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- Excerpt from 'Girls Like Us' - USA Today
Excerpt from 'Girls Like Us'USA Today - Apr 28, 2008Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Ricardo had separate beds on I Love Lucy. Dissemination of information about birth control to married women was a crime in some states. ...
- There's nothing worse than a politician playing parent - guardian.co.uk
There's nothing worse than a politician playing parentguardian.co.uk, UK - 5 minutes agoMary Wilson had her poetry, and Norma Major did a book about Chequers, while Cherie Blair gave us The Goldfish Bowl, an unsurprisingly sympathetic and (even ...
- Senior Olympics held - Pasadena Star-News
Senior Olympics heldPasadena Star-News, CA - 2 hours agoWho is going to change, the abortion protesters and counselors, the abusive spouses and boy friends, the gang bangers, the free-sex advocates? ...
- Book Review: Aram Saroyan's "Complete Minimal Poems" - International Herald Tribune
Book Review: Aram Saroyan's "Complete Minimal Poems"International Herald Tribune, France - 3 hours agoSaroyan was the master of the one-word poem. But his works were as musical and meaningful as more conventional poetry, too, and a lot more amusing. ...
- No holds Bard in bid for ancient title - Peterborough Today
No holds Bard in bid for ancient titlePeterborough Today, UK - 2 hours agoThe event, to crown someone the Chief Bard of the Fens, was a fun weekend to inspire both young and old, through stories, poetry, art and performance, ...
- AMU makes science textbooks available in Urdu - Zee News
Lucknow, May 24: The Urdu language has long been associated with poetry and literature in India. But now it will also be a medium of learning science in schools and madrassas, thanks to the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). AMU has decided to ...
- Coastal's cafeteria champ - Jacksonville Daily News
Coastal's cafeteria champJacksonville Daily News, NC - 2 hours ago"A few years ago I was asked by a student to read their poetry in a class," said O'Donnell. "One thing led to another and I became a reader in the New River ...
- Claus Bock: Wide-ranging German scholar (Independent)
Claus Bock was a leading British Germanist, whose scholarship encompassed an exceptionally wide range. Yet behind the cultivated scholar, the brilliant lecturer and the efficient adminstrator there lay a troubled past: as a Jewish child living in Holland during the Second World War, he survived in hiding thanks to a remarkable resistance group, which also included German army officers. His ...
- Town Talk (The Farmington Daily Times)
The Bloomfield Public Library has programs for children of all ages. Information: (505) 632-8315, or www.bplnm.org. The Boys and Girls Club of Bloomfield needs energetic and responsible volunteers to help with programs and mentor members.
- CSULB dedicates a week of celebration to West Coast writers - Daily 49er
CSULB dedicates a week of celebration to West Coast writersDaily 49er, CA - 1 hour agoGuests will celebrate Locklin's career and the publication of two books of poetry. "One is a selection of Locklin's poems throughout his whole career, ...
- Program director knows immigrant experience (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Miguel-Angel Soria sneaked across the border from Mexico at age 12 with his family. After a rocky start in his new surroundings, he eventually attended community college, then the University of San Diego, and received his master's degree in counseling and his teaching credentials from San Diego State.
- Living in fear (Guardian Unlimited)
This playful and knowing first collection is fuelled throughout by a strong sense of lyricism. Take the piece "Before a Make-up Bag", a mock-hymn to the creators of cosmetics: "Praise him for the angel face / and second chance of it / the would you care to dance of it."
- Happenings (The Post and Courier)
--Lavonne J. Adams, author of the chapbooks "In the Shadow of the Mountain" and "Everyday Still Life," will sign copies of her work following a Poetry Society of South Carolina meeting at 7 p.m. Friday at Second Presbyterian Church downtown.
- Waldorf Scores Well In French Poetry Contest - Garden City News
Waldorf Scores Well In French Poetry ContestGarden City News, USA - 3 hours agoThe annual contest, sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF), encourages both the recitation of previously published poetry and ...
- College not ad-verse to event - Peterborough Today
College not ad-verse to eventPeterborough Today, UK - 7 hours ago... to share their literary talents and interests by listening to and writing poetry and also discussing their ideas with the guest experts on the day. ...
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