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- Very Private Readings (Washington Post)
For a lot of people, the word "poetry" conjures images of angsty adolescents or finger-snapping, black-clad beatniks. It is an acquired taste, something that a certain type of person (boring?) with unoccupied hours to spare might pursue.
- Documentary: Film on poet Shamsur Rahman screened - New Nation
A documentary film on poet Shamsur Rahman titled 'Shamsur Rahman: A Pen Against the Gun' was screened at the Alliance Francaise in the capital Thursday evening. Amirul Arham has directed the film. The event was organised by the Alliance Francaise ...
- Author Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope' - South Coast Today
Author Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope'South Coast Today, MA - Jul 19, 2008Steel is a leader of a genre that generated $1.37 billion in book sales in 2006, outselling every market category except religion/inspirational, ...
- Comments, corrections clarifications, and c*ckups - Crikey (subscription)
Comments, corrections clarifications, and c*ckupsCrikey (subscription), Australia - 3 hours ago"Death of BB marks an end to cruel, crude reality TV" (yesterday, item 19). Regarding Glenn Dyer's piece on the rise and fall of Big Brother within the Ten ...
- The 'Religionization' Of The Oval Office - NPR
NPRThe 'Religionization' Of The Oval OfficeNPR - 1 hour ago... in poetry," Mario Cuomo, former governor of New York, once observed, "but we govern in prose." Among a people who claim overwhelmingly to be Christian, ...
- Latest blog posts - guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.ukLatest blog postsguardian.co.uk, UK - 39 minutes agoThe Williams comes from a sequence of Brueghel poems, and if you like the Icarus, it's worth reading the lot. Of course, where the overlap between poetry ...
- BC poet Robin Blaser continues a stellar career by winning the ... - CBC.ca
CBC.caBC poet Robin Blaser continues a stellar career by winning the ...CBC.ca, Canada - 2 hours agoRobin Blaser continues to reap rewards for an impressive career in poetry. This week he became the 2008 Canadian recipient of the Griffin Poetry Prize, ...Epic purse for scribes of verse Toronto Starall 2 news articles
- A Poet and A Patriot: Chris Matthews (1946-2008) - Metro Santa Cruz
Metro Santa CruzA Poet and A Patriot: Chris Matthews (1946-2008)Metro Santa Cruz, CA - 4 minutes agoHe served most of his military career in Panama, where he first encountered the vestiges of American imperialism. Matthews arrived in Santa Cruz County in ...
- Get Real: Count Your Blessings and Your Troubles - Beliefnet.com
Get Real: Count Your Blessings and Your TroublesBeliefnet.com, NY - 2 hours agoAt my 15-year college reunion, everyone got out their snapshots of the kids, and waxed poetry about Timmy's cute habit of biting his sister, ...
- Los Angeles Times - Hartford Courant
. -- When he was 5, John Moceo announced that he wanted to play the accordion. Chalking it up to childhood whimsy, his mother pushed him to play something else, anything else -- guitar, piano, even baseball. "He came home from school, shoving this ...
- Must Not Waste Kucinich' Courage - OpEdNews.com
Late Monday evening, a skinny little man from Ohio stood to address the mostly empty seats of the House or Representatives. His words need no further embellishment here. We can, however, be grateful for this mountain of political integrity and ...
- Viva Villa - Manila Times
Viva VillaManila Times, Philippines - 11 hours agoThe reception of Villa’s poetry after the war was mixed, with the publication of his poems in the 1948-49 Literary Apprentice edited by Armando Manalo who ...
- Nigeria: Life in My City - the Success Story of a Private Partnership Deal (AllAfrica.com)
Last week, the coal city of Enugu was agog with activities as the State under the auspices of Alliance Francaise, Enugu,ROCANA Nigeria Limited and Pan African Circle of Artists(PACA) hosted the first edition of an international art festival tagged; Life in My City.
- Flying forward (SouthtownStar)
Amanda Johnson, a recent graduate from Marian Catholic High School, has the kind of high school resume that interests even the most discriminating college. She has tried her hand and is good at just about everything.
- Radovan Holiday (Daily Record)
BOSNIAN Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic took regular holidays sunbathing among his bitter enemies in Croatia. No one guessed that the long-bearded man was one of the most wanted men in the world - on the run for 13 years, accused of leading the killings of thousands of Bosnians and Croats.
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