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- First novel shortlisted for top book award - Scoop
An early morning phone call from a friend alerted University creative writing tutor Mary McCallum that her first novel had been shortlisted for the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. Ms McCallum was today named a finalist in the prestigious fiction ...
- Parkers Chapel High School senior claims first place in poetry contest - El Dorado News-Times
Parkers Chapel High School senior claims first place in poetry contestEl Dorado News-Times, AR - 23 minutes ago... senior at Parkers Chapel High School, was selected as the first place winner of the senior division of the Sybil Nash Abrams Memorial Student Contests. ...
- Activist and artist known as one of 'Catonsville Nine' - Baltimore Sun
Forty years ago next month, Tom Lewis and eight other Vietnam War protesters strode into the offices of U.S. Selective Service Board 33 in Catonsville and left a mark on history. The "Catonsville Nine" emptied file cabinets, hauled 600 draft records ...
- Search to Divine Authorship Leads 'Footprints' to Court - Washington Post
The single set of footprints in the sand -- as millions of inspired souls now know -- was that time when the Lord picked you up and carried you. It's a metaphor, people: He is there when you need Him most, and so is the ubiquitous poem known as ...
- Kathy Sheppard - Greenville News
Kathy SheppardGreenville News, SC - 28 minutes agoThe girl who made a "D" in high school English enjoyed literature to an extent -- especially poetry -- but dyslexia severely limited her as a writer. ...
- School boy crush a lifelong love - Auckland stuff.co.nz
Auckland stuff.co.nzSchool boy crush a lifelong loveAuckland stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 55 minutes agoLinn says his wife is not only beautiful but talented. "I was good at English but I didn’t pursue it," he says. "She writes poetry that I only dream of. ...
- Painting the past - The Coast.ca
The Coast.caPainting the pastThe Coast.ca, Canada - 18 hours agoThere are lots of funny bits. It's a drama. It's a comedy. It's a play!" To Capture Light, Thursday, May 8 at 8pm, Saturday, May 10 and Sunday, ...
- A Prosecutor Run Amok - Newsweek
A Prosecutor Run AmokNewsweek - 5 hours agoDisbarred after 28 years of practice, Nifong, 57, still lives in the Durham area, passing his time writing poetry and performing as a soloist in his church ...
- Owner's dream is realized in Booked for Murder - The Capital Times
Owner's dream is realized in Booked for MurderThe Capital Times, WI - 5 hours agoYoung poets need all the support and encouragement they can get, so poetry lovers should be sure to attend the Greater Dane County Youth Poetry Festival at ...
- Hagerstown City Park an inspirational site for art (The Herald-Mail)
HAGERSTOWN - Julie Cantrel said the birds, the squirrels and other forms of nature at Hagerstowns City Park give her ideas for her art. Its like a daily source of inspiration, she said. Cantrel worked some of those wonders into bird collages she was selling Sunday at a family art day sponsored by the nonprofit Contemporary School of the Arts & Gallery in Hagerstown.
- Kay Ryan, Outsider With Sly Style, Named Poet Laureate (New York Times)
A reserved writer who has been compared to Emily Dickinson, Ms. Ryan has been chosen to succeed Charles Simic as the nation?s 16th poet laureate
- He shows no signs of a Beckian slip (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Had Tony Soprano been under his care, Aaron Beck says he could have cured his panic attacks in two sessions.
- More Than Cartoons in 'The Animation Show 4' - New York Sun
Given the rather profound poetry of a film such as "WALL-E" and the scathing satire of a television series such as "South Park," one could easily argue that we are living in a golden age of animation. Further evidence comes from "The Animation Show ...
- Parents Launch Website Protesting Against 'Suicidal' Emo Music - Gigwise
GigwiseParents Launch Website Protesting Against 'Suicidal' Emo MusicGigwise, UK - 5 hours agoTheir music, poetry, and dress are all telling us something. When are we going to pay attention to what they are telling us?â€
- Fist Jabs, Satire, and the Last Private Places on Earth - Slate
Put the same drawing on a TV screen with the Fox emblem in the corner and a pair of couch potatoes parked in front of it--put that on your cover, and you've got satire. And howlless was equally clear : Any satire that can be easily used to further ...
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