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- BOOK REVIEW: Mother's mysterious friend drives 'Nothing Is Quite Forgotten in Brooklyn' (The Charlotte Observer)
"Nothing Is Quite Forgotten in Brooklyn" by Alice Mattison; Harper Perennial ($14.95) In "Nothing Is Quite Forgotten in Brooklyn," writer Alice Mattison weaves a story of four women and life-changing events that take place 14 1/2 years apart. There's Constance Tepper, known as Con; her mother, Gertrude; and Con's daughter Joanna. But it's Marlene Silverman, Gertrude's lifelong best friend, whose ...
- Dr. Ladin's Transformative Journey - YU Observer
Dr. Ladin's Transformative JourneyYU Observer, NY - 9 hours agoBeyond religious considerations, Ladin notes that her presence is a challenge to many, who see her as someone alternatively inspirational or threatening, ...
- Former Valley resident named United States poet laureate - Antelope Valley Press
WASHINGTON - The dry, sandy landscape of the Mojave Desert might appear as total contrast to the rainy climate and lush green backdrop of Amherst, Mass., yet to writers with a poet's soul the difference seems negligible. At least it doesn't matter ...
- Portsmouth peace group gives voice to Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims - Foster's Daily Democrat
Portsmouth peace group gives voice to Hiroshima and Nagasaki victimsFoster's Daily Democrat, NH - 8 hours agoJim Splaine and poetry readings by former city poet laureate Marin Tirabassi and Vietnam veteran and poet Neil English. Event coordinator Macy Morse of ...
- Apple unveils new iPods, NBC shows back on iTunes - Grand Rapids Press
AP Photo Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces new colors of the new iPod Nano during a product announcement in San Francisco Tuesday. SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off a revamped line of iPods on Tuesday and trumpeted a truce ...
- Ahmad Faraz: a voice that we lost - The Post
Ahmad Faraz: a voice that we lostThe Post, Pakistan - 1 hour agoFaraz’s death has made many in the world of literature and poetry to pick up their pens for offering their tributes to him, focusing on one or the other ...
- Cathy Davey (RainbowNetwork.com)
Cathy Davey was always destined to be a musician. Having grown up with parents who were creative types - her mother is a sculptor, her father a musician and composer - conventional means of academia just didn't appeal to her. Having dyslexia didn't help, either.
- THE GUESS WHO PERFORMS AT TROPICANA EXPRESS - Laughlin Entertainer
THE GUESS WHO PERFORMS AT TROPICANA EXPRESSLaughlin Entertainer, AZ - 28 minutes agoSome is more cerebral, some is more flippant, but it all has its place in the world-novels, poetry, artwork-it all evokes emotion and thoughts. ...
- Briefly (Old Colony Memorial & Plymouth Bulletin)
News briefs from Plymouth and the area
- It's time to take this veteran's mementos home - Courier-Journal
About eight years ago -- just before he died -- Robert Dalton Buster sent me a box of his Vietnam memories wrapped in brown manila paper; $3.45 postage from Edmonton, Ky. The memories included revolving-door letters that spewed information in graphic ...
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at 89 (Boston Globe)
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Russian novelist whose unyielding opposition to Soviet dictatorship made him one of the heroic figures of the 20th century, died late yesterday. The cause of death was heart failure, his son, Stepan, was quoted as saying. He was 89.
- Tom Hammick: Holding, Eagle Gallery, London - Independent
Tom Hammick: Holding, Eagle Gallery, LondonIndependent, UK - 5 hours agoThere is a quiet poetry in Hammick's work that stands in opposition to much of the noise and brouhaha of the current art scene. He begins with what is local ...
- The hungry eye - The Australian
The AustralianThe hungry eyeThe Australian, Australia - 4 hours agoHe fell passionately in love with the city. He studied dance in college and still identifies performers such as Gene Kelly, Jerome Robbins and Rudolf ...
- Battling a rare ailment - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
The Woodstock Academy student says, “On school days, I’m up at 5:30 to get ready by 7:30, and on weekends I sleep in until 9 or 10.†But she is hardly typical. She suffers from a disease that affects only about 2,500 people in the world. At ...
- Fiesta Mexicana reunites old friends - Salt Lake Tribune
Fiesta Mexicana reunites old friendsSalt Lake Tribune, United States - 2 hours agoBarker, a native of Chiapas herself, performed some of her own music and poetry for the crowd. "We are trying not to lose our culture. ...
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