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- NBC's 'Kings' casts Ian McShane in story based on David and Goliath - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Beverly Hills, Calif. -- The NBC drama "Kings," which will premiere at midseason, is a modern retelling of the Biblical story of David and Goliath. But "it is not a religious show," said one of the show's three executive producers, Francis Lawrence ...
- Delray Beach - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
The Israeli Scouts Friendship Caravan Golan 2008 has rolled into the city for nine days of performances. Hailing from 10 cities in Israel, and made up of five young women and five young men, from teenagers to 25-year-olds, the Israeli Scouts recently ...
- Oregon poet William Stafford is hugely popular -- 15 years after his death (The Oregonian)
William Stafford's study looks pretty much the way he left it Aug. 28, 1993. His hat is on the table, a worn copy of a book by one of his favorite writers, Ralph Waldo Emerson, is on the shelf and a handwritten list of items he needed to bring on trips ("Ticket. Watch. Lecture materials.
- Fielding the best summer reads - Denver Post
Fielding the best summer readsDenver Post, CO - 56 minutes agoIf I were to recommend one writer who captures the feeling of baseball — dare I say — the poetry of the game, it would be Roger Angell. ...
- So much to do, so little summer - Cape Breton Post
So much to do, so little summerCape Breton Post, Canada - 6 hours agoHow about a poetry reading? Poetry With A View, an event sponsored by the Friends of Cape Breton University Library, returns to the Big Wave Cafe in ...
- Partners in rhyme - Sunday Herald
Partners in rhymeSunday Herald, UK - 29 minutes agoUnderstandably, then, Dylan Thomas and his poetry are stitched into Matthew Rhys's life. More curiously, Rhys has now seen himself stitched into Thomas's ...
- The Palestinian Rothschilds - Ha'aretz
The Palestinian RothschildsHa'aretz, Israel - 5 hours agoThe demand for the right of return, he notes, has never ceased, and it finds expression in poetry, cinema and art and in popular resistance. ...
- The rebellion of the oppressed human soul - The New Nation
The rebellion of the oppressed human soulThe New Nation, Bangladesh - 1 hour agoIt would not be possible to identify Nazrul as a rebel personally or in a political party by analyzing his poetry or other literary works. ...
- Greece's Delphi retains the power to inspire - MiamiHerald.com
Greece's Delphi retains the power to inspireMiamiHerald.com, FL - 24 minutes agoPoetry and singing contests were among the most competitive and well-attended events (foreshadowing the American Idol phenomenon by more than 2000 years). ...
- At 80, Maya Angelou says she's not done yet - Orlando Sentinel
At 80, Maya Angelou says she's not done yetOrlando Sentinel, FL - 23 minutes ago"I loved the poetry that was sung in the black church: 'Go down Moses, way down in Egypt's land,' she says. "It just seemed to me the most wonderful way of ...
- More of today's best bets in entertainment - Detroit Free Press
Alkaline Trio: With American Steel and the Fashion, 6 p.m. Clutch Cargo's, 65 E. Huron, Pontiac. 248-333-2362. $17.50. Shawn Phillips: 8 p.m. The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. 734-761-1451. $15, $22. Teddy Geiger: With Hilary McRae and Scott Harris, 6 ...
- The Wild Places - Monsters and Critics
Robert Macfarlane has a new book called The Wild Places . It is a follow up to his earlier work, Mountains of the Mind, which is actually quite a good book. The NYT praised The Wild Places, calling it: “anything but twee. It is a formidable ...
- 'Lyrical Terrorist' Samina Malik cleared on appeal - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk'Lyrical Terrorist' Samina Malik cleared on appealTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 6 hours ago"Ms Malik was not prosecuted for her poetry. She was prosecuted for possessing documents that could provide practical assistance to terrorists. ...
- Allama Iqbal motivates Muslims - The Nation, Pakistan
Allama Iqbal motivates MuslimsThe Nation, Pakistan, Pakistan - 1 hour agoA large numbers of doctors from Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) graced the occasion with, many of them, presenting selected poetry from ...
- THIS WEEK (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
What: Celebrate the 104th anniversary of that famous day in Leopold Bloom's life, and raise a glass to James Joyce's masterpiece, 'Ulysses,' in the annual event sponsored by the New Orleans Gulf South Booksellers Association.
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