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- Witness who took risky stand in Sacramento gangland trial works to build new life (The Sacramento Bee)
One bullet perforated his left lung and induced a bloody cough. Timothy Hurst sings in his bedroom wearing a T-shirt he designed; his brother Iam Mason sings on the bed. Hurst's testimony helped convict two gang members who tried to kill him. Now he's living in another city and trying to establish himself as an artist. Timothy Hurst looks in the mirror, where he's written "God's ...
- In the beginning, there was the car - Daily Telegraph
This week, I need some suggestions. In the past your advice concerning stair carpet, motorcycle purchases and so on has been reasonable, well-considered and constructive, so here's something else for you to ponder over an egg and some toast. It ...
- A Few Words About Religion - American Chronicle
A Few Words About ReligionAmerican Chronicle, CA - 1 hour agoAmerica is on the verge of electing the first African American to the White House, but it may be generations before we have our first atheist or agnostic ...
- Pakistan Coalition Faces Deadline - The Bulletin
Islamabad, Pakistan - Pakistan's political crisis deepened yesterday with former premier Nawaz Sharif poised to quit the ruling coalition unless judges ousted by ex-President Pervez Musharraf are restored within a day. A third party declared its ...
- Iranian professors to participate in Roudaki confab in Tajikistan (Islamic Republic News Agency)
Iran - Tajikistan - Roudaki A five-member group of Iranian Persian language professors arrived in Tajikistan on Wednesday. The Iranian professors are going to participate in a conference marking the 1,150th death anniversary of the founder of Persian poetry, Abu Abdollah Jaafar Roudaki.
- Youth poets to appear at Nye Beach Writers' Series in Newport - Newport News Times
Youth poets to appear at Nye Beach Writers' Series in NewportNewport News Times, OR - 16 hours agoGeneral admission is $5, with free admission for students. The young writers are participants in the week-long “Write On! Write Now!” summer youth poetry ...
- Comedy overrules romance in off Broadway "Tempest" - Reuters
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Star Mandy Patinkin makes an aggressive, angry Prospero in the Classic Stage Company's vivid new production of Shakespeare's "The Tempest." For this is a determinedly anti-romantic "Tempest" that CSC artistic director ...
- Book it Over to the Festival - The Emory Wheel
Book it Over to the FestivalThe Emory Wheel - 5 minutes agoBy Bridget Riley Posted: 08/25/2008 Poetry slams are already the norm at Java Monkey, a downtown coffee shop, while a recent “Save Our Bookstore” campaign ...
- What we write about when we write about sports writing - Guardian Unlimited
My favourite sports book at the moment is a small, slim, hardback volume of Helenio Herrera's handwritten notes and diagrams of his tactical observations. It is an object of sublime beauty put together by his widow Fiora Gandolfi, who lovingly ...
- Olympic Inspiration for Peace - Media For Freedom
Olympic Inspiration for PeaceMedia For Freedom, Nepal - 3 hours agoThere could be other great festivals and celebrations of human achievement in the areas of music, poetry, dancing and drama. We could celebrate those who ...
- The write stuff - Shelby Township Source Newspapers
The write stuffShelby Township Source Newspapers, MI - 2 hours agoSome of the group’s writers are hobbyists who feel compelled to pull out a pen and paper and jot down poetry at a local cafe. Others are putting together ...
- Here the Birds’ Journey Ends - New Yorker
Here the Birds’ Journey EndsNew Yorker, United States - 5 hours agoMahmoud Darwish (1941-2008), the Palestinian poet, who died this month, was the author of more than twenty volumes of poetry in Arabic. ...
- Fantasy author gives pupils a treat - Burton Mail
Burton MailFantasy author gives pupils a treatBurton Mail, UK - 4 hours ago... in Harehedge Lane, Horninglow, are taking part in various activities including a readathon, a book fair, reading in classes and poetry workshops. ...
- Literary world grieves over Wallace’s apparent suicide - Lincoln Courier
The literary world is in grief for David Foster Wallace, an author of seemingly unstoppable curiosity, imagination and ambition who apparently killed himself last week. He was a professor at Illinois State University for about a decade. Wallace, who ...
- Art calendar - Monterey County Herald
Art calendarMonterey County Herald, CA - 1 hour agoShown in conjunction with the NEA Big Read: The Poetry of Robinson Jeffers. 624-3369. Grand Opening celebration of Wellington's Legacy Fine Art Sculpture ...
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