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- BILL MCGRAW: Calif. woman pens a rant-and-rave for the D (Detroit Free Press)
"The Straits" is essentially an epic poem about Detroit. It's perhaps the first epic poem about Detroit, or at least the first of the 21st Century. Kristin Palm describes it as a "docu-poem," as in documentary. The book has two pages of sources, which is unusual for a poem, and she acknowledges: "I don't think of it solely as poetry."
- Readers' corner (Al-Ahram Weekly)
Sir-- Your article ' Some subtlety please ' (8-14 May) in response to the farcical competition of the chief editors of the national newspapers to celebrate the 80th birthday of the president, was a professional and just in time, dutiful advice from within.
- Local Polish history advocate honored (The Republican)
SOUTH HADLEY - Making people more aware of Polish history has motivated Carolyn C. Topor to a lifetime of good works that recently culminated in her receiving the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.
- Visitors are welcome at New York's religious retreats - USA Today
Visitors are welcome at New York's religious retreatsUSA Today - 2 hours agoThe woman washing dishes described herself as a Sufi Christian. That afternoon, there would be a discussion of the mystical, reverent 13th-century poetry of ...
- This one time, at DNA camp... - Telegraph-Journal
This one time, at DNA camp...Telegraph-Journal, Canada - 12 hours agoMany Canadian kids are opting for more unique summer experiences, such as gold panning camp, dressage camp, writing camp, poetry camp, hip hop boot camp, ...
- Plenty of 'La Boheme' operas on DVD (The Star-Ledger)
New audio-only recordings of opera are perhaps going the way of the dinosaur, outnumbered by audiovisual productions captured on DVD. In the case of Giacomo Puccini's "La Boheme," there are now more than a dozen contemporary and archival versions out on DVD.
- A Poetic Passage Into Life -- Author Laura J. Gray Mitchell Shares ... - Primenewswire (press release)
A Poetic Passage Into Life -- Author Laura J. Gray Mitchell Shares ...Primenewswire (press release), CA - 1 hour agoLater she resumed writing in verse about social issues and problems. Many poems contained in A Passage Into Life are written to or about Stanton School, ...
- Campus Rights Organizer Remembered for his 'Zest' - Daily Californian
Campus Rights Organizer Remembered for his 'Zest'Daily Californian, CA - 46 minutes agoHe also wrote poetry. McLellan said Rossman's brother, Jared Rossman, best summed up Rossman's curiosity about the world and energy in his epitaph: "He ...
- A Latino institution struggles to stay open (Los Angeles Times)
Ruebén Martinez's Libreria Martinez has become a cultural focal point in Santa Ana and a magnet for famous authors. But dwindling customers and landlord pressure may put him out of business. When Ruebén Martinez set up his bookshop in an old Santa Ana furniture store a decade ago, he bargained the landlord down to half-price rent, saying he sold books, not diamonds. ...
- Producing couple take on eight screenplay adaptations - Louisville Courier-Journal
Producing couple take on eight screenplay adaptationsLouisville Courier-Journal, KY - 1 hour agoIt is so well-written in the interstitial material -- the scene setup, the camera angles, the poetry of that kind of language. So, very respectfully, we're ...
- "Move On": Karen Akers Returns to the Algonquin May 13 (Playbill)
Karen Akers, who starred in the original Broadway productions of Nine and Grand Hotel, returns to the fabled Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel May 13.
- No plea from NH child-sex fugitive on FBI's most-wanted list (Boston Globe)
An FBI most-wanted fugitive charged with molesting the 5-year-old son of a couple who befriended him is being held without bail after his years on the lam abruptly ended with his arrest in Mexico.
- Losing his sight, teen has drive to read, succeed - Fort Worth Star Telegram
Losing his sight, teen has drive to read, succeedFort Worth Star Telegram, TX - 1 hour agoIn addition to his love of reading, DeMarcus recently began writing poetry. One of his poems is titled Look in the Mirror. A portion of it reads: "When I ...
- Related Coverage (Gazette.Net)
Justin Davis died on June 25, 2006, at 19 in a faraway land in a war that many don’t want to think about and that she fears is forgotten. On Memorial Day, she hopes his death in Afghanistan is remembered.
- Spotlight Set on Grandparents - Monticello News
Monticello NewsSpotlight Set on GrandparentsMonticello News, GA - 3 hours agoThird grade students designed personalized cards; fourth grade students wrote poetry about their grandparents; and fifth grade students provided an outdoor ...
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