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- When your grown child is far away - Christian Science Monitor
It's often believed that the strongest human bond is between parent and child. So family celebrations on holidays can seem less than happy when a parent's grown children are far away, for whatever reason. When those we hold dear are not near, it's ...
- Brain song (Deccan Herald)
There is a line in George Orwell's 1984 that stokes your deepest sense of foreboding for poor Winston Smith, the iconic hero (if he can be termed so) of this iconic novel. It goes like this: Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
- Dorival Caymmi: Leading figure in Brazilian song - The Independent
In February 1939 a young, unknown singer-songwriter got the most fabulous break of his life by recording a duet of his swinging samba "O Que É Que A Bahiana Tem?" ("What is it about Bahian Women?") with Brazil's biggest ever vocal star. The song ...
- A scary time (Goulburn Post)
THERE'S a new book out that claims the Japanese never intended invading Australia. Now they tell us! It might be true that the Japanese supply lines would have been too long to maintain a force in Australia - but nobody told us that in the 1940s.
- The world's oldest jokes revealed by university research - Daily Telegraph
Researchers found examples of double-entendres buried in the Codex Exoniensis, a 10th century book of Anglo-Saxon poetry held at Exeter Cathedral Photo: SAM FURLONG / SWNS They found the wry observation in the Codex Exoniensis, a 10th century book of ...
- Radio Open Mic Time - Listen & Be Heard
Radio Open Mic TimeListen & Be Heard, CA - 3 hours agoListen & Be Heard Poetry Cafe will host its first open mic internet radio show on August 19, at 8pm Pacific Standard Time. If you have a computer with a ...08/19 - Blog Talk Radio Show - USA - Open Mic Radio Show Listen & Be Heardall 2 news articles
- Poetry Contest Open - Hartford Courant
Poetry Contest OpenHartford Courant, United States - 9 hours agoFARMINGTON — - In support of the mission of Hill-Stead Museum's Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, the Farmington Library is sponsoring a poetry contest for ...
- Book briefs - Montgomery Advertiser
Book briefsMontgomery Advertiser, AL - 48 minutes agoWriter's Workshop: The Writer's Workshop of Asheville, NC, a nonprofit organization founded in 1985, is sponsoring its 19th annual Poetry Contest, ...
- Living through history - Winnipeg Sun
Living through historyWinnipeg Sun, Canada - 1 hour agoThere are vintage Chinese food stamps, and poetry recalling the era when camel caravans travelled the Silk Road. Tacked up at the stalls, ...
- Review: Towards Another Summer by Janet Frame (Guardian Unlimited)
Review: Towards Another Summer by Janet Frame Posthumous publishing is often a bad idea, but Janet Frame's early novel about a nightmarish 48 hours is a piercing, poetic revelation
- Gowdy, Zolf win Ontario’s Trillium Book Awards - TheChronicleHerald.ca
Gowdy, Zolf win Ontario’s Trillium Book AwardsTheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 35 minutes agoGowdy won for her novel Helpless (HarperCollins) while Zolf won the poetry award for her collection Human Resources (Coach House Books). ...
- Auction of killer's personal items prompts call to change prison rules - Daily Gleaner
Auction of killer's personal items prompts call to change prison rulesDaily Gleaner, Canada - 2 hours agoIn March, Roch Theriault, a former religious cult leader and convicted murderer, was selling artwork and poetry online despite serving a life sentence in a ...
- 1936 book for single women still timely (The News Journal)
"The chances are that at some time in your life, possibly only now and then between husbands, you will find yourself settling down to a solitary existence," wrote Vogue scribe Marjorie Hillis in the 1936 book "Live Alone and Like It."
- Raising awareness about animals - Malta Independent Online
Raising awareness about animalsMalta Independent Online, Malta - 14 hours agoChildren put up a programme of dance, drama and poetry at St Paul’s Bay Primary School to promote respect for animals. In her message, TV presenter Moira ...
- Arts and Culture - Philippine Star Online
A few weeks ago down in Sydney , I picked up a newspaper and discovered a new word: “stoush.†Two rich and pretty sisters (always guaranteed to wake me up with the morning coffee) were embroiled in a catfight, but before I could even get to the ...
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