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- Hugs and farewell to Mr. Cooperstein - Philadelphia Inquirer
Sometimes, the piles of paperwork overwhelmed Stuart Cooperstein. So the Meredith School principal slipped out of his office and walked down the hall to a classroom, where kindergartners climbed all over him. Or he opened the door onto the playground ...
- A History of The Virginia Gazette - Vancouver Business Journal
If there is nothing as fragile as news, the fragility of newspapers themselves runs a close second. Hundreds of newspapers have begun with great ambition, only to merge with others or fold from bankruptcy. With that knowledge, William Parks might be ...
- Poster poems: death becomes us all - Guardian Blogs
Over the past year or so, the question of death has occupied me much. Not, you understand, that I'm getting morbid in my old age. It's just that the fact of death has touched me more than once in this period and so I have been forced to face it. And ...
- Remembering Tim Russert - Amherst Bee (subscription)
Remembering Tim RussertAmherst Bee (subscription), USA - 50 minutes agoRussert had an unbridled passion for the prose and poetry of American politics, but he also had a burning desire to never forget where he came from. ...
- Books in Brief // Spiritual - Baltimore Sun
Summer often brings vacation days, trips to flee the routine and extra "me" time. It can be a season to rest the body. It also can be a time to renew the mind and refresh the spirit - through reading. But where to start? Here are some suggestions ...
- Revellers enjoy the craic at 17th annual Halifax Irish Festival - Halifax Today
THE Piece Hall was awash with green for the 17th annual Halifax Irish Festival, the biggest event of its kind in the north of England. Visitors enjoyed entertainment from Sean Wilson and Tony Mac, Across the Water, Belt of the Celts, the Nicky James ...
- Lively Arts: Have some fun in the park with the bard - Oakland Tribune
Lively Arts: Have some fun in the park with the bardOakland Tribune, CA - 15 minutes agoPLEASANTON POET LAUREATE Martha Meltzer will host two award-winning poets, Charlie Getter and Barry "Bear" Toffoli at the next Century House Poetry Reading, ...
- Writer who prefers being a waiter is up for ÂŁ60,000 prize (Evening Standard)
A 28-year-old London waiter has been nominated for one of the world's most lucrative literary prizes for his first novel. Ross Raisin's debut God's Own Country is a contender for the ÂŁ60,000 Dylan Thomas Prize for authors under the age of 30.
- 'Pity' skewers conventional assumptions - San Jose Mercury News
O happy dagger! The last time American Conservatory Theater plunged into the dark heart of Jacobean tragedy was Robert Woodruff's infamously graphic 1993 production of "The Duchess of Malfi," which offended audiences and sent them scurrying from the ...
- Edwards: The Agony of the MSM - Slate
Nibbling at the edges of the MSM: Imus laments that the Edwards L.C. story is "starting to become news." ... And there's always the late-night comics' rabbithhole into public consciousness . ... But the MSM wants photos Dallas Morning News' Rod ...
- Sick girl gets wish to build wardrobe - Inside Toronto
Sick girl gets wish to build wardrobeInside Toronto, Canada - 29 minutes agoElena, who also enjoys writing poetry, hopes to be a well-dressed doctor or artist when she grows up. Lipo said her daughter has been looking forward to the ...
- Religion As Poetry - Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
James Carse, who directed the Religious Studies Program at NYU for 30 years, has a new book out called The Religious Case Against Belief . Here's his definition of a belief system, which he differentiates from religion: A belief system is meant to be ...
- Saudis denounce child marriages - Detroit News
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- An 11-year-old boy gave out invitations to his classmates for a big event his family was planning this summer -- and it wasn't his birthday party. It was his wedding to a 10-year-old cousin. Muhammad al-Rashidi's marriage was ...
- Say You’re One of Them - Financial Times
Say You’re One of Them By Uwem Akpan Abacus £11.99, 304 pages FT Bookshop , price: £9.59 Selling your child or nephew could be more difficult than selling other kids,” is the chilling opening line of Uwem Akpan’s short story “ Fattening for ...
- The One True Political Party – But You Still Believe, Don't You? - OpEdNews.com
We are not seeing politics, we are seeing theatrics. These are not candidates, these are the “plasticine porters with looking glass ties” about which Lennon once penned. The mirrors, no doubt, are invaluable tools by which the thespians can be ...
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