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- McGonagall proves his worth after all - Times Online
Acclaim of a sort has finally come to William Topaz McGonagall, otherwise known as the world's worst poet, after a collection of 35 of his original poems beat expectations to sell for £6,600 to a mystery buyer at auction yesterday. McGonagall, who ...
- The women he left behind - Haaretz.com
On the door of the house in the village of Makhoul - also known as Peki'in West - there could easily have been hung a sign saying "Here live Mathal, Munib and Jamila Makhoul in happiness." Except that Munib is dead and buried in the yard of the house ...
- More News - Scranton Times-Tribune
More NewsScranton Times-Tribune, USA - 4 hours agoA variety of events will take place, including a chili cook-off, volleyball tournament, poetry readings, band and chorus performances, special education ...
- Learning from the bard of South Beach - Centre Daily Times
Learning from the bard of South BeachCentre Daily Times, PA - 6 hours agoThere was a poet/professor, Edmund Skellings, who taught Shakespeare and poetry and recited the great English poets like they were set to music. ...
- Ty: 'Hip-hop has no culture' (Independent)
"I hate the word alternative," says Ty. "I hate the word off-key, I hate the word jazzy and I hate the word laid-back. I'm not a laid-back person." That's for certain. A frown adds a touch of finality to his mini-rant. Ty has never been a fan of anything that suggests his unconventional existence in British hip-hop should paint him with the "alt" prefix. "I'm probably more disobedient with ...
- In Memoriam (Times of Malta)
AZZOPARDI. In loving memory of my dear RALPH. Fondly remembered on his sixth anniversary. Always in my heart and prayers. Conny. BONGIOVANNI - INEZ. Fondest memories of a dear mother and grandmother on the 19th anniversary of her going to paradise eternal.
- Arts & Entertainment Calendar - Times Press Recorder
Arts & Entertainment CalendarTimes Press Recorder, CA - 5 hours agoShe has also published two poetry books and recorded poems on two tapes, “Recycle Love and Leftover People.†Nicolette gives a portion of her sales to North ...
- A few final lines of poetry to the bugs (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
The cicadas only have about one more week to drive people buggy in Cincinnati's eastern suburbs. Swarm XIV is due to go to ground in the first week of July, and then it will be 17 years before they reappear.
- Young minister making mark at St. Andrew’s - Cochrane Times
Young minister making mark at St. Andrew’sCochrane Times, Canada - 1 hour agoShe also really enjoyed visiting with the seniors and sharing spirituality through a poetry session one hour of a week. In 2006, Klassen received her ...
- Drama stuck between play and diatribe (Rocky Mountain News)
Somewhere between political treatise and satisfying theater lives the Denver Project, which is as much tone poem as it is drama.
- Sent Home: The suspension gap (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Black students are far more likely to be suspended from school than are their white classmates -- and Minnesota's disparity in suspensions is twice the national average. Why? What are the consequences?
- Hollywood is finally chasing Amy (Independent)
Amy Ryan knows all about being brought back down to earth. Nominated for an Academy Award this year for her breakout performance in Ben Affleck's credible directorial debut Gone Baby Gone, she went home empty handed. And then? "The day after the Oscars, I was back in New York and dropping off my laundry at the laundromat."
- Wednesday Happenings - Bostonist
BostonistWednesday HappeningsBostonist, MA - 1 hour agoJames Tate's poetry is simple but strange; affecting but alien. Hear him read from his latest collection, The Ghost Soldiers, tonight at Brookline Booksmith ...
- Local horror writer reaches the world online - Maine Coast Now
Maine Coast NowLocal horror writer reaches the world onlineMaine Coast Now, ME - 7 hours ago“I’ve always done shorts, and my style is to combine horror with poetry, and people are really liking it,†he said. According to Osgood, the owner of the ...
- A poem for my dad - Daily Journal
How do you love your dads? You left it to The Daily Journal to count the ways. Our Pop Poet contest generated more than 500 poems praising the paternal parent.
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