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  1. National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in ElkoRead the original story

    56 min ago | News 88.9 KNPR - Nevada Public Radio

    The 26th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, NV will be held January 23-30 . Special guests will be a passel of cowboy poets from...Florida. There will be the usual mix of poetry readings, music performances, and arts and culture workshops.

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    Related Topix: Arts, Elko, NV

  2. An appreciation: Writing for Sister Maura was hard workRead the original story

    1 hr ago | The Baltimore Sun

    ... the College of Notre Dame in the early 1960s, Sister Maura Eichner was already well known. Author of several books of poetry, she was friends with important literary figures like Flannery O'Connor , Karl Shapiro and Richard Wilbur - connections that ...

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  3. Column: Literature savedRead the original story

    1 hr ago | The Capital-Journal

    ... patron, Augustus Caesar. In the middle of the 19th century, another poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins, burned all of his poetry before entering the Jesuit religious order. Thankfully, he had sent many of these poems to his friend, Robert Bridges, a fellow ...

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    Related Topix: Arts, Literature, Opinion

  4. Tom Courtenay: Put yourself in Larkin's shoesRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | The Independent

    ... devising, hoping that he would appear in it; while Courtenay liked the idea, he thought that version too close to a poetry reading. He set about putting together a show of his own, drawing on Larkin's letters, interviews and essays, as well as his ...

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  5. Blood and Mistletoe: a history of the Druids in Britain, By Ronald HuttonRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | The Independent

    ... inserted his own forged poems and invented descriptions of Druid ceremonies into his translations of mediaeval Welsh poetry, and largely got away with it. He also established the gorsedd, a ceremonial meeting of Druid bards at the eisteddfod, ...

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    Related Topix: Religion, Druid, Pagan/Wiccan

  6. A Child's CalendarRead the original story w/Photo

    2 hrs ago | Nashville Scene

    Every week Friday, Saturday from Sat., November 28 until Sat., December 19, 11:30am, Every week Friday, Saturday from Sat., November 28 until Sat., December 19, 10:30am Price: Silly Wabbit Paul V. Griffith Updike may be best known as a novelist , but he also published short stories, art and literary criticism, poetry, and, in this case, children's ...

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    Related Topix: Arts, Nashville, TN, Events

  7. An autumn bounty of booksRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun Gainesville, FL

    ... collection "The Cost of Living" by Mavis Gallant, with an introduction by Jhumpa Lahiri. For readers interested in poetry, UF's literary magazine, Subtropics, recently published a special all-poetry issue, notes Leavitt, whose most recent novel, ...

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    Related Topix: Gainesville, FL, University of Florida, Nonfiction, Arts, Journalism, Opinion

  8. The Things I Tweet: 2009-11-21Read the original story

    3 hrs ago | Little Fury

    ... ently work for a K-12 outreach program called LEARN NC . I'm married with two cats. Little Fury is where I blog about poetry, my awesome friends, and the myriad of other ways I waste my time. Briefly

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  9. Writers Notebook: Winston-Salem author wins 3 awards for her insider's takeRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | Winston-Salem Journal

    ... O'Brien to be featured poet at reading Anderson O'Brien will be the featured poet at The Word Is Out open-mike poetry reading, scheduled for 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Central Library auditorium, at 660 W. Fifth St. Those interested in poetry and ...

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    Related Topix: Florida, Arts, Entertainment

  10. BookshelfRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Cape Cod Times

    ... and poems displayed insightful portrayals of black life in America. He died in 1967 in New York City. thankful for poetry For a change of pace on Thanksgiving Day, consider reciting the poem "The New-England Boy's Song About Thanksgiving Day," by ...

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    Related Topix: Publishing, Media, Life, Charity

  11. 'The Road' rides on child starRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday | CANOE

    ... think it's positive,' he says. I'm also a publisher and I also have, for many years, exhibited photographs and done poetry readings, and a lot more people started coming. I've been asked if it minimizes, in some way, what I do or what others do, if ...

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  12. Christmas Books: HumourRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 19 | Telegraph.co.uk

    ... reply to a would-be poet is: 'If the two pieces that you sent are a fair sample of what you can do, give up writing "poetry" at once.' The agonies are also quaint. 'Betty', in 1929, writes to say she has already refused seven proposals of marriage ...

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  13. Knoxville writer Agee's work still relevant as 100th birthday nearsRead the original story w/Photo

    3 hrs ago | Knoxville News Sentinel

    ... into the future. He was a complicated, restless soul who experimented with many literary forms: journalism, prose, poetry, screenplays, essays and film criticism. "The African Queen" and "The Night of the Hunter" were two of his most successful ...

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    Related Topix: Knoxville, TN, University of Tennessee, Arts, Knox County, TN

  14. Thoughts on Poetry, by Michael Longley in IndiaRead the original story w/Photo

    3 hrs ago | Hi spirits

    Michael Longley is the current Ireland Professor of Poetry, which entails residencies at universities including, Queen's. During a trip to India, promoting the univeristy, he sat for an interview.

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  15. Sotheby's makes a killing from Banksy's guerrilla artworksRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | The Independent

    ... He has an unnerving ability to get to the heart of the matter and is able to express strong political statements with poetry, energy and humour." Banksy came to the fore in 2003 with his exhibition Turf War, and by last year his mainstream ...

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    Related Topix: Retail, Auctions, Sothebys Holdings, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US Military Prisons

  16. His legacy burns onRead the original story w/Photo

    4 hrs ago | The Star Online

    ... was written by Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional Scottish folk song. You might be inspired to write poetry too if you lived in the amazingly beautiful village of Alloway, where Scotland's much-celebrated poet, Robert Burns, grew up. ...

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    Related Topix: Arts, Scotland, United Kingdom, World News, United Kingdom, Strathclyde County, Scotland, Ayr, Scotland

  17. Culture clash in Iran as government tries to rein in artists protesting political turmoilRead the original story w/Photo

    4 hrs ago | Portland's CW32 KRCW -TV

    ... powerful resonance among the public. Arts and culture hold a special place for Iranians. At family parties they read poetry aloud or bring out a santour, a dulcimer-like instrument, and sing songs of their favorite composers. The shrines of poets ...

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    Related Topix: Iran, World News, Middle East, Theater, Arts, Pais Vasco, Spain, Spain, San Sebastian, Spain

  18. Return to ProgressRead the original story w/Photo

    4 hrs ago | New York Times

    In August Barack Obama sought to reassure his supporters as they contemplated a plunge in the opinion polls, a possible defeat on health care reform and the nagging worry that Obama, master of the poetry of campaigning, was getting stuck governing in prose.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Arts, John McCain

  19. Max Romeo releases definitive collectionRead the original story w/Photo

    5 hrs ago | Jamaica Gleaner

    ... lyrics he penned, Max Romeo would have never stood behind a microphone. "I did not have singing on my mind. I loved poetry. I wanted to be a writer," the man known for saucy songs such as Wet Dream , the wry War Inna Babylon and the joyous Let The ...

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  20. Bright StarRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Voices Online

    ... fashion. This unlikely pair begins at odds, he thinking her a stylish minx, while she was unimpressed not only by his poetry but also by literature in general. However, when Fanny heard that Keats was nursing his seriously ill younger brother, her ...

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