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- May 2008 - AccessAtlanta
Barbara Walters swings into Decatur tonight to plug “Audition,” her new memoir that has received such scant publicity recently. Despite what has seemed like a total news blackout, “Audition” sold a whopping 250,000 copies in its first week ...
- My Winnipeg - New York Press
New York PressMy WinnipegNew York Press, NY - 18 minutes agoBut their insistence on roaming the streets after dark becomes clearer as Maddin explores both the dark and comforting back roads of Winnipeg and the ...
- World's worst poetry sold for $12,840 (Toronto Star)
EDINBURGH, Scotland – The vocabulary is poor and the rhyme excruciating but a collector paid $12,840 Friday for original works by William Topaz McGonagall, internationally celebrated as the worst poet ever to assault the English language.
- Can lit survive tech revolution? - Daily Cardinal
Anna examines the future of lit, a medium on the brink thanks to TV and the Internet. I worry that literature is a dying art. It’s one of those nagging things that keeps me from falling asleep at night. Is reading really dying, or are my late-night ...
- What Makes a Singer “Good?” - New York Times Blogs
What Makes a Singer “Good?”New York Times Blogs, NY - 1 hour ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- Quiet in the library? Shhh! - Chicago Tribune
Quiet in the library? Shhh!Chicago Tribune, United States - 23 minutes agoYoga and wine-tasting sessions supplement story hour, poetry readings and lectures. Some libraries have become de facto senior centers, resource labs for ...
- EVENTS: Looking for something to do today? Check out this list - Tri-City Herald
Easy Swing Band plays the music for the Richland Seniors all ages dance, 1-4 p.m., Richland Community Center. Cost: $4. Darin Hilderbrand performs for Vino Notte, 7 p.m., Preston Premium Wines, off Highway 395 north of Pasco. No cover. Ockam’s ...
- And you, too, Mr. Rawlings?! - GhanaHomePage
It is rather risible for the man who meticulously and systematically supervised the assassination of Akan-Ghanaian Supreme Court judges, as well as hundreds of thousands of other innocents, to be calling for “thorough investigations” into the ...
- Bibliofiles: Plenty of activity for poetry lovers this week - Kansas City Star
A first-glance look at this week’s literary calendar reveals only a few events, but glances can be deceiving. Quite a few Kansas City poets, actually, will be stepping up to the podium in the next few days. Case in point: Maryfrances Wagner’s ...
- Central Louisiana Education - Alexandria Daily Town Talk
Share this article: Del.icio.us Facebook Digg Reddit Newsvine What’s this? Learning Center hopes to offer new courses -- June 26, 2008 -- The Learning Center for Rapides Parish could be offering a new course program in the field of Allied Health ...
- Diverse Arts on Offer at Tremarton Festival - RedOrbit
Diverse Arts on Offer at Tremarton FestivalRedOrbit, TX - 8 hours agoThe inaugural Tremarton Music and Arts Festival this weekend offers visitors poetry, singing, dance, drama, circus tricks, theatre and live music. ...
- Jean-Luc Godard - New University Online
Jean-Luc GodardNew University Online, CA - 3 hours agoA lot of the poetry in rap has been watered down to an obnoxious bass line, along with a rapper that rhymes the word “grill” repeatedly. ...
- Football: Eriksson lookalike fools Mexicans - Scoop
An English comedian has allegedly tricked a Mexican football club into thinking he is the national team's new coach, Sven-Goran Eriksson. 'No Safety Helmut' is a photographic tribute to the late and legendary German born fashion photographer Helmut ...
- Remembering the creativity of a young girl - Austin American-Statesman
Remembering the creativity of a young girlAustin American-Statesman, TX - 3 hours ago"She was a wonderful girl, and every teacher was inspired by her creativity in poetry, art and drama," said Barbara Porter, head of the St. Francis School ...
- Lightning from the Depths - TOL (subscription)
Lightning from the DepthsTOL (subscription), Czech Republic - 3 hours agoby Robert Elsie & Janice Mathie-Heck With these words, a challenge is laid down in this new volume of Albanian poetry. Albania, however, has a dynamic ...
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