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- Jasper native named Indiana poet laureate - WTHR
Jasper - An author who writes about his youth in the southern Indiana city of Jasper and his German heritage has been named the state's second poet laureate. Norbert Krapf, 64, was selected from among 19 nominees to the post by the Indiana Arts ...
- Condition of Zambian president worsens (Las Vegas Sun)
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 (3:39 a.m.) The condition of Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, hospitalized in France since suffering a stroke in June, has suddenly taken a turn for the worse, state media reported Tuesday.
- Death Cab for Cutie and Stars: Emotion reigns on the island - Varsity (subscription)
Death Cab for Cutie and Stars: Emotion reigns on the islandVarsity (subscription), Canada - 44 minutes agoThe crowd echoed Gibbard’s beat-inspired poetry, creating hope that the diary entries of the younger audience members have become a little more eloquent as ...
- On issues, Obama poetry won't rhyme - Everett Herald
Barack Obama is such a stand-up guy that he'll stand up twice -- once for each side of an issue. The poetry reading on change and hope is over. Now that he has to talk about real policy, there's little rhyme in the rhythm. Take James Johnson, who was ...
- Biden against all odds - Washington Times
Washington TimesBiden against all oddsWashington Times, DC - 2 hours agoAfter trying everything from reciting poetry to shoving pebbles in his mouth, he conquered the fear in the same way he's tackled everything in his life ...
- Former PEI poet laureate dies - CBC.ca
CBC.caFormer PEI poet laureate diesCBC.ca, Canada - 6 hours agoHe authored several books, both fiction and poetry, including The Taste of Water, Island Sketchbook and The North Shore of Home. ...
- Training and Wisdom (BG News)
What results from having been primarily trained in clearly defined skills as opposed to being generally educated for self-direction? We know what training in a specific skill is but very few courses have had the stated goal of making students wiser. Researchers reported in the American Psychologist that when we are wise, we use knowledge for the well being of oneself and others.
- A Playlist by Ta-Nehisi Coates - New York Times
New York TimesA Playlist by Ta-Nehisi CoatesNew York Times, United States - 2 hours agoBut most importantly, “It Takes A Nation” is just great poetry. “Black Steel” is one of the rawer cuts on the album. The song posits Chuck D as a political ...
- Hidden meanings - Financial Times
Hidden meaningsFinancial Times, UK - 5 hours agoPoetry is the final and most subtle element of the garden and one that, unless you are a Chinese speaker, is hard to appreciate. ...
- South River Class of 2008 Said to Be 'Mellow,' Very Talented - RedOrbit
South River Class of 2008 Said to Be 'Mellow,' Very TalentedRedOrbit, TX - 5 hours ago"They were state winners of the Poetry Out Loud program for the second time in a row, which is almost unthinkable. They also took the top two spots in the ...
- Pompano Beach - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Your condo association refuses to tell you how it is spending your money or won't let you see the books. You want to file a complaint with the state, but you cannot do so anonymously. If you give your name, chances are you could become a pariah in ...
- Growing up in a killing culture (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
During the first eight months of 2008, gang gunplay in the Seattle area killed at least a half-dozen young men, injured scores more and left police scrambling to find new ways of addressing a problem that is decades old.
- Vickie Karp: The Third Screen: Barbara Feldon on the Future of Television (HuffingtonPost)
First Screen = Film Second Screen = Television Third Screen = Internet I wonder if Barbara Feldon knows that she's still adored as Agent 99...
- Counting the Dead - New York Times
New York TimesCounting the DeadNew York Times, United States - 42 minutes agoBut the fragmentary forms and skittering attention of her poems suggest that 21st-century activist poetry may face some novel challenges, ...
- How and Why Tony Soprano Died - Gawker
GawkerHow and Why Tony Soprano DiedGawker, NY - 2 hours agoNo, not Philip Larkin's poetry, the last frame of the last episode of the HBO mafia drama The Sopranos. Some enterprising blogger went all Warren Commission ...
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