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- Errol Morris profile appreciated (San Francisco Chronicle)
Editor - It's a tribute to Errol Morris, I guess, that Walter Addiego didn't have room to mention his brilliant "Fast, Cheap and Out of Control" in his April 27 Pink story. It's also a tribute to Addiego that Morris' work could be so keenly crystallized by...
- Friday wild card - Spokane Spokesman-Review
The big guy will be back next week, and the weekend approaches, so this will be it from me for a while. Thanks to all of you for your post suggestions - I've got a much better sense of the enormous amount of work that DFO puts in to keep this blog ...
- JANE ANN MORRISON: Sweet stanzas about cowboy culture the reward for ... - Las Vegas Review Journal
Next January is a turning point for the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko. This Nevada treasure is celebrating its 25th anniversary, the silver anniversary in the Silver State. And its goal is to try to get more 25-year-olds to attend, or at ...
- Hip hop hits Old Town Hall May 9 - Andover Townsman
Rappers, beat-boxers and dancers from Lawrence and Dorchester will join forces with Andover High School's spoken-word poets for a night of entertainment May 9 at Old Town Hall. Organized by Andover Youth Services and its spoken-word poetry group ...
- 20 Mil. Lost Generation in Japan - Donga.com
This is an excerpt from one of Ishikawa Takuboku’s poems published in 1910. He died at the age of 26. The passage is often quoted to express the harsh realities of the Japanese “working poor.†Although the Japanese poet worked day and night as ...
- Divorce rings may help some gain closure 10:36 AM CT (Dallas Morning News)
MIDLAND, Texas - That little gold band -- the one your beloved placed on your finger -- was supposed to mean forever. But what happens when it doesn't? What happens when you finally choose to remove it, like 50 percent of married Americans one day will?
- Introducing rich and exotic traditions of Arabian cuisine - The News - International
Introducing rich and exotic traditions of Arabian cuisineThe News - International, Pakistan - 11 hours agoTrue to the belief, the Arabian food delights, presented with the essential aromatic taste of saffron, was like music and poetry, only to be enjoyed through ...
- Obsessed, from cover to cover - Globe and Mail
Obsessed, from cover to coverGlobe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour agoNow, he's on to the poetry winners. "I've read a great deal of these," he says, carefully picking up the book he calls "the Holy Grail" - the inaugural GG ...
- 'Laugh-In's Dick Martin, TV Comedy Pioneer - NPR News
Morning Edition , May 26, 2008 · Dick Martin, co-host of Rowan and Martin's Laugh In , a TV comedy staple of the 1960s, died Saturday. Zany, frenetic, and daring in its references to sex and drugs, Laugh-In challenged the more tame TV sitcoms of the ...
- Editorial: Try for this kind of verse - Albany Democrat-Herald
With rare exceptions we don’t run poetry in the letters column or anywhere else in the paper. But for the entertainment value alone, maybe we should. I have been thinking about this since Paul Pritchard of Albany handed me a folder last month at ...
- Undernews For May 30, 2008 - Scoop.co.nz
Undernews For May 30, 2008Scoop.co.nz, New Zealand - 15 minutes agoIt's a place where poetry is a Hallmark card and where music is, well, Muzak. "I fear we're creating a country where no one would aspire to write a novel ...
- 'It's the Middle That Takes so Long' - OhmyNews
I never really thought of writing for children until the summer of 2003 when I wrote a short poem. I submitted it to Guideposts for Kids . The editor replied favorably with a couple of suggestions. I thought I might be onto something, and wrote a ...
- Giant (The News & Observer)
'Giant" is the poem that almost never was. It came along during my first year of serious poetry writing, and my early drafts of the poem were written in free verse.
- Northern People: Seeing the big picture - Traverse City Record Eagle
Northern People: Seeing the big pictureTraverse City Record Eagle, MI - 19 minutes agoHis friends encouraged Gum's decision to publish his poetry and essays. As a show of support they each wrote an introductory paragraph to the book. ...
- Adrian Searle on the work of artist Richard Prince - Guardian Unlimited
A sculpture installation of a car at the Richard Prince: Continuation exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in London. Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi Walking into Richard Prince's show, the bonnet of a car greets you, like a shark or a maître d ...
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