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- Ryan Kost, fellow former intern at The Oregonian - U-Wire.com
I hired Kate Linthicum to be an intern at the Los Angeles Times this summer. Let me tell you what impressed me immediately about her application: the writing. It was vivid and punchy, the words skillfully chosen, the sentences carefully crafted ...
- Sorted out for rhymes and lines: the secret of great lyrics (Independent)
On a recent trip to Brazil, I commented to the bossa nova-era songwriter Carlos Lyra that so many of the great Brazilian songs contain the word coracao – heart – in them. "It's so romantic," I said to Lyra. "It seems that Brazilians can't help but sing of the pain and the joy in their hearts." "Actually," Lyra replied, "there's another reason. Coracao is the easiest word in the Portuguese ...
- BEFRINGED AND BEWILDERED? (Orlando Weekly)
Dwarfs with flashing tools? Check. Red dildo in the hand of a randy senior citizen? Check. Devil's weed, racial jokes told in blackface, the politics of pee and the mysteries of the clit? Check, all four.
- Lynchburg icon, poet Anne Spencer’s works turned over to UVa - Lynchburg News and Advance
Lynchburg News and AdvanceLynchburg icon, poet Anne Spencer’s works turned over to UVaLynchburg News and Advance, VA - 55 minutes ago... of the late poet — the first black woman and first Virginian to have her work included in the Norton Anthology of American Poetry — had become nomads. ...
- Two gallery openings highlight monthly art walk - Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
The "State of the Art" continues to expand this week with two gallery openings timed to coincide with the monthly First Friday art walk presented by the Gorgeous Washington Street Association (GWSA). One is on Binghamton's State Street, also known as ...
- Serb leader's life in disguise (Perth Now)
RADOVAN Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted men, lived for years in a Belgrade suburb posing as a bearded doctor of alternative medicine.
- The worst assault against English - Daily News
Edinburgh, Scotland - The vocabulary is poor and the rhyme excruciating, but a collector paid £6 600 on Friday for original works by William Topaz McGonagall, internationally celebrated as the worst poet ever to assault the English language. Up for ...
- New lit mag from Hamish Hamilton - The Bookseller (subscription)
The Bookseller (subscription)New lit mag from Hamish HamiltonThe Bookseller (subscription), UK - 1 hour agoThe free monthly magazine, which launched on 21st June, will publish work from a variety of authors from all backgrounds, including new work by previously ...
- Poetry reading at Utica library - Utica Observer Dispatch
Poetry reading at Utica libraryUtica Observer Dispatch, NY - 38 minutes agoThe Utica Public Library will sponsor “At a Certain Age,†a poetry reading in the music room on the second floor, at 5 pm Wednesday, July 2. ...
- Children's Books for Fall: A - C - Publishers Weekly
Children's Books for Fall: A - CPublishers Weekly, NY - 22 minutes ago(9-12) The Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones ($16.95) by Helen Hemphill follows the exploits of an African-American cowboy. (10-up) Hippie Chick ($16.95) ...
- More News - Progress Index
More NewsProgress Index, VA - Jun 3, 2008Students submit entries in the categories of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and art. Judges review and select first, second and third place winners in ...
- Food Detective: Go For Pimento Cheese And Chili, Stay For ... - Everything Alabama Blog
[The Bottletree Cafe, 3719 Third Ave. South, 533-6288.] Marion Newton months ago sent a quick e-mail. "Would love the recipe for pimento cheese from Bottletree," she jotted, ending, "Good luck. Thanks." In November 2006 siblings Merrilee and Brad ...
- Robin Williams comedy filming in Wallingford (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Bobcat Goldthwait and Robin Williams are filming a comedy in Seattle.
- Every day is special - 20.06.2008 - Today's Zaman
Every day is special - 20.06.2008Today's Zaman, Turkey - 6 hours agoKülebi has an important place in contemporary Turkish poetry due to his attachment to folk poetry traditions. Külebi’s poetry is enriched with simple, ...
- Kevin Goldstein-Jackson: Ode to optimism - Financial Times
Kevin Goldstein-Jackson: Ode to optimismFinancial Times, UK - 16 minutes agoBy Kevin Goldstein-Jackson As well as writing this column, I am trying to meet the deadline for delivery of haiku for a small poetry magazine, ...
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