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- Sanya Richards clinches Olympic berth (Miami Herald)
Sanya Richards has her eyes locked on a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. But that didn't prevent her from looking past the first step toward being best in the world, which was to confirm that she is best in the nation in the 400-meter sprint. Slicing through a headwind on the backstretch and gaining momentum with a tailwind on the homestretch, Richards won her race by three strides at the ...
- Anthologies, from the familiar to the feminine (Austin American-Statesman)
For former English majors, the word "anthology" might bring to mind some weighty tome — the unconquerable "Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry," for example, with its tissue-weight pages and impossible range of voice and style.
- On Poetry: Pausing for Mother's Day - Traverse City Record Eagle
On Poetry: Pausing for Mother's DayTraverse City Record Eagle, MI - 21 hours ago... take over her poetry workshop at the University of Delaware while she gave birth to Jack, the late-life infant recalled in the poem I've selected below. ...
- Captains knock (Express India)
Politics is the last resort of the ageing actor. For Vijayakanth, the Jackie Chan of Tamil cinema, there is also the pancake factor.
- Poetry boxing helps Japanese get ready to grumble (Independent)
It all starts innocently enough, with a quiet spoken apology. "I had a car accident so I'm not as fast as I used to be," says the man known as Nama Chirigami. A hint of what's to come lurks in his appearance, a disorientating mix of salary-man, student and glam rocker: painted nails, combat trousers, waistcoat, and eyeliner topped off with an explosion of dyed red hair. Then the bell rings and ...
- For Maxine Kumin, 'Writing is my salvation' (Prairie Public Broadcasting)
Bouncing back after an accident, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet has renewed passion for 'poems that matter.'
- Author still going strong at 80 - Mmegi Online
FRANCISTOWN: "How many foreigners came to Botswana and devoted their times in learning Setswana and ended up teaching the language and publishing in it?" wonders the octogenarian Beauty Magula. Despite having devoted much of his 42 years of teaching ...
- Weakening Signals (Washington Post)
Bill Watson might play a four-hour piece by Bach, and then slap it on again, just because he felt like it. Or he might interrupt a Mahler symphony mid-spin, deciding instead to recite poetry or blend news bulletins with reports from his "Roman Empire correspondent," Edward Gibbon.
- A Sentimental Woman - Scoop
The busy crowd of people escaping from themselves on the roads. I long to commit happiness everyday. Or, go somewhere to far away so that only my dreams and these sentimental imaginations would remain with me and may get a long relief of life, of ...
- The To-Do List - Calgary Herald
The To-Do ListCalgary Herald, Canada - May 2, 2008Fri talon book launch The final event of the 2008 Calgary International Spoken Word Festival brings the Vancouver poetry publishing house to town. ...
- Celebrity news - Daily Telegraph
Entertainment, glamour and celebrity: from the Hollywood homes of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton to the chic nightclubs visited by Kate Middleton and Prince William and the holiday beaches favoured by the Beckhams and Sarkozys. Forget Indiana Jones ...
- Edwin Morgan: A very modest magus - Scotsman
Edwin Morgan: A very modest magusScotsman, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoOn the Poetry Archive website on which he can be heard reading his poems, he selects his favourite quote: Shelley's dictum that "poets are the mirrors of ...
- Noted Native American author at 'CreekSpeak' (The Daily Democrat)
Jack D. Forbes, a historian, writer, and professor emeritus of Native American Studies and Anthropology at UC Davis will read "Yololandia: Memories from the Patwin Plains" and other works of his poetry and literature that explore Native American experience in California.
- Bragdon's "Outlook Portland" Keeps City Weird - Oregonian
The show fills KRCW-32's airwaves near dawn on Sunday. But to host David Bragdon,"Outlook Portland" should have the unpredictable feel of an after-hours cafe. "The idea is, you're sitting around late at night talking to someone who is quirky and off ...
- How Ignorant Are We? The Voters Choose… But On The Basis of What? - The Cutting Edge
How Ignorant Are We? The Voters Choose… But On The Basis of What?The Cutting Edge, DC - 1 hour agoA majority do not read either newspapers, fiction, poetry, or drama. Save for the possibility that they are reading the Bible or works of non-fiction, ...
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