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Casey Anthony defense: Kronk could be killer

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:27:57 GMT

In the Traditional News: The defense team for accused child killer Casey Anthony is pointing to the former meter reader who discovered Caylee Anthony's remains as the person who could be responsible for killing the toddler.Link!

hail

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:23:43 GMT

Allen Ginsberg, Barrett replied, and went on to situate that "hailing" to poetry within the context of his own early (?) teens, living abroad in a military setting (Taiwan, a navy family). One can only imagine the exotic, colorful picture of a distant America Ginsberg presented to a young person an ocean away from the country his immediate, probably quite sealed-off, community so enthusiastically (indeed, dutifully) identified with....Link!

''Pray for Obama'' t-shirt not exactly prayer for Obama

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:17:01 GMT

In the Traditional News: There's a t-shirt which is creating a ruckus. It's yellow, and emblazoned on the front is, "Pray for Obama" and underneath, "Psalm 109:8." The actual line in Psalm 109:8 states, "Let his days be few; and let another take his office."Link!

Andrew Motion to chair the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2010

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:16:21 GMT

Sir Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate, has been announced as Chair of the judges for the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Andrew Motion is Professor of Creative Writing at Royal Holloway College, University of London and co-founder of the online Poetry Archive. ...Link!

TS Eliot does not correspond with his letters

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:13:22 GMT

The first volume is a revision of an earlier book, expanded to include much correspondence discovered in the last 20 years or so. It goes up to 1922. The second doorstop-sized work covers the period to 1925. Eliot did not die until 1965, so aficionados are going to have to clear quite a lot of shelf-space yet, even if they live long enough to see the entire oeuvre published. ...Link!

Kan. woman bares her faith through poetry

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:11:08 GMT

Peg Penry lives in Topeka, and she just published her fifth book of poetry - a collection of religious verses she has written through the years. Publishing her poems, she says, is something she just had to do....Link!

Poetry Writing and Getting Published

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:05:13 GMT

There's a huge difference between entering wistful poems in your diary every night before bed and writing for a wider audience. If you want to keep your poems purely to yourself, then go write anything you like: sonnets, limericks, whatever....Link!

Fall studio tour features artists in their own settings

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:01:05 GMT

You're in a studio, not a gallery," said painter Bonnie Mandoe, one of the nine artists who are opening their studios at seven locations. "The artist is at ease in her natural environment. ...Link!

A tall order to fill

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:57:54 GMT

In Atlantic Canada's 100 Greatest Books, Trevor Adams and Stephen Clare attempt to fill a tall order, to present and celebrate the greatest Atlantic Canadian books. Choosing to stick with prose - fiction and non-fiction - they include side-bars of some alternate choices from various authors, and refer to numerous people from a variety of book-related pursuits who were consulted while assembling this list...Link!

Artistic 'Recovery ... Discovery ... Stimulus' in artist's home

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:46:27 GMT

"The Inuit people believed that the Pleiades that we see in our skies is actually the polar bear followed by seven wolves, and that the snow they kick up becomes the Milky Way," De la Sota says, explaining each of the faint hieroglyphics seen throughout the painting. "The aurora borealis is really the ancestors coming down to visit ... and they believed the first humans came from caribou....Link!

The Warrior Poetry Project: A Concert Reading of Poems by Veterans

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:42:48 GMT

Poetry News: Sunday, November 22, 2009 @ 5:30 p.m. Remy Bumppo Theatre Company and the Vet Art Project present the Warrior Poetry Project, a free hour-long poetry reading of original poetry written and performed by Vietnam War Veterans and guest artists from Remy Bumppo.Link!

Eliza R. Snow's 'Complete Poetry' is published

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:40:15 GMT

At an event Friday at the Sons of the Utah Pioneers building to celebrate the release of "Eliza R. Snow: The Complete Poetry." The 1,333-page book was edited by Derr and Davidson - an intense labor of love. It contains 507 poems, arranged ...Link!

Oprah To End Show in 2011

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:38:04 GMT

In the Traditional News: Oprah Winfrey will end her talk show when he contract expires in 2011.Link!

MSNBC Uses Fake, 'Sexy' Photos of Sarah Palin on Air; Will Network Correct and A

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:49:11 GMT

In the Traditional News: On Friday's edition of Morning Meeting, host Dylan Ratigan featured fake photos of Sarah Palin during a mocking segment on why Americans are fascinated with the former vice presidential candidate.

Keeping alive the home of a poet

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:47:21 GMT

Among the most valuable pieces in the collection is a signed draft version of Kunitz's poem "My Mother's Pears," which Kunitz dedicated to the Stockmals, according to the university. The pear tree that he and his mother planted when he lived in the house remains to this day. The Stockmals would send a box of fresh pears to Kunitz and his wife each year. ...Link!