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- Billy Joel diehard becomes his hero on stage (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
Matthew Friedman stars in touring ‘Movin’ Out,’ BTL’s season-closing production
- Enter for a chance to win a signed copy of "ghostgirl" - Herald-Standard
Harry Potter's epic battles against dark forces of evil are nothing compared to Charlotte Usher's struggles with an even more fearsome foe - high school. Charlotte, the heroine of author, screenwriter and filmmaker Tonya Hurley's upcoming novel ...
- The Boat man's call - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldThe Boat man's callSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 1 hour agoBut his first literary love, before he discovered the short story, even before he attempted the novel, was poetry. When he was completing his arts/law ...
- A sprightly elegy - Al-Ahram Weekly
I never thought funerals could be such fun. But then, not every funeral has Khalid Galal as director. He has a keen eye for the ludicrous and an eerie knack for squeezing laughter out of the most lugubrious situations and gruesome events. Parody and ...
- How Russia's baby-boosting policies are hurting the population. - Slate
ULYANOVSK, Russia—On a humid Sunday afternoon in late June, about 100 couples clutching newborn babies filed into the Lenin Memorial overlooking the wide banks of the Volga River. This mammoth concrete slab of Soviet constructivism was erected in ...
- Pure poetry from a man who loves his poultry (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
About 8,000 years ago, in Southeast Asia, the chicken came, before the egg. That is, humans captured the wild red jungle fowl, cherishing its fierceness.
- Diane Ronayne: Panel exchanges tips for all kinds of writing - Idaho Statesman
I t was a shotgun approach, but two dozen of us sitting around tables at Shangri-La Tea House on Tuesday got a bead on the ever-moving target of making a career of writing. For nearly three hours, a panel of eight local authors and editors fired off ...
- A man of few words: Poet shares love, talent for beauty, simplicity of writing (McKinney Messenger)
Poetry expresses more thoughts and feelings than short stories or novels, a fact that poet A.J. Chilson said he admires because it accomplishes more by using less words.
- Obituary: Emmet Ferguson Jr. was involved in politics and in medicine - Florida Times-Union
There will be a memorial service Saturday for Emmet Fewell Ferguson Jr., a longtime Jacksonville physician and community leader who was a friend of former President Jimmy Carter since childhood. Dr. Ferguson, who had been in declining health in ...
- Local concert will benefit kids (The San Angelo Standard-Times)
Today's benefit for Feed the Children is no ordinary concert. It is the idea of a trio of young siblings with a big goal - to help thousands of underprivileged children around the world.
- Explore Poetry and Language with Free Online Multimedia Teacher Resource (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Poetry Everywhere Collection on Teachers' Domain -- a free web-based teaching tool of videos, background essays and lesson plans helps teachers and students explore the power of language and build reading and writing skills. Preview the collection at http://www.teachersdomain.org/exhibits/pe08-ex/index.html
- JAKE LA BOTZ TO RELEASE 'MOST DEPRESSING ALBUM EVER' AS HE ... - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
JAKE LA BOTZ TO RELEASE 'MOST DEPRESSING ALBUM EVER' AS HE ...PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - 42 minutes agoThe Chicago Sun-Times said: 'La Botz is skilled at crafting talking-blues numbers that are pure poetry. His storytelling roots lie deep in the Delta and ...
- Two HomeGrown Arts events planned in Valley - Times-Mail (subscription)
Two HomeGrown Arts events planned in ValleyTimes-Mail (subscription), IN - 1 hour agoThose planning to attend are asked to bring a poem or passage they would like to share. The next event in the Orange County HomeGrown Lawn Chair Concert ...
- Ha Jin wants to visit China - Forbes
On a trip that's put him the closest to his homeland in 23 years, Chinese-American author Ha Jin says he wants to visit China but expressed frustration with censorship of his books. The 52-year-old National Book Award winner told The Associated Press ...
- Love, cinema, Dylan and stardom - BBC News
BBC NewsLove, cinema, Dylan and stardomBBC News, UK - 1 hour agoThe director also revealed that when he was sent the screenplay for The Edge of Love it contained very little of Dylan Thomas' poetry. ...
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