Poetry News

Editorial Ultramar, the Miami-based publishing division of the non-profit Hispanic Events, Inc., will launch "La Ciudad de la Unidad Posible, Seleccion Poetica de Miami" , a book featuring more than 100 Spanish-language poems by 32 Hispanic writers.

Last month I listened with special attention to Dona Stein's excellent "The Poetry Show" on KFRC-FM in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Basim al-Dafaie, an Iraqi poet, was optimistic when he saw the restoration of art and poetry festival in his province of Diyala after four years of turbulence and violence.

The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the military about a year ago, a newlywed who had served in Iraq and a woman who had vowed to take on Usama bin Laden after the Sept.

The three books reviewed here are by women writers who confront the world in uncompromised fashion.

The programme may have been entitled "A Poetry Evening", but the performances staged by the students of Doha College on Wednesday proved to be a cabaret-style mix of songs, music and dance as well as plenty of poetry.

Poem and Drawing by Amitabh Mitra An orthopaedic surgeon in a busy hospital in East London, South Africa, I actually belong to Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, its long summers and hectic politics.

Campion's Bright Star is a beautifully realised look at the relationship between the poet John Keats and his neighbour Fanny Brawn that generally engages without delivering the emotional wallop you may have been anticipating.

Her mermaid frame, merely a lure, It was her essence that showered us With passion to live fully now, Her exuberance for life, the gift.

Nearly 20 top local and regional artists will give poetry readings at "Language of the Soul," the upcoming 26th annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival.

Community Arts of Elmira, 413 Lake St. in Elmira, will host ARTiculation, Poetry Posts Live, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

Monday, November 2, 2009 11:04 AM IFOA guest post: Who are you people and why don't you like poetry the rest of the year? Jacob McArthur Mooney E ditor's note: Over the course of the International Festival of Authors, some of the writers in attendance provided guest posts for our blog coverage.

A A 550,000 grant has been awarded to help Cambridge University to buy the personal belongings of First World War soldier, poet and author Siegfried Sassoon.

DHAKA: Bangla Academy held a discussion on the late poet Shamsur Rahman at the academy's seminar hall, in observance of the poet's 80th birth anniversary on November 2. Shamsur Rahman was a leading poet, columnist and journalist of his time.

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Loomis' annual Cowpoke Fall Gathering, a nationally-recognized festival of cowboy poetry and more, is adding Sunday Cowboy Church to its line-up this year.

Visit the East Village, Des Moines bohemian hot spot, this Thursday night, November 5, for an arts classic: the open mic night.

At The Museum Submitted by Windsor Art Center on 2009-11-02.   The second in a series of four Poetry on the Line events will take place on Sunday, Nov.

October 30, 2009, 3:57 PM / Autumn By Adam Zagajewski Autumn is always too early.

The Norman Singers recently announced the seventh annual poetry contest for students in grades 6-12 in the Norman schools.