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- Lesbian avoids deportation to Jamaica - Miami Herald
In an extremely rare move, a Jamaican lesbian living in Sunrise has avoided deportation -- for now -- after an immigration judge allowed the 29-year-old to stay in the United States because her sexual orientation could cause her to be tortured in her ...
- Poets perform rapid-fire rhymes (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Buddy Wakefield is serious about the spoken word. So serious, in fact, that he once sold everything he owned and toured the country, living in his car for two years, to bring performance poetry to the masses. His Junkyard Ghost Revival, a spoken word theater experience, will make its way to the City Opera House Oct. 4.
- Democratic Convention Has A Composer In Residence - Bloomberg
Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- David Amram , the ``composer in residence'' at next week's Democratic National Convention in Denver, is famous for creating his own gigs. He and Jack Kerouac pioneered jazz and poetry readings in the 1950s. Along with Julius ...
- Crossroads opens 30th anniversary season with satire on race - Scarlet Scuttlebutt
Crossroads opens 30th anniversary season with satire on raceScarlet Scuttlebutt, NJ - 1 hour ago... crackling humor and poetry laced with barbs that are meant to pierce  and implicate people on every part of the color spectrum, whether we are black, ...
- Purists versus romantics - Real Footy
Purists versus romanticsReal Footy, Australia - 33 minutes agoTrue to their tradition of fluent, attacking football, they move the ball with speed and precision, restoring some poetry to a game that was increasingly ...
- Gibran anniversary marked in London (Middle East Online)
Lecture marking 125th anniversary of famous Lebanese poet held in London in honour of his work.
- Emmy Award nominees - Newsday
6 Nominations The Amazing Race The Company Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale Saturday Night Live Ugly Betty The War 5 Nominations American Idol Autism: The Musical Battlestar Galactica Comanche Moon Dexter Entourage 50th Annual Grammy Awards ...
- Contest includes short fiction and poetry writing - Summerland Review
Contest includes short fiction and poetry writingSummerland Review, Canada - 5 hours agoThe Penticton Writers and Publishers are hosting the 2008 Clem Battye Legacy Award Writing Contest opened to Short Fiction and Poetry. ...
- Strange days: Fired by ancient zeal in Cornwall - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukStrange days: Fired by ancient zeal in CornwallTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 16 minutes agoFor all the layers of ceremony, etiquette, poetry and faith superimposed over the night, the fire itself is the focus and this is as it would have been for ...
- Sidedish: Sherman Park gets a new option (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Two more establishments are joining the restaurant scene in Milwaukee.
- 'Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night': Brilliantly charting an artist ... - International Herald Tribune
NEW YORK : A new type of blockbuster art show is emerging in which a limited but rigorous selection and a spartan display free from gimmicks allow the art to deliver its full punch. The admirable exhibition "Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night" on ...
- 6th-round pick impressing 49ers coaches - San Jose Mercury News
6th-round pick impressing 49ers coachesSan Jose Mercury News, USA - 2 hours agoOh, and did we mention that he writes poetry? "There always will be questions about me because of that incident in college," Morgan said. ...
- Pulitzer Prize winner named Va.'s poet laureate (WTOP Radio Network)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gov. Tim Kaine appoints University of Mary Washington professor Claudia Emerson as Virginia 's new poet laureate. Emerson won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry called "Late Wife." The book uses a collection of handwritten letters to reflect on her failed marriage of 19 years and her blossoming relationship with her second husband.
- God, guns and gays - Southern Voice
God, guns and gaysSouthern Voice, GA - 1 hour agoAsk anyone who found comfort in poetry by Walt Whitman after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, or even the camaraderie of an auditorium of lesbians singing ...
- Kids asked for street names for new Filton housing estate - Evening Post
Kids asked for street names for new Filton housing estateEvening Post, UK - 1 hour agoMs Barnes said: "The children were doing a project on poetry and have also been asked to come up with new street names for Cheswick. ...
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