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- A clear-eyed look (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Almost from the start, American literature has exhibited a prophetic streak. For Emerson, Thoreau and the other transcendentalists, literature was no mere entertainment, but a means of changing minds, hearts and behavior.
- 55 men netted in 8-month Calif. child porn probe (Las Vegas Sun)
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 (2:15 p.m.) Authorities say a California sheriff's deputy and an attorney were among 55 men charged with possessing child pornography after an eight-month investigation.
- Simple Pleasures - Whitley-Williamsburg News Journal
Whitley-Williamsburg News JournalSimple PleasuresWhitley-Williamsburg News Journal, KY - 14 hours agoThere's more truth than poetry to this, hey gals. To many of us, the world would stop turning on its axis if we passed up a yard sale without stopping. ...
- … crisis, a political problem – Elechi Amadi - The Tide
… crisis, a political problem – Elechi AmadiThe Tide, Nigeria - 10 hours agoHe explained that though it appears that intellectuals in the region are not speaking much, “they are writing poems, novels and so on to bring out the ...
- John Lichfield: Racy goings-on in la France profonde - Belfast Telegraph
The nearest town to our house in Normandy is a sad place which has never fully recovered from the summer of 1944. In June of that year, it was pointlessly bombed by the British. In August, it was partially burned by the SS. Sixty-four years later ...
- Family Digest - HometownAnnapolis.com
Counselors will be available to enroll new students at Arundel High School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday. In addition, an orientation session will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. Aug. 26 for parents who have students entering Arundel High School for the ...
- Zombie Haiku - Silicon Valley's Metro
Silicon Valley's MetroZombie HaikuSilicon Valley's Metro, CA - 2 hours agoActually, Mecum's poems are closer in content and theme to another form of Japanese poetry called senryu marked for its dark humor, cynicism and lack of ...
- All Indian life is here (Guardian Unlimited)
The BBC recently celebrated its success in drawing 10 million viewers to the final episode of the latest series of Doctor Who, but it was still a long way short of the figures achieved by Doordarshan, the Indian state television company, which in the late 1980s drew more than 100 million viewers to its mythological epic, the Ramayana.
- Drugstores, diners and the road behind - VillageSoup Belfast
Drugstores, diners and the road behindVillageSoup Belfast, USA - 1 hour agoIt’s my life, and I intend on supporting the things I believe in and rejecting or fighting those I don’t. I like the poetry of narrow vintage diners, ...
- Aug 10 - Aug 16 (146) - Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
"This is the nirvana of what we've been talking about for years," said MIT's Daniel Nocera, the Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy at MIT and senior author of a paper describing the work in the July 31 issue of Science. "Solar power has always been a ...
- The trail of political Islam - Open Democracy
Gilles Kepel, one of the world’s foremost experts on the modern Middle East, has written “Jihad: the Trail of Political Islam”, the first comprehensive attempt to follow the history and spread of Islamist political movements. In a talk given at ...
- 826michigan offers summer writing programs - MLive.com
With the end of this school year, 826michigan volunteers are done helping with homework. Instead, the organization is providing writing activities throughout the summer. Programs, dates and times of activities at its location, 115 E. Liberty St ...
- What would you save? Erin Gafill, her great-great-grandmother's ... - San Jose Mercury News
What would you save? Erin Gafill, her great-great-grandmother's ...San Jose Mercury News, USA - 49 minutes agoNo poetry, no music, no dancing. This joie de vivre is what Jane Gallatin Powers inspired in the generations that have come after her. ...
- Colum McCann's top 10 novels on poets - guardian.co.uk
Colum McCann's top 10 novels on poetsguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago"The American poet and fiction writer, Jim Harrison, has said that poetry at its best is the language you would give your soul if you could teach your soul ...
- Singers tap into a 'feeling for harmony' with Cleveland Orchestra ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
What: Franz Welser-Most conducts concert performances of Dvorak's opera, "Rusalka," with soprano Camilla Nylund (Rusalka), tenor Piotr Beczala (Prince), soprano Emily Magee (Foreign Princess), bass-baritone Alan Held (Vodnik), mezzo-soprano Birgit ...
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