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- Author Carrie Allen McCray Nickens dies (The Charlotte Observer)
A South Carolina woman who became well-known for her book on her biracial heritage has died at age 95. Funeral officials said a memorial service for author Carrie Allen McCray Nickens will be held Tuesday in Columbia. Nickens died Friday. Manigault-Hurley Funeral Home director Anthony Hurley said he couldn't provide details on her death. The State newspaper of Columbia reports that Nickens ...
- Not-your-average beach books - SouthCoastToday.com
Not-your-average beach booksSouthCoastToday.com, MA - 6 hours agoA Bengali-American, she writes mostly about very highly educated Indian-Americans in Boston and New York college neighborhoods, but always manages to tell a ...
- ‘People of Berlin’ - Newsweek
‘People of Berlin’Newsweek - 1 hour agoIn politics, a picture like that is worth a thousand words or, in this case, tens of millions of dollars worth of free campaign advertising. ...
- Obituary: Richard Helgerson (Guardian Unlimited)
July 10, obituary: Renaissance scholar with insights to offer on English identity
- Autistic poet enjoys having a way with words - Canada.com
Canada.comAutistic poet enjoys having a way with wordsCanada.com, Canada - 28 minutes ago... the group will be holding two contests next year: one for visual arts and the other for poetry. Ms. Daabous said Nicholas's poem, You Can Take Away, ...
- Happiness: An Olympic Sport - Beliefnet.com
Happiness: An Olympic SportBeliefnet.com, NY - 5 hours agoPure poetry.) 6. Smile and Oxygenate. Smiling brings oxygen to the brain and it sends out a clear message that you are a kind, happy and open person. ...
- Comfortable in own skin, 'Gargoyle' author takes buzz over novel ... - KBS Radio
Comfortable in own skin, 'Gargoyle' author takes buzz over novel ...KBS Radio, Canada - Aug 13, 2008He has been writing seriously since age 16, penning screenplays, stage plays, short stories and poetry. Prior to "The Gargoyle," a few of his poems had been ...
- Rushdie traces the roots of his latest award-winning tale (The Charlotte Observer)
Fatehpur Sikri, the old, abandoned capital of India's Mughal King Akbar, is a somewhat deserted place these days, a bit off the beaten tourist path, outdone by the popularity of the Taj Mahal about an hour away. Here, guides spin questionable tales of the emperor playing hide-and-seek with his beautiful queens. And here, within the parched landscape of the ghost city, author Salman Rushdie stood ...
- Phelps now has company as the Games' poster guy - San Francisco Gate
Thursday, August 21, 2008 Then came a Bolt out of the gray, or whatever chemically enhanced color describes the stuff hanging mist-like and heavy over the Bird's Nest. I'm not saying Michael Phelps should step off the podium and hand over his ...
- Paul's Iran Alarm: From Talk to Action - Pacific Free Press
Paul's Iran Alarm: From Talk to ActionPacific Free Press, Canada - 3 hours ago... political poetry, I'd be without a job! But a Congressional leader of 35 years, isn't bound by those rules and laws. Mere "expression" gets one a free ...
- That economic squeeze you feel isn't your imagination (Las Vegas Business Press)
Americans feel squeezed now and economist Jared Bernstein senses why. He says the costs of many basic items in their market basket -- health care, education, child care -- have risen steadily although wages haven't kept up.
- An evening of readings from new anthology of local writers - The Westerly
An evening of readings from new anthology of local writersThe Westerly, Canada - 4 hours agoWriters will be reading from Writing the West Coast: In Love with Place - a new anthology of essays, photos, and poetry complied by local writer Chris ...
- Liwa Date Festival gets under way - Gulf News
Abu Dhabi: The Fourth Liwa Festival kicked off in Mazirah in the Western Region on Thursday to the rhythms of Ayala (traditional dance). Shaikh Mohammad Bin Buti Al Hamed, the Ruler's representative in the Western Region, opened the main exhibition ...
- Night life focus of bill (Baltimore Sun)
Proposal aims to foster live entertainment in Baltimore Baltimore's night scene, from dance clubs and karaoke bars to stand-up comedy and poetry slams, could get a boost under a bill expected to be introduced today in the City Council.
- Rodeo comes to Truckee - Tahoe.com
Tahoe.comRodeo comes to TruckeeTahoe.com, Nevada - 12 hours ago7 the festivities begin with Kids Day from 11 am to 2 pm and finish off with Cowboy Poetry, featuring Larry Maurice, John Tyson and Dan Seaborg to name a ...
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