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- Bill Holm named McKnight Distinguished Artist (Minnesota Public Radio)
Writer Bill Holm is celebrating a little. Today the McKnight Foundation named him its 2008 Distinguished Artist
- Cuban poet Carilda Oliver Labra on Her 86th Birthday - Cuba Headlines
Cuba HeadlinesCuban poet Carilda Oliver Labra on Her 86th BirthdayCuba Headlines, Cuba - 2 hours agoAt her age, she is very optimistic, full of energy and refuses to abandon poetry. Her visual-problems have deprived her momentarily of the pleasure of ...
- Carla Bruni: First lady of schmaltz - The Independent
Carla Bruni is a self-styled femme fatale. So it's a pity that on her new album, the French President's wife comes across as simpering and weedy, says Andy Gill Sometimes, a confluence of celebrity circumstance reaches such a critical mass of PR ...
- Molestation suspect in N.H. after Mexico arrest (AP via Yahoo! News)
A sex offender who lived with a family after prison, then fled after being accused of molesting their 5-year-old son, appeared in court Friday following his return from Mexico, where he apparently spent a decade on the lam.
- Maktoum Foundation to publish Arabic Narrative Encyclopaedia (Khaleej Times)
DUBAI - The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation on Wednesday announced it will publish the world's first comprehensive 'Arabic Narrative Encyclopaedia', exploring, analysing and documenting the Arabic literary genre.
- TRIUMPHS: Mentoring program let her escape life of drugs, abuse (Detroit Free Press)
Janese Shurn was molested as a child. She was beaten by boyfriends. A dropout from Detroit Northern High School, she eventually resorted to using ecstasy and drinking alcohol. "When I think about what I have gone through, life feels surreal," Shurn said.
- Goethe establishment slams lawyer's romance claims - Feature - Earthtimes
Berlin - Allegations of a secret love affair between a dowager duchess and Germany's greatest writer, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, have been hotly rejected this week by German literary scholars. The claims were advanced in a 2003 book by literary sleuth ...
- The pyramids: made by Jewish slaves, - Israel News Agency
Jerusalem --- April 8 ..... The weather is perfect. Not hot. Not cold. No rain. Clear, sunny skies as white, yellow and purple flowers blossom on both sides of the border. Tourism to both Israel and Egypt is on the rebound. And watching tourism turn ...
- Beijing airport terminal 3 operating smoothly - CCTV
CCTVBeijing airport terminal 3 operating smoothlyCCTV, China - 5 hours agoA soaring aerodynamic roof and dragon-like form celebrate the poetry of flight and welcome visitors to the Games. Some 60 percent of the international ...
- College notes - Bucyrus Telegraph Forum
MARION -- Area students receiving recognition at the 37th Annual Academic Recognition Awards program May 29 are named according to their hometown. Bucyrus -- Robert C. Creel (Alpha Lambda Delta/Phi Eta Sigma Award, Howard Honors Book Award); Susan ...
- Not-your-average beach books - SouthCoastToday.com
Not-your-average beach booksSouthCoastToday.com, MA - 6 hours agoA Bengali-American, she writes mostly about very highly educated Indian-Americans in Boston and New York college neighborhoods, but always manages to tell a ...
- QUICK CLICKS: Local news briefs for Monday, June 30 (Waco Tribune-Herald)
The Waco-McLennan County Libraries’ Children’s Summer Showcase will continue this week with these shows:
- Why poetry matters, By Jay Parini - Independent
Why poetry matters, By Jay PariniIndependent, UK - 17 minutes agoIn 1989, the American poet Dana Gioia lobbed a grenade into the cosy world of the US creative-writing industry. His essay, "Can Poetry Matter? ...
- Happenings (The Post and Courier)
--Lavonne J. Adams, author of the chapbooks "In the Shadow of the Mountain" and "Everyday Still Life," will sign copies of her work following a Poetry Society of South Carolina meeting at 7 p.m. Friday at Second Presbyterian Church downtown.
- 1 hr 42 mins ago (Examiner.com) - San Francisco Examiner
The poet is the executive director of the nonprofit Youth Speaks, which Saturday at 7 p.m. will host the 12th annual Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam finals in S.F.’s War Memorial Opera House. Tickets are $18 for general admission and can be purchased ...
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