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Prose Defined
Ordinary language people use in speaking or writing, as distinguished from the heightened language of poetry. In prose, the line is not treated as a formal unit, nor does it employ the repetitive patterns of rhythm or meter associated with many forms of poetic expression.
Sidelight: The cadence of artistic or rhythmical prose is not pre-established, but emerges from the rhythm of thought.
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Wisconsin Book Festival 2008: Patricia Smith speaks
Published October 13, 2008, 3:01 pm, Isthmus
Published last month by Coffee House Press, Blood Dazzler by Patricia Smith is a searing portrait of the horrors wrought by Hurricane Katrina -- told from perspectives including the hurricane itself, its victims and survivors, politicians and more abstract points of view. In an interview conducted via email, Smith describes the genesis of Blood Dazzler assesses the legacy of Katrina, compares ...
Art Smart on appreciating, understanding poetry
Published October 13, 2008, 12:52 pm, The Vanguard
Poetry is typically used to evoke feeling by expanding the literal meaning of words through a myriad of literary techniques. Although poetry may not be for everyone, poetry is art, and art should be appreciated. In order to learn to appreciate art, you must first attempt to understand it.
Knox graduate selected to "Best New Poets of 2008"
Published October 13, 2008, 12:33 pm, Knox College
Recent Knox College graduate Mary Kiolbasa has been selected one of the "Best New Poets of 2008." A 2006 Knox graduate, Kiolbasa is currently in her second year in the Master of Fine Arts in Writing program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Dante's Inferno
Published October 13, 2008, 4:22 am, DVD Talk
The Product: Sometimes, a complicated project requires an innovative approach. Unusual material frequently mandates an equally atypical take. A while back, the art of stop motion animation was used to bring the story of Charles Manson and his Freaky Deaky Helter Skelter philosophies to darkly comic life, while Stephen Spielberg once contemplated turning the musical Cats into a traditional 2D ...
BILL MCGRAW: Writer Lawrence Joseph keeps memories of old store alive
Published October 13, 2008, 12:25 am, Detroit Free Press
The long-abandoned building at 5770 John R looked like thousands of other abandoned buildings in Detroit. Yet this building was different than thousands of other decaying, anonymous buildings in the city. This building has a recorded history.
Eric Hartley: A poetic break from sound bites
Published October 12, 2008, 5:36 am, The Capital
I happened to ask myself that the other day when a slim volume of poetry caught my eye on the new books shelf at a library. I couldn't remember the last time I'd read one poem, let alone a book of them, so I picked it up. Somehow, though, I haven't found much time to read it yet.
Prose knows those things that can't be taught
Published October 12, 2008, 12:24 am, Contra Costa Times
Author of 'Goldengrove' has given up on classes in the craft of writing
Review: 'Goldengrove' takes an unblinking look at grief
Published October 12, 2008, 12:24 am, Contra Costa Times
So much seems tragic when we're teenagers: our appeal — or rather, the lack thereof — to the opposite sex; our embarrassing parents; a spectacularly bad haircut.
Francine Prose talks about the 'unteacheable art of writing'
Published October 11, 2008, 9:15 pm, The Fayetteville Observer
WASHINGTON — Francine Prose has thought a lot about writing in the 35 years she’s been trying to make a living at it. And one of the things she thinks is this: It can’t be taught.
My Parrot, My Self
Published October 10, 2008, 10:01 pm, New York Times
From Apsethos the Libyan to Perry Mason, the talking parrot has made its literary mark.
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- The Ambition of the Short Story: The short story ? how modest in bearing! How unassuming in manner!
- Gitarren by ~Gitarrenfreak on deviantART: Art - community of artists and those devoted to art. Digital art, skin art, themes, wallpaper art, traditional art, photography, poetry / prose. Art prints.
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- 3:AM Magazine " 9 Girls Called Joan: I liked this
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