Poetry news via Google, MSN, and Yahoo!
- Seen a good concert lately? An exhibit? No? You're not alone - The Virginian-Pilot
Seen a good concert lately? An exhibit? No? You're not aloneThe Virginian-PilotThe reading of "literature," defined as "plays/poetry/novels/short stories," was an exception, rising from 46.7 to 50.2. NEA research director Sunil Iyengar ...and more »
- Sex Workers Convene for Cultural Festival: Speak Out on Craigslist Sex Panic (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Erotic service providers, adult entertainers, dominatrixes, strippers and allies gather in San Francisco for a week of educational, political and cultural events from May 30th- June 7th at the 6th Biennial Sex Worker Film, Arts and Music Festival.
- UIndy alumna wins national poetry contest - University of Indianapolis
University of IndianapolisUIndy alumna wins national poetry contestUniversity of Indianapolis... beat out more than 200 competitors who submitted book-length manuscripts for the third annual Kenneth and Geraldine Gell Poetry Prize. ...
- On Native Ground - American Reporter
But instead attacking the banksters who nearly destroyed the global economy, we are seeing the familiar scapegoating of non-white, non-male, non-Christian and non-heterosexual Americans as being menaces to our way of life. There's no shortage of ...
- James Franco: “I Never Thought I Would Be Playing Allen Ginsberg†- Indie Wire
Indie WireJames Franco: “I Never Thought I Would Be Playing Allen Ginsbergâ€Indie Wire“So if you study his life, you realize he's talking about a specific incident [in the poem], not just some abstract image. It becomes poetry, but you can ...and more »
- Concert presents "T.S. Eliot's Poetry in Song" - Mississippi State Newsroom (press release)
Mississippi State Newsroom (press release)Concert presents "T.S. Eliot's Poetry in Song"Mississippi State Newsroom (press release)Sponsored by the university's music department, the 7:30 pm program in Giles Hall auditorium is free and open to all. "TS Eliot's Poetry in Song," created ...
- Theater Review: 'Den of Thieves' a sure thing, donuts to dollars - StarkSilverCreek (blog)
StarkSilverCreek (blog)Theater Review: 'Den of Thieves' a sure thing, donuts to dollarsStarkSilverCreek (blog)Criminal poetry in motion. Chad Deverman (the only equity actor in this production), delivers a frenetic, adrenaline pumping performance that ...and more »
- Poem of the week: La Gioconda by Michael Field - The Guardian (blog)
The Guardian (blog)Poem of the week: La Gioconda by Michael FieldThe Guardian (blog)... a rich silk-merchant's wife, and the portrait had been commissioned to celebrate the birth of her second child. But in the Michael Fields poem she ...
- HAYFORK VALLEY VIEWS - The Trinity Journal
HAYFORK VALLEY VIEWSThe Trinity JournalKaydi Johnson's lyrics were pure poetry, and Allison and Victor charmed us again with their deep talent and with their admission that they really love ...
- Buckham Gallery exhibit encourages melding of art and words - MLive.com
Is it words about art, or art about words? A lot of both, actually. The common ground between the written word and the world of visual arts is the foundation for “Constructive Witticism,†the February exhibit at Flint’s Buckham Gallery that ...
- 'Avenue Dread': Poetry Collection Appeals to Spiritual Nature, Revealing Human ... - eReleases (press release)
'Avenue Dread': Poetry Collection Appeals to Spiritual Nature, Revealing Human ...eReleases (press release)Poet/author/musician Michael Angel shares his spiritual poetry in Avenue Dread (published by Trafford Publishing) in an effort to open others to the ...and more »
- Insect Museum's annual Hexapod Haiku Challenge returns - N.C. State University Technician Online
Insect Museum's annual Hexapod Haiku Challenge returnsN.C. State University Technician OnlineThe challenge will accept poetry in the forms of haiku, haiga, or senryu. A haiku is an unrhymed poem broken into three ...
- My name's Dave Gorman... and I'm up for a challenge - This is Derbyshire
At the age of 31, I decided I wanted to write a novel, so I started by growing a beard, which somehow persuaded a publisher to give me a deal. "Then, one day, I received an e-mail from a stranger telling me I was a googlewack. A googlewack is two ...
- Natalie Merchant's First Studio Album in Seven Years, "Leave Your ... - Nonesuch Records
A two-disc set, Leave Your Sleep is a collection of songs adapted from poems selected by Merchant including pieces by both well-known and obscure writers. Featured are works by British Victorians, early- and mid-20th century Americans and ...
- United Way: Businesses responded to greater need this past year - Lancaster Eagle Gazette.com
LANCASTER -- The 2009 United Way Campaign officially ended Tuesday night, coming in around $1.7 million, or about $100,000 less than in 2008. "Early on we knew it was going to be a tough year," said Dave Smith, Lancaster mayor and 2009 United Way ...
|