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- Joyce Carol Oates enters 'tabloid hell' with 'My Sister, My Love' - Citizen
"My Sister, My Love" (Ecco. 562 pages. $25.95), by Joyce Carol Oates: Some of Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest. Oates sets out to solve a fictionalized version of the JonBenet ...
- Interactivity & Empowerment: Eight Innovators Place in 2008 Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations (Newswise)
Four bold Web site projects are finalists for the $10,000 Grand Prize in the 2008 Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism. The awards, administered by J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism at American University's School of Communication, honor creative uses of new technologies to engage citizens in public issues and to showcase compelling models for the future of news.
- Publisher's focus on exiles benefits Cuban poet - MiamiHerald.com
Publisher's focus on exiles benefits Cuban poetMiamiHerald.com, FL - 6 hours ago''The poem [Balsero I] asks for an equestrian statue -- often dedicated to the martyrs that die in battle -- for people who lost their lives searching for ...
- EIPHD schedules flu clinics (The Challis Messenger)
Flu season is right around the corner and Eastern Idaho Public Health District (EIPHD) has scheduled flu shot clinics in Challis and Mackay. It is estimated that approximately 36,000 people die in the U.S. every year due ro complications from the flu.
- 'Tahaan' - poetic portrayal of life in Kashmir amidst strife (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Film: 'Tahaan'; Cast: Anupam Kher, Rahul Bose, Sarika, Victor Bannerjee, Purav Bhandare; Writer-Director: Santosh Sivam; Rating: ***
- Featured Photo: "Pure poetry" - UT The Daily Texan
Featured Photo: "Pure poetry"UT The Daily Texan, TX - 4 hours agoBy clicking Post, you give The Daily Texan the right to publish your comments in any form, including online and in print in The Firing Line. ...
- Arrest over Shakespeare theft - ITN
ITNArrest over Shakespeare theftITN, UK - Jul 11, 2008Other literary treasures taken in the raid in December 1998 include an early English translation of the New Testament, a fragment of poetry by Chaucer and a ...
- Robert M. Thorson - Hartford Courant
Robert M. ThorsonHartford Courant, United States - 27 minutes agoJust before his death, he sent me his most recent collection of poetry, "Turtle Island Tree Psalms" (2006), which we were going to discuss when he returned ...
- LM Montgomery’s sad end - Quill & Quire
LM Montgomery’s sad endQuill & Quire, Canada - 2 hours agoSelwyn Mcfadden AKA mrcellz: im mrcellz,im a slave of poetry and i dont want to be free!!! im a... Adrian: I’m the 46 year old father of a 13 year old girl ...
- The SPIN Interview: Patti Smith (Spin)
With casual androgyny now as common as rehab and pop-star poetry a recurring joke, it's hard to imagine how strange Patti Smith must've seemed when she exploded out of New York with Horses 33 years ago. Defiant, literary, and rocking, Smith's debut, and the albums that followed, weren't only great pieces of art, they were life-changers. Just ask Michael Stipe or Courtney Love. They were ...
- 'Last' Hardy actor performs again (BBC News)
A 102-year-old woman, thought to be the last person alive who knew writer Thomas Hardy, takes to the stage.
- UNM Promotes Five Faculty Members to Rank of Distinguished Professor - UNM Today
UNM Promotes Five Faculty Members to Rank of Distinguished ProfessorUNM Today, NM - 6 hours agoVizenor has published more than 30 single-author books, has established an exceptional record of publication represented in fiction, poetry and cultural ...
- Artists put positive spin on mental illness - Arlington Heights Daily Herald
In a small studio in downtown Elgin, a community of artists and writers is painting a fresh picture of mental illness. These creative types come together every week to work on their craft and share camaraderie. Some are self-taught, and at least one ...
- Encephalitis Victim Finds Expression in Art and Poetry - Kern Valley Sun
Encephalitis Victim Finds Expression in Art and PoetryKern Valley Sun, CA - 1 hour agoHe lost most of his motor skills instead struggled to regain his life. Even though he suffered occasional seizures, he attended Initially he expressed ...
- Poet Laureate got writer's block - The Independent
As Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion has worked tirelessly to promote his love of words. But nine years in the job have taken their toll. Speaking to The Independent yesterday, Motion said that while he did not regret accepting the illustrious appointment ...
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