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- CULTURE-CHILE: Free Book Selections for 400,000 Families - Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, May 15 (IPS) - The Chilean government has begun distributing carefully selected packages of books to thousands of low-income families. But the programme aimed at promoting reading is not without its detractors, who question the extent of ...
- From bad to verse: Vandals get classroom penance (The Charlotte Observer)
Call it poetic justice: More than two dozen young people who broke into Robert Frost's former home for a beer party and trashed the place are being required to take classes in his poetry as part of their punishment. Using "The Road Not Taken" and another poem as jumping-off points, Frost biographer Jay Parini hopes to show the vandals the error of their ways - and the redemptive power of poetry. ...
- The following is the interview with the poet Jang Jin Sung. - Daily NK
Daily NKThe following is the interview with the poet Jang Jin Sung.Daily NK, South Korea - 1 hour agoKim Jong Il has a lot of interest in poetry and in order to preserve the regime, he tends to confide in and eulogize poets. Compared to other areas, ...
- All Events for 15 May 2008 (My Village Peckham)
Until 15 May 2008 Struggling musician Peter Bretter has spent six years idolising his IT celebrity girlfriend Sarah Marshall. He's the guy left holding her purse in paparazzi photos and is always gormlessly omitted...
- Saqiba’s new books launched - The Post
Saqiba’s new books launchedThe Post, Pakistan - 4 hours ago... books were different from her other works and she had written whatever she came across all her life without caring for limitations of prose and poetry. ...
- Celebrate Children's Book Week, May 12-18 - School Library Journal
Celebrate Children's Book Week, May 12-18School Library Journal - 6 hours agoWritopia Lab’s writers (ages 9-17) will read from their own award-winning short stories, memoirs, poetry, and scripts.
- Fun for everyone - Ontario Argus Observer
Fun for everyoneOntario Argus Observer, OR - 4 minutes agoLooselip’s performance was one of “organized bs,†as he calls cowboy poetry. After all, “the way to write a sonnet is to lay some bs on it,†he told the ...
- At the library (Roslindale Transcript)
Check out what's happening at the West Roxbury and Roslindale Branch Libraries:
- ?One or Two Murderers in Any Crowd? (New York Times)
Charles Simic?s poems take on politics and moral themes.
- 'The Invention of Scotland' by Hugh Trevor-Roper - Los Angeles Times
'The Invention of Scotland' by Hugh Trevor-RoperLos Angeles Times, CA - 2 hours agoFake history often supports unfortunate regimes, but Scottish fakery spread tragically bad poetry and made a bunch of rich people look like idiots. ...
- Obituary letter: Allan Rodway (Guardian Unlimited)
Giles Oakley writes: Brian Lee's suitably affectionate memories of academic and writer Allan Rodway caught his personality beautifully
- Dark Knight shines bright - Weekly Volcano
Weekly VolcanoDark Knight shines brightWeekly Volcano, WA - 2 hours agoThe screenplay by Christopher Nolan and his brother Jonathan (who first worked together on Memento) has more depth and poetry than we might have expected. ...
- Man arrested after 10-year hunt for £15m Shakespeare manuscript stolen from Durham University (Daily Mail)
A man has been arrested on suspicion of the theft of a priceless book from Durham University ten years ago. It is believed to be worth at least £15million.
- Brighton Bar stays true to musical mission (Asbury Park Press)
Even the most haughty of rock 'n' roll historians would have a tough time challenging The Stone Pony's epic stature as the Jersey Shore's polestar for blues-driven, heartland rock.
- Former teacher still remembered at 100 - Altoona Mirror
Former teacher still remembered at 100Altoona Mirror, PA - 10 minutes agoShe required us to remember poetry from some of the greats,'' Kimberlin said. Steckman has photographs of Kimberlin and Robinson's granddaughters on her ...
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