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- Small Town Girl - School Library Journal
Small Town GirlSchool Library Journal - 22 minutes agoI was writing poetry then. I remember that in seventh grade I wrote a poem about a Vietnam soldier. One of my friends showed it to my science teacher and he ...
- Cloisters by Kristin Bock - Bookslut
Cloisters by Kristin BockBookslut, IL - 1 hour agoThere is nothing medieval about Kristin Bock’s latest collection of poetry in Cloisters. Her prose weaves through the months and seasons, starting with ...
- A brave Little Sparrow as Elena Rogers flies some French - Metro
MetroA brave Little Sparrow as Elena Rogers flies some FrenchMetro, UK - 3 hours ago'Sometimes I think of the tango when I sing chanson: now that I can understand them, I realise they are poetry. The same with the tango: I'm not a tango ...
- Goethe establishment slams lawyer's romance claims - Feature (EARTHtimes.org)
Berlin - Allegations of a secret love affair between a dowager duchess and Germany's greatest writer, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, have been hotly rejected this week by German literary scholars. The claims were advanced in a 2003 book by literary sleuth E...
- Muslim doctor hopes book breaks invisibility barrier (The State)
CHARLESTON — Dr. Qanta Ahmed’s journey into the heart of Islam began as a spur-of-the-moment decision to practice medicine in Saudi Arabia. Despite her misgivings about women being treated as invisible in the country, the 40-year-old assistant professor at the Medical University of South Carolina says she took a chance and stayed there for two years. Reflecting on her experiences almost a ...
- How a poetry-enhancing technique boosts memory - Newindpress
How a poetry-enhancing technique boosts memoryNewindpress, India - 5 hours ago“In our experiments, concepts presented early in a poem (or prose passage) were more available when alliterative sounds overlapped between lines than when ...
- Eagles Nest Youth Centre changes kids' lives - FortWayne.com
George Middleton scorns the all-talk, no-action approach he believes many preachers use in response to black youth violence. Middleton has some things to say, but believes actions speak louder than words. He’s Christian, but more from the God-helps ...
- Williams Freshmen Encouraged to Do Something They Love - iBerkshires.com
iBerkshires.comWilliams Freshmen Encouraged to Do Something They LoveiBerkshires.com, MA - 1 hour agothe slam poetry champion said to the class of 2012 at Williams College on Saturday as she described her own experiences in trying to find her way through ...
- In search of new storytellers - The Daily Star
The Daily StarIn search of new storytellersThe Daily Star, Bangladesh - 4 hours agoToo many people here exhaust themselves wrestling with poetry. Or is it? Do they find composing poems easier than writing short stories or novels? ...
- Life-changing teacher gets surprise thank you (The News & Observer)
NC's top teacher recalls inspiration.
- Buckham Gallery exhibit puts artists 'Under Investigation' - The Flint Journal - MLive.com
Buckham Gallery exhibit puts artists 'Under Investigation'The Flint Journal - MLive.com, MI - 5 hours agoIn each painting, Persia manipulates colors and color relationships to create a kind of optically pulsating visual poetry. "Lunch on the Grass Under Leaden ...
- For the Love of Skipjacks (Bay Weekly)
Sails taut and spray flying, sailing vessels have plowed through time and our imaginations. With every adventure came a sailor’s story. On the Chesapeake, the broad-beamed skipjack has inspired many tales, from the work of dredging oysters to the watermen themselves.
- Inspiring with words, not deeds - Stuff.co.nz
Stuff.co.nzInspiring with words, not deedsStuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 44 minutes ago... Smither would love the job of inspiring the All Blacks. When Elizabeth Smither heard she'd won a $60000 poetry prize she was stunned into calmness. ...
- Boston Phoenix Critic Hits Back on Ethics Question (Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN))
"I'm surprised that some people think that artists shouldn't write criticism," says Phoenix classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz, who last week faced questions about his ethics from the Boston Globe because an orchestra he covers was setting his poetry to music.
- Lollapalooza 2008: Day 3 Recap (Chicagoist)
Sunday Sweaty Sunday. The weather was somewhere between Friday's scorcher and Saturday's gorgeousness. We had our sunscreen applied, water packed, our beach towels ready, and were prepared for whatever Day 3 had to bring us. Lots of questions floated around the grounds, including the still-rumored Obama appearance. What some folks failed to realize was that said rumor was actually listed in ...
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