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- Palestinian national poet Darwish buried - International Herald Tribune
RAMALLAH, West Bank : Poet Mahmoud Darwish, who gave a voice to the Palestinians' longing for independence, was buried Wednesday in a pomp-filled ceremony fit for a head of state. Thousands marched behind the casket, draped in a Palestinian flag and ...
- Book happenings and events - Post-Bulletin
Book happenings and eventsPost-Bulletin, MN - 4 hours agoPoems of literary quality -- especially poetry on Minnesota places, themes and issues -- have the best chance of publication. TO CONTRIBUTE: Send book news, ...
- Teacher has one job: advance knowledge - Reporter
When he became president of the University of Chicago, Robert Hutchins is supposed to have remarked that a college administrator's job was to provide sex for the students, football for the alumni and parking for the faculty (he promptly eliminated ...
- BASH'd To End Off-Broadway Run On 8/30 - Broadway World
BASH'd To End Off-Broadway Run On 8/30Broadway World, NY - 2 hours agoIt is told entirely through rap, spoken word and poetry, turning the often-homophobic musical genre on its ear. Even though the topic is serious, ...
- Star power meets philanthropy with celeb charities (The Charlotte Observer)
Bono battles the AIDS epidemic. Leonardo tries to make the world a greener place, and Martha has a soft spot for animals. For today's celebs, charity work is almost as much a part of the job as walking the red carpet. Famous names have become affiliated with preventing domestic violence, curing breast cancer, fixing smiles and saving farms from development. "You have to care about something ...
- Senior citizens pursuing education from home - MSNBC
Kathy Leeds poses for a portrait at her apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Friday, Sept. 19, 2008 in New York. Leeds is one of about 500 people enrolled in a telephone-based educational program for homebound seniors called University ...
- Sarah Lawrence College Enrolling For Writing Institute - Westchester.com
Sarah Lawrence College Enrolling For Writing InstituteWestchester.com, NY - 3 hours ago... a maximum of 14 students per class in the following categories: The Writing Process, Nonfiction Workshops, Fiction Workshops, Screenwriting, and Poetry. ...
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- Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh: From ‘Tai Chi Master’ to ‘The Mummy’ - AsianWeek
Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh: From ‘Tai Chi Master’ to ‘The Mummy’AsianWeek, CA - 6 minutes agoThere’s wit and poetry and a sense of child-like awe in the former film’s set pieces — whether it’s Li preventing an already drunk Yeoh from taking another ...
- Lunch & laurels - Amherst Bulletin
Lunch & laurelsAmherst Bulletin, MA - 41 minutes agoThe 55-page festschrift, titled "Lay This Laurel," from a version of the poem Dickinson sent to Thomas Wentworth Higginson in 1877 in remembrance of her ...
- The people have chosen - Northern News Services (subscription)
Northern News Services (subscription)The people have chosenNorthern News Services (subscription), Canada - 9 hours agoThe categories include short stories, creative non-fiction and poetry. Submissions must not have been previously published. Entries must be received by Nov ...
- John Henry, Myth Made Flesh - Nashville Scene
John Henry, Myth Made FleshNashville Scene, USA - 31 minutes agoArt, poetry, folk music, education and black studies, superhero comic books—virtually all of American cultural experience incorporates the influences of the ...
- Memorable slogans distill a campaign and do it with poetry, imagery - Waterbury Republican-American
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Life isn't a bowl of cherries, it's a boatload of slogans. They're everywhere and in our heads. They're the hooks of marketing. And presidential campaigns. That's because the good ones work. "Voters want a nice distilled ...
- Teen wins best lyric category at National Poetry Awards - 3 News NZ
3 News NZTeen wins best lyric category at National Poetry Awards3 News NZ, New Zealand - 3 hours agoHundreds of school students were encouraged to liberate their words for this year's National Poetry Awards. Sonya Clark's poem Mrs Potts won the best lyric ...
- Literary legend Hass awarded UI Honorary Degree (first in four-part series) (The Daily Iowan)
Robert Hass has spent most of his life and career in the Golden State, but he still cherishes Iowa City as a "legendary place." And rightfully so, because the UI Honorary Degree Committee also sees the internationally acclaimed poet as a literary legend and awarded Hass an honorary UI degree last week.
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