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- Helping Girls Navigate Sexualization in the Media - AlterNet
Helping Girls Navigate Sexualization in the MediaAlterNet, CA - 28 minutes agoI think as Americans, our fixation with the taboo of sexuality causes us to overlook its poetry and its greater meaning in our lives, and then we pass this ...
- Sweet and Low - Metro Weekly
If you missed Brannan's Shortbus debut, you may have caught him in Holding Trevor at 2007's Reel Affirmations festival, in the supporting role of sardonic Jake. Jay Brannan Familiar or not, the 26-year-old Brannan is back, hitting his notes rather ...
- Celebrating original compositions - Eureka Reporter
In April, I was invited to read one of the poems I had submitted to the 2008 Poets & Writers Celebration scheduled for May 2. This celebration is held each year on the Eureka campus of College of the Redwoods. A prize is awarded for the best poem and ...
- University of Minnesota study uncovers the educational benefits of ... - PhysOrg
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered the educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook. The same study found that low-income students are in many ways just as ...
- Navy vet pens book of poems - News Chief
Navy vet pens book of poemsNews Chief, FL - 42 minutes agoCraver, who has won awards for his poetry from the International Poetry Society, said some of his award winners are in "Sailing the Land and Seas," which ...
- Dance along, and celebrate the music - Sophia Echo
Fête de la Musique started in France in 1982; since then, it has turned into something of a Europe-wide music festival. More, in fact: in 120 countries and 350 cities around the world. On June 21 2008, it will be celebrated for the first time in ...
- Glimpses of a society revealed in black and white - Taiwan Journal
Glimpses of a society revealed in black and whiteTaiwan Journal, Taiwan - 1 hour agoThe boy's name is a laurel to Han Chinese heritage as it stems from gifted literati Tang Bo-hu (1470-1523), who excelled in poetry and painting during the ...
- Activist-performer speaks out - Chicago Tribune
Give props to Gil Scott-Heron for the cutting-edge topicality of his best street poetry and jazz-inflected R&B over the last four decades, and the activist performer will accept the compliment graciously, albeit with reservations. For instance, the ...
- 'The Incredible Hulk' is a heart-pounding thrill ride of a movie - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Bruce Banner needs an antidote to the raging Hulk inside him. Comic-book fans needing an antidote to Ang Lee's terrible big-screen adaptation, 2003's "Hulk," need search no more. "The Incredible Hulk" is a franchise reboot of the highest order. It's ...
- Five Best The Modern American West - Wall Street Journal
1. What You See in Clear Water By Geoffrey O'Gara Knopf, 2000 This timely work sheds light on the conflict over water rights in the American West, but it also describes the history of the Arapaho and Shoshone tribes who now live on the enormous and ...
- Local author publishes how-to book on oral histories (The Mesquite News)
Whether it be of sorrow, of love, or of memorable past experiences, everyone has a story to tell. But in today’s society, a story can be lost in the blink of an eye as years pass and loved ones aren’t asked to share these experiences.
- Sensitive Gangstas? (Free Times)
No doubt you’ve been hearing a lot about Columbia’s gang problems lately. Well, here’s a new book sure to challenge a few stereotypes and piss some people off: The Bandana Republic: A Literary Anthology by Gang Members and Their Affiliates from Soft Skull Press.
- POETRY READINGS AID GALWAY'S SPIRIT CENTRE - Indymedia Ireland
Friday, July 4th at 1pm sharp is the date and time of a lunchtime reading, organised by the Western Writers’ Centre in support of Galway’s The Spirit Centre. The readings, which will take place at the Spirit centre at 34 Nuns Island, Galway, is ...
- SATURDAY SPOTLIGHT: From the burger stall to Olympic hall - Northern Echo
SATURDAY SPOTLIGHT: From the burger stall to Olympic hallNorthern Echo, UK - 15 minutes agoChief Sports Writer Scott Wilson met Sunderland-born light heavyweight Tony Jeffries and discovered a poetry-loving pacifist who has swapped burgers for ...
- Ferlinghetti's 'Coney Island' poems celebrated at 50 - The Capital Times
Ferlinghetti's 'Coney Island' poems celebrated at 50The Capital Times, WI - 3 hours ago... up to me after poetry readings and say, 'You know, I read your book when I was in high school, and I split,' or 'I left home,' or 'It changed my life. ...
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