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- Dog-inspired tale wins book prize - Age
WHEN Michelle de Kretser's dog went missing in the Gippsland bush for 13 days a few years ago, she didn't see the trauma as potential material for fiction. "Then, as time recedes, I guess you start to see a fictional shape to it." Last night the ...
- 'Scandal' needs schooling in comedy By Jayne Blanchard - Washington Times
'Scandal' needs schooling in comedy By Jayne BlanchardWashington Times, DC - 13 hours agoAllusions to Wilde also can be detected in the green carnations sported by some of the male characters, the emphasis on bons mots and spontaneous poetry and ...
- Neuroscientist: Poetry Comes From Synesthesia, Tree-Climbing (Wired News)
A prominent neuroscientist told a crowd at the World Science Festival that the curious phenomenon of synesthesia -- in which some people "taste" colors or "hear" smells -- is simply a consequence of the aptitude humans evolved for abstraction.
- Wednesday July 2nd 2008 - Guardian Weekly
Wednesday July 2nd 2008Guardian Weekly, UK - 2 hours agoI started with poetry. Like most young people who come from the Algonquin community, I didn't talk a lot. Algonquin youths are generally reticent, ...
- Martha Wainwright - Billboard
Martha WainwrightBillboard, NY - 9 minutes agoShe joked that what made it a war song was the “flowery poetry and imagery.†Wainwright’s offbeat wit shined between songs when she coyly mentioned that her ...
- West Texas 'Tony' - Odessa American Online
West Texas is responsible for producing many important national staples that others greatly appreciate: oil, cotton, cantaloupe, a Tony Award winner and more oil, to name a few. Certainly a first, Monahans native Deanna Dunagan, daughter of late area ...
- How Ignorant Are We? The Voters Choose… But On The Basis of What? - The Cutting Edge
How Ignorant Are We? The Voters Choose… But On The Basis of What?The Cutting Edge, DC - 1 hour agoA majority do not read either newspapers, fiction, poetry, or drama. Save for the possibility that they are reading the Bible or works of non-fiction, ...
- NBCC Suggests Spring and Summer "Good Reads" - Publishers Weekly
NBCC Suggests Spring and Summer "Good Reads"Publishers Weekly, NY - 1 hour agoThe full lists in fiction, nonfiction and poetry are below. *4. JM Coetzee, DIARY OF A BAD YEAR, Viking 1. Nicholson Baker, HUMAN SMOKE: THE BEGINNING OF ...
- Library to host “Poetry Open Mic†- Hannibal Courier-Post
The Hannibal Free Public Library will host its monthly “Poetry Open Mic†at 6 p.m. on June 26. Intended to encourage young poets to share their works, the program also provides an audience for more experienced poets. It is a no-cost, family ...
- Phoebe Snow Revisits `Poetry Man,' Offers New Tunes at Birdland - Bloomberg
Phoebe Snow Revisits `Poetry Man,' Offers New Tunes at BirdlandBloomberg - 1 hour agoReturning to her music has been a priority for Snow since the March 2007 death of daughter, Valerie Rose, who suffered from brain trauma during birth and ...
- LOS REYES PRESERVING MUSIC OF MEXICO - Albuquerque Journal
Two anniversaries will be celebrated in concert this weekend. One is the 15th anniversary of the multicultural Albuquerque arts program Lo Madura de La Cultura. The other is the 45th anniversary of the mariachi band Los Reyes de Albuquerque.ï ...
- Profile: Iranian-American Artist, Rassouli (Payvand Iran News)
RASSOULI is a visionary artist who has come to the attention of the international art world in recent years. What makes his art so unique is the way he translates spiritual experience from his subconscious onto canvas through meditation at sunrise.
- Family talent - Daily Independent
ASHLAND — Many people, the youth especially, only know Jesse Stuart as a name from books they were forced to read in high school literature classes. Stacy Nelson, though, has a much different perspective on the late Kentucky poet laureate. That’s ...
- Event honors kids' art skills - Joliet Herald News
Event honors kids' art skillsJoliet Herald News, IL - 42 minutes agoBy Jason Freeman SPECIAL TO THE HERALD NEWS FRANKFORT -- It can be a few lines of poetry scribbled on a restaurant placemat, or it could be a couple of ...
- Remember when: Rescued fawn became a true family member on ranch (Vero Press Journal)
After the end of World War II, I returned to Magnolia Ranch north of Orlando.
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