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- Grimshaw reunites with award-winning characters (Otago Daily Times)
It's been a huge year for Auckland author Charlotte Grimshaw, who has been named not only the Montana Medal for fiction but also the Reviewer of the Year. She talks to Alastair Bull of NZPA.
- Dylan Thomas prize picks 14 - The Bookseller (subscription)
Dylan Thomas prize picks 14The Bookseller (subscription), UK - Jul 15, 2008Caroline Bird, who is nominated for her second poetry collection, Trouble Came to the Turnip, is the youngest writer on the list at 21. ...
- Prosecutor: Teen masterminded mother's murder - OCRegister
Prosecutor: Teen masterminded mother's murderOCRegister, CA - 5 hours agoShe quoted from one of the teen's poems: "Life, death, what does it mean. ... Do you know what kids from bad homes do? They cut, do drugs ... hurt ...
- Palm Beach group puts poetry in motion - Sun-Sentinel.com
Palm Beach group puts poetry in motionSun-Sentinel.com, FL - 9 hours agoMy family wasn't interested in listening to them, unless it was about them," she said. The group has been publishing an anthology of its members' poetry ...
- Neat freak spawns a slob - Edmonton Journal
Neat freak spawns a slobEdmonton Journal, Canada - 3 hours agoHe takes us skateboarding, and introduces punk, acid, "moody broody poetry," and a fleeting alignment with formal post-secondary education in which he ...
- Which comes first, the words or the notes? - Inside Bay Area
Which comes first, the words or the notes?Inside Bay Area, CA - 1 hour agoGasser's music brilliantly related to the poetry with relevant, inventive references such as an evocation of the pealing of the Liberty Bell on its original ...
- FIGHT CLUB - New York Post
June 15, 2008 -- BROOKLYN-BASED indie rockers the National are still riding high on the band's critically adored fourth album, "Boxer." But after talking to singer Matt Berninger (below, right) about its recording, it's clear that what goes on among ...
- How 'Butcher of Bosnia' used bearded medicine man disguise to evade capture for a decade (Evening Standard)
This is the extraordinary disguise which allowed one of the world’s most wanted men to escape justice for years.
- Educators debate gulf dividing schools, students - Indianapolis Star
Ruby Payne and Jawanza Kunjufu had never shared the stage before Friday, but their careers have intertwined for years in a debate over how American teachers differ from their students. Both believe teachers fail to make connections with students ...
- Community Calendar - June 17, 2008 - Osakis Review
Community Calendar - June 17, 2008Osakis Review, MN - 6 hours agoOsakis Poetry Club meets at 7 pm at Osakis Visitor Center. Fibromyalgia Support Group meets at 7 pm at the Douglas County Hospital Education Room in ...
- Bolt doubles up on records (Times of Malta)
Jamaica's Usain Bolt winning the 200m race in Beijing yesterday. Usain Bolt produced another barely believable performance of dominant sprinting to break Michael Johnson's untouchable world record yesterday and add 200 metres gold to the 100 he won in record time four days ago.
- Ýlhan Berk dies at 90 - Turkish Daily News
Award-winning Turkish poet Ýlhan Berk died Thursday at Bodrum State Hospital. He was 90. Berk had been receiving treatment in the hospital for some time due to health problems arising from age. Berk's funeral ceremony will be held Saturday in Bodrum ...
- Tolworth author robbed of valuable manuscript - Sutton Guardian
A Tolworth author has appealed for the return of his valuable manuscript after being robbed in Surbiton last night when he stopped to ask for directions. Sohan Lal Saini, 72, of Hamilton Avenue, Tolworth was driving back from Surbiton station at 10 ...
- Poetry in Motion (All About Jazz)
Poetry in Motion is the fifth album from the collective, Conference Call, and their first studio recording since their debut, Final Answer (Soul Note, 2002). The longstanding quartet, together since 1998, features German multi-reedist Gebhard Ullmann, pianist Michael Jefry Stevens, bassist Joe Fonda and recent drummer George Schuller (former drummers include Han Bennink and Matt Wilson).
- Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish Died (Time Magazine)
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