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- FIGHT CLUB (New York Post)
BROOKLYN-BASED indie rockers the National are still riding high on the band's critically adored fourth album, "Boxer." But after talking to singer Matt Berninger (below, right) about its recording, it's clear that what goes on among band members is...
- Local author’s work on shortlist for national award - Omenica Express
Local author’s work on shortlist for national awardOmenica Express, Canada - 59 minutes agoThe other nominees in the poetry category are Stuart Ross (I Cut My Finger,) Colin Browne (The Shovel,) Nadine Mclinnes (Two Hemispheres,) Donato Mancini ...
- Tales of fathers sail on in `The Boat' (The Charlotte Observer)
Father's Day is a Sunday. Nam Le has time to go out and buy his dad a card or a gift, but he really needn't bother. "The Boat," his debut book, serves as both. Several of the seven masterful short stories here deal with that old generational bugaboo, the tension between fathers and their sons - and yes, daughters. Le, 29, knows this does not make him unique. Literature abounds with such stories, ...
- 102-year-old Bickleton High grad is last of her class (Tri-City Herald)
Neva Reiman will have a seat of honor today in Bickleton, where she will be honored as the last surviving graduate of the high school's Class of 1923.
- STARGAZING | ‘Comic’ winner doesn’t worry about the woman thing - Kansas City Star
STARGAZING | ‘Comic’ winner doesn’t worry about the woman thingKansas City Star, MO - 5 hours agoDon’t forget today is the copyrighted “Bad Poetry Day†by the folks at wellcat.com. They want you to invite friends over, come up with awful verse, ...
- Scanning the past - Surrey Leader
Scanning the pastSurrey Leader, Canada - 1 hour ago... Johnson specialized in 17th century poetry, and says you can learn more from an authentic document. “On the original stuff you can hold the book up and ...
- Imitator of Swedish football star Ibrahimovic fools Norwegian media - Earthtimes (press release)
Earthtimes (press release)Imitator of Swedish football star Ibrahimovic fools Norwegian mediaEarthtimes (press release), UK - 1 hour agoVerdens Gang later updated their online story, explaining that the poem was a spoof. TV4 has the Swedish television rights to the ongoing European ...
- Death, Birth, Money, and Diversity: A Q&A With the Author of Hospital - New York Times Blogs
Julie Salamon ’s new book, Hospital , chronicles a year in the life of the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. She begins with two quotations that for me, having spent enough time in the E.R. as a volunteer rape-crisis counselor, resonate ...
- Beware the burger? New fast-food restaurants banned in South LA - Los Angeles Times
Beware the burger? New fast-food restaurants banned in South LALos Angeles Times, CA - 3 hours agoScattergood grew up in Iowa, has degrees in theology, poetry and cooking, and, when she isn't writing about food, is trying to get her two young daughters ...
- Heating things up - Manila Times
Manila TimesHeating things upManila Times, Philippines - 1 hour agoJB: There was one name that some people really, really wanted called Blades Death Poetry. AH: But it didn’t exactly roll off the tongue. ...
- Missouri laureate’s eyewitness report from poetry front - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Missouri laureate’s eyewitness report from poetry frontSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States - 5 hours agoBargen became Missouri’s first official poetry advocate in January, recommended by the Missouri Center for the Book and appointed by Gov. Matt Blunt. ...
- To have an event listed, send a fax... - Akron Beacon Journal
To have an event listed, send a fax...Akron Beacon Journal, OH - Jul 18, 2008Includes costume contest, games, live snake program, food and other activities. Contact Peninsula Art Academy at 330-657-2248 or visit ...
- Women Authors, Famous Names Drive Sales of First Editions - Wall Street Journal
First editions of women authors have sold for high prices recently. More women are collecting books, says Bonhams book specialist Matthew Haley. The majority of book collectors, however, are still men. At Sotheby's English literature sale in London ...
- China's total urban makeover - Los Angeles Times
IN THE fall of 2005, I moved to Beijing to work on the launch of the Chinese edition of Sports Illustrated. Booming, prosperous China, with an ever-expanding mass media and leisure class, was undergoing a sports-industrial evolution similar to that ...
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