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Poetspace 8: StAnza poets, Gawain Douglas, Burns and Lord Alfred Douglas

Quentin Crisp Presentation

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Reviewing the StAnzas 2009
Eleanor Livingstone (Artistic Director) and Brian Johnstone (Festival Director) get it. StAnza gets it. I predict that 2009 will be the year that StAnza sets new precedents for literary gatherings througout the UK, if not the world. Two of the most common words at this year's StAnza: SOLD OUT. Yes folks, poetry, old and ne...
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Greetings from St. Andrews!
StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival  kicked off last night with a inaugural address from First Minister Alex Salmond, and the immolation of sculpter David Mach's Robert Burns match stick head - Rabbie burns... Rabbie burning... Rabbie burnt. Now,the 12th annual festival is well under way… Taking cues from...
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Greetings from St. Andrews!

Tangled Embroideries
Tangled Embroideries The day after Diwali was always the quietest in Amrur. Street dogs, which spent most mornings howling after cyclists, crouched fearfully in garbage shelters. Three-legged autorickshaws that hooted and tooted while ferrying passengers from Amrur to other parts of Bangalore were silent, having been abandoned on street corners...
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INSIDE POLMONT YOUNG OFFENDERS INSTITUTION
Creative Writing: inside Polmont Young Offender  Politicians win elections off the issues. Tabloids make millions selling salacious versions of their stories. No one here denies the facts, but is our Western culture of throw-away people so black & white? Writing by young men behind bars in Scotland’s largest young offenders’ institution.Introduction:As I walke...
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ONE on OBAMA special
ONE on OBAMA : special section "There's no question that in the next thirty or forty years, a Negro can also achieve the same position that my brother has as President of the United States, certainly within that period of time."    — Robert F. Kennedy, 1968      5 November 2008. Approximately 3:15am GMT. Flipping from channel to channel from my...
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Thoughts on the Present Crisis
Thoughts on the Present Crisis Thoughts on the Present Crisis John CalderAlthough my university training was in Political Economy, I have never practised economics, but I well remember what I learned, and my only surprise about the great financial bubble that has burst is that it took so long. I have been expecting it to do so for most of the last decad...
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Polmont YOI Writing
1. Confusion  As a 6 year old kid growing up in Glasgow, in Scotland, I was moved from one area to another, getting passed around my family like some piece of used clothing. My father was not around. I quickly learned to hide my ...
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Election Night in Harlem
Coming from a place where sunny weather, palm trees and the “Hollywood” sign is the welcome mat for visitors — I never thought I’d move to cold weather, and a neighborhood of graffiti-covered brick buildings in Harlem, the...
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Election Night : Dispatches
Pennsylvania. October 19, 2008.Twenty-one electoral votes were up for grabs in the battleground state of Pennsylvania (PA) and pollsters were showing a tightening race between the two presidential candidates: Democrat Barack Obama...
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How Obama Spoke to Me
After spending last year studying in New York, I am more interested in US politics than ever before. I watched debates and interviews, particularly with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama fighting it out.From the start I felt a stro...
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