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- Very Private Readings (Washington Post)
For a lot of people, the word "poetry" conjures images of angsty adolescents or finger-snapping, black-clad beatniks. It is an acquired taste, something that a certain type of person (boring?) with unoccupied hours to spare might pursue.
- Spotlight on Way Out West book fest: authors Lee & Bobby Byrd - Alpine Avalanche
Spotlight on Way Out West book fest: authors Lee & Bobby ByrdAlpine Avalanche, TX - 3 hours agoBobby is an award-winning poet, whose most recent book of poems is “White Panties, Dead Friends and Other Bits & Pieces of Love.†In 2002, with son John and ...
- 'American letters' No. 6: Viriville is a state of mind (The Beaufort Gazette)
Late in the Lowcountry year, pecan trees here in Beaufort County drop their nuts to the ground. Folks gather bagsful of free pecans for pies, pralines and snacking.
- Misadventures in Atlanta - AccessAtlanta
Where you'll find me on a Friday night: cooking and playing cards with friends, dining at a new restaurant or hanging with the girls... Recently, someone asked me if it was difficult meeting men in Atlanta. I really don’t think there is because ...
- The almanac - United Press International
The almanacUnited Press International - 4 hours ago... actor-singer Dean Martin in 1917; actress Jessica Tandy in 1909; Gwendolyn Brooks, the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, in 1917; ...
- I’m still top of the mops, says Boris Johnson's father - Times Online
During his first days in office, somebody should let the new mayor of London know that he must change the announcements on the Tube. They annoy his father Stanley, a classical scholar. “You get on the Underground train and what do you hear ...
- Movie star says thank you - Central Maine Morning Sentinel
Movie star says thank youCentral Maine Morning Sentinel, ME - 4 hours agoThere was organic gardening, music and poetry. There also was a mother's love, and the little girl never forgot her. Victoria Rowell, film star, dancer, ...
- Turkish Olympics exhibition offers taste of world culture - Today's Zaman
Today's ZamanTurkish Olympics exhibition offers taste of world cultureToday's Zaman, Turkey - 36 minutes agoA young student standing in front of the South African exhibit shouted excitedly to his friend several meters away, "Look, look UÄŸur, a real ostrich egg! ...
- Benefit scheduled for Aurora teen injured in shooting - Beacon News
AURORA -- Richard "Tre" Winfrey, who was paralyzed at age 17 in a shooting last year, has the Chicago Bears on his team. Defensive lineman Israel Idonije will join Aurora R&B artist Marlon "Brando" Robinson and State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia at a ...
- 'An incredible presence in American literature' - Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Saturday will mark the fourth time the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters has honored author Ellen Douglas. This time, it's a crowning touch - Lifetime Achievement for the writer who spent her lifetime in her home state, mining its people and ...
- Tracking down a real-life Indiana Jones - Niagara Falls Review
Tracking down a real-life Indiana JonesNiagara Falls Review, Canada - 57 minutes agoThere are yellowing photos of crocodiles and ancient ruins, journal entries about conquests and original poetry about taking risks. ...
- Great dates in Cleveland that are easy on the wallet - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Plain Dealer file The Tremont ArtWalk is a great cheap date. Just because the economy is on the decline, your social life doesn't have to be. Especially when it comes to dating. Greater Cleveland offers so many cheap dates that don't seem "cheap ...
- Ohioana Library honoring writers from the Buckeye state - ThisWeekNews
Ohioana Library honoring writers from the Buckeye stateThisWeekNews, OH - 54 minutes ago"This year the authors are representative of various genres and have published a book in the past year," Weaver said. "Children's literature, poetry ...
- The worst assault against English - Star
Edinburgh, Scotland - The vocabulary is poor and the rhyme excruciating, but a collector paid £6 600 on Friday for original works by William Topaz McGonagall, internationally celebrated as the worst poet ever to assault the English language. Up for ...
- Local writer Bruce McAllister among those teaching workshops Saturday (Redlands Daily Facts)
So many things can go wrong when writing a novel, especially if it is the first one someone is trying to write, according to Redlands author Bruce McAllister.
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