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- Unlocking the Ransom Center's 'Mystique of the Archive' (Austin American-Statesman)
Rustling around in an archive sounds like a dreary task — the sort of thing you'd delegate to the unpaid summer intern. But if you've ever spent a stray hour plunging into the countless files held at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, you know that there's nothing dreary about it at all.
- CD Review: Mraz continues to defy definition on 'We Sing - West County Journal
CD Review: Mraz continues to defy definition on 'We SingWest County Journal, MO - 5 hours agoOn "Coyotes," Mraz jumps back and forth between singing and his unique, poetry-slam style of rapping. Electronic overtones, flourishes of strings and a ...
- A Haiku Per Day for a Year for You -- New Book is a Fascinating Collection of Haiku Poems (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
LONG BEACH, Calif., Sept. 18, 2008 -- Poetry fans and Japanese Haiku enthusiasts are about to get a special treat from author Donald Alan Straub III as Xlibris releases his new book Outside the Inner Dialogue, the opening chapter of the Lake Parking Trilogy.
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 - MiamiHerald.com
Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67MiamiHerald.com, FL - 20 hours agoHis poetry is considered to have given voice to the Palestinian experience of exile, occupation and infighting. His work has been translated into more than ...
- Change from A to Z (immer) - Bengals.com
Change from A to Z (immer)Bengals.com, OH - Jul 31, 2008Jones, who writes poetry, has no problems with Zimmer's outbursts. It's not exactly Haiku but Jones says "It's something we need as a defensive unit. ...
- Spina opens faculty author series - Clarion University News
Spina opens faculty author seriesClarion University News, United States - 20 minutes agoDr. Vincent Spina, professor of modern languages at Clarion University, read poetry from his book, “Outer Borough,†and discussed obscure poetry as the ...
- Anthony J. Russo, 71, Pentagon Papers Figure, Dies (New York Times)
Mr. Russo was a shaggy-haired, unemployed policy wonk when he teamed up with the buttoned-down Daniel Ellsberg to leak the top-secret government history of the Vietnam War called the Pentagon Papers.
- Library digest: Round Lake (Lake County Journals)
Library hours The Round Lake Area Public Library is located at 906 Hart Road and is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. For information, call 847-546-7060 or 847-546-7064. Visit the library’s Web site at www.rlalibrary.org.
- News from Lake Wobegon: Keillor will read from his latest novel, in ... - TradingMarkets.com
To be fair, the hero of Keillor's new comic novel is a modern guy. In Liberty: A Novel of Lake Wobegon, Clint Bunsen, a 60-year-old car mechanic, uses online chat rooms, text messaging and e-mail to stay in touch with his (much younger) girlfriend ...
- How much Girl Talk is too much? - International Herald Tribune
Most teenage girls love to talk to their friends. And talk. And talk. As Debra Lee, the Brooklyn mother of a 13-year-old, observes about her daughter Tessa and Tessa's teenage friends: "They just keep talking. All day. On the phone all night ...
- Hip-hop artist uses song to encourage youth voting (Contra Costa Times)
Oakland rapper Yung Moses, 20, is taking his feelings of angst and translating them into music, and he's talking about a political revolution in a song called "Vote (Ready or Not)."
- Opinion: Germans See Themselves in Obama (Newsweek)
Why did Germans receive Barack Obama's speech so enthusiastically?
- ‘Can You Imagine’: Author Shares His Life Stories Through New ... - eReleases (press release)
‘Can You Imagine’: Author Shares His Life Stories Through New ...eReleases (press release), MD - Jul 15, 2008SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, July 15, 2008 — Short stories and poems encourage the reader to imagine the possibilities for their life in Kelly K. Owens’ new book ...
- Second gastro death in a week - Tribune
Following the death of a man suffering from gastroenteritis in Giaspura, the health authorities swang into action and provided medical aid to ailing residents in various localities. Suffering from acute diarrohea, high fever and severe stomach pain ...
- Robert Giroux, 94, editor and publisher who guided prominent author, dies (Arizona Daily Star)
Robert Giroux, an editor and publisher who introduced and nurtured some of the major authors of the 20th century and ultimately added his name to one of the nation's most distinguished publishing houses, died Friday in Tinton Falls, N.J. He was 94.
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