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National and International Beat Poetry Festival in CT features new generation of poets, writers,...
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe original Beat movement of the 1950s and ‘60s gave us Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road,”, Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl,” Michael McClure’s play “The Beard” and reams of other lively radical writings ...
'We can never out-give our mother.' Columnist Kirk Neely shares poetry for Mother’s Day
Spartanburg Herald-Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMy mother loved to read, and she enjoyed stories and poetry. Four years after Mama died in 2001, I...
Reciting Poetry Out Loud: Polson student wins state contest and trip to D.C.
Lake County Leader, Polson, Mont. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 23—As Wica-ta-wi Hoksina Brown inhabits the poem that won him the state Poetry Out Loud championship, he does so carefully, his voice almost conversational at first, then growing in strength ...
Fulkerson to highlight art, music, spoken word with new festival
Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe mediums of art, music and spoken word will come together with the debut of the “Bard & Busker” festival from noon to 6 p.m. April 27 at Brew Bridge, 800 W. Second St. The free event will ...
'Outlaw Poet': Documentary shares how Ohio County native found his writing voice
Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 7—Author, poet, educator and activist Ron Whitehead never thought that his life would end becoming what it has when growing up on a farm outside Centertown in Ohio County. "I thought I ...
Winds of change: King's metaphors for life's turbulence shape hope | Candace McKibben
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThis past weekend in Jacksonville, I was able to spend time with my 4-year-old granddaughter,...
The Mississippi Book Festival, a 'Literary Lawn Party,' is coming up. See details here
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 10 months agoDescribed as a “Literary Lawn Party,” the Mississippi Book Festival will be back in full swing this year on Aug. 19 at the Mississippi State Capitol and Executive Director Ellen Daniels promises ...
Understanding Juneteenth
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA father and daughter. Illustrated | Getty Images, iStock The U.S. will observe the federal Juneteenth holiday on Monday, June 20, though the actual...
But what about?: 40 that missed the cut for Jacksonville's best music act
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen we put together a tournament to select your favorite music act from Jacksonville, we limited...
Community news for the Vernon edition
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUnion School Association Scholarship Foundation presents Strides for Scholars 5K Run/Walk UNION – The Union School Association Scholarship Foundation will hold its annual Strides for Scholars ...