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Poetry saves kids' lives. Slashing its funding is a mistake | Opinion
Azcentral 27 Mar 2025
Standing outside in the Arizona desert, I learned that out of 200,000 applications in 2018, the federally funded National Student Poets Program had selected me as one of the five best high school poets in the United States.
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York News-Times
27 Mar 2025
Former Nebraska state poet to lead workshop at York University
York News-Times
27 Mar 2025
York News-Times ... The featured writer will be Matt Mason, who served as Nebraska state poet from 2019 to 2024 ... 2 to 3 p.m ... 3 to 3.30 p.m ... He has received the Pushcart Prize and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets and the Nebraska Arts Council ... .
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Phoenix Elementary School District votes to close 2 schools, cut dozens of positions
Azcentral 27 Mar 2025
Dunbar School, which is on the National Register of Historic Places and the Phoenix Historic Property Register, was built in 1925 and named after the African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, according to the district’s website.
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Daffodil Festival, Sailor Moon Live and PIR Swap Meet: 12 things to do this week
The Oregonian 27 Mar 2025
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Clive Wilmer, poet, author, scholar and champion of the work of Thom Gunn – obituary
The Daily Telegraph 26 Mar 2025
It was in 1964 at Cambridge, where Wilmer was at King’s College, that he met Gunn, then vaguely aligned with the Movement group of poets that stressed Englishness over American modernism.
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Opera based on the life of Savita Halappanavar for Kilkenny Arts Festival
RTE 26 Mar 2025
Via The Journal Of Music ... The opera features a score by Indian-American composer Kamala Sankaram setting work by Irish Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon from his 2024 book of the same name ... Paul Muldoon (Pic. Beowulf Sheehan) ... .
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'Push the boundaries': Literacy advocate Zell Miller III is Austin's first poet laureate
Austin American-Statesman 25 Mar 2025
For 176 years, the city Austin had no poet laureate ... The first to fill that position, administered by the Austin Public Library for a two-year term, is veteran theater artist and spoken-word poet Zell Miller III.
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Novelist Anne Enright wins an $175k Windham-Campbell prize
The Observer 24 Mar 2025
American writer Sigrid Nunez was also selected as part of this year’s ... American poet Tongo Eisen-Martin was named as the second poetry recipient this year.skip past newsletter promotion.
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With His Final Album, Kinky Friedman Rides Off into the Sunset
Houston Press 24 Mar 2025
Friedman’s more serious side is displayed on the album Poet of Motel 6, which was released a few days ago ... So did Johnny Cash during the making of American IV. Was that the case with Friedman and Poet of Motel 6? Mansfield doesn’t think so.
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Comparisons between Trump and Mad King George are unfair — to King George: historian
Alternet 24 Mar 2025
George III, king of Great Britain and its colonies at the time of the American Revolution, has been maligned unfairly ... It was also admired by the American founders ... British poet often reprinted poem declared.
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500 miles from home, U.P. girls hoops team makes lifetime memory at D4 state final
Michigan Live 23 Mar 2025
EAST LANSING, MI – American essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, “It’s not the destination; it’s the journey.” ... Girls Basketball Breslin Center Coverage ... ....
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Everything you need to know about Eurovision 2025
RTE 23 Mar 2025
Where is Eurovision 2023 being held? ... The three live shows will be presented by American-Swiss poet and comedian Hazel Brugger and Swiss TV presenter and singer Sandra Studer, with Swiss-Italian television host Michelle Hunziker joining for the final.
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