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- David Berman Finds Comfort In His Own Head - New York Sun
David Berman Finds Comfort In His Own HeadNew York Sun, United States - 22 minutes agoMr. Berman, who also is an established poet and academic (he released a collection of poetry, "Actual Air," in 1999), endured a crippling period of ...
- Simplicity and repetition may explain staying power of songs - Herald Tribune
It only takes a single exposure, and in an instant, your whole day can change. The infection is rapid and feels potentially unending. One minute you're minding your own business and the next you find that you can't stop thinking, humming, or singing ...
- Secret life of student behind bomb scare at university - This is Worcester
Loner': Stephen Jackley, 22. THE University of Worcester student arrested in America after trying to buy a gun using fake ID for a ÂŁ100 bet is a meditating Marxist, your Worcester News can reveal. On social networking website Facebook, Stephen ...
- Library (Old Colony Memorial & Plymouth Bulletin)
For information on any Plymouth library program or service listed (unless otherwise noted), call the main library, 132 South St., at 508-830-4250, TTY 508-747-5882, or the Manomet branch, 12 Strand Ave., at 508-830-4185, or go to the Web site www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org . Registration, when required, may be conducted by phone. The hours for the Plymouth Public Library are: Monday to ...
- Owen Wilson a 'Big Poetry Fan' - People
"He's a big poetry fan, and I am too. So we email poems to each other," says Academy Award-wining actor Alan Arkin, 74, who recently wrapped the film Marley & Me alongside Wilson. At the Los Angeles premiere Monday night of Arkin's latest film Get ...
- Remembering Tim Russert - Amherst Bee (subscription)
Remembering Tim RussertAmherst Bee (subscription), USA - 50 minutes agoRussert had an unbridled passion for the prose and poetry of American politics, but he also had a burning desire to never forget where he came from. ...
- CD reviews: The Hold Steady, Nas, John Mellencamp, Billy Joel (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
When bands like Hinder, Buckcherry or 3 Doors Down are heralded by pop culture pundits as being saviors of rock, returning the genre to prominence after a dominant run of pop starlets and hip-hop acts, you can’t help but wonder if the pundits ever venture outside the Top 40. Case in point: Brooklyn-based The Hold Steady might be one of the best American rock bands hardly anyone knows. The ...
- Quick Takes: News From Israel You May Have Missed - Jewish Press
Quick Takes: News From Israel You May Have MissedJewish Press, NY - 14 hours agoOther speakers at the farewell dinner, who reportedly spoke while Obama was present, recited poetry decrying American support for "terrorist" Israel and ...
- As freedoms wane in ex-Soviet bloc, Ukraine fills the gap - USA Today
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A gloomy Vladimir Putin wears a Czarist crown, clutching a bag full of dollars and a miniature television tower. Filipp Pishchik says this and similar cartoons, depicting the former president as a corrupt leader who stifles ...
- Stephen Moss travels on the sleeper service (Guardian Unlimited)
The announcement that strangers can no longer share a berth led Stephen Moss to wonder just what people get up to on the sleeper service
- Food for thought Keystone College hosts literary conference - Scranton Times
Food and the written word go well together, as a host of acclaimed writers will demonstrate when Keystone College presents another installment of “The Gathering: A Literary Conference for Readers, Writers and Thinkers,” set for Aug. 7-10 at its ...
- Japanese-American authors to read, sign books in Albany - Albany Democrat-Herald
Writers Edward Miyakawa and Mitzi Asai Loftus will speak on “The Japanese-American Experience” from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Browser’s Bookstore, 1425 Pacific Blvd. S.E. During World War II when they were children, Miyakawa and Loftus lived with ...
- CD REVIEWS: NIYAZ - World music - San Francisco Chronicle
CD REVIEWS: NIYAZ - World musicSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 1 hour agoOn the song "Ishq: Love and the Veil," for example, Niyaz takes an 18th century Urdu poem ("Once awakened there was no longer a veil . ...
- What’s Wrong With Economists? - New York Times Blogs
“Well I’ll tell you what, I’m not going to put my lot in with economists.” And more recently John McCain has jumped aboard : “I trust the people and not the so-called economists to give the American people a little relief.” Honestly, I ...
- Have some fun this summer - Bolingbrook Sun
Have some fun this summerBolingbrook Sun, IL - 49 minutes agoThe fest at Butterfield and Batavia roads has a car show, live entertainment, crafts, bingo, poetry slam, kids area and more. ...
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