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Carol Ann Duffy : 'I was told to get a proper job'
Published July 9, 2009, 4:23 pm, Independent
Last time Carol Ann Duffy met the Queen, she told her that Kipling was "exceedingly good". Let me get this straight. Her Majesty Elizabeth II, Defender of the Faith, Duchess of Edinburgh, Sovereign of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, etc, etc, better known for her interest in livery than literature, made a pronouncement to a bisexual single mother about poetry. Now the ...
Chennai Corner
Published July 9, 2009, 12:50 pm, Outlook India
Unlike Mayawati, CM Karunanidhi had long wanted to install a statue in Bangalore -- not of himself but of poet-saint Thiruvalluvar. This story is all set to have a happy ending after a meeting with Karnataka CM B.S. Yedyurappa late last week.
Review: 'A Human Eye'
Published July 9, 2009, 12:12 pm, Metro Santa Cruz
I'M LOOKING, as from the corner of my eye, for a certain kind of poetry whose balance of dread and beauty is equal to the chaotic negations that pursue us ... to dissolve both complacency and despair," Adrienne Rich writes in the introduction of A Human Eye: Essays on Art in Society, 1997-2008 (W.W. Norton; $24.95). A collection of speeches, lectures, literary reviews and book prefaces, Rich's ...
Arts Calendar
Published July 9, 2009, 11:06 am, The Berkeley Daily Planet
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Komarin Exhibit at Kent Gallery
Published July 9, 2009, 10:26 am, Litchfield County Times
KENT-Prolific abstractionist Gary Komarin, often considered in the same company as abstract expressionists Philip Guston, Wassily Kandinsky and Willem de Kooning, is a painter's painter.
Poet John Clare's home renovated to celebrate rural Britain
Published July 9, 2009, 10:14 am, u.tv
"Tasteful illumination of the night, Bright scatter'd, twinkling star of spangled earth!"
West Morris Central graduates reflect warmly on past years
Published July 9, 2009, 5:34 am, Observer-Tribune
Yet the speeches at the West Morris Central High School graduation ceremony held Friday, June 19, struck not a forward-looking but a reflective chord.
Join Maxwell's for music and poetry Saturday
Published July 9, 2009, 3:58 am, Westland Observer
There will be music, poetry and food Saturday as Maxwell's Art & Treasures hosts Blues & Muse.
Community Calendar
Published July 9, 2009, 3:21 am, Deerfield Review
Deadline for items for the Community Calendar is Wednesday noon two weeks before desired publication date. Send information on fund-raisers, clubs, lectures, community events, reunions and support groups to Community Calendar, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake, Glenview IL 60026; Fax (847) 486-7495; or e-mail to jmolitor@pioneerlocal.com. There is no charge for publication.
Community Briefs: Writing workshop July 11 at Maze
Published July 9, 2009, 2:41 am, Oak Park Leaves
Poet Charlie Rossiter will offer a free follow-up workshop to the "Palm-of-the-Hand" writing workshop introduced by New York poet Michael Czarnecki in June at the Oak Park Public Library. The follow-up workshop will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 11, at the Maze Branch Library, 845 Gunderson. Writers who plan to attend should make reservations by e-mailing Charlie@poetrypoetry.com or ...
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