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- Religion Briefs (Pasadena Star-News)
Church to hold informal chats SOUTH PASADENA - "One might call it `Coffee Hour on the Green,"' says Elder Chuck Latting, Evangelism chairman of Calvary Presbyterian Church, 1050 Fremont Ave.
- He lost fingers in explosion, but never lost hope - Electric New Paper
He lost fingers in explosion, but never lost hopeElectric New Paper, Singapore - 1 hour agoHe even took part in an English poetry competition recently, bagging the top prize. The driven teenager's passion for numbers has made him decide on an ...
- Want to find Jesus? Get yourself a bag of Cheetos. (Riverfront Times)
To a Springsteen fan, there's nothing better than the afterglow from a triple-encore Boss show. A fan himself, Southern Illinois University's Randall Auxier totally knows the feeling. But as a professor of philosophy, Auxier is also that guy who, upon departing the Scottrade Center after Springst...
- Vermeer's Hat, by Timothy Brook (Independent)
Tmothy Brook is a Canadian historian of China who has taken up the Shaw Chair of Chinese Studies at Oxford. His many publications range widely across the last half dozen centuries in China: the history of Buddhists, book collectors, Christian converts, and collaborators with the Japanese, just to name a few. His approach is not merely eclectic, but shows a consistent ability to depict the lives ...
- What's Happening - Patriot Ledger
ART ON THE AVENUE – Gallery & Open Studio, 1037 Nantasket Ave., Hull. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. Sun. Paintings, photos, books, drawings, furniture, jewelry by Lenore Schneider, Brooks Kelly, Theo Page, Ellie Hayes, Julie Schmitt Sullivan, Bill ...
- The 267854th novel from Joyce Carol Oates - Monsters and Critics.com
The 267854th novel from Joyce Carol OatesMonsters and Critics.com - 1 hour ago... 2008, 10:03 GMT When I think of all the trees that have died to produce Joyce Carol Oates’ myriad numbers of pulpable prose and “poetry†I could cry. ...
- Pervez Musharraf - Chicago Tribune
The revolutionary Pakistani poet Ahmed Faraz, whose name is synonymous in South Asia with modern Urdu poetry, died Aug. 25 in Islamabad. He was 77. The cause was kidney failure, said his son Shibli Faraz. He was earlier reported to have died while ...
- Michael McCarthy: A summer this wet and windy just isn't natural - Independent
Michael McCarthy: A summer this wet and windy just isn't naturalIndependent, UK - 11 minutes agoWe may not be entitled to much in this life, but everyone of us gets a hot season after the cold, and in Finland, they shout for joy. ...
- Pulitzer poet Trethewey to appear at Southern Miss - Hattiesburg American
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey will hold a reading next month at the University of Southern Mississippi. Trethewey will read from her award-winning book, “Native Guard,†Sept. 3. She’ll be the first author participating in a ...
- Resurrecting Fiction: Sustenance for the Progressive Soul - Huffington Post
Resurrecting Fiction: Sustenance for the Progressive SoulHuffington Post, NY - 1 hour agoAuden was politically active and wrote some beautiful political poetry. For as long as I've been writing fiction, I've been writing for radio, magazines, ...
- Why not ban Shakespeare then? Poet strikes back after knife verse ... - Daily Mail
Daily MailWhy not ban Shakespeare then? Poet strikes back after knife verse ...Daily Mail, UK - 4 hours ago... at the hands of conspirators including his friend Brutus. The new poem, published in today's Guardian, also contains a passionate defence of poetry as a ...
- 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. The encyclopaedia ...
- Plan now for exciting events during Rex Allen Days (Arizona Range News)
The 57th Rex Allen Days Celebration (Oct. 2-5) will be one of the best in recent years. Rex Allen Jr. has a wonderful lineup for his concerts this year.
- PARKDALE: Tears flow as Parkdale community mourns Katelynn Sampson - Inside Toronto
Inside TorontoPARKDALE: Tears flow as Parkdale community mourns Katelynn SampsonInside Toronto, Canada - Aug 12, 2008... about her little angel who is now inside the Lord's house, that peace had finally come her daughter's way as she's now protected by the Lord's love. ...
- A clear-eyed look (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Almost from the start, American literature has exhibited a prophetic streak. For Emerson, Thoreau and the other transcendentalists, literature was no mere entertainment, but a means of changing minds, hearts and behavior.
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