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- Pretty pictures, poetry, prose perfect for lazy phase - Columbus Dispatch
Columbus DispatchPretty pictures, poetry, prose perfect for lazy phaseColumbus Dispatch, OH - 25 minutes ago... all ages): Still funny after 44 years: Shel Silverstein's first book of children's poetry has been reissued in all its original weirdness and appeal. ...
- Expect fewer or smaller fireworks shows this summer - ksl.com
I guess the same thing that happened last year when everyone (and most likely you) were so sure the state was going to be turned into a blackened stubble because of the those Utah fruitcakes and their stupid fireworks! The fireworks will still be ...
- Forum season to have contemporary African-Armerican focus (Seattle Times)
Seattle's CD Forum, an arts organization presenting arts and lectures focusing on the black community, has set its 2008-09 season, including Daniel Beaty's multidisciplinary "Resurrection" and staged readings of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches.
- Profile of a newsmaker: Griswold High senior receives award for ... - Norwich Bulletin
Profile of a newsmaker: Griswold High senior receives award for ...Norwich Bulletin, CT - 3 hours agoHe received reading and writing awards in 2003 through 2005, academic achievement awards in 2002 and 2003, and won the Griswold High School poetry slam ...
- Author Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope' - Foster's Daily Democrat
Author Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope'Foster's Daily Democrat, NH - Jul 18, 2008Her mini-empire also includes 15 children's books, multiple adaptations for TV or DVDs, a volume of poetry and even a perfume from Elizabeth Arden. ...
- Of a Certain Age: Library not quite what I imagined (The State)
Musings amid the mess ... I have my library, Dr. Simpson: When I was in high school and could be depended on never to have a date on a Friday or Saturday (or a Monday or Wednesday), I sometimes would baby-sit for the family of Ted Simpson, an engineering professor at USC. As I remember, Dr. Simpson was a bookish-looking man. He wore glasses and had a ready smile, a hint at his sense of humor. ...
- A simple man with many a talent - Sri Lanka Sunday Times
Sinhala poet and writer Kalakeerthi Pandit Wimal Abhayasundara, passed away on the morning of Thursday, June 12 at the age of 87. Poet, lyricist, art critic, scholar, veteran author and musicologist, he was born on September 17, 1921 in Welitota in ...
- Inside story: Saving graces - Scotsman
Inside story: Saving gracesScotsman, United Kingdom - 1 hour ago... poetry competition open to primary five pupils, and joyfully waves a fistful of handwritten verses. He even reads one out, a hilarious poem about socks. ...
- May 09, 2008 (The Barnstable Patriot)
When Gwendolyn Brooks read at Cape Cod Community College in 1994, an English professor said that meeting her and hearing her read was a once in a lifetime opportunity for any student.
- Bigger Than His Body - John Mayer Prestige Hong Kong July 2008 - Thebosh.com
Singer and guitarist John Mayer claims that people will always get the truth out of him. He speaks to Vivienne Tang about fame, obsession, blogging and talking too much in the July 2008 issue of Prestige Hong Kong. John Mayer is a contradiction ...
- Foo Fighters invite Youngstown prizefighter to gig - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ben Watts EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOO: Dave Grohl "pretty much turns it up every night," says Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett, left, with Nate Mendel, Grohl and Taylor Hawkins. A: I haven't talked to him since the other day, but I'm sure he's fine ...
- In Defense Of Billy Joel - Hartford Courant
Hartford CourantIn Defense Of Billy JoelHartford Courant, United States - May 22, 2008It's a debate that goes back to the slick tunes of Tin Pan Alley and the rough-hewn American folk songs. Joel may not be a poet or able to pass himself off ...
- Literary calendar - Asheville Citizen-Times
Literary calendarAsheville Citizen-Times, NC - 1 hour agoTHE HARDWARE OF POETRY: Poet Heather McHugh, author of “Hinge & Sign,†presents the lecture, “Rhetoric Rocks, Grammar Matters†as part of Warren Wilson ...
- Poetry can be true without being True (The Oregonian)
"T his Dirty Little Heart" is poet B.T. Shaw's first book, published by the Eastern Washington University Press as the winner of its Blue Lynx Prize. Shaw edits the poetry column for The Oregonian and teaches literature and writing. She talked about her book in an e-mail conversation.
- Waltzing Maltida a little ditty, historians say (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
A couple of outback historians may be rewriting the story behind one of the Australia's most loved songs, Waltzing Matilda.
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