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- McCain waging dishonorable campaign - Seattle Post Intelligencer
McCain waging dishonorable campaignSeattle Post Intelligencer - 36 minutes agoThis unexpected snippet of political poetry, from a Democrat advising Barack Obama, was prompted by my expressed desire to hold both campaigns accountable ...
- Ford marks 100th birthday of the Model T - Eagle-Tribune
RICHMOND, Ind. — Ford Motor Co. is marking the 100th anniversary of the Model T, the first low-priced car that introduced motoring to the masses, at a time when Americans are cringing at the cost of filling their gas tanks and the U.S. auto ...
- 2008 NJ Hall of Fame nominees - Philadelphia Inquirer
, Grover Cleveland. The only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms; historians praise his good character. , Molly Pitcher. Legendary Revolutionary War figure is an indelible part of state lore. , Paul Robeson. Scholar, actor, athlete, singer ...
- In 'My Sister, My Love,' Oates fictionalizes JonBenet Ramsey (Boulder Daily Camera)
"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.
- Hampstead 1, Bloomsbury 0: Penelope Fitzgerald's loves and letters - Times Online
A. S. Byatt ends her preface to So I Have Thought of You, a collection of Penelope Fitzgerald’s letters, with a moment of personal reminiscence: "I spoke to her, possibly for the last time, at one of the award parties for the Cohen Prize. She ...
- Talking Myself Home, by Ian McMillan (Independent)
Ian McMillan's latest collection of poems – completing nearly 30 years in the business – is subtitled "My Life in Verses". The echo of John Betjeman's Summoned By Bells, promoted in 1960 by the same publishing house as a "verse autobiography", is instant. The heart shrinks: all that archaism, all that jollity, the unanswerable question Betjeman poses ("Why is this account... not written in ...
- From The Economist print edition - Economist
From The Economist print editionEconomist, UK - 49 minutes agoIn a poetic career that lasted barely five years he produced some of the most audacious, beautiful and influential poetry of the 19th century—arguably of ...
- Looks can sell - Business Line
Business LineLooks can sellBusiness Line, India - 18 hours agoSantosh Desai, CEO, Future Brands, puts it succinctly when he says, “If the content is prose, than packaging is the poetry.” Ever more sophisticated today, ...
- Susan Marsh Worden Scapelitte - Jamestown Post Journal
Susan Marsh Worden ScapelitteJamestown Post Journal, NY - 19 hours agoShe loved to write poetry and her hobbies were sewing and caring for her plants. She is survived by her husband, Frank Scapelitte, whom she married July 4, ...
- Therapeutic riding center to host second Cowboy Supper fundraiser - AndersonValleyPost.com
Therapeutic riding center to host second Cowboy Supper fundraiserAndersonValleyPost.com, CA - 1 hour agoThe family-style fundraising event will include various riding class demonstrations, a barbecue supper, Cowboy poetry and a drawing for a four-day houseboat ...
- Diverse groups gather at Multicultural Expo - Ann Arbor News Blog
Outside, Jimmas Bar-B-Que sizzled. Inside, American Indian dancers stepped in time to a drumbeat. Saturday's Multicultural Expo at Armory Arts Village included ethnic poetry, African dance, singers, speakers, raffles and multicultural fashion shows ...
- Salvadoran poet to sign books this weekend - Frederick News Post (subscription)
Salvadoran poet to sign books this weekendFrederick News Post (subscription), MD - 7 minutes agoA well-known writer in her hometown of San Salvador, Cortez had published her first book of poetry, "Lumbre de Soledad" (Fire of Solitude), in 1976, ...
- Professor Ian Jack (1923 – 2008) - Cambridge Network
Cambridge NetworkProfessor Ian Jack (1923 – 2008)Cambridge Network, UK - 4 hours agoFor him poetry (non-dramatic poetry) was the best, the highest, most important thing. He published his valuable study The Poet and His Audience in 1984, ...
- Arts Agency Chairman Is Moving On - Washington Post
Washington TimesArts Agency Chairman Is Moving OnWashington Post, United States - 2 hours agoOther initiatives during Gioia's tenure included the Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest, an activity for middle and high school students; ...NEA Chairman Dana Gioia to leave in 2009 The Associated PressGioia Leaves NEA After Changing Debate Over Arts Funding New York Sunall 91 news articles
- Enoch Dillon, 82, economist, Army vet - Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.com
Enoch Dillon, 82, economist, Army vetHillsboro Argus - OregonLive.com, OR - 14 hours agoHe then wrote two books, "The Bicentennial Blues: 200 Years of the American Presidency," 1988, and the poetry volume, "Love, From the Ends of the Earth," in ...
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