Poetry is not dead: It's eternal - Planet Jackson Hole

Poetry is not dead: It's eternal
Planet Jackson Hole
There is even a movement among the school aged, culminating in the Poetry out Loud (which will take place later this month) contest started in 2006, now centered on the once moribund art of memorizing poetry. Outside the United States, poetry can still ...

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2012 Artist of the Year - Aptos Times

2012 Artist of the Year
Aptos Times
He joins the distinguished list that includes actor Paul Whitworth; photographer Frans Lanting; poets Morton Marcus, Adrienne Rich, and William Everson; composers Lou Harrison, George Barati, and Phil Collins; writers Jim Houston and Laurie R. King; ...

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Crossing the Gulf: Tania James' Aerogrammes - Huffington Post

Crossing the Gulf: Tania James' Aerogrammes
Huffington Post
Her parents came to the United States from South India. She was born in Chicago, raised in Louisville, Kentucky, and now resides in Washington, DC She can be seen, then, as a writer from two colliding worlds, and her stories can be understood to be ...

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A Calabash revolution - Jamaica Gleaner


Jamaica Gleaner
A Calabash revolution
Jamaica Gleaner
... a 'joyfest' of readings comprising more than 30 poets, authors and performers from Nigeria, Ethiopia, the United Kingdom, the United States as well as several Jamaican writers from home and the diaspora. The stellar list includes Orlando Patterson, ...

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Imraan's words on the move - Mail & Guardian Online

Imraan's words on the move
Mail & Guardian Online
Even if Geromian were to write a “list of the separate parts belonging to a Defy refrigerator, the reviewers, everywhere you went, would hail it as a cool triumph”. Critics, take note. The Institute for Taxi Poetry is an experimental work that tries to ...

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Laal salam - The Hindu


The Hindu
Laal salam
The Hindu
As you watch Rahman share with the audience his perspective on the role the United States' Central Investigative Agency played in funding terror and supporting the Mujahedeen in Pakistan, and encouraging his audience to shout slogans against terrorism, ...

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The Precarious State of the Literary Interview - The Atlantic


The Atlantic
The Precarious State of the Literary Interview
The Atlantic
KCRW's weekly half-hour broadcast and podcast "Bookworm" with host Michael Silverblatt reminds us that the literary interview can function as art. Silverblatt prepares for each interview by reading almost everything a guest has ever written.

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Entertainment calendar May 24-30 - The Saratogian

Entertainment calendar May 24-30
The Saratogian
USA Dance/Arts Center members, $12; non-members, $15. COLONIE LODGE OF ELKS, 11 Elks Lane, Latham. 694-4448. Single Squares modern western square dancing at 7:30 pm Wednesdays, June 6, June 20 and June 27. $6. LINDY HOP SWING DANCE, Daisy Bakers, ...

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This Day, May 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin - Cleveland Jewish News (blog)

This Day, May 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
Cleveland Jewish News (blog)
On top of that newspaper reports of the time were not always accurate when it came to names leaving us to guess. Giurgevo probably refers to Giurgiu which was an ancient fortress town on the Danube. Effendi may refer to a prominent Turkish Jew of the ...

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The Web Saratogian.com - The Saratogian

The Web Saratogian.com
The Saratogian
USA Dance/Arts Center members, $12; non-members, $15. BALLSTON SPA JR.-SR. HIGH SCHOOL, Ballston Spa. Students of Carol Lawrence School of Dance present, “Just Dance,” annual Dance Recital, 11 am Saturday May 19. $13. BUHRMASTER BARN, Pruyn House, ...

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