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- Origins of festival; (The North Bay Nugget)
The Duanwu Festival originated in ancient China. There are a number of theories about its origins. Today, the most commonly accepted version relates to the death of poet Qu Yuan in 278 BC despite a number of competing theories. Qu Yuan The traditional story holds the festival [...]
- Like a flower blooming on a battlefield, art begins to flourish in ... - Los Angeles Times
Like a flower blooming on a battlefield, art begins to flourish in ...Los Angeles Times, CA - 3 hours agoUgliness replaced beauty, and the finer things -- art, music, poetry -- seemed unbearable luxuries, like a rich dessert on an empty stomach. ...
- Sibal recalls July 22 trust vote with poetic rage (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Exactly a month ago, when some opposition politicians tossed wads of currency notes in parliament claiming they were bribed, they did not know that one of their tribe will freeze this moment of 'betrayal and trust' in his mobile and turn it into a poem.
- Poetry contest winners (Townsend Times)
TOWNSEND -- The Townsend Public Library has announced the winners of this year's poetry contest, held to celebrate Young People's Poetry Week.
- Joyce Carol Oates' 'My Sister, My Love': mesmerizing, long - Austin American-Statesman
Joyce Carol Oates' 'My Sister, My Love': mesmerizing, longAustin American-Statesman, TX - Aug 2, 2008The way to handle broken narrators, perhaps, is to try to find poetry in their plain speech. But Oates has already done that — her "Zombie" is a brilliant ...
- The Gas Hike Poems - Examiner.com
Examiner.comThe Gas Hike PoemsExaminer.com - 1 hour agoCollege girls, pretty but sad and a little hung-over.†Stuff like that. These gentlemen are veritable revolutionaries. Right now WALKING is the new ...
- Rhyme And Reason - Post-Journal
CHAUTAUQUA - If poetry could take on a human persona, it would be a mild-mannered accountant by day and a psychopath at night in the eyes of Billy Collins. ''It's basically taking a little premise and pushing it to see how nutty it becomes, how ...
- COLUMN: Leyde: Murphey follows way of the West (The Salinas Californian)
Michael Martin Murphey isn't shy about sharing what his priorities are: The cowboy way, restoring the American prairie, longhorn cattle and preserving our Western heritage.
- Prime Time Calendar the week of Sept. 3, 2008 - Independent Press
Prime Time Calendar the week of Sept. 3, 2008Independent Press, NJ - 1 hour agoThe workshop is free to the public. Reserve to attend. Call 973-442-6400. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month for poetry workshops, ...
- Magical terrains - Hindu
HinduMagical terrainsHindu, India - 1 hour agoWhile non-fiction is doing well, short stories are dwindling, poetry remains invisible except to poets and poetry lovers, crime fiction is still not making ...
- Porter Web site expands features - Westlake West Life
Westlake West LifePorter Web site expands featuresWestlake West Life, OH - 6 hours agoWhen Porter held a poetry contest for students in kindergarten through grade five this spring, the entries were posted on the library Web site — in audio ...
- A Devil Of A Show - SX
A Devil Of A ShowSX, Australia - 26 minutes agoTim Burton, David Lynch, Edward Gorey and the Brothers Grimm are the influences cited in a show that began with the performance poetry of writer/director ...
- Victims of Domestic Violence Women's Support Group - Steuben Courier
Victims of Domestic Violence Women's Support GroupSteuben Courier, NY - 10 minutes agoTo enter, send one poem of 21 lines or less to Free Poetry Contest, 7308 Heritage Dr., Mt. Vernon, Indiana 47620. Or enter online at www.freecontest.com. ...
- Obama taps Biden to be running mate (The Ithaca Journal)
WASHINGTON — Sen. Barack Obama has chosen Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate in the race for the White House, tapping a former challenger for the Democratic presidential nomination.
- 'How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone' (San Francisco Chronicle)
How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone By Sasa Stanisic; translated by Anthea Bell Grove Press; 345 pages; $24 "A good story," writes Sasa Stanisic in his first novel, "How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone," "is like our river Drina: never calm, it doesn't...
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