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- John Adams Survives - City Journal
John Adams SurvivesCity Journal, NY - 34 minutes agoAdams’s final words were poetry itself: “Thomas Jefferson survives.” Actually, Jefferson had died a few hours earlier, though of course Adams didn’t know ...
- Community Calendar - Daily Comet
Community CalendarDaily Comet, LA - 34 minutes agoThe Louisiana State Poetry Society’s Bayou Chapter meets from 7 to 8:30 pm the first Thursday of each month at the Terrebonne Parish Library, ...
- Edinburgh, open city (The New Statesman)
Every August, the Scottish capital plays host to the world's biggest season of arts events. Here, NS critics preview their highlights of this year's festival
- Start your beach reading at York Public Library (The York Weekly)
A character in Philip Roth's novel "Goodbye, Columbus" describes his cousin, the ultimate summer reader: "Doris? She's the one who's always reading 'War and Peace.' That's how I know it's summer, when Doris is reading 'War and Peace.'"
- Beijing where it sizzles (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
ONE IMPRESSION OF Beijing is that it’s forbidding. Its structures are gray hulking monoliths, particularly the government buildings. And its people look grim-faced and more robust than those in Taipei and Shanghai, for instance.
- Vermont Readers' Guide (The Burlington Free Press)
Local personalities share their books of summer
- Aussie trio come through with Flying Colours in rap - The West Australian
Aussie trio come through with Flying Colours in rapThe West Australian, Australia - May 15, 2008“I don’t know if you’re familiar with Jackson Pollock, but it’s flashes of colour, poetry, ideas, sounds just thrown across the canvas. ...
- He stood up to Wilt - Allentown Morning Call
He stood up to WiltAllentown Morning Call, PA - 8 hours agoIt was beautiful, disjointed, beat poetry in motion. You're going to hear a lot of about Butch, who died last August at age 84, during the upcoming ...
- 'Telling It' the way it is Program promotes kids' literacy through arts (The Ann Arbor News)
Ashlei McDonald wrote and performed a monologue. Dajeon Franklin worked with a filmmaker to produce a two-minute film. Jamar Tubbs, an aspiring chef, wrote about his aspirations to open his own restaurant while working on his master's degree.
- One Big Sky: The Derby-based acoustic group crafting songs for ... - Cross Rhythms
One Big Sky: The Derby-based acoustic group crafting songs for ...Cross Rhythms, UK - 1 hour agoThe thing we've got in common is we all write poetry and music. So from totally different ends of the spectrum, totally different styles, ...
- Innovative Photography/Poetry Book Illustrates Universal Concerns - PR.com
Beams the glory of tomorrow’s memories. Each baby-alive digital canvas painting is created from a digital image and transformed into what resembles an oil painting when set to canvas. The book’s photographic art combined with Alexa’s visionary ...
- Teens Rebecca, Ted need a break from their home life - Morris County Daily Record
Still, she manages to stay active and involved in school, thanks to her mother, who encourages her to work hard. The 15-year-old likes to draw, read poetry and listen to music.
- My favorite kitchen tool is a blow torch - Los Angeles Times
My favorite kitchen tool is a blow torchLos Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour agoScattergood grew up in Iowa, has degrees in theology, poetry and cooking, and, when she isn't writing about food, is trying to get her two young daughters ...
- Music lovers flock to Strichen - Aberdeen Press and Journal
Music lovers flock to StrichenAberdeen Press and Journal, UK - 2 hours agoDoric poetry writing 9 and under: Jake Sutherland, Inverallochy. Doric poetry writing 12 and under: Marc Simpson, St Combs. Doric poetry writing open: Doug ...
- New translations tie eternal bond between Turkey, Pakistan - The News - International
New translations tie eternal bond between Turkey, PakistanThe News - International, Pakistan - 51 minutes ago“What Faiz has done in Urdu poetry, Nazim did the same in Turkish poetry by touching the same topics and feelings, as if the souls of both poets travelled ...
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