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Prison Poetry Website Locks Down $75,000 NEA Grant  A new website on prison poetry was launched this week with assistance from a $75,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts..
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 Announcing: Poets the Short Film, the Kickstarter: Poets is a short film about the turbulent relationship between two slam poets, the personifications of truth and art. The kickstarter is live and kicking! We need your help! Support Poets today!...
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 | Sheryl Sandberg Annotates Her Writing on Rap Genius: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has annotated the introduction to her book on Rap Genius, the site where music fans, readers, legal scholars poets and authors can annotate writing..
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$1,000 cash reward for winner of Poetryfest contest: Poetry News: Anyone who has ever written a poem is eligible to enter the free poetry contest sponsored by Poetryfest, a nonprofit organization devoted to discovering new oets and helping them to achie...
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Guardian Books podcast: Memoirs of fathers and mothers: In this week's podcast we investigate the mushrooming genre of parental memoir - a form that spans books films and poetry and for which one of our guests has invented the new categories "patremoir" an...
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UK- Dead certs at Sterts ; Summer packed with drama, music, laughter: A summer packed with drama, music and laughter for all the family on the edge of Bodmin Moor kicks off in very fitting style with Cornish company BishBashBosh's exciting new production of Daphne Du Ma...
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Book Review: A Mystic Garden: This lyrical primer on the spirituality of gardening reflects on the relationship between a gardener and his or her garden. Meditating upon how interaction with the earth opens the heart, schools the ...
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Ted Washington - Down the Drain: Audio: Ted Washington on IndieFeed Performance Poetry. Show number 1174.
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Shift in education priorities could topple poem 'Trees': Comprehension and invention are in, rote memorization is out. Blame it on changes in poetry: Rhyme is insipid, sentimental is stupid. Blame it on the fact that nothing lasts forever, not even verses l...
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| Mukta Arya Enjoys Small Things in Life in New Book of Poetry: Arya looks to everyday life for inspiration. Her poems offer readers a lyrical glimpse into her experiences. She opens up about a range of emotions, from the ecstasy of achievements to the depth of de...
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Scottish nature photography competition: May 2013. To celebrate Scotland’s amazing wildlife and countryside during the Year of Natural Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has launched a free photo contest. As part of Scotland’s Nat...
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Review: "Let's Get Visible: How To Get Noticed And Sell More Books": This book had me diving into my current e-book projects within the first few minutes of opening the review copy, looking at how to improve the preview, feedback hooks, tagging, category choice, etc. A...
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The CBC Community talks digital poetry: How can poets capture new audiences using digital media? Events took place across Canada during National Poetry Month last April, from readings and conferences to write-offs. But in spite of the many ...
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Public Theatre to Present Haiku, Hip Hop and Hotdogs, 5/19-22: Poetry News: ... fear and makes friends with the terrifying boy on top of his bed! Crabgrass Puppet Theatre's exciting new fusion of poetry and puppetry includes poems by Jack Prelutsky, David McCord...
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| Prizes awarded for translated fiction, poetry: NEW YORK (AP) — An experimental Hungarian novel and a collection of Romanian poetry have won prizes for best English language translations..
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London Book And Poetry Events: 9-15 May: Thursday 9 May: Bright Club takes to the Bloomsbury Theatre for a night of comedians and academics talking about reading (7.30pm, £8 + bf).
Psychoanalyst Darian Leader is at the London Review Book...
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A Child Walks Alone In Life: Poetry News: Poetry From The Heart: A child walking alone in life feels no-one cares or loves her either.
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Book Review: Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel: No less a testament is her evocation of the court of Henry VIII, its factions and jealousies, its power struggles and intrigues. While Wolf Hall, the first book of the trilogy, takes the reader from 1...
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| REVIEW: "The Virtues of Poetry" by James Longenbach.: Nobody likes to be told how to think. What's worse is when we're told how to feel. This is probably why poetry critics, when they consult the list of occupations we intensely dislike, find their job a...
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GA- Local Poet's Book Launch Party Planned for May 12: Poetry News: Avid Bookshop is happy to host local author Sara Baker in celebration of her book of poetry, BRANCUSI'S EGG..
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Reading Corner | Myrtle Beach area author's third book boasts good writing: Books one and two of Pawleys Island author and retired CIA agent Barry Kelly’s good-guy-bad-guy series caught me in their snare.
I’m now a fan of his writing and of his hero Jack Brandon and s...
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Reviewed: The Serpent's Promise: the Bible Retold as Science by Steve Jones: The Bible was not, as he claims, “a handbook to help comprehend the world”. Genesis is not “the world’s first biology textbook”. To criticise the opening line of Psalm 19 (“The heavens dec...
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NM- Generations of love - Author gives voice to five generations through book: Linda Ostrander stands next to copies of her book, Between Mothers and Daughters: A Collection of Poems and Lyrics , during a book signing held at Hasting s on May 4. The book is a collection of poetr...
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'Passages: Poems by Matthew Quinn' is hard to find and well worth the quest: A slim, unassuming little volume tucked among the treasures in a literary basket from a local charity auction. A mere 24 pages, self-published, no expectations..
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Three Tankas: Poetry News: So I recently discovered this Japanese poetry form called "Tanka". Quite similar to a haiku in some ways, the Tanka follows the form 5-7-5-7-7. The 5-7-5 is called the kami-no-ku , and th...
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| Literary Lorenzo Snow #10: The Temple of God at Nauvoo: William Wines Phelps, the author of this poem was also one of the first and most prolific of Mormon poets, although unlike his contemporaries Parley P. Pratt, Eliza R. Snow and John Lyon, Phelps never...
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Grimm's fairy tales: Semper fidelis: Poetry News: ... sits on a golden throne two miles high, wearing a crown three yards by two yards. Beautiful or grotesque, the mad poetry of these tales is often delightfully funny too. For this coll...
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Poetry Is Doomed #37 - The Critical Color Poetry Guide: Never again receive comments on poems you post online that you don't want with this handy new tool!...
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