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- Local book events for the week of Sept. 28 - Houston Chronicle
Local book events for the week of Sept. 28Houston Chronicle, United States - 1 hour agoMichael Berryhill reads from his poetry chapbook Not Now at 7 pm Tuesday at Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet. Steve Levine signs Putin's Labyrinth: Spies, ...
- THE FEAST OF THE NINE VIRGINS - Indolink
Jameela Siddiqi was a student at Makerere University in 1972 when her Uganda citizenship was taken away and she was one of the Asians expelled by Idi Amin. She has worked in England as a television documentary producer and broadcaster, receiving a ...
- Speaker addresses issue of violence in young girls' lives - Daily Gleaner
Speaker addresses issue of violence in young girls' livesDaily Gleaner, Canada - 21 minutes agoTHANKS: Susan Montague, left, second vice-president of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Foundation for Family Violence Research, presents a cheque to Linda Eyre ...
- Hallelujah, it's Leonard! - Dose.ca
Hallelujah, it's Leonard!Dose.ca, Canada - 3 hours agoTickets: Many events are free. Tickets for Saturday's gala concert at the Winspear are available at the Winspear Box Office 428-1414 EDMONTON - The man of ...
- Both parties inject drama into the race (Miami Herald)
No Drama Obama? The Democratic convention was anything but. Laced with enough tears of anguish and joy to keep a team of crisis counselors billing overtime, the giant group therapy session belied the nominee's reputation as a cool customer.
- Come 'Dancing' in Oak Park - Chicago Tribune
Come 'Dancing' in Oak ParkChicago Tribune, United States - Jul 18, 2008The Scarlet Ibis: The Words In Motion Festival at 16th Street Theater continues with this adaptation of Susan Hahn's 2007 poetry collection, featuring the ...
- 20 questions for … singer-songwriter Nellie McKay (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
Singer, songwriter, actor and activist Nellie McKay calls her music "schizophrenic voodoo." Schizophrenic because she jumps genres - from Tin Pan Alley pop and cabaret to reggae, rap and jazz - voodoo because these elements mysteriously gel with her evocative, playful, and bold lyrics. The fictional character most like her? A mix of Lassie, Scarlett O'Hara, Godzilla and Nancy Drew. These and ...
- Trade join judges for Costa prizes - The Bookseller (subscription)
Trade join judges for Costa prizesThe Bookseller (subscription), UK - 10 hours agoMcGough joins the Time's Rachel Campbell-Johnston, and Robyn Marsack, director at the Scottish Poetry Library, as poetry judge. The children's book award ...
- Merrick Bay preserve named for murder victim Schiffman (Newsday)
Nicole Schiffman was on the cusp of adulthood, a 19-year-old on the brink of experiencing all the joys life had to offer.
- nation and world - Carlsbad Current Argus
nation and worldCarlsbad Current Argus, NM - 6 hours agoHe wrote poetry, loved to eat crab legs and urged his family in a letter to "Make every day count!" "Appreciate every moment and take from it everything you ...
- Arizona City artist seeks to capture an animal's 'personality' - TriVallyCentral
In her home studio, artist Diane Wehr is surrounded by images of animals Â- a Morgan stallion depicted mid-trot, a pair of dogs sitting side-by-side, a horse and rider meandering through the desert, and beloved pets in various poses. With each ...
- The Fun Of Judging Others: Madrid - Torontoist
TorontoistThe Fun Of Judging Others: MadridTorontoist, Canada - 54 minutes agoBut what must make it an amazing place to live is its commitment to making life…well, livable for its citizens. Granted, Toronto doesn’t have constant, ...
- Chalk one up for national poetry week - Auckland stuff.co.nz
Chalk one up for national poetry weekAuckland stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 1 hour ago... we are a literate community with high library use and book sales and there is good demand for creative writing courses. Many people write poetry just ...
- Text goes out: Biden is Obama's pick - Delaware Online
WASHINGTON — Sen. Barack Obama has chosen Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate in the race for the White House, tapping a former challenger for the Democratic presidential nomination who is widely considered his party’s expert on foreign affairs ...
- CRITIC'S CHOICE (East Bay Express)
Crockett Library Book Club In the days when Chinese girls' feet were still forcibly bound, opportunities for those girls to learn about life outside the family circle were slim. In Lisa See's novel Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, two close friends grow up together until ...
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