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- I've had 30 lovers, Carla Bruni tells world - and it's music to ... - Times Online
Carla Bruni, the chanteuse wife of Nicolas Sarkozy, is to release a new album on which she sings of 30 past lovers and compares one of them to taking hard drugs. But rather than embarrass her husband, her work is likely to give him a boost. “You ...
- Those the gods would destroy (Toronto Star)
Anything can happen in a work of fiction, and the British novelist Jeanette Winterson is one writer who's never been shy about exploiting that. Realism is not her style; she's written that her favourite reading contains "a large dollop of the unlikely and the miraculous."
- Upshaw's silvery voice'Was Here' - Newark Star-Ledger
Many composers need a muse, whether romantic or platonic. Bach had Anna Magdalena, Britten had Peter Pears. Osvaldo Golijov has soprano Dawn Upshaw. Dawn Upshaw The Argentine-born, U.S.-residing Golijov -- one of the composers of the moment, piling ...
- Student poets already impressive - Providence Journal
Providence JournalStudent poets already impressiveProvidence Journal, RI - 8 hours agoAfter my reading, I was taken to teacher Jim Bower’s class, where the assignment had been to write a poem based on one of mine, “So Much Depends Upon. ...
- Red Shifting by Aleksandr Skidan, translated by Genya Turovskaya - Bookslut
Red Shifting by Aleksandr Skidan, translated by Genya TurovskayaBookslut, IL - 16 minutes agoFor me, reading poetry is about experiencing a connection, no matter how tenuous, with another author. Upon my first reading of Aleksandr Skidan’s Red ...
- The “L” or “l” word - TheDay
The “L” or “l” wordTheDay, CT - 1 hour agoActually, if her poetry is any indication, Sappho was a lover of both women and men, but for some reason, we use the word lesbian to describe women who love ...
- Guide to the Papal Trails - Sunday - Catholic Weekly
Guide to the Papal TrailsSunday - Catholic Weekly, Poland - 26 minutes agoThe integral part of the description is photos and poetry. All parts form a whole and we can take the volume that concerns a given region when we follow the ...
- Author inspires Waterford Elementary students - Marietta Times
Author inspires Waterford Elementary studentsMarietta Times, OH - 4 hours agoNamed recipient in 2000 of the West Virginia Arts Commission Fellowship in Poetry. ÂŻ Degrees from Bethany College, Yale University Divinity School and ...
- A Two-Bit, And Fine, Idea - Newsweek
A Two-Bit, And Fine, IdeaNewsweek - 3 hours agoNew Jersey: Great poets can find the stuff of poetry anywhere. William Carlos Williams found it in Paterson. New Mexico: An American original, ...
- (Movers & Shakers) The two sides of Miller Matola, CEO ICC Durban - Travel Wires
(Movers & Shakers) The two sides of Miller Matola, CEO ICC DurbanTravel Wires, South Africa - 1 hour agoHe's a voracious reader who is most likely to tackle biographies and motivational writing and he admits, almost shyly, to writing poetry. ...
- We rely on great principals - AZCentral.com
One of the very first steps to fix a troubled, failing school is to replace the principal. When everything is going well, when students are succeeding, when teachers are motivated, when classrooms are well-supplied, when enthusiasm is high . . . the ...
- Indexed: But the Baristas Have Better Insurance - New York Times Blogs
New York Times BlogsIndexed: But the Baristas Have Better InsuranceNew York Times Blogs, NY - 33 minutes ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- Using Virgil to predict an apocalypse - Birmingham Post
Using Virgil to predict an apocalypseBirmingham Post, UK - 8 hours agoThe Roman poet, Virgil , could never have imagined that, of all the 15000 lines of poetry he composed, this one would be the one best remembered, ...
- About Town - Wednesday, April 30 (Shenandoah Valley News Today)
Shenandoah third graders - including my oldest son - presented a wonderful program of poetry reading Tuesday afternoon. The students read their selected poems in individual classroom groups and as boy- and girl-clusters.
- Cuba is fertile territory for 'Surrender Tree' - Fresno Bee (subscription)
Fresno Bee (subscription)Cuba is fertile territory for 'Surrender Tree'Fresno Bee (subscription), CA - 7 minutes ago"The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom" (Henry Holt & Co.; $16.95) was released this month, which is National Poetry Month. ...
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