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- Community Calendar - May 10 (Akron Beacon Journal)
To have an event listed, send a fax to 330-376-9235 or an e-mail to newsroomemail@thebeaconjournal.com at least a week in advance.
- Annual poetry boxing tournament to get the Japanese talking! (New Kerala)
London, June 5 : Two people enter the ring, the bell goes and they start fighting it out - not with fists and blows, but with fairytales, mini-dramas, poems.
- Christina Patterson: Laureate kings and queens of the jungle (Independent)
So, the battle begins. The middle-aged incumbent born with a silver spoon in his mouth is on his way out and the race is on for a successor. The solid, older, conservative guy? We've had that before. The mouthy middle-aged woman? Risky. The mixed-race candidate (African father, white mother)? That would be great, of course, that would be radical, but are we really ready for it?
- Leonard Cohen - Times Online
Leonard CohenTimes Online, UK - 2 hours agoHis mother Masha was a Russian Jew from Lithuania, from whom he inherited an affinity for song and poetry. Soon news arrived of the fate of other relatives ...
- Finding challenge in verse - Brimbank Leader
Brimbank LeaderFinding challenge in verseBrimbank Leader, Australia - 15 hours agoShe will often find herself sitting in front of her laptop in her quiet Eltham study with a perfectly formed idea for the shape of a poem, but little idea ...
- Lonely life as commoner for Nepal's former king - AFP
AFPLonely life as commoner for Nepal's former kingAFP - 3 hours agoFormer king Gyanendra spends his time writing poetry, praying, surfing the Internet and taking walks in the forest around the Nagarjun hunting lodge where ...
- LAist Interview: Ed Park, founding editor of The Believer and author ... - Laist.com
Ed Park is in town this week to read from and sign Personal Days , his funny, frightening & frighteningly spot-on novel about modern-day office life in this time of mergers, acquisitions, and business books full of empty platitudes that encourage ...
- Meet the 2007-08 teen LIP board - Oakland Tribune
Cynthia Wang: Most Likely to Find a Cure for Cancer. A senior at Hercules High School, Cynthia Wang aspires to a career in medical research. Thankfully, she already has plenty of medical knowledge from her favorite shows, "Grey's Anatomy" and ...
- Birth mothers offer gift of life - La Crosse Tribune
An open letter to all birth mothers on behalf of the families who have been able to adopt the children to whom you gave birth: Your gift of life granted to these beautiful children gave us and all the other parents the ability to be parents. Our ...
- True Believer - Nashville Scene
Nashville SceneTrue BelieverNashville Scene, USA - May 14, 2008As usual, Ryan’s lyrics are endlessly quotable, such as this opening stanza from “It Could’ve Been Worse,” about a troubled teen who turns to music to ...
- What’s going on - Port Orchard Independent
What’s going onPort Orchard Independent, WA - 2 hours agoInfo: www.poulsbohemian.com or call Marianna (360) 779-9199 for poetry or Sue (360) 297-3713 for fiction. MICHAEL TOMLINSON IN CONCERT: at 7 pm May 31 at ...
- Community Calendar - Everett Herald
Snohomish Kiwanis, 11:45 a.m. at Alfy's, 1020 Ave. D, Snohomish. Call 360-568-5936. Senior exercise at the pool, 10:45 a.m. today, Mountlake Terrace Recreation Pavilion, 5303 228th St. SW, Mountlake Terrace. Low-impact water fitness. Call 425-776 ...
- David Schwimmer Confirmed To Direct At POWERHOUSE 8/2 - Broadway World
Broadway WorldDavid Schwimmer Confirmed To Direct At POWERHOUSE 8/2Broadway World, NY - 48 minutes agoOrlandersmith has toured extensively with the Nuyorican Poetry Café throughout the United States, Europe, and Australia. The Powerhouse program is the ...
- Plymouth Pipeline (Plymouth Observer)
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- Joyce Carol Oates enters 'tabloid hell' in 37th novel 'My Sister ... - The Canadian Press
Joyce Carol Oates enters 'tabloid hell' in 37th novel 'My Sister ...The Canadian Press - 1 hour agoThe way to handle broken narrators, perhaps, is to try to find poetry in their plain speech. But Oates has already done that - her "Zombie" is a brilliant ...
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