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- Washington hosts National Book Festival, Sept. 27 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Salman Rushdie and Tiki Barber are among 70 authors scheduled to participate in the 2008 National Book Festival.
- Bravo Looks at ‘Ironic Iconic America’ - Television Week
Bravo Looks at ‘Ironic Iconic America’Television Week, MI - 3 hours ago... Poetry Jam”) and Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli. The duo will travel across the US to highlight American beauty, fashion, love, sex, design and food. ...
- Remember When: I get chills when I hear "God Bless America" (Fort Pierce Tribune)
I was watching Lawrence Welk present a medley of patriotic songs on TV. One of the tunes was "God Bless America," and it brought back memories of my 1985 trip to Europe. That was the year of the bombing in Greece, and everyone said we should not travel to Europe.
- Kingsolver to speak at festival - Salina Journal
Kingsolver to speak at festivalSalina Journal, KS - 4 hours agoKingsolver, a National Humanities Medal recipient in 2000, has written several novels and collections of poetry and prose. Her latest book, "Animal, ...
- China's total urban makeover (Los Angeles Times)
As the Olympic Games approached, authors witness an extreme makeover in Beijing that all but erases the past. IN THE fall of 2005, I moved to Beijing to work on the launch of the Chinese edition of Sports Illustrated. Booming, prosperous China, with an ever-expanding mass media and leisure class, was undergoing a sports-industrial evolution similar to that which the United States had ...
- Ugly Tomatoes Take Manhattan in Farmer's Greenmarket Memoir - Bloomberg
Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Ugly, dirt-streaked vegetables are Tim Stark's specialty. For the past 12 years, he's been selling his wares at Manhattan's Union Square Greenmarket , an effort that has made him a minor celebrity among locavore gourmands and a ...
- News in brief July 19 - New Mexican
News in brief July 19New Mexican, NM - 7 hours agoPhoto: Performance art: Forrest Titla performs as part of an eight-day hip-hop poetry workshop put on for 13- to 15-year-olds at Santa Fe Indian School. ...
- Controversy Surrounds Proposed ABC Store - Hickory Daily Record
Controversy Surrounds Proposed ABC StoreHickory Daily Record, NC - 21 hours agoPoet Bruce Lansky is at Lenoir-Rhyne on Monday and Tuesday, conducting four session to help teachers learn how to get students excited about poetry. ...
- Community Calendar - KCAU-TV
The Party Barn to dance to Clay Creek Deaf Cowboy Band @ 9pm ($5.00 cover). July 30 marks the beginning of the Second Annual Iowa Women in Ag Conference (IWIA) to be held at Riverside Casino and Golf Resort in Riverside, and the registration deadline ...
- Night life focus of bill - Baltimore Sun
Baltimore's night scene, from dance clubs and karaoke bars to stand-up comedy and poetry slams, could get a boost under a bill expected to be introduced today in the City Council. The proposal, sponsored by City Council President Stephanie C ...
- Law student-turned poet finds fulfilment in poetry - The Punch
Law student-turned poet finds fulfilment in poetryThe Punch, Nigeria - 1 hour agoThis trend, she said, was responsible for the lack of interest in poetry works by book publishers in the country. Abdul-Quadri said, ”In Nigeria, ...
- Budding Blackpool poet wins animal charity praise - Blackpool Citizen
Budding Blackpool poet wins animal charity praiseBlackpool Citizen, UK - 4 hours agoJack’s poem was shortlisted in its age category (11-13) for its imagination, technique and understanding of the issue. Animal Aid’s Competition Organiser, ...
- Is it city sponsored, the municipal band played - Manhattan Mercury
that said something along the lines of: If you don't know a man well enough to judge his character than look at the people he associates with. "The former president, who publicly endorsed Barack Obama shortly before polls closed Tuesday in the final ...
- London bishop to investigate gay church ceremony - Guardian Unlimited
LONDON (AP) - The bishop of London said Sunday he would order an investigation into whether two gay priests exchanged rings and vows in a church ceremony, violating Anglican guidelines. The priests walked down the aisle in a May 31 service at one of ...
- Standout performances best part of Theatre Q's Wilde production of ... - Oakland Tribune
While flamboyant Oscar Wilde led a life filled with drama, "Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde" is an enormously difficult subject to make into a dramatic play. It's also somewhat difficult for an audience to follow, but the exceptional ...
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