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- Philip Glass: Confessions of a chameleon (Independent)
As a child, the composer Philip Glass worked at his father's radio- repair shop in Baltimore, which doubled as a small record store. It was there that he was exposed to a huge variety of music, from Schubert and Bartok to Hank Williams and Elvis. "I liked nearly all of it," he said years later. "People forgot to tell me some stuff was better than others."
- Burning down the house with Brock Clarke - Louisville Courier-Journal
Burning down the house with Brock ClarkeLouisville Courier-Journal, KY - 14 hours agoA fan of Dickinson's poetry, Clarke acknowledged that it's easy to have mixed feelings about great books and writers. "We assume a simple relationship ...
- Darwish: 'Identity and humanity' - BBC News
Palestinians feel they have lost their voice. It is easy to describe Mahmoud as a national poet, but he is much more than that. For Palestinians, he not only shaped your language, he also shaped your self-perception - who you are. This is whether you ...
- The Icons - Popmatters.com
Sometimes, status is everything. If you’ve been in the game long enough, toppled enough chart records and broken enough barriers, there are few who will stand in your way of indulging your every fancy. Sometimes this a good thing, sometimes it’s ...
- Real author of Barack book: Why it matters (WorldNetDaily)
On several occasions, I have gotten calls from a publisher to rescue a book. Last year, for instance, the publishers of Bill Cosby's book, "Come On People," written with Dr. Alvin Poussaint, needed some major help, and I was brought in to provide it.
- Expert: Great leaders, time of change define '60s decade (Westland Observer)
When Heidi Ardizzone shows photos of 1960s leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and President John F. Kennedy, her University of Michigan students have no trouble with recognition.
- Urban League Hosts Expo For Parents and Children - Washington Post
Urban League Hosts Expo For Parents and ChildrenWashington Post, United States - 3 hours agoThe seminar will feature songwriter Pat Pattison, a professor of poetry and songwriting at the Berklee College of Music. The two-day workshop is open to the ...
- Palestinians mourn national poet Darwish - Middle East Online
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinians on Sunday mourned the passing of Mahmud Darwish, who gave voice to their decades-old struggle and is widely considered one of the Arab world's greatest modern poets. Darwish, a Palestinian cultural icon whose poetry ...
- Indiana Writers Susan Neville and Norbert Krapf to Give Readings - Wabash College
Wabash CollegeIndiana Writers Susan Neville and Norbert Krapf to Give ReadingsWabash College, IN - 2 hours agoHe received his MA in English from the University of Notre Dame and his Ph.D. in English and American Literature, with a concentration in American Poetry. ...
- Sarah Palin: Mother, moose-hunter...muse? - Los Angeles Times
Sarah Palin: Mother, moose-hunter...muse?Los Angeles Times, CA - 12 hours agoWhatever that spark may be, here is its result: Palin Poetry. We'll post more if tonight's debate fans the creative flames. he looks so lone and sad-eyed ...
- A working mother’s first job is to be our scapegoat - Times Online
A working mother’s first job is to be our scapegoatTimes Online, UK - 33 minutes agoIt’sa bummer, of course, that anyone has to work, we could all do with lying in meadows all day long, composing poetry and being fed grapes, but since work ...
- Palestinian national poet dies in US - Jerusalem Post
Palestinian national poet dies in USJerusalem Post, Israel - 3 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 ...
- Sport a Striking Prose! (Scoop.co.nz)
Sport a Striking Prose!
- What 'Dark Knight' and 'Wall-E' have in common - Los Angeles Times
NEWS.com.auWhat 'Dark Knight' and 'Wall-E' have in commonLos Angeles Times, CA - 2 hours agoReviewers speak of the feature's "dark vision" (Christopher Orr, the New Republic) and the way it "turns pulp into dark poetry" (Richard Corliss, Time). ...Ledger's acting came with consequences Houston Chronicleall 247 news articles
- Teen talk: Grief over pet's loss is normal - Contra Costa Times
Q: I had a pet cat who had to be put to sleep a month ago. I had her for 10 years and I'm 15, so that's two-thirds of my life. She was very important to me, and I'm still grieving. She slept on the end of my bed. When I'm in bed and she's not there ...
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