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- Review: 'Strong' is bigger than its formula (The Salt Lake Tribune)
There's no shame in following formula. Haiku and sonnets are formula poetry - and yet they still require craft and beauty.    So it's no insult to call the made-in-Utah drama "Forever Strong" a formula sports movie, because director Ryan Little ("Saints and Soldiers") draws so
- Exhibit kicks off Mongolian celebration in Middletown - Middletown Journal
Exhibit kicks off Mongolian celebration in MiddletownMiddletown Journal, OH - 2 hours agoLocal school children have created peace flags made of paper or cloth, which carry themes of peace expressed in pictures, prose and poetry. ...
- Poetry series honors (The Oregonian)
Hear local authors read their work at Moonstruck Chocolate Cafe in Lake Oswego as part of the ongoing Moonstruck Sunday Poetry Series. The program, which is scheduled for every last Sunday, focuses on a different theme each month.
- My Encounter With Ahmed Faraz - All Things Pakistan
My Encounter With Ahmed FarazAll Things Pakistan, Pakistan - 3 hours agoHe taught Urdu. (Poetry, I guess. What else?) He was a noted poet even then but, among the students on campus, he was equally known, if not more, ...
- War over how to thin herds rages in mustang country - San Francisco Gate
(07-20) 04:00 PDT Gerlach, Nev. -- Five mustangs pounded across the high desert recently, their dark manes and tails giving shape to the wind. Pursued by a helicopter, they ran into a corral - unwilling recruits in an emotional debate over whether ...
- The Poetry of Scissors and Glue (New York Times)
The pre-eminent American poet John Ashbery makes his solo debut as professional artist at 81, with a modest but polished exhibition of two dozen small collages.
- Alien Pods in Our Neighborhood, or The 100-Species Challenge - Wired
Recently the kids and I have taken an idea I picked up from the Homeschooling Mom blogosphere and given it a GeekDad twist. Inspired by a quote she read somewhere about the decline of local knowledge among modern westerners, last spring Sarah Conrad ...
- Lesbian rights pioneer Del Martin dies (San Francisco Chronicle)
Del Martin, a lesbian rights pioneer who took part in one of California's first same-sex weddings, died today in San Francisco after a long period of declining health. She was 87. Ms. Martin's political activism began more than five decades ago when in 1955...
- Swords fly off the shelves as wedding season sets in Doha - Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Swords fly off the shelves as wedding season sets in DohaMiddle East North Africa Financial Network, Jordan - Aug 12, 2008"Our daily sales vary and so do our customers. We have tourists and Qatari buyers, but nowadays more and more Qataris are buying these swords because it's ...
- Off the shelf: Bookslut talks to Miriam Toews, meet Al Gore's ... - National Post
Off the shelf: Bookslut talks to Miriam Toews, meet Al Gore's ...National Post, Canada - 1 hour agoPoetry's not dead, apparently it just went online. The UK-based Poetry Archive, which hosts recordings of poets reading their work online, is apparently ...
- Sarah Palin Picture Of The Day: The Name’s Piper - Anorak.co.uk (satire)
Sarah Palin Picture Of The Day: The Name’s PiperAnorak.co.uk (satire), UK - Sep 5, 2008Sarah Palin Is Not A Woman, Not Really - WHY Sarah Palin is not a real women, by Menstrual Poetry: Not only is Sarah Palin not a feminist, she is . ...
- Well-versed in making movies - The Herald
Well-versed in making moviesThe Herald, UK - 2 hours agoI'm making films that are the equivalent of poetry. I picked that up off Jean Cocteau, who I was lucky enough to visit when I was young. ...
- Qasimov: the living legend you’ve never heard of - Times Online
Times OnlineQasimov: the living legend you’ve never heard ofTimes Online, UK - 1 hour agoThe effect is devastating, the half dozen people watching seized by the power of the ancient poetry, but none of us is surprised. ...
- Inside Windham - KeepMEcurrent.com
Inside WindhamKeepMEcurrent.com, ME - 2 hours ago29, Robert Chute, who has recently published a book of prose and poetry about Windham’s early settlers, will present a program at 7 pm Chute’s ancestor, ...
- Deconstructing Scotland, its myths - Washington Times
Washington TimesDeconstructing Scotland, its mythsWashington Times, DC - 6 hours agoHe takes as examples the ancient constitution, the ancient poetry of Ossian, and the traditional garb of kilt and plaid. Each of these venerable artifacts ...
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