Literature
Rhymes with Everett finds the words that speak to us
When Kathleen Flenniken was a graduate student at the University of Washington, she happened on a poem by Theodore Roethke.
Date: 04/11/2012 | Local News
Celebrate poetry at Everett's library
April is a time for showers. And a time for taxes.But there's a bright spot: April is also a time for poetry.April is National Poetry Month and the Everett Public Library is inviting you to celebrate your favorite published poet.
Date: 04/09/2012 | Life
‘Hugo' author helps to restore 200-year-old automaton
PHILADELPHIA -- The Franklin Institute's automaton can't help you find a good sushi place, direct you out of a traffic jam or check your bank balance.
Date: 02/22/2012 | Nation & World
Darrington students put oratory skills to test in Poetry Out Loud competition
DARRINGTON -- Reciting poetry is a good way to practice talking to a crowd, and public speaking is a tool that can be used throughout life.
Date: 02/03/2012 | Local News
Edgar Allan Poe ‘Toaster’ tradition ends
BALTIMORE -- Edgar Allan Poe fans waited long past a midnight dreary, but it appears annual visits to the writer's grave in Baltimore by a mysterious figure called the "Poe Toaster" shall occur nevermore.
Date: 01/19/2012 | Nation & World
'Pragmatic' selected as the Word of Year
When the time came for Merriam-Webster to pick its top word of 2011, its editors decided they needed to be pragmatic.So they chose ... pragmatic.
Date: 12/16/2011 | Nation & World
Literature Nobel goes to well-known Swedish poet
STOCKHOLM -- The Nobel Prize in literature was awarded Thursday to a psychologist who used his spare time to craft sparsely written poems about the mysteries of everyday life -- commuting to work, watching the sun rise or waiting for nightfall.
Date: 10/07/2011 | Nation & World
Nobel Prize calls go out this week
STOCKHOLM -- Scientists, writers and brokers of peace around the world will be holding their breaths for a potentially life-altering, $1.5 million phone call from Scandinavia this week.
Date: 10/02/2011 | Nation & World
Warm Beach history took author around world
It took more than 40 years, and trips around the world, for Penny Hutchison Buse, 63, to document the history of Warm Beach.
Date: 09/28/2011 | Local News
College website gets a Conan hacking
DUBLIN -- Talk about a tough professor.
Date: 09/16/2011 | Nation & World
Mother shares snapshot memories of a world-class poet
The other night I picked up the phone. In Spokane, my mom answered. After chatting about her garden and the weather, I casually brought up the real reason for my call.
Date: 06/05/2011 | Local News
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