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- Eaton Contest Winners Announced (UC Riverside)
Graduate students from UCR and UCI win the first short-story contest sponsored by the Eaton Science Fiction Conference.
- Face to faith - guardian.co.uk
Face to faithguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoYou don't need to assent to a fourth-century formula of the Trinity to enter into the poetry of the earth breathing new life, inspiring a babble of praise. ...
- Political Plays to the Silent Center - Weekend America
Weekend AmericaPolitical Plays to the Silent CenterWeekend America, MN - 3 hours agoPolitical speech is not very different from poetry, and often it can just be about the resonances of how the syllables sound together. ...
- Where even slime can shine - National Post
Where even slime can shineNational Post, Canada - 1 hour agoJames Watson, who shared the Nobel Prize for crucial work on DNA, offers free advice to would-be scientists or anyone else: Never be the brightest person in ...
- PBS series 'Secrets of the Dead' studies East German doping scandal - Cleveland Plain Dealer
They came out of oblivion to dominate the Olympics and international athletic competitions. But the success of the East German women was fueled by a secret doping program that the PBS series "Secrets of the Dead" examines in a documentary, "Doping ...
- Report: Taliban media network projects power, but also exposes militant weaknesses (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Using everything from Internet postings to poetry, the Taliban have created a sophisticated media network that undermines support for the Afghan government by projecting the militia's power as greater than it really is, a new report says.
- Reverend: Teen's life continues through memory - Sioux City Journal
Reverend: Teen's life continues through memorySioux City Journal, IA - May 24, 2008We will always hold you close and dear. In our hearts you will stay until we meet you again someday. Rest in peace, dear friend. Our love for you will never ...
- The German Geburtstag Party Experience. - Manchester Evening News Blog
Manchester Evening News BlogThe German Geburtstag Party Experience.Manchester Evening News Blog, UK - 3 hours agoThe host was dressed to kill in the ultimate black tie and the ladies arrived in beautiful dresses. Pre-dinner drinks were followed by the main event which ...
- Calling all poets - The Beacon-Villager
Harvard University GazetteCalling all poetsThe Beacon-Villager, MA - 2 hours agoWe also invite those of you who enjoy hearing poetry but don't wish to read. Sponsored by the Friends of the Maynard Library, this event is free and open to ...Distinguished poet visits alma mater Harvard University Gazetteall 2 news articles
- Sections of Interest - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Clunky rooftop TV antennas seem like vintage junk, but the old technology could be making a comeback with next year's transition to digital broadcasting. Related story: Cable's switch to digital not an issue for most subscribers More than half the ...
- Former boxer Heddy Maalem takes aim with African-inspired take on ... - Boston Globe
Former boxer Heddy Maalem takes aim with African-inspired take on ...Boston Globe, United States - 56 minutes agoThe work's poetry was very evident right away. We just tap into it and take off." Maalem explains his approach simply. "Because I am a freelance ...
- Community calendar - North Andover Citizen
Community calendarNorth Andover Citizen, MA - 1 hour agoThis display will replace the exhibit of pieces from North Andover Poet Laureate Mike Souza’s recently concluded Poetry Passion Project (PPP), ...
- Music Review: The Old 97's - Blame It On Gravity (Blogcritics.org)
Love and romance with a country twang, the Old 97's return with a fiery new album. "Cowboy poetry" is one of those phrases you sometimes hear and don't know quite what to make of it. Odes to sagebrush and saddle sores, perhaps? But the music of the Old 97's, with its high lonesome sound, always felt like a kind of cowboy poetry to me. The Dallas-spawned band draws on country music to create ...
- Joyce Carol Oates enters 'tabloid hell' (AP via Yahoo! News)
"My Sister, My Love" (Ecco. 562 pages. $25.95), by Joyce Carol Oates: Some of Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest.
- New lit mag from Hamish Hamilton - The Bookseller (subscription)
The Bookseller (subscription)New lit mag from Hamish HamiltonThe Bookseller (subscription), UK - 1 hour agoThe free monthly magazine, which launched on 21st June, will publish work from a variety of authors from all backgrounds, including new work by previously ...
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