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- Book written in '30s is still revelant (Louisville Courier-Journal)
"The chances are that at some time in your life, possibly only now and then between husbands, you will find yourself settling down to a solitary existence," wrote Vogue scribe Marjorie Hillis in the 1936 book "Live Alone and Like It."
- Beijing Olympics: BBC banned but pornography for sale in Olympic ... - Daily Telegraph
The blocking of politically sensitive sites, including those dealing with Tibet and Taiwan, remained in place today despite government assurances that censorship would be lifted during the Games. The ban is in contrast to the more liberal attitude of ...
- Fairfax woman's wild ride as national poet laureate - Marin Independent Journal
What a difference a year has made for Kay Ryan of Fairfax. A year ago, she was recuperating after being run over by a car. Today, she's aglow following her selection by the Library of Congress as the 16th poet laureate of the United States. Back in ...
- Chilean Poet Wins Pablo Neruda Award - La Prensa Latina
Santiago de Chile, Jul 30 (Prensa Latina) President Michelle Bachelet handed on Wednesday the 2008 Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Award to Chilean poet Carmen Berenguer. This award is the highest cultural distinction given by the State, and was ...
- Liturgy Language: Soaring Poetry vs. Bumpy Prose - Zenit News Agency
Liturgy Language: Soaring Poetry vs. Bumpy ProseZenit News Agency, Italy - 43 minutes agoThis is what is new and distinctive about the Christian liturgy: God himself acts and does what is essential" (The Spirit of the Liturgy p. 173). ...
- ‘Tagaytay 5’ go back to interrupted lives - Inquirer.net
‘Tagaytay 5’ go back to interrupted livesInquirer.net, Philippines - 17 minutes agoPinpin, a poet, said writers’ and political organizations were calling him up for poetry readings and speaking engagements. He said his schedule this ...
- America Back on Track... for Monday, June 23rd - OpEdNews.com
Our Quote of the Day is from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who said, "One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude." Some observations on the news... We told you earlier about the McClatchy series last week on the detainees. In ...
- Read all '"cheese"' posts in Crave - CNET News
SimpleTech's new (Re)Drive is made partially of bamboo and supports only USB 2.0. (Credit: Dong Ngo/CNET Networks) I've recently seen quite a few devices with an environmentally conscientious design. These devices generally consume less power and are ...
- Missoula's old faves make return engagement (Missoulian)
The Snake River Outlaws, circa 1953, are, from left, Orval Fochtman, Vern Wilburn, Jimmy Widner and Harold Wilburn. Courtesy photo
- Cowboy Poets (Emery County Progress)
Once again, the Emery County Historical Society hosted its annual cowboy poetry and dutch oven dessert night at Castle Valley Outdoors. As usual, the evening was filled with talented poets and gifted singers. Country Rose, ...
- Republican Veepstakes Line: The Final Cut (Washington Post)
DENVER -- With John McCain expected to reveal his vice presidential pick in the next 24 hours, The Fix decided to take one last crack at our rankings of the men (and woman) most likely to receive that phone call...
- Local students earn Horatio Alger scholarships - Alexandria Daily Town Talk
Carl Smith has overcome obstacles. The 2008 Tioga High School graduate isn't wealthy and doesn't even have a car. He takes the city of Alexandria bus wherever he goes. Carl works and worked a job to 1 or 2 a.m. most of his senior year in high school ...
- Old Port Town’s Appeal Reaches Beyond Northwest - New York Times
New York TimesOld Port Town’s Appeal Reaches Beyond NorthwestNew York Times, United States - 11 hours agoPort Townsend is also home to Copper Canyon Press, considered one of the country’s best publishers of poetry, and its writers include WS Merwin, ...
- Poetry class is for high school students - Caldwell Progress
Poetry class is for high school studentsCaldwell Progress, NJ - 9 hours agoDrew University offers creative writing workshops specifically for rising high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. Students can explore poetry through a ...
- Bookseller blogs on artifacts retrieved from used books - Abington Mariner
“STAG VERY SUCCESFUL AM QUITE DRUNK STOP.†Ernie probably meant those words only for Miss Rosalie of Fall River when he sent her a Western Union telegram in 1948. But 60 years later, the telegram hangs in a small black frame among the shelves of ...
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