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- New in Paperback Book Takes Us to Market (The Plain Dealer)
Whether you buy your produce at the West Side Market, Heinen's or Marc's, you'll want to take Russ Parsons' How to Pick a Peach (Houghton Mifflin, 432 pp., $14.95) on your next grocery-store trip.
- Legendary sportswriter Campbell puts down his pen - Waco Tribune Herald
Legendary sportswriter Campbell puts down his penWaco Tribune Herald, TX - 1 hour ago“He’d write something like ‘terrible swift swords,’ that sounded like poetry. But it would look so bad when we wrote it.†“I felt like I moved into heaven ...
- Indian journalist brings out magazine in Braille (OneWorld South Asia)
The visually impaired students of Maharashtra now have an opportunity to be as attuned to what’s happening across the globe as those who are in the habit of reading newspapers and watching television.
- Five things to do today - May 7 - Time Out Chicago
Five things to do today - May 7Time Out Chicago, IL - 2 hours agoHe’s joined by poet Lingafelter and the diminutive performance poetry duo, DFB, comprised of Tim Stafford and Dan Sullivan. 6pm. ...
- Cultural soundtrack: Watkins Museum welcomes Smithsonian's exhibit on American music (Lawrence Journal-World)
Nineteen concert road cases are rolled into the third floor of the Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass. The hefty amount of touring gear gives the impression a legendary rock band like The Who is getting ready to set up and perform. But the “who†in this instance is really a “what†— albeit a musical one.
- This mom fought fear with poetry (USA Today)
Frances Richey knows she is one of the fortunate ones. "I lived with the constant fear that my son would never come home," says Richey, 57, a poet in New York. "So I wrote all the time. I convinced myself if I wrote, he would come back to me."
- 'Personal Days' a paean to the wretched of the cubicle (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Office drones of the world, your day has come. Your “Germinal†has arrived. In the tradition of coal-mine reformist Emile Zola, novelist Ed Park has turned a critical eye toward the inhumane conditions in the typical 21st-century cubicle farm.
- Fallon will get NBC 'Late Night' spot - Cleveland Plain Dealer
A kindergarten picture of Jimmy Fallon was given the following caption: "Most likely to take over for David Letterman." The former "Saturday Night Live" regular isn't replacing Letterman, but he is replacing the guy who replaced Letterman as the host ...
- The Week In Letters - National Post
The Week In LettersNational Post, Canada - 5 hours agoA few correspondents even turned to poetry to make their statements. Here's a short excerpt from writer/ poet Dennis Hayes: "Beguiled and foolish, ...
- In China quake, apotheosis of 'Grandpa Wen' - International Herald Tribune
Despite Wen's well-tended image as an apolitical pragmatist, cynics note that he did not earn his lofty post by playing nice. "It takes a considerable amount of political skill and cunning to become premier of China," said Fred Teiwes, a professor of ...
- Pentucket: 'Classic teacher' retires after 30 years (The Daily News of Newburyport)
WEST NEWBURY and mdash; After 30 years of educating the children of the Pentucket Regional School District, eighth-grade English instructor Judy Hays has closed the book on her professional teaching career.
- Belated box-office report: "Hellboy" is No. 1 -- at least momentarily - MLive.com
Belated box-office report: "Hellboy" is No. 1 -- at least momentarilyMLive.com, MI - 16 hours agoYou haven't been able to properly kick-start the week without my puketastic poetry. But I didn't forget -- I had the day off. In case you haven't heard (and ...
- India Mood for Love - Wave Magazine
Wave MagazineIndia Mood for LoveWave Magazine, CA - 33 minutes agoAn additional attraction is The Green Show, a free performance of classical Indian dance and poetry by the Abhinaya Dance Company, outside the theatre at ...
- Bibliofiles: New Letters’ writing conferences lined up - Kansas City Star
Bibliofiles: New Letters’ writing conferences lined upKansas City Star, MO - 1 hour agoOn the faculty this year: Catherine Browder and Christie Hodgen for novels and short fiction; Stanley E. Banks and Trish Reeves for poetry; Debra Di Blasi ...
- NORM: Dara Torres' ex still seems bitter - Las Vegas Review Journal
Swimming sensation Dara Torres wound up in the gossip section of a Miami-area newspaper over the weekend. Torres, at 41, has not only qualified to become the first American swimmer to compete in five Olympics but she will make history as the oldest ...
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