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A Walk Down Washington's Alley Of Russian Poets

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:45:12 GMT

Poetry News: The Alley of Russian Poets is the brainchild of Uli Zislin, a Russian-born poetry collector and songwriter whose idea fell on receptive ears in 2003.Link!

A poet and artist of the people

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:44:48 GMT

Poetry News: ... a major role in his life; he took classes in drawing, painting, drumming, photography and creative writing. His poetry, paintings and photography were featured in some Path exhibits. Adam Doody at Path said that writing was Reggie's real love: He ...Link!

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet To Hold Workshop At Hill-Stead Museum

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:43:28 GMT

Poetry News: Pulitzer prize winning poet Phillip Schultz will hold a three day workshop at the upcoming Sunken Garden Poetry Festival at Hill-Stead museum.Link!

Selby author and poet nominated for children's writing initiative

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:40:06 GMT

Poetry News: AUTHOR: Christina Gabbitas of Leeds Road Selby with illustrations for her new book.Link!

Luke Wright Just Might Be Your New Favourite Poet

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:38:57 GMT

What he wants to do is a really fun, enjoyable poetry set - this in contrast with his earlier, more serious shows that delved further into the craft of poetry. There'll be none of that ...Link!

London Book And Poetry Events: 23-29 May

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:37:56 GMT

Poetry News: ... Anne Stevenson, Simon Armitage, Professor Stephen Regan and Fiona Sampson debate the state of contemporary British poetry at the British Academy (6pm, free, registration required). Conn Iggulden is signing the latest in his Emperor series at ...Link!

The dire offences of Alexander Pope

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:37:28 GMT

Poetry News: There's never been a shortage of readers to love and admire Alexander Pope . But if you think you don't, or wouldn't, like his poetry, you're in good company there too.Link!

Lee: Gallery to host monthly reading

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:34:17 GMT

He is the author of seven books of short fiction, as well as books of poetry. The suggested donation is $3 per person; $1 will go to the gallery for expenses, and each reader will receive $1. The authors' books ...Link!

California Poet Laureate Launches Bullying-Awareness Project

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:02:39 GMT

Poetry News: ... program, graduate fellows will introduce the i-Promise Joanna project with a brief video of Herrera and a classroom poetry activity that invites students to talk about the impact of bullying in their lives and elicits a promise to seek peaceful ...Link!

Poem of the week: Sonnet 30 by Robert Sidney

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:00 GMT

This week's poem comes from a collection of sonnets, songs, pastorals, elegies and epigrams by the newly-rediscovered Elizabethan poet, Robert Sidney. It's untitled, but numbered "Sonnet 30", and begins, aptly for a re-emergent poet, "Absence, I cannot say thou hid'st my light … Link!

Chapter Forty of An Ecstatic Loneliness: The Marxist Priest Of Nixon In China

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:00 GMT

I began listening to the John Adams opera, Nixon In China, for the third time … and … well … after listening to Walter Cronkite's introduction again, I stopped shortly after the first scene. Knowing there was, at no point in the score, a moment of un-hammered beauty?! I stopped listening.. Link!

UK- Punk poet to headline arts festival

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT

People queued into the street to buy tickets for punk poet John Cooper Clarke and folk musician June Tabor as Hebden Bridge Festival announced its 20th programme.. Link!

Kansas girl Gwendolyn Brooks broke ground as black poet

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT

There wasn’t much Gwendolyn Brooks didn’t write about. She would say, “I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker.” She wrote of war, racism, drug use and love. Anything became the subject of scrutiny from her pen. She was born on June 7, 1917, on her grandmother’s kitchen table in Topeka.. Link!

Darwin's Granddaughters: Readings and Reminisces

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT

CAMBRIDGE, U.K. -- UNITED KINGDOM Gwen Raverat and Frances Cornford. Two extraordinary artistic talents from one legendary Cambridge family. Next month, Heffers is to host a special evening of readings and reminisces to celebrate their lives and achievements.. Link!

Chinese musician seeks enduring India-China ties

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT

She started liking the poetry of India's poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore while in school, and now China's noted dulcimer player Liu Yuening has made the first Chinese transcription of Tagore's songs with the aim of creating an enduring basis for India-China ties.. Link!