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- Letters: Oxbridge admissions (Independent)
David Blunkett, discussing Oxbridge admissions (report, 21 July) falls into the same trap as most commentators in assuming that the problem of a high proportion of independent-school admissions to Oxbridge lies with the universities themselves.
- publisher Henry Luce III - Time
TIME often receives letters wondering who is responsible for a particular story. TIME articles are traditionally anonymous, because they often involve the collaboration of correspondents, researchers, and a writer (or on occasion, even an editor or ...
- Poet turns ordinary things grand (The Standard-Times)
Though she calls herself "a proud mono-tasker," Kay Ryan was making toast for her nephew while fielding calls about her appointment as 16th poet laureate of the United States.
- North Iowa Calendar for Friday, Aug. 8 - Globe Gazette
BELMOND — The Newman Singers from Iowa City will perform at 7 p.m. at St. Francis Xavier Church, 1207 3rd St. N.E. The public is invited. A freewill offering will be received. BRITT — Hobo Days continues, with a flea market, Hobo Memorial Service ...
- Forget Palin! - Slate
Tomorrow's Marching Orders Today: If there were some sort of tacit liberal MSM conspiracy--a hypothetical!-- Plan 1 was to knock Palin off the ticket out of the box with various unvetted home state scandals. Plan 2 , the plan currently in place, is ...
- Poet Spencer Reece to Read at Smith - Smith College Gate
Poet Spencer Reece to Read at SmithSmith College Gate, MA - 4 hours agoReece’s first book, “The Clerk’s Tale,†was chosen by poet Louise Glück to win the 2003 Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference Bakeless Poetry Prize. ...
- The Boss kicks birthday off on the right note - Nashville Tennessean
A few months ago, my husband asked me what I wanted for my birthday. "Bruce Springsteen," I thought. "Bruce Springsteen tickets," I said. Bruce, Tom Petty, the Marshall Tucker Band, The Fabulous Thunderbirds — they have been part of my soundtrack ...
- R.I.P. David Foster Wallace: Literary world grieves (The State)
The literary world is in grief for David Foster Wallace, an author of seemingly unstoppable curiosity, imagination and ambition who apparently killed himself last week. Readers are seeking out his work, including his 1,000-page novel “Infinite Jest†and the essay collection “Consider the Lobster.†Wallace, who wrote with an explosive, ironic, but deeply serious passion about subjects ranging ...
- Calendar - Etc. - Fall River Herald News
Calendar - Etc.Fall River Herald News, USA - 36 minutes agoDavid Barber, Major Jackson and John Skoyles read from their works and discuss the poetry scene. Easily accessible from the Harvard Square T stop, ...
- Author Sir John recovers - Henley Standard
Author Sir John recoversHenley Standard, UK - 1 hour agoNew this year is a festival café above the tourist information centre, free children’s events in Lovibonds and Greys Road car park tomorrow and free poetry ...
- John Milton - guardian.co.uk
John Miltonguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoWho kills a man kills a reasonable creature; but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself" - Milton's real work was always learning; even at the age ...
- Edward S. Klima, Sign Language Expert, Dies at 77 (New York Times)
Dr. Klima was an eminent linguist who was one of the first scholars to pay serious attention to sign languages.
- 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 ...
- Kimani is Hailed as the Top Notch Poet for PoeticWorks.Com Battle of the Poets 2008 (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
PoeticWorks presented its' 1st radio broadcasted Battle of the Poets on their new radio show this month. Kimani, a Miami native, hailed as the Top Notch Poet.
- Ted Hughes - guardian.co.uk
Ted Hughesguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago... runaway success (Birthday Letters was said to be the fastest-selling book of poetry ever, though this probably had a lot to do with the Plath myth). ...Sylvia Plath guardian.co.ukall 2 news articles
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