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- Diaries show Saddam feared getting AIDS in prison - Houston Chronicle
CAIRO, Egypt — Saddam Hussein feared catching AIDS or other diseases during his U.S.-supervised captivity, a leading Arab newspaper said Monday in publishing excerpts of his prison writings. The London-based Al-Hayat said the comments came in ...
- Feeling the music, deaf performers make mark in Inland ballet class and 'Dancing With the Stars' (The Press-Enterprise)
Her crisp jumps and graceful glides set 10-year-old Alana Smith apart as one of better ballerinas in her dance class. If it weren't for her hearing aids, no one would guess that she hears only some of the music. She cannot hear her teacher at all.
- Prosaic postcards from the edgy - EducationGuardian.co.uk
Prosaic postcards from the edgyEducationGuardian.co.uk, UK - 16 hours agoI first noticed the word "edgy" in poetry reviews. It is still a poetry word. "Of all the ongoing poetry wars, the one that most interests me these days is ...
- Baghdad’s Other Power Struggle - Truthdig
TruthdigBaghdad’s Other Power StruggleTruthdig, United States - 1 hour ago“The power supply is really bad,” said al-Farji, a judge who loves old Arabic poetry. “We barely get any power from the city, and the power we have from the ...
- Columbia’s Catastrophic “Nakba” Conference - Front Page
As Israelis look towards the future in their celebration of the nation’s 60th birthday, some Palestinians cling to the past by commemorating what they call the “Nakba” or “the catastrophe.” A faculty panel discussion held at Columbia ...
- Pushkin Is Our Everything - ARTINFO
ARTINFOPushkin Is Our EverythingARTINFO, NY - 34 minutes agoAnna Akhmatova: Under KGB house arrest in her tiny apartment in the former Sheremetyevo palace, the poet would scribble a new poem, have her friend and ...
- 4 Days in the City
Nashville City Paper - But controversial views aside, DiFranco’s also a excellent performer, and last year also issued her first collection of poetry in a book titled Verses
- Tour offers access to Lindsay Home servant’s quarters, renovated sites (The State Journal-Register)
People who venture onto the second floor of the Vachel Lindsay Home State Historic Site tonight will get a glimpse of some rarely seen Lindsay writing.
- Chronicling the hills - Hindu
HinduChronicling the hillsHindu, India - 7 minutes agoThe black and white world of the 1960s, the lost forever world of childhood begins to come alive. A world where we played Robin Hood and his Merry Men in a ...
- Anthony Westbury: 'The Gospel' truth about the local African-American publications (Fort Pierce Tribune)
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about a new African-American magazine, "Blended," now available throughout the Treasure Coast.
- Writing contest offers high schoolers chance at $1000 - Medfield Press
Writing contest offers high schoolers chance at $1000Medfield Press, MA - 4 hours ago... students in grades 9-11 may submit a work of prose to be judged for a $500 prize and all high school students may enter the poetry contest for a $500 ...
- Readings and Signings - Portsmouth Herald News
Readings and SigningsPortsmouth Herald News, NH - 1 hour agoGuenette's book, "Sudden Anthem," won the 2007 American Poetry Journal Book Prize. Graziano's book, "Teaching Metaphors," was named Best Local Poetry ...
- Stop Calling Me A Jew! Barack Obama and the Politics of Xenophobia - Atlantic Free Press
Stop Calling Me A Jew! Barack Obama and the Politics of XenophobiaAtlantic Free Press, Netherlands - 4 hours agoPoeticInjustice.net and the editor of the forthcoming anthology of poetry, Poets for Palestine. He can be contacted at remroum@gmail.com.
- "What You Love You Are"- Josephine Hart's Poetry evening at the NYPL - mediabistro.com
mediabistro.com"What You Love You Are"- Josephine Hart's Poetry evening at the NYPLmediabistro.com, NY - 23 minutes ago... Ms. Hart has brought her sold-out poetry evening to the United States and it coincides with the publication of her new book Catching Life by the Throat: ...
- 7 p.m. Thursday | `Write Out Loud' (Miami Herald)
Thursday | `Write Out Loud' Upstairs at Tobacco Road, 626 S. Miami Ave., Miami; 305-237-3940 or www.flcenterlitarts.com. Jazz musician and author David Amram celebrates the work and life of Jack Kerouac, author of On the Road, with prose, poetry and music.
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