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New Birth (also known as The New Birth) is an American funk and R&B group. It was originally conceived in Detroit, Michigan, by former Motown songwriter/producer Vernon Bullock and co-founded in Louisville, Kentucky, by him with former singer and Motown songwriter/producer Harvey Fuqua and musicians Tony Churchill, James Baker, Robin Russell, Austin Lander, Robert "Lurch" Jackson, Leroy Taylor ...
María García Granados y Saborío (1860 – May 10, 1878), also known as La Niña de Guatemala ("The Girl of Guatemala"), was a Guatemalan socialite, daughter of General Miguel García Granados, who was President of Guatemala from 1871 to 1873 and whose house served as a gathering for the top artists and writers of the time.
She often breaks chicken casserole dishes which she prepares, and passes out drunk on her sofa. One morning, from her window, she sees her handsome new neighbor, Neil, taking his daughter Emma to school. As Anna hallucinates the existence of her dead daughter, Elizabeth, she goes to school herself intending to drop Elizabeth there.
Poet Laureate of Kentucky Silas House recites a poem during the second inauguration of Gov. Andy Beshear at the capitol in Frankfort, Ky, December 12, 2023. (Silas Walker/swalker@herald-leader.com)
The poor old lady is one of the most recognized characters of the Colombian culture, and is commonly used in elementary school textbooks, nursery rhymes, and child literature compilations. In 1977, Fernando Laverde performed the animated film version of this story, which is considered the first animated film created in Colombia.
Denice Frohman won the 2013 Women of the World Poetry Slam [7] Championship. Denice is also a 2014 CantoMundo [8] Fellow, 2014 National Association of Latino Arts & Cultures [9] Fund for the Arts [9] grant recipient, 2013 Hispanic Choice Award [10] recipient for "Creative Artist of the Year," [11] 2013 Southern Fried Poetry Slam [12] Champion, and 2012 Leeway Transformation Award [13] recipient.
María Sabina Magdalena García (22 July 1894 – 22 November 1985) [1] was a Mazatec sabia (wise woman), [2] shaman and poet [3] who lived in Huautla de Jiménez, a town in the Sierra Mazateca area of the Mexican state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. [4]
Patricia Smith (born 1955) is an American poet, spoken-word performer, playwright, author, writing teacher, and former journalist.She has published poems in literary magazines and journals including TriQuarterly, Poetry, The Paris Review, Tin House, and in anthologies including American Voices and The Oxford Anthology of African-American Poetry. [1]