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- Book Review: All About The Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can't Save Black America by John McWhorter (Blogcritics.org)
The author argues that hip-hop is metaphysical at best, mystical at the least, but a political tour de force? Not yet, and maybe never. On one side I hear John McWhorter, and on the other side I hear Michael Eric Dyson. In this book their voices come together because McWhorter has put forth his hip-hop apolitical argument in sharp contrast to the many political ones. In fact, Dyson provided the ...
- What good is the Bard to book-shunning boys? - Guardian Blogs
Yet again last week, the reading abilities of boys were up for discussion: "Sats results ... revealed a particular problem with boys' reading ability. One in five 14-year-old boys has a reading age below what's expected of an 11-year-old ." The Today ...
- Is it city sponsored, the municipal band played - Manhattan Mercury
that said something along the lines of: If you don't know a man well enough to judge his character than look at the people he associates with. "The former president, who publicly endorsed Barack Obama shortly before polls closed Tuesday in the final ...
- Lumley attacks 'obscure' new poetry (Guardian Unlimited)
July 19: The actress has been lambasted as old and out of touch for her controversial views on modern verse
- Last night's TV A very British rocket launch - guardian.co.uk
Last night's TV A very British rocket launchguardian.co.uk, UK - 21 minutes agoThis week's Brits Who Made the Modern World (Five) were those behind the Black Arrow rocket, developed first for the military, and then to launch satellites ...
- Watch out Edinburgh, here comes the Camden Fringe - Hampstead & Highgate Express
Fed up with the high prices north of the border, the two women running the Etcetera Theatre decided they could do just as well in their own manor, writes Katie Masters Edinburgh isn't the only British city to boast a Fringe Festival - London's in on ...
- Writing on the wall - New Statesman
New StatesmanWriting on the wallNew Statesman, UK - 2 hours agoA form of visual poetry, reminiscent in its arcane mark-making of that of the Franco-Belgian artist Henri Michaux, his appropriation of calligraphy - a ...
- Catastrophes blamed for author's suicide - Columbus Dispatch
NEW YORK -- Author, poet and critic Thomas M. Disch -- who twisted the inherently twisted genre of science fiction in disturbing directions, including writing his last book in the voice of God -- died Friday in his Manhattan apartment. He was 68. His ...
- Prospect Hts. woman dies in crash in Lombard (Daily Herald)
Poetry was Penny Bordsen's passion. She wrote her first poem about a cat named Cookie when she was just 4. But she took a break from her craft to raise her two children and support her family with a job in computer systems and software.
- Profile: Leonard Cohen - Times Online
Leonard Cohen’s habit of going into every concert with a prayer on his lips is hardly surprising. He believes that someone took a shot at him long ago at a concert in France that was attended by rowdy Maoists. As he reflected later: “They’re ...
- George Michael's revealing dancetopia is must-see stuff - Orange County Register
IN COMMAND: Though his first stateside show in 17 years felt a bit like an out-of-town warm-up, George Michael delivered a robust, infectious performance that will undoubtedly light up the Forum on his 45th birthday next week.
- 50 ways to please your lover - Sunday Herald
1 POEM Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day? by William Shakespeare (printed 1609) One of the many intriguing questions relating to the Bard of Stratford is: to whom did he address his sonnets? For centuries, it was assumed to be a woman. Now, the ...
- British military in contempt of the law - Chronicle
British military in contempt of the lawChronicle, Zimbabwe - 2 hours agoLike the British royal family, the British Prime Minister simply follows the money. Brown set off recently for Saudi Arabia, exporter of Wahhabi ...
- National Poetry Slam 2008 announces bouts draw and schedule - Isthmus
National Poetry Slam 2008 announces bouts draw and scheduleIsthmus, WI - 11 hours agoThe wait is over for hundreds of spoken word devotees wondering who they will face in the opening rounds of this year’s National Poetry Slam in Madison. ...NPS2008: First round bouts released for National Poetry Slam Dane101ARTS BEAT Mouth music Isthmusall 4 news articles
- shirley reese - OpEdNews.com
I am a college graduate, a loyal patriot of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, a person whose convictions and pessimism drive my thought invoking others to think, and enjoy some politcal debate. I like truth even if it doesn't set you "free" in ...
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