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- Prose watch: Obama acceptance speech (The Politico)
At times in Obama's acceptance speech on the final night of the DNC, poetry and prose diverged.
- Lesbian Activist Who Was First To Wed In SF Dies (CBS 5 Bay Area)
Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her lifelong partner in June on the first day that same-sex couples in California gained that right, died Wednesday. She was 87.
- Much Ado About A Stolen Shakespeare Folio - CBS News
(AP) It's a case of all's well that ends well. Police have recovered a 400-year-old volume of Shakespeare stolen in England a decade ago and worth millions of dollars after a man walked into a library in Washington, D.C., and asked to have it ...
- Eileen Regan, 81, artist and beach-lover - Philadelphia Daily News
A TRIP TO THE SHORE for the family of Eileen McKenna Regan was both an adventure and a challenge. Pack nine kids and a dog into a Volkswagen beetle. Sometimes in all that crowd, the dog, Emily, would disappear and a search had to be made among bodies ...
- Book Signings and events this week - Long Beach Press-Telegram
Book Signings and events this weekLong Beach Press-Telegram, CA - 8 hours agoBook club meets the second Tuesday of the month. 11 am, Artesia Library, 18722 S. Clarkdale Ave. (562) 865-6614. Open-Mike Poetry with Murray Thomas invites ...
- Pandering doesn't solve problems - Fort Worth Star Telegram
Pandering doesn't solve problemsFort Worth Star Telegram, TX - 13 minutes agoAnyone familiar with Hispanic art and literature knows that poetry isn’t only a genre. Poetry is in the DNA of this romantic, passionate people. ...
- Words on Water goes musical - Miramichi Leader
Words on Water goes musicalMiramichi Leader, Canada - 2 hours agoLee Thomspon has been part of the Words on Water for a few years, bringing with him his short stories and poetry. Those who knew him in the audience said ...
- Writer, activist to address leadership conference (The Post-Standard)
Author and political activist Sonia Sanchez will speak at 8 p.m. Sept. 18 at Hewitt Union on the campus of the State University College at Oswego.
- 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, ...
- Thousands turn up for Sipah-e-Sahaba gathering - Daily Times
Thousands turn up for Sipah-e-Sahaba gatheringDaily Times, Pakistan - Jun 27, 2008The conference was started with the recitation of the Holy Quran by Qari Kahlil Ahmed, followed by poetry praising the Companions of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) ...
- Indie film's new, globalized realism - Salon
Left: Pedro Castaneda and Veronica Loren in "August Evening." Right: Venkatesh Chavan and Nana Patekar in "The Pool." Chris Smith, the director best known for his 1999 documentary "American Movie," went halfway around the world to make his improbable ...
- Dr Moneera to head QU foreign language department (The Peninsula)
Doha • Qatar University (QU) Vice President and Chief Academic Officer Dr Sheikha bint Jabor Al Thani announced the appointment of Dr Moneera Al Ghadeer as Head of the Foreign Languages Department in the College of Arts and Sciences.
- Obama's Reaganesque Indignation - The Plank on TNR.com
Obama's Reaganesque IndignationThe Plank on TNR.com, DC - 11 hours agoAs he often does, Obama saved the poetry--the recollection of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., who delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech exactly 45 ...
- Ex-king Gyanendra writing autobiography (Nepalnews. com)
With loads of free time at his disposal while he lives a solitary life in the idyllic and sylvan surroundings of Nagarjun, ex-king Gyanendra is doing what many deposed leaders like him do - turn to writing.
- Joyce Carol Oates examines 'tabloid hell' in novel inspired by ... - Baltimore Sun
Joyce Carol Oates examines 'tabloid hell' in novel inspired by ...Baltimore Sun, United States - 32 minutes agoThe way to handle broken narrators, perhaps, is to try to find poetry in their plain speech. But Oates has already done that — her "Zombie" is a brilliant ...
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