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Thu,23 May 2013
The Learning Network Blog: Poetry Pairing | 'Three Hundred Thousand More'
In honor of Memorial Day coming up on Monday, this week’s Poetry Pairing matches “Three Hundred Thousand More” by James Sloan Gibbons with the article “Birthplace of Memorial Day? That Depends Where You’re From” by Campbell Robertson.
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Wed,22 May 2013
Poetry Pairing | ‘Three Hundred Thousand More’
In honor of Memorial Day coming up on Monday, this week's Poetry Pairing matches "Three Hundred Thousand More" by James Sloan Gibbons with the article "Birthplace of Memorial Day? That Depends Where You’re From" by Campbell Robertson.
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Fri,17 May 2013
Poetry finally joining e-book revolution
Over the past two years, publishers have been steadily filling one of the largest gaps in the e-book catalogue — poetry. Adrienne Rich, Allen Ginsberg, Langston Hughes and Wallace Stevens have been among ...
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Fri,24 May 2013
Money and the Pursuit of Poetry
Poet Peter Money is photographed at his home in West Windsor, Vt. on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Money is also the publisher of Harbor Mountain Press in Brownsville, Vt.
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Fri,24 May 2013
Medford poetry contest for Burlington County residents
MEDFORD—The township's Cultural Arts Commission announces its Fifth Annual Juried Poetry Contest. The contest, open to Burlington County residents, was established to give recognition to the literary arts and local poets.
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Wed,22 May 2013
Reflections on Our Most Popular Found Poetry Contest Yet
Reflections on the 971 poems submitted for our Fourth Annual Found Poetry Contest. Winners will be announced starting May 28.
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Thu,23 May 2013
The Learning Network Blog: Reflections on Our Most Popular Found Poetry Contest Yet
Reflections on the 971 poems submitted for our Fourth Annual Found Poetry Contest. Winners will be announced starting May 28.
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Thu,16 May 2013
Poetry Pairing | ‘Prayer for a Bamboo-Flowering Famine’
This week's Poetry Pairing matches "Prayer for a Bamboo-Flowering Famine" by Karen An-Hwei Lee with the book review "Fighting for Scraps" by Pankaj Mishra.
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Fri,24 May 2013
Shrewsbury teacher wins poetry prize
WORCESTER - The Worcester County Poetry Association announced this week that Ann Sweetman of Shrewsbury, a high school English teacher in the Worcester Public Schools, has won the 2013 Frank O'Hara Prize for poetry.
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Tue,21 May 2013
The East Bay Poetry Summit Brings Poetry Out of Bookstores and Into People's Homes
A weekend of poetry parties at various East Bay residences. by Alex Taitague The poems at the reading varied wildly: one poet riffed on the phrase "the possibilities are endless"; another touched on topics like Twitter, the Verizon Guy, and the actress Tippi Hedren; another reader nearly yelled her disaffected Occupy-tinged poetry. The reading — part of a series called Woolsey Heights, one of ...
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