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- 'Infinite Jest' author, 46, an apparent suicide - CNN
CLAREMONT, California (AP) -- David Foster Wallace, the author best known for his 1996 novel "Infinite Jest," was found dead in his home, according to police. He was 46. David Foster Wallace earned a MacArthur "genius grant" in 1997. Wallace's wife ...
- Party got what it wanted from Obama speech - MSNBC
DENVER - Barack Obama's speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night was what many nervous Democrats were hoping for: a forceful challenge to John McCain and the Republicans, and a restatement of the message to change ...
- Henry Rollins - Willamette Week
Henry RollinsWillamette Week, OR - 56 minutes ago... poetry and sleep-deprived reverie about life on the road, crushing loneliness and his waking dreams that slip easily from hot to horrifying. ...
- Jayne Anne Phillips's top 10 books about motherhood - guardian.co.uk
Jayne Anne Phillips's top 10 books about motherhoodguardian.co.uk, UK - Jul 22, 2008Jayne Anne Phillips is the author of Black Tickets, Machine Dreams, Fast Lanes and Shelter. Her latest novel is MotherKind, which tells the story of Kate, ...
- Television movies for the week Sept. 28 - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Television movies for the week Sept. 28Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 3 hours agoAn American con artist wins a poetry contest staged by residents of a financially strapped Irish town. (PG-13) (1:35) TMC: Sat. ...
- Primary race shapes up - Worthington Daily Globe
Primary race shapes upWorthington Daily Globe, MN - 2 hours agoI also like to write poetry and I have had two poems published.†Explain the experiences or qualifications you possess that make you a good candidate for ...
- Teacher gives pupils gift of life - The Times
Teacher gives pupils gift of lifeThe Times, South Africa - 16 minutes agoShe also inspires pupils through her poetry. One of the children, Kabelo Matlhare, 14, was invited to visit Nelson Mandela this week after he entered one of ...
- Where silence is on the timetable: Quiet is key at Quaker schools - The Independent
There are a number of noises that one associates with school: the cacophony of young voices in a playground; the chatter of a busy dining hall; and the teacher's whistle on the playing field. But at Quaker schools, there's a fourth that's part of the ...
- Hunger that can be fed by poetry - The National
Hunger that can be fed by poetryThe National, United Arab Emirates - 1 hour ago‘Poetry,†wrote Robert Frost, “is what’s lost in translation.†Arabic melody and metre have a resonance intimately their own, which is perhaps why Arabic ...
- Torn between two lovers - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldTorn between two loversSydney Morning Herald, Australia - Aug 8, 2008"I thought it was equally about the four characters in the film and about friendship and love and passion and what happens when the borders between ...
- Kapil Syllable - Kolkata Newsline
Kapil SyllableKolkata Newsline, India - 11 hours agoNo one’s comparing his verse with Milton and Sibal seems wholly unperturbed about opinions on his poetry. “I’m not bothered about literary appreciation. ...
- Musicians, veterans, kids at first Peace Festival - Stratford Gazette
Musicians, veterans, kids at first Peace FestivalStratford Gazette, Canada - 3 hours agoYoung and old alike filled the lower Optimist Hall to take part in a carefully crafted program of poetry, speeches and music which ended with a symbolic ...
- Exhibit honors poet Jeffers - Thecalifornian.com
For eight weeks beginning Oct. 4, The National Steinbeck Center is presenting an exhibition, "Jeffers & Steinbeck: Habitat of Thought," as part of a National Endowment for the Arts pilot program called "The Big Read: The Poetry of Robinson Jeffers ...
- A Whole New Approach to Modern Art - MarketWatch
A Whole New Approach to Modern ArtMarketWatch - 8 hours agoOther installations invite geocachers to add their own poetry and handiwork. Sculptures are hidden at 11 secret, family-friendly destinations in the ...
- S.F. Symphony pays homage to Bernstein (San Francisco Chronicle)
How do you pay tribute to an artistic legacy as various and far-reaching as Leonard Bernstein's? You have to take it one chunk at a time. Bernstein's 90th birthday was in August, and for reasons best known to themselves - perhaps chagrin over having missed...
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