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- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dies (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry his fellow Palestinians embraced as the voice of their suffering, died on Saturday after heart surgery in Texas.
- McGonagall's name a shaggy dog story rather than poetry in motion (The Scotsman: Sport)
SORRY to disappoint those who backed Hamish McGonagall at Musselburgh on Saturday in the belief they were investing their cash on a horse named in honour of one of Scotland
- Poetic return for city native - North Adams Transcript
NORTH ADAMS -- A North Adams native and Drury High School graduate will return to the city on Saturday to share her poetry with a community she hid it from while growing up. "It's really sort of a final closure," said Michelle Laflamme-Childs, 41, of ...
- 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...
- Parading without the Wolf: Handsome Furs discuss their Plague Park - Drowned In Sound
Drowned In SoundParading without the Wolf: Handsome Furs discuss their Plague ParkDrowned In Sound, UK - 17 hours agoMontréal is a long way from Finland, but there are some strange similarities between Handsome Furs and dark folk music like Islaja, a band who they’ve ...
- New works of poetry inspired by Katrina (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Don't miss this fine collection, which comes accompanied by a CD of performances by the New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, featuring special guests such as Harry Shearer and John Boutte. That spooky, mystical klezmer music is perfect for these poems, such acerbic and witty portraits of post-Katrina life.
- Faith Christian senior 'left impression' at East Coast university - Appeal-Democrat
Faith Christian senior 'left impression' at East Coast universityAppeal-Democrat, CA - 27 minutes ago"He's a really bright kid," the principal said. The four-unit university classes, one an introduction to poetry and the other on wit and humor, ...
- Thomas Brown: I Am The Greatest - Bleacher Report
Thomas Brown: I Am The GreatestBleacher Report, CA - 3 hours agoI resort to writing poetry and the tears that drown my sorrows of not being a top writer. If only one day I wish I could be on that list. ...
- Lanier, Humphreville return for two Wedowee performances - Randolph Leader
Lanier, Humphreville return for two Wedowee performancesRandolph Leader, AL - 23 minutes agoThis program features poetry by Carl Sanburg and the American folk songs he loved and collected. Songs are arranged by such excellent American composers as ...
- Happy Birthday, Francis Scott Key - findingDulcinea
findingDulcineaHappy Birthday, Francis Scott KeyfindingDulcinea, New York - 1 hour agoAn ancestor and namesake of author F. Scott Fitzgerald, Key is best known for a rare demonstration of poetry: “The Defence of Fort McHenry,†otherwise known ...
- Web posts, poems, media network fuel Taliban resurgence - Orlando Sentinel
Web posts, poems, media network fuel Taliban resurgenceOrlando Sentinel, FL - 13 hours agoNahal Toosi | AP KABUL, Afghanistan - Using everything from Web postings to poetry, the Taliban created a sophisticated media network that undermines ...
- The Art of Mud - Living on the Earth
The Art of MudLiving on the Earth, MA - Aug 8, 2008The old plastic post office mail bin in his living room that had once held poetry manuscripts was now full of what he called the "good dirt. ...
- Sarah's pompom palaver - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Sarah's pompom palaverSeattle Post Intelligencer - 9 hours agoHillary Clinton and John McCain ran against Barack Obama by sneering that their prose was meatier than The One's poetry. Sarah's running against the ...
- 2008 Best Books of Indiana named (Greencastle Banner-Graphic)
The 2008 Best Books of Indiana were named recently at an awards ceremony at the Indiana State Library. Started in 2005 by the Indiana Center for the Book, the state book award contest is designed to...
- Feats on film: Get real for high drama - Independent
Feats on film: Get real for high dramaIndependent, UK - 54 minutes agoThree years on, and 34 years since Petit made "poetry in the sky" by walking a 200ft wire rigged between the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New ...
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