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- Men from Mars(eille) - The Phoenix
The PhoenixMen from Mars(eille)The Phoenix, MA - 7 hours agoFrédéric Mistral shared the 1904 Nobel Prize for Literature for his writing in Provençal (notably the long poem Mirèio). Neither is it hard to see why it’s ...
- The wild Web world of academia - Las Vegas Sun
Striking again July 30, Rosenthal called another of her superiors “Crybaby Howie.†Ah, the world of academia. At some jobs, Rosenthal might have been fired after sharing such thoughts. But Rosenthal, who has been at the College of Southern Nevada ...
- The journal - News Today Online
The journalNews Today Online, Philippines - 1 hour ago... then you labor to give birth to your piece of poetry or fiction. Spending a regular hour or two everyday writing in the journal makes the gestation ...
- Palestinian poet given 'state funeral' - Globe and Mail
Palestinian poet given 'state funeral'Globe and Mail, Canada - Aug 13, 2008RAMALLAH, WEST BANK  The body of Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry gave voice to Palestinian national aspirations, arrived on Wednesday in the West Bank city ...
- 80 more things that make men cry - BBC News
Hurt, sung by a dying Johnny Cash, gets to many of you Johnny Cash. Bambi's mother dying. Bagpipes. Silently falling remembrance poppies. There are a lot of things that make men well up. Here's a selection of your responses to 10 things that make ...
- Friend's Email: - Glide Magazine
Ryan Adams is set to turn his hand to writing books, while simultaneously working on an art show AND a new album. Adams has signed a deal with Brooklyn -based publishing house Akashic Books who will put out the rockers first book of prose next year ...
- Literati stunned by death of author (The Columbus Dispatch)
NEW YORK -- 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.
- Properce, G. Hutchinson (ed.), Propertius Elegies Book IV - Fabula
FabulaProperce, G. Hutchinson (ed.), Propertius Elegies Book IVFabula, France - 1 hour ago... is conjoined with writing love-poetry. The list of Latin love-poets at the end of the poem (85–94) reinforces the elegiac connection. ...
- Poetry that touched world leaders - The Surrey Herald
Poetry that touched world leadersThe Surrey Herald, UK - 1 hour agoWhen Princess Diana died in 1997 Mr Royce, who had already sent the Princess a poem about her landmine campaign, sent a series of prose about her death to ...
- To celebrate 10 years free of cancer, author updates volume she ... - Niagara Falls Review
To celebrate 10 years free of cancer, author updates volume she ...Niagara Falls Review, Canada - 4 hours agoA certain poetry to them. They were the essence, the soul of her experiences. Put together, they reflect some of her most personal conversations. ...
- A Brand New Super Site In South Philly - The Bulletin
Philadelphia - Driving down 10th Street, among the row homes of South Philadelphia, the lights of Citizens Bank Park appear over the horizon. Going further, the upper deck seats of the pristine ballpark begin to roll into view. At a stop sign, you ...
- Joanne Ragsdale's A Child's Time to Read: Book outlines struggles (Baxter Bulletin)
Because he wrote about Wellpinit and the Spokane Indian Reservation where I once taught, I have been a fan of Sherman Alexie since his book "Reservation Blues." He is a noteworthy voice of the times and depicts reservation life with truth and honesty.
- Civic Center Blues: Images bridge cultures (Rocky Mountain News)
Over his shoulder, the City and County Building is aglow in morning sunlight, but the smiling man with the fringe of beard and the Dixie Chicks T-shirt doesn't notice and just hangs near the teenagegirl with pink lipstick, gel'd hair and a mouth full of braces.
- Coast Lines: Aug. 23, 2008 (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
WATSONVILLE Parade celebrates gay pride Watsonville's first Pride parade celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people will be 11 a.
- Bulgarian poet Konstantin Pavlov dies at 75 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Poet and screenwriter Konstantin Pavlov, who became one of Bulgaria's most prominent intellectuals with his rare defiance of the country's communist regime, has died, a filmmakers union said. He was 75.
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