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- A true renaissance woman - Sun
A true renaissance womanSun, NY - 1 hour ago... five books with absolutely no formal education in writing. “I’ve never taken a class or a workshop. The closest thing is that I belong to a poetry group ...
- Morning update: A foggy start (Quad-City Times)
Good morning, Quad-Cities. At 6 a.m. it’s 69 degrees with fog in the Quad-Cities. The National Weather Service is warning that fog will linger until about 9 a.m. this morning with reduced visibilities of a quarter mile at times. The fog most likely will be dense in river valleys and other low-lying areas.
- Wishing for a ‘Snow Day’ - Tri-County Times
Linden — Dylan Elmer really wanted a snow day. He wanted it so much, he wrote an entire poem about his wish, and then placed in a national poetry contest.  His work, “Snow Day,” was originally a school assignment inspired by a cold winter ...
- Obama, Palin give OK! its first double cover - MSNBC
In case you needed further proof that this election is as much about celebrity status as it is politics, check out the current issue of OK! magazine. For the first time, the weekly magazine decided to do a double cover: Barack Obama and family grace ...
- RAW Deal Looms for Taxpayers Unless Terminator and Lawmakers Act Fast (Santa Barbara Independent)
It’s nut-cutting time in Sacramento, to paraphrase famed wordsmith Dick Nixon, as California politicians face an August 1 deadline, when further dithering over the stalemated state budget will start having real-world financial consequences.
- Ha Jin wants to visit China (The Charlotte Observer)
On a trip that's put him the closest to his homeland in 23 years, Chinese-American author Ha Jin says he wants to visit China but expressed frustration with censorship of his books. The 52-year-old National Book Award winner told The Associated Press in an interview Saturday at the Hong Kong Book Fair that if if he has the chance, he would like to see his homeland again. "I'd like to. I want to ...
- Transported by the art of Motion - guardian.co.uk
Transported by the art of Motionguardian.co.uk, UK - 7 minutes agoAndrew Motion has made this personal selection of autobiographical and critical writing from an astonishing 2000 pages of lectures, essays and reviews. ...
- What's Going On Around Here - Long Beach Press-Telegram
What's Going On Around HereLong Beach Press-Telegram, CA - 1 hour agoMike the Poet also returns this month to make a guest appearance on the Gabelich Trolley reciting his beat poetry for guests riding up and down Atlantic ...
- Queen's award for Tongan professor - Fiji Times
FOR the grand daughter of a missionary from a humble Tongan family, it was an honour for poet and academic Professor Konai Helu Thaman to be decorated to commemorate the coronation of King George Tupou V. Receiving the medal in a first appearance at ...
- Warner to focus on 'common sense, smart gov't' - MSNBC
Warner to focus on 'common sense, smart gov't'MSNBC - 3 hours agoDon’t expect Warner to throw red meat on the Republicans in Denver, or for him to utilize soaring poetry the way Obama did. Instead, the speech will likely ...
- Former US poet laureate Louise Glueck receives $100,000 prize - MetroMix
NEW YORK (AP) _ Former U.S. poet laureate Louise Glueck has been awarded the Wallace Stevens Award, a $100,000 prize for "outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry," the Academy of American Poets announced Tuesday. Glueck, who served as ...
- The Art of James Salter (Aspen Daily News)
"Salter," a good friend told me. "He's a writer's writer." "What did he write?" I responded. "You gotta read 'A Sport and a Pastime,'" he said. "It's about baseball?" I asked.
- Gager Concert Series Opens Sept. 7 - SBC News
Gager Concert Series Opens Sept. 7SBC News, VA - 2 hours agoMy guess is that it was inspired by some events, unknown to me, that occurred in the poet’s life when he was in France during WWI. I chose the poems because ...
- In 'Momma's Man,' growing up is hard to do - Boston Globe
In 'Momma's Man,' growing up is hard to doBoston Globe, United States - 11 hours agoJacobs, by contrast, is shooting for a tone of elliptical poetry, and casting his own parents goes a long way toward realizing it. Ken Jacobs, of course, ...
- Exhibition to celebrate National Nutrition Week inaugurated (Calcutta News)
A two-day long exhibition on nutrition awareness for women and children was inaugurated at the India Gate lawns Friday. It is organized by the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Food and Nutrition Board.
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