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- Poet Kooser, musicians to perform in Omaha bar (Daily Nebraskan)
Ted Kooser, who served as the U.S. Poet Laureate from 2004-2006, made about 200 public appearances during his term. Nowadays, he doesn't do nearly as many poetry readings. "It really is slowing down now, and I'm glad," Kooser said. The reduced pace gives him the opportunity to fix things up on his farm in Garland, Neb.
- Obituary: Elizabeth Bartlett (Guardian Unlimited)
Obituary: Compassionate and innovative poet of the fractured self
- Learning English key to life in U.S. - Statesman Journal
WASHINGTON — La cucaracha, la cucaracha, ya no puede caminar. La cucaracha, la cuca ... Oh, perdón. I was just tuning up for an interview with Baracko Obama and Juan McCain. Juan y Baracko have been busy lately wooing los que hablan español. That ...
- 'Essential Self-Defense': An indie 'Babes in Toyland' (Boston Herald)
It's best to think of "Essential Self-Defense" as a fairy tale. It's your classic boy-meets-girl story, only with raw meat, kung fu roller-skating, Russian...
- John Adams Survives - City Journal
John Adams SurvivesCity Journal, NY - 34 minutes agoAdams’s final words were poetry itself: “Thomas Jefferson survives.†Actually, Jefferson had died a few hours earlier, though of course Adams didn’t know ...
- Grimshaw reunites with award-winning characters (Otago Daily Times)
It's been a huge year for Auckland author Charlotte Grimshaw, who has been named not only the Montana Medal for fiction but also the Reviewer of the Year. She talks to Alastair Bull of NZPA.
- Great speakers: Why their words resonate (Denver Post via Yahoo! News)
Four years ago, Barack Obama jumped into the spotlight with a single speech, "The Audacity of Hope," which triggered national buzz when he delivered it at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
- Trick roper thrills crowd at cowboy culture awards - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
It isn't every day that a horse and rider can be seen in the Banquet Room of the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. But the National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration is in town, and boots, hats and ropes were suddenly commonplace Thursday night during ...
- FACTBOX: A glimpse of Chinese ancient literature - Xinhua
FACTBOX: A glimpse of Chinese ancient literatureXinhua, China - 1 hour agoSHI: A kind of poetry that usually has five or seven characters in a line. The form peaked in the Tang Dynasty (581-907 AD). ...
- Industry profits from Adams' dark vision - Variety
Industry profits from Adams' dark visionVariety, CA - 3 hours agoWhen Adams did get a chance to draw Batman -- and readers demanded more -- he recalls telling his then-editor, "Me and every kid in America know what Batman ...
- Poetry: Is poetry's future as bright as its past? - Evening Sun
Editor's Note: Guest poet columnist Allen Taylor is webmaster of http://www.world-class-poetry.com and writes a daily blog at http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com . He spent 2005 in Iraq with his National Guard unit and is revising a book of poems he ...
- Thursday, July 24 - Advocate Weekly
Thursday, July 24Advocate Weekly, MA - 6 hours agoStockbridge Booksellers, "Power of Words," bimonthly open mic poetry night hosted by Garfield Reed for poets, storytellers, writers and more, 8 pm Free. ...Monday, July 28 Advocate Weeklyall 9 news articles
- 9/11 tributes by churches, Wadleigh (The Cabinet)
William Bonner and his daughter Emily at the 2002 Sept. 11 remembrance on the Milford Oval. MILFORD — From the horrors of Sept. 11, 2001 some good things have evolved, including a renewed interest in this country’s ideals and its place in the world.
- Black Temple Releases New Single - FOXBusiness
Black Temple Releases New SingleFOXBusiness - Jul 17, 2008HELSINKI, Finland, July 17, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----The first Kung-Fu Metal band in the universe, Black Temple, is more like a solo project than a ...
- ITV Censured For American Idol - Waveguide
Final rounds of the talent show, aired on ITV2, included the contestants in music videos sponsored by the car giant. Although product placement is permitted in the US, where the show is made and originally broadcast, it is forbidden in UK television ...
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