Acclaimed modernist poet Barbara Guest dies at age 85

Acclaimed modernist poet Barbara Guest dies at age 85
KESQ News - BERKELEY, Calif. Modernist poet Barbara Guest, the best known woman in the influential New York School of avant-garde poets and a winner of the prestigious Robert Frost Medal, has died. She was 85. Guest wrote more than 20 books of poetry, essays
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An Americanized Version of Wagner's 'Ring'
COX.net for San Diego - WASHINGTON -- In the world of Wagnerian opera, Wotan is the king of Germanic gods. In an upcoming American production he'll appear on stage in a natty 1920s suit, a fedora and a black eye patch. Erda, the earth goddess and mother of Wotan's eight
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University of Chicago Chronicle - (773) 702-8400. http://harrisschool.uchicago.edu. Former U.S. Senator John Edwards will be the featured speaker for the Harris School s Major Speaker Series on Monday, March 13. Edwards, who currently serves as the director of the Center on Poverty
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IRAQ: TV presenter murdered, station attacked and threatened for its
Arabic News - The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the killing of presenter Munsuf Abdallah al-Khaldi of the Iraqi television station Baghdad TV which has been threatened and shelled by insurgents. Unidentified gunmen shot al-Khaldi, 35, as he was driving
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