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- Event marks poet William Stafford's birthday - Corvallis Gazette-Times
Alsea beekeeper/poet Charles Dallmann presents a selection of poems to a group as part of the events marking the birthday of Oregon poet laurate William Stafford Sunday morning at the Corvallis Library. (Jesse Skoubo/Gazette-Times) Loading… The ...
- Daughter's homage to Nina Simone - Stuff
'We all know our mother's voices ... it's like time stands still for me. I start looking all around, looking for the source,' Simone (Lisa Celeste Stroud) pays tribute to her mother. "I tell people I was sleepwalking," says Lisa Celeste Stroud. "It ...
- From a villa better than Gromyko's in the USSR to a NY apartment and freedom - World Tribune
World TribuneFrom a villa better than Gromyko's in the USSR to a NY apartment and freedomWorld TribuneThis was as impossible for me as it would be for a young girl expecting the love as described in great Russian poetry to become a prostitute. ...
- Education, work threaten creative pursuits - Daily Beacon Online
It’s late, my deadline is creeping up and I still haven’t had any ideas that I think are worthy with which to begin the semester. A plethora of good column subjects occurred to me over the break, but I neglected to take a minute or two to write ...
- The times they are a changin - Egypt Today
A FTER YEARS in the deep freeze, Egypt’s newly thawed-out political scene might best be likened to a three-ring political circus — one each for the three leading political parties, complemented by at least seven sideshow acts. Together, they ...
- Authors ready to throw the book at online pirates (Sydney Morning Herald)
The rapidly evolving world of digital books is presenting new challenges, writes Anne Davies.
- The devil's in the details - Vancouver Sun
The devil's in the detailsVancouver SunThere's even a cowboy version. The story is so integrated with Quebec tradition that it's been retold by Roch Carrier, infuses popular music and poetry, ...and more »
- Volunteer 'army' to answer the call on Martin Luther King Day - San Jose Mercury News
He was the American prince of peace, and yet on the day set aside to honor the memory of Martin Luther King Jr., the third-largest army in the world will rise up in his name. This great summoning is a miracle beyond the muster of any army in history ...
- Keeping the dream alive - Laurel Leader Call
Keeping the dream aliveLaurel Leader Call... has one brother and four sisters, lists his hobbies as cooking, singing, dancing, acting, writing poetry and anything else that catches his attention. ...
- NRI points camera at Rammohun Roy's last years in England - Times of India
NRI points camera at Rammohun Roy's last years in EnglandTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: The last three years of Raja Rammohun Roy's life — spent in Bristol, England — and his death there in 1833, only find a passing mention in ...and more »
- What Babies Know and We Don't - nybooks.com
Part of the appeal of psychoanalysis may be that, in its quest to locate the faded child in the adult, it turns the adult into a kind of child at a play date with his analyst ... Gopnik offers the captivating idea that children are more conscious ...
- A Lesson in Poetry - WSIL TV
A Lesson in PoetryWSIL TVEvery time Bagert has the chance to speak to children about poetry, he says his ultimate goal is to increase the love of rhyme and rune. ...
- Book Review: Miss Hargreaves - Harbor Light
Book Review: Miss HargreavesHarbor LightThe publisher describes this and the other books mentioned earlier as “a new library of books from the early twentieth century chosen by readers for readers ...
- A constant voice in defense of us all - Charlottesville Daily Progress
A constant voice in defense of us allCharlottesville Daily ProgressWheeler has had a hand in “First Amendment Writes,†an annual songwriting and poetry contest, and has been involved in setting up forums, such as “Free ...
- 2009 Human Rights Report: Nicaragua - U.S. Department of State
Nicaragua is a constitutional democracy with a population of approximately 5.9 million. In January 2007 Daniel Ortega Saavedra of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) was sworn in as president for his second term, following the 2006 ...
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