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- Art show message from inside - Northcote Leader
Art show message from insideNorthcote Leader, Australia - Jul 8, 2008Perkovich, who is based in Brunswick, has a fashion label called Dark Butterfly and worked for a time with colourful Melbourne art identity Vali Myers. ...
- Authors get rock-star treatment at Brazil festival (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
By Stuart Grudgings
- Rushdie traces the roots of his latest award-winning tale - Popmatters.com
Fatehpur Sikri, the old, abandoned capital of India’s Mughal King Akbar, is a somewhat deserted place these days, a bit off the beaten tourist path, outdone by the popularity of the Taj Mahal about an hour away. Here, guides spin questionable tales ...
- Day Camp for Peace on tap - Orillia Packet & Times
Day Camp for Peace on tapOrillia Packet & Times, Canada - 6 hours agoA family evening will take place Thursday, July 10, from 6 to 8 pm, with a barbecue and creative fun for everyone. The cost is a suggested donation of $3 to ...
- Lily Koppel: In a Blog Age: The Enduring Power of the Handwritten Word (HuffingtonPost)
In our era where every life is made public through email, blogs and Facebook, one of the greatest oddities may be that there is not a livelier discussion about the individual's basic need for a more private space.
- The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon ... - ISRIA (subscription)
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon ...ISRIA (subscription), DC - Aug 14, 2008Associate Spokesperson: You are aware of the difference between metaphor and reality in poetry, right? Question: Does the United Nations metaphorically ...
- Tylerite Named Youth Of The Year - Tyler Morning Telegraph
(Staff Photo/ Herb Nygren Jr.) YOUTH OF THE YEAR: The Boys & Girls Club of East Texas named Jessica Renteria as its Youth of the Year. The Boys & Girls Clubs of East Texas has named Jessica Renteria its youth of the year. Ms. Renteria, a junior at ...
- Thomas M. Disch | 1940-2008: Catastrophes blamed for author's suicide (The Columbus Dispatch)
NEW YORK -- Author, poet and critic Thomas M. Disch -- who twisted the inherently twisted genre of science fiction in disturbing directions, including writing his last book in the voice of God -- died Friday in his Manhattan apartment. He was 68.
- True romance (Lawrence Journal-World)
It’s only 9:33 a.m., but already Danielle Steel is having a lousy morning. She’s in a Rockefeller Plaza dressing room, having her hair tugged and her makeup tweaked. She’s endured questioning from Matt Lauer on the “Today” show and soon faces a second round with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb.
- Writer's forum set to start fall season - Laurinburg Exchange
The Fortner Writers' Forum is back for its 41st year. The event which is free and open to the public, kicks off at 8 p.m. on Aug. 28, in Orange Main Lounge on the campus of St. Andrews Presbyterian College. it is one of 13 such events planned. The ...
- Lind came to Columbus, courtesy of P.T. Barnum (This Week Canal Winchester)
She was called the Swedish Nightingale and Columbus had never seen anything quite like her.
- How a poetry-enhancing technique boosts memory - Newspost Online
How a poetry-enhancing technique boosts memoryNewspost Online, India - Aug 1, 2008“In our experiments, concepts presented early in a poem (or prose passage) were more available when alliterative sounds overlapped between lines than when ...
- Norman Dello Joio, 95; Pulitzer and Emmy Award-winning composer (Los Angeles Times)
Norman Dello Joio, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer with a lyrical style who wrote works for orchestra and chorus as well as several operas and an Emmy Award-winning television score, died July 24 at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. He was 95.
- Plymouth Writing Project offers summer author visits - Laconia Citizen
Plymouth Writing Project offers summer author visitsLaconia Citizen, NH - 42 minutes agoLiz Ahl teaches poetry and creative writing at Plymouth State University, where she is the Chair of the English Department. She has published poetry in ...
- Blog: Hoping for some new readers (The Jackson Sun)
Howdy, hope a few new folks will start reading my blog, but, am very thankful for the regulars! When I started writing this, the entries were short and i shared my poems and songs.
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