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- Mahmoud Darwish: Palestine's prophet of humanism - Electronic Intifada
It is impossible for me to express what I feel about the passing of Mahmoud Darwish. Like many Palestinians, I had grown up reading his poetry in order to express how I feel about whatever significant events happen to Palestinians. I turned to his ...
- Review interview: Richard Dawkins - Times Online
Times OnlineReview interview: Richard DawkinsTimes Online, UK - 6 hours ago“Well, we devote our lives to writing books, composing music, creating poetry – all higher functions of the brain. If we were following Darwinian dictates, ...
- Jason Biggs - Romantic Biggs Makes Great Husband (ContactMusic)
JASON BIGGS' wife JENNY MOLLEN has compared the actor to his AMERICAN PIE character - insisting he is a hopeless romantic. The pair wed during an intimate ceremony in ...
- From red to green - Baltimore Sun
I'm a child of the Cold War - the old one with the Soviet Union, that is, not the new frost toward Iran. So, a few months back, after I checked into Moscow's Hotel Baltschug Kempinski, a view from my room's window set my heart - and nerves - racing ...
- A tortured Victorian and his art, reimagined (Toronto Star)
Many years ago, I decided to take a university course in poetry to pick up an extra credit during the summer. The class was modern poetry, a subject I assumed would be within my skill set to cinch.
- Local playwright wins honor - Journal Review
Local playwright wins honorJournal Review, IN - 10 hours ago... Malcolm X Institute of Black Studies. “I’ma playwright in my nightlife,†she said on Tuesday at Wabash. “I have tried poetry and novels, but with plays, ...
- Susceptible to a cruel society - La Crosse Tribune
I was born with a brain injury that is an insult to me because I also developed post-concussive syndrome, which impairs my abilities. This makes me susceptible to a crude society. I have many questions and concerns to ask this society. Many of you ...
- Frederick metal! - Frederick News Post (subscription)
Frederick News Post (subscription)Frederick metal!Frederick News Post (subscription), MD - 1 hour agoWriting poetry and songs since middle school, White finds he is capable of transforming any experience into a song. His lyrics are both political and ...
- Garrett: Poetry in cleats - Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise
Garrett: Poetry in cleatsBartlesville Examiner Enterprise, OK - 6 hours agoBy Mike Tupa EE Sports Editor A certain up-and-coming boxer, a few years ago, coined the phrase: “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. ...
- Home-grown virtuosos - Chicago Tribune
HAVANA - Without saying a word, teenager Yamile Cruz seats herself at the grand piano, places her slender fingers on the keyboard and, after a brief pause, unleashes a torrent of sound one might expect from a virtuoso twice her age and size. Though ...
- Gone from the island, all that remains is memories - KPCnews.com
Gone from the island, all that remains is memoriesKPCnews.com, IN - 9 hours agoMy notes and props are lost somewhere between my poetry books and my bag of seashells. The drive is long across North Carolina and I have long passed the ...
- Autistic poet enjoys having a way with words (Ottawa Citizen)
When Nicholas Sicard’s mother urged her autistic son to enter a provincial poetry contest, she knew his natural artistic talents would shine through
- First novel shortlisted for top book award (Scoop.co.nz)
An early morning phone call from a friend alerted University creative writing tutor Mary McCallum that her first novel had been shortlisted for the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.
- FACTBOX: A glimpse of Chinese ancient literature - Xinhua
FACTBOX: A glimpse of Chinese ancient literatureXinhua, China - 1 hour agoSHI: A kind of poetry that usually has five or seven characters in a line. The form peaked in the Tang Dynasty (581-907 AD). ...
- Fresh Squeezed: Kevin Coval's EVERYDAY PEOPLE - Chicago Public Radio
Fresh Squeezed: Kevin Coval's EVERYDAY PEOPLEChicago Public Radio, IL - 19 hours agoTeen performers from Louder Than A Bomb: The Chicago Teen Poetry Festival will perform with Coval. A reception will follow the event, featuring music by the ...
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