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- Mahmoud Darwish, poet of the Palestinians, dies (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters (Adds mourning, edits) By Mohammed Assadi and Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry his fellow Palestinians embraced as the voice of their suffering, ...
- Prince George poet wins prestigious national award (Prince George Citizen Online)
Prince George poet Gillian Wigmore has won the eighth annual 2008 ReLit Award for her collection of poetry, Soft Geography (Caitlin Press), says Rob Budde, professor of creative writing at UNBC.The ReLit Award is, according to The Globe and Mail, “the country’s pre-eminent literary prize recognizing independent presses,†Budde said.Winners receive the ReLit Ring, designed by Christopher Kearney ...
- On the Verge of a Hmong-American Literary Movement (New America Media)
A member of a Hmong-American writers' group reflects on the importance of the written word in a culture that did not have a written language until the 1950s.
- AUS Tertiary Update - Scoop
The University of Auckland is resisting paying dismissed lecturer, Dr Paul Buchanan, the $66,000 recently awarded to him by the Employment Relations Authority in lost remuneration and compensation. In an action described by authority member Vicki ...
- Diversions for July 3, 2008 (The Gleaner)
BADGETT PLAYHOUSE, Grand Rivers, Ky., "Always ... Patsy Cline," 7 p.m. today, Wednesday and July 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 and 31; 2 p.m. Sunday and July 13, 20 and 27; "Variety!
- Community Calendar - El Defensor Chieftain
Community CalendarEl Defensor Chieftain, NM - 2 hours agoA collection of 35 photos by Charlie Sanchez Jr. Each photo is accompanied by the poetry of Irene Sanchez. The exhibit will be on display through Sept. 30. ...
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Racing - Bleacherreport.com
"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert M.Pirsig is a hallmark book that every intellectual or wannabe intellectual read and tried to understand at one point or the other in their growing up years. Phaedurs was as big a hero as Nero or ...
- Obama's Rapid Response Backfires - Investor's Business Daily (subscription)
Obama's Rapid Response BackfiresInvestor's Business Daily (subscription) - 19 hours agoChanging his name to Kwame Toure, Carmichael wrote a book on "Black Power" that propounds an explicitly socialist, Pan-African vision. ...
- For whom the owl blinks - Ha'aretz
For whom the owl blinksHa'aretz, Israel - 1 hour ago... black shadows around his eyes, who added a comment about his new book which is in stores right now, and called up the renowned poetry scholar who was ...
- Letters: Blair's fluffy thinking - The Independent
Sir: Far from making the case that we need to learn to live with "a diverse religious ecology", Tony Blair, in his article (14 June) plugging his Faith Foundation, merely succeeds in reminding us of the intellectual poverty of his signature "focus ...
- Juror Unanimity Isn’t Necessarily a Great Thing: A Guest Post - New York Times Blogs
Thanks for putting up with my quirky intellectual agenda of friendship and the law in the last two posts . For my final post, I thought I would highlight a more traditional area of my legal research: the jury . There is something quirky at play here ...
- Palestinians Mourn Death of 'National Poet' Mahmoud Darwish - Voice of America
Palestinians are mourning the death Saturday of renowned Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, who was considered a cultural icon. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. The muezzin chanted a mournful dirge as Palestinians observed three ...
- Just release the Edwards photos already, National Enquirer - Slate
Perel's plan unfolds, the Empire of Undernews expands: The Enquirer has indeed already moved on to the Edwards "coverup." Their latest issue alleges: John Edwards' mistress, Rielle Hunter – the mother of his "love child" – has been secretly ...
- Free Times - Ohio's Premier News, Arts, & Entertainment Weekly (Cleveland Free Times)
It's not all sports and rock in this town, no siree. From Bottom Dog Press, publisher of last year's book on the Cleveland godfather poet d.a. levy, comes this compendium of local poetic people in their native habitats. For in the editors' estimation, poetry does not merely exist on the page.
- Book promotion leads to talk show - Visalia Times-Delta
Book promotion leads to talk showVisalia Times-Delta, CA - 4 hours agoSebreros isn't making any money from his online show. He still makes his living selling poetry and religious CDs, as well as doing odd jobs while also ...
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