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- Stephen Moss on the use of Morse code today (Guardian Unlimited)
One had assumed that Morse code's last hurrah (that's ···· ··- ·-· ... oh, life's just too short) had been in about 1944. But one had assumed wrong. The writer Alan Sillitoe, who trained as a wireless operator in the second world war, this week revealed that he still practises taking Morse every day, listening to chatter across the airwaves, including a French station that broadcasts poetry in ...
- Treachery, a lynch mob murder, a beautiful slave girl and the fascinating history of Boris's hair (Daily Mail)
When the Queen was introduced to an urbane Turkish diplomat at a garden party in the grounds of the British Embassy in Ankara last week, the conversation turned to Boris Johnson's election as the Mayor of London. With pride, Selim Kuneralp, a diplomat born in Istanbul, told her he is a cousin of the new Mayor
- Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog (Arts Journal)
On Tuesday I started a Q&A with Robyn O'Neil, who is included in the American Folk Art Museum show Dargerism : Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger. We're talking about influence and how the work of other artists finds its way into O'Neil's work.
- Poetry Comes Alive (WOWK-TV West Virginia)
Cabell County kids interact with poetry.
- Frat housemother at SMU loves serving Pi Kappa Alpha - QuickDFW.com
The bass of a neighbor's stereo thumped against the thin walls of Lila McCurtain's apartment. Deep voices shouted profanities outside her window. A car alarm went off. Oblivious to the chaos, Ms. McCurtain calmly crossed her legs and leaned forward ...
- Editorial comment July 19 2008 - The Ashburton Guardian
Editorial comment July 19 2008The Ashburton Guardian, New Zealand - 27 minutes agoThe best-selling author Stephen King is a great advocate of that key point which, he says, makes any poetry or prose readable. The story must take readers ...
- Overland Trail Museum offers kids trip through time - Sterling Journal-Advocate
Fourth graders from Campbell Elementary try their hands at sand painting during a “Wagons West†program at the Overland Trail Museum. During the months of April and May, approximately 800 school children visited the Overland Trail Museum and ...
- Louise Erdrich: Secrets in the Indian file - The Independent
Her acclaimed fiction remembers the drama and tragedy of the Native American past. Louise Erdrich's latest novel, she tells John Freeman, is about memory itself Of all the fictional hamlets American writers have planted, from William Faulkner's ...
- Latitude Festival, Southwold, Suffolk - Independent
Latitude Festival, Southwold, SuffolkIndependent, UK - 46 minutes agoWith its "more than just a music festival" motto – it also hosts theatre, comedy, poetry and film – it's the sort of thing you can take the kids (or their ...
- Invitation to contribute to arts website - Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser
Invitation to contribute to arts websiteAirdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser, UK - 11 hours agoThe initiative, launched by the Scottish Landscape Forum, asks people to submit images, poetry, and music on a dedicated website. ...
- The Reader - Austin American-Statesman
Jeff Salamon is the Austin American-Statesman's books editor and writer, which is somewhat ironic, given that he is a self-described "slow reader." He also has the dubious distinction of being perhaps the only American Literature major in history to ...
- Pulitzer Prize-winning poet reads from his work at Bread Loaf on ... - Middlebury College News and Events
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet reads from his work at Bread Loaf on ...Middlebury College News and Events, USA - 2 hours agoJohn Ashbery, the author of more than 20 books of poetry, has won nearly every major American award for poetry; in 1975 Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror ...
- Editorial Board - Democrat and Chronicle
The Democrat and Chronicle editorial board consists of the publisher, editor, editor of the editorial page, deputy editorial page editor, an editorial writer, a columnist, Speaking Out editor and letters editor. They are responsible for the newspaper ...
- Things to do, places to go this weekend - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Things to do, places to go this weekendThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - 11 hours agoThe event is different from most garden tours because each garden will feature live music, poetry created about the specific gardens and an exhibit of ...
- Cultural soundtrack: Watkins Museum welcomes Smithsonian's exhibit on American music (Lawrence Journal-World)
Nineteen concert road cases are rolled into the third floor of the Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass. The hefty amount of touring gear gives the impression a legendary rock band like The Who is getting ready to set up and perform. But the “who†in this instance is really a “what†— albeit a musical one.
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