Taipei Poetry Festival WHEN: Today to Nov. 29 WHERE: Main venues include Zhongshan Hall , Eslite Xinyi Store and Taipei Artist Village ON THE NET: poetry.culture.gov.tw Big-name authors, aspiring young bards and members of the general public will all feel at home at this year s Taipei Poetry Festival , which is celebrating its 10th ...
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Forgotten futures
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (05:53:53)
Emirati cinephile friend opined over a coffee recently. 'That's when our artists pushed the boundaries, when our poetry was read all over the Arab world.' I almost choked on my espresso. Even many of us well-versed in the longevity of the UAE's ...
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AroundTown: Heart of snarkness
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (05:51:29)
For more information, call 233-3331. Spoken Innovation Poetry Slam 9 p.m. Friday, Bisbano's If you're itching to hear some poetry and passion, you need to check out the Spoken Innovation ...
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Poetry book 15 years in the writing...
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (05:49:50)
Poetry News: A book of poems about Northamptonshire collected by a local wandering poet has finally gone on sale...15 years after he started writing it.
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BHS Students Attend Humanities Fair
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (05:47:37)
Poetry News: ... and a oeThings are Against Us:A The Malice of Inanimates.a The students entered contests in the areas of poetry, short story, and essay.A Andrea Easter placed 1st for her short story, a oeA Burned Past.a A Bernard Smith placed 2nd for his short ...
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