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- Guest Columnist (Boothbay Register)
For all the August arrivals who have complained in the past that all the activities are scheduled in July, well, this is your year. If you didn't start off on the right foot by coming to the full-house square dance last Saturday night, you've only yourself to blame.
- Marionettes enjoy revival - Myanmar Times
Marionettes enjoy revivalMyanmar Times, Burma - 7 hours agoIn his poetry the monk also wrote of the public fascination with string puppets, using the commemoration ceremony of the completion of Mingalar Zaiti Pagoda ...
- Without a father, Obama turned to black journalist for advice on living in a multiracial world (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
HONOLULU - At key moments in his adolescence, Barack Obama could not turn to a father he hardly knew. Instead, he looked to a left-leaning black journalist and poet for advice on living in a world of black and white.
- Human mindfulness takes root in book on trees - Bellingham Herald
When I was a little girl, one of my favorite books was "A Tree Is Nice" by Janice May Udry. I didn't care that it had won the Caldecott Medal, although the charming illustrations by Marc Simont still stand the test of time. What really appealed to me ...
- The dope on Cope: songwriter to come to the State - Ithaca Journal
The dope on Cope: songwriter to come to the StateIthaca Journal, NY - 4 hours agoI love the poetry of it, and I love the way Dre made records. And I'm more concentrated on drums than electric guitars. But it's not as if I tried to throw ...
- RBR seeks nominees for alumni honor (The Hub)
LITTLE SILVER — For the past seven years, the Red Bank Regional High School Education Foundation has observed a warm tradition of honoring its most distinguished alumni. The honor includes an invitation to visit the high school where alumni tour the facility with the principal and meet faculty and students.
- Roubini: The Fed Is 'Desperate' - The Bulletin
The risk of a "market crack" is increasing as policymakers at the Federal Reserve run out of options, says economist Nouriel Roubini. "Policy authorities are now running out of bullets and going towards desperate measures that will end up being ...
- Librarians Are 'Media Specialists' - The Ledger
Whatever happened to the school librarians? Well, they've changed their title, adapted to the ever-challenging environment of our schools, and brought their expertise to bear to help our schools be the best they can be. Media specialists are highly ...
- Laurie Notaro (Washington City Paper)
Certain things are never easy to accept: forgiveness, death, the fact that your cat broke your nose. That last bit actually happened to author Laurie Notaro , but at least she lived to write about it.
- Troubled woman felt exuberance for nature - Star News Online
On Friday, July 25, Susan Willis' ashes were spread in her requested final resting place, the ocean. Susan's mother recalls the day her daughter was born. "She was so alert and aware of all around her," said Margaret Willis. "She was so brilliant ...
- The sound of madness - New Zealand Herald
The sound of madnessNew Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 4 hours ago... sharpest spotlight on her capacity for self-delusion, greeting-card cliches passing as poetry, and designer dresses which reveal more than they cover. ...
- Carlos Alcalá: Gold-medal moment at the fair (The Sacramento Bee)
Gold medal at the fair: Roseville residents and authors Jennifer Martin and Bud Gardner – both have written for the "Chicken Soup" series – were signing books at the State Fair's local authors table when basketball star Ruthie Bolton showed up. They got to talking. "One thing led to another (especially since Bud used to coach basketball at American River College) and Ruthie pulled her Olympic ...
- The bird of gardens sang unto the rose: Happy Hafez Day (Payvand Iran News)
Iranians annually celebrate the Hafez Day on October 11, during which they gather and hold talks on the poetry, thoughts, and life of Hafez. Hafez was a Persian mystic and poet. He was born sometime between the years 1310 and 1337 in Shiraz, Medieval Persia.
- Cheeky Rosebud magazine blooms in Cambridge (The Capital Times)
In the mid-1980s writer John Lehman went on a road trip with a friend to San Francisco. While there, the pair sought out City Lights Books, the independent bookstore co-founded by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, which Lehman described as the ultimate "beatnik shrine." At the time, Lehman wasn't able to articulate exactly what it was that he wanted to do to make his own literary mark, but visiting ...
- The browser - guardian.co.uk
The browserguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoWhat is it with murderous dictators and poetry? Much attention last week was focused on the verses that former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic wrote as ...
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