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- Book Review: Sonnets by William Shakespeare (New Edition from Pushkin Press) (Blogcritics.org)
This new edition is a good reminder of the still-intimate relationship between literature and physical objects. When it comes to music and literature, the digital age has reduced the need for physical objects of art, but not their appeal. The surge in demand for new vinyl records demonstrates the persistence of the physical.So does the thriving business of self-publishing. At a time when anyone ...
- You Don't Mess With the Racism (World Headlines)
I love Adam Sandler. From Billy Madison to Happy Gilmore to the Chanukah Song, the predecessor of the Superbad generation has effortlessly conquered the domain of slapstick comedy and inappropriate jokes. But damn you Scuba Steve!
- Wishing a Speedy Recovery to Senator Kennedy- MKULTRA CHURCH COMMITTEE ... - Boston IMC
I wish you a speedy recovery sir- I ask Have we beat the Soviets yet? I hope you laugh. A lion of the senate a lion for the people. Who would believe the fights you have put up with and the clever ways you have impacted the policy of this nation in ...
- Soldier expresses feelings on war through writing (Rexburg Standard Journal)
REXBURG-U.S. Army Spc. Flint Christensen of Rexburg wrote the following words in a poem to his son Levi, who was born just before Christensen left for Iraq seven months ago:
- The Company Senator Obama Keeps - CBS News
In 2004, President Bush and the Republican Party made significant inroads with the Jewish community. Bush won 24 percent of the Jewish vote - up from 19 percent in 2000 - primarily as a result of his staunch commitment to Israel. Four years later, it ...
- Grandson treasures his grandmother's work - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Grandson treasures his grandmother's workAtlanta Journal Constitution, USA - 1 hour agoMcRae's grandmother knew Hughes, often read his poetry and made a bust of him, which McRae also has. Why he likes it: "I grew up listening to Langston ...
- LOCAL SCENE: Childish, playful, perverse - Colorado Daily
LOCAL SCENE: Childish, playful, perverseColorado Daily, CO - 6 hours agoThe event is a rubric of interventions: Innocence with experience, playfulness with seriousness, poetics with crassness, music with poetry, film with ...
- Indigenous voices and stories echo down the centuries - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldIndigenous voices and stories echo down the centuriesSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 11 minutes agoBut it was another 35 years before the second volume of Aboriginal literature appeared in We Are Going, a book of poetry by Kath Walker (who became Oodgeroo ...
- Egyptian Diva Oum Kalsoum Is Celebrated in Lively Paris Exhibit - Bloomberg
Egyptian Diva Oum Kalsoum Is Celebrated in Lively Paris ExhibitBloomberg - 6 hours ago``She sang traditional songs in Egyptian vernacular and poetry in classical Arabic. She connected to intellectuals and people in the street. ...
- Youthful Offenders Restoring Luster to Diners of Old - New York Times
New York TimesYouthful Offenders Restoring Luster to Diners of OldNew York Times, United States - 3 hours ago“The whole poetry behind it is that these are kids who have been pretty much cast away emotionally and criminally, getting a chance to restore beloved ...
- Susceptible to a cruel society - La Crosse Tribune
I was born with a brain injury that is an insult to me because I also developed post-concussive syndrome, which impairs my abilities. This makes me susceptible to a crude society. I have many questions and concerns to ask this society. Many of you ...
- Tribute to director David Lean - Hindu
Tribute to director David LeanHindu, India - 7 minutes agoIt's hard to decide what Zhivago really thinks about the Soviet revolution, or even the desirability of "poetry", whereas films such as Brief Encounter, ...
- Columbia’s Catastrophic “Nakba†Conference - Front Page
As Israelis look towards the future in their celebration of the nation’s 60th birthday, some Palestinians cling to the past by commemorating what they call the “Nakba†or “the catastrophe.†A faculty panel discussion held at Columbia ...
- Religious poetry contest (Hot Springs Village Voice)
A $1,000 grand prize is being offered in a special religious poetry contest sponsored by the New Jersey Rainbow Poets, free to everyone. There are 50 prizes in all, totalling almost $5, 000. The deadline is June 14. To enter, send one poem of 21 lines or less to Free Poetry Contest, 103 N Wood Ave. #32, Linden, NJ 07036. Or enter on-line at www.rainbowpoets.com.
- Hear terrific jazz free all weekend - Detroit Free Press
Summer is jazz festival season. Of course, the big daddy of them all is the four-day 29th annual Detroit International Jazz Festival on Labor Day weekend. But there's lots of action in the meantime, starting with the 14th annual Michigan Jazz ...
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