Review | ‘Love Song’ at the Living Room

2011-02-12 Poetry Out Loud Central Minnesota Regional Competition P1080267




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From the 2011 Poetry Out Loud Central Minnesota Regional Competition. The two Morris representatives placed first (Thomas McPhee) and third (Yasha Hoffman) out of the ten participants. Second place was Madeline Franz of St. John's Prep.

Thomas and Madeline will go on to the state competition in the Fitzgerald Theatre, Monday, 7 March. Congratulations and good luck!

This is (l to r) Yasha and Thomas.

Review | 'Love Song' at the Living Room

Charm and acerbic humor rarely coexist as comfortably as they do in John Kolvenbach's "Love Song," an eccentric, clever and oddly sentimental two-act play that offers a unique take on mental illness.

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Poet's letters show civility, care

ELIZABETH BISHOP AND THE NEW YORKER: The Complete Correspondence. Edited by Joelle Biele. Farrar, Straus. 421 pages. . In a funny, posthumously published poem, "Letter to Two Friends," Elizabeth Bishop begs Marianne Moore and Robert Lowell to help her with a s...

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Woman’s Club sponsoring essay contest

The Woman’s Club of Upper Saddle River is sponsoring its 25th annual Poetry and Essay contests. This year’s topic is "If You Were to Win a Trip to Travel Anywhere in the World, Where Would You Go?"

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