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- Indian River County community connection: July 7 (Vero Press Journal)
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- Montreal journal: French lessons - St. John's Telegram
Montreal journal: French lessonsSt. John's Telegram, Canada - 1 hour ago"Why can't you have even a small piece of poetry in you?" I asked it. "Why do you always have to be going on about the dry cleaners being two intersections ...
- Stutzer uses words, vivid colors to explore humanity's dark side - Homer News
At first glance, Julia Stutzer's first solo show, "The (Self) Destructiveness of Human Nature" on view this month at Ptarmigan Arts, might seem gloomy and pessimistic. "Some woman said it was so depressing," Stutzer said in a phone interview last ...
- Weekend concert picks - St. Petersburg Times
FRIDAY 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, 1010 N W.C. MacInnes Place, Tampa. $49.50-$60.50. (800) 955-1045. Beatles tribute favorite the Fab Four takes you back to where you once belonged with spick-and-span renditions of the classics. The ...
- Kay Ryan named U.S. poet laureate - The Money Times
Washington -- U.S. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington named Kay Ryan as the library's 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-09. Ryan, a 63-year-old California native, is to begin her duties in the fall, opening the library's annual ...
- Pioneering lesbian rights activist dies just weeks after wedding - Independent
Washington PostPioneering lesbian rights activist dies just weeks after weddingIndependent, UK - 1 hour ago... of eight women who in 1956 founded Daughters of Bilitis, America's first lesbian rights group, named after a 19th-century book of lesbian love poetry. ...First lesbian to be married in San Francisco dies aged 87 Telegraph.co.ukDel Martin, 87, pioneering lesbian activist San Jose Mercury NewsLesbian rights pioneer Del Martin dies at 87 San Francisco ChronicleGay.com - CBS 5all 343 news articles
- Witty playwright known to live hard - MiamiHerald.com
Witty playwright known to live hardMiamiHerald.com, FL - 4 hours agoRoguishly witty, profligate of habit and relentlessly self-scrutinizing, Gray was the embodiment of a literary stereotype, a grimly funny personality, ...
- Kay Ryan named U.S. poet laureate (Moldova.org)
U.S. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington named Kay Ryan as the library's 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-09.Ryan, a 63-year-old California native, is to begin her duties in the fall, opening the library's annual literary series Oct. 16 with a reading of her work. She also will be a featured guest at the Library of Congress National Book Festival in the Poetry pavilion ...
- Roudaki int'l meeting due in Tehran in October - Mathaba.Net
Roudaki int'l meeting due in Tehran in OctoberMathaba.Net, UK - 6 hours agoMost of his biographers assert that he was completely blind, but his accurate knowledge of colors, as evident in his poetry, renders this assertion very ...
- Nextfest boasts inventive new crop - Edmonton Journal
EDMONTON - "Life-changing sounds a bit dramatic," laughs Nicole Schafenacker apologetically. "But it's true ... . " She's not talking religious conversion, or low-carb free-fall, or early Martha Graham choreography. But it's a bona fide case of ...
- 'He was a smart, rather vain man' (BBC News)
Former BBC chief news correspondent Kate Adie spent several years covering the Bosnian conflict, and met one of its "architects", Radovan Karadzic, several times.
- Sickness Unto Death (New York Times)
In this novel, a 16-year-old bone cancer patient pursues poetry and his own stream of consciousness to create his niche in the literary firmament.
- Father-son duo will 'sky dance' in Cherry Point Air Show - ENC Today
Father-son duo will 'sky dance' in Cherry Point Air ShowENC Today, NC - 13 hours agoHe said he used to take his family to the shows. "Eric didn't like an announcer at a show," Sean said. "He said he could do better. ...
- This worked reasonably well, until we both acquired a taste for the works of Michael Chabon ( (Business Standard India)
Most dedicated readers develop ways of organising their bookshelves, so that they can easily find the books they need. Early on in our marriage, my husband and I recognised that we would never be devotees of the alphabetical method.
- Art, film and music abound - Whistler Question
Art, film and music aboundWhistler Question, Canada - 4 hours agoDon’t forget to bring some warm clothing, and remember — Whistler’s parks are alcohol-free. The movie will be moved to Village 8 Cinemas for a 9:30 pm ...
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