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- Sorted for rhymes and lines: the secret of great lyrics (Independent)
On a recent trip to Brazil, I commented to the bossa nova-era songwriter Carlos Lyra that so many of the great Brazilian songs contain the word coracao – heart – in them. "It's so romantic," I said to Lyra. "It seems that Brazilians can't help but sing of the pain and the joy in their hearts." "Actually," Lyra replied, "there's another reason. Coracao is the easiest word in the Portuguese ...
- 'Slam' provides local storytellers a creative outlet (The Oklahoman)
Friday afternoon, I learned about a form of comic relief that likely will appeal to office workers. It's an offshoot of the Arts Council of Oklahoma's Wintertales storytelling program and modeled after PoetrySlam, where budding poets get to share with an audience verses they've penned. OKC StorySlam does the same thing, except in storytelling form, and each month focuses on a different theme. ...
- Wild child of poetry - Deccan Herald
Deccan HeraldWild child of poetryDeccan Herald, India - 27 minutes agoHow ironic because, Dylan Thomas famously drank himself to death at the age of 39. But in Swansea he is a famous son and is remembered for his poems, ...
- Six-word memoirs say a lot - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Six-word memoirs say a lotWilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA - 39 minutes agoPaul Thornton’s reads almost like poetry. “Alabama boy said Hallelujah, wrote memoirs.†Writers like brevity; readers more so. Makes you think harder, ...
- Shania Twain's boots no longer under Mutt Lange's bed; Mel Gibson and ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mutt Lange's no longer "Still the One" for Shania. Man, she feels like a single woman. Shania Twain and producer/Svengali husband Robert "Mutt" Lange are separating after 14 years, many quiet years in a Swiss villa, and one child, six-year-old Eja ...
- Saddam feared disease in prison, according to his `diary' - Kansas City Star
Ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein reacts in court in this 2006 file photo in Baghdad, Iraq. Hussein feared catching AIDS or other diseases during his U.S.-supervised captivity, a leading Arab newspaper said Monday in publishing excerpts of his ...
- Paint the town: Quincy art star Dean Mitchell takes a brush to New Orleans (Tallahassee Democrat)
New Orleans has been kind to the artist Dean Mitchell, so he returns the favor often by making it one of his favorite subjects.
- Lidell makes a grand entrance - Waynesville Smoky Mountain News
Lidell makes a grand entranceWaynesville Smoky Mountain News, NC - 3 hours agoOf the two ballad oriented tunes on Jim, “Rope Of Sand†is remarkable in its sincerity and quiet reserve, a simple piece of poetry trying to figure out the ...
- Prayer vigil in Clemson honors lives lost in China - Anderson Independent-Mail
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY — During a campus candlelight vigil Friday night at Clemson University, students and faculty honored those in China who were lost in the 8.0 magnitude earthquake on May 12. Recent reports place the death toll at more than 50,000 ...
- Berrimilla Down Under Mars Status Report 12 May 2008 (SpaceRef)
Berrimilla Down Under Mars Status Report 12 May 2008
- The Jazz Network Takes Off - Jazz.com
Jazz.comThe Jazz Network Takes OffJazz.com, TX - 4 hours agoJazz.com contributor Marissa Dodge, for example, treats Jazz Network visitors to generous samples of her singing & keyboard playing, songwriting, poetry, ...
- Betrayal of boys: A new report says white boys need father figures ... - Daily Mail
Daily MailBetrayal of boys: A new report says white boys need father figures ...Daily Mail, UK - 42 minutes agoOne English teacher said that much of the set poetry is uninspiring in its worthiness. Contemporary poetry might be politically correct, he said, ...
- Guest List: Ponytail - Pitchforkmedia.com
Pitchforkmedia.comGuest List: PonytailPitchforkmedia.com, IL - 6 hours agoMinutemen have been really inspirational to me over the past year, since we watched We Jam Econo! in the recording studio. Also, the Bill Frisell version of ...
- Our Fifth Annual Guide to Getting Away From It All... - Egypt Today
“I worked in an almost arid land. I had to discover by myself, and I also had to pave [this land],†the novelist and editor Gamal El-Ghitani quotes Mahfouz as saying in his book Al-Magalis Al-Mahfouziyya (Mahfouz’s Gatherings). At the age of 25 ...
- Nigeria: Nobel Prize Politics - Chinua Achebe, a Shameful Omission ... - AllAfrica.com
Annie Gagiano is a Professor of English at Stellen bosch University, South Africa. She obtained her B .A(Honours), M.A as well a D. Lit from the same university, where she has been teaching in the Department of English for over three decades now ...
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