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- E-Mail To Obama: Dishonest TV AD Hits Wrong Group - The Bulletin
Perhaps it's because Barack Obama has never run a competitive race against a Republican. Now, facing John McCain's blistering ads, Mr. Obama seems unable to fight fire with fire. The Democratic rank and file are furious (while simultaneously ...
- Festival commemorates 1912 strike with play, music, food - Eagle Tribune
Festival commemorates 1912 strike with play, music, foodEagle Tribune, MA - 1 hour ago"It's really great to see it because it brings closure to the family," said Steven Ramey of Lawrence. "We really appreciate it." Another highlight was the ...
- R.I.P. David Foster Wallace: Literary world grieves (The State)
The literary world is in grief for David Foster Wallace, an author of seemingly unstoppable curiosity, imagination and ambition who apparently killed himself last week. Readers are seeking out his work, including his 1,000-page novel “Infinite Jest” and the essay collection “Consider the Lobster.” Wallace, who wrote with an explosive, ironic, but deeply serious passion about subjects ranging ...
- AZADI AND OTHER SUSPECTS - Calcutta Telegraph
Calcutta TelegraphAZADI AND OTHER SUSPECTSCalcutta Telegraph, India - 3 minutes agoThe poet dances and recites his revolutionary poetry as he circles, refusing to condemn the executions, the day before, of a socialist activist and a ...
- Gang Starr keeps literate street poetry in hip-hop (Baltimore Sun)
They put out food for thought, not 'some fiction lifestyle' Album verbally pimp-slaps hip-hop imposters over Premier's jazz-inspired beats
- Book tells of local pair's interracial friendship - Schaumburg Review
Book tells of local pair's interracial friendshipSchaumburg Review, il - 3 hours agoA longtime teacher at Buffalo Grove High School, Norman, now retired, conducts workshops in poetry and prose. She and her husband, Charlie, live in Hoffman ...
- The distant enchantress who stole a poet's heart - Scotsman
FOR centuries poets have been inspired by long-distance passion to produce some of their finest work. But a modern twist on the theme of unrequited love yesterday delivered a top poetry award to Scotland's Don Paterson. His tongue-in-cheek tale of ...
- A career 100 years in the making - The Herald
A career 100 years in the makingThe Herald, UK - 37 minutes ago... first poetry, then illustrations - she adopted the pen name Al Aaraaf. The pseudonym was borrowed from the title of a poem by Edgar Allen Poe, ...
- New on the Net: A 'Harry Potter' preview, Olympics and 'Freaks ... - The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.comNew on the Net: A 'Harry Potter' preview, Olympics and 'Freaks ...The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - 3 hours agoIt's called Newspaper Blackout Poetry, and it was named by Texas writer/artist and former Coventry resident Austin Kleon, who's credited with originating it ...
- Thomas comments reflect Obama's bias - The Washington Times
As I sit here in Denver, reporting from a Democratic convention that is turning out to be anything but conventional, I am reminded of the struggle that black conservatives have had to endure by going against the grain. In many ways, Sen. Barack Obama ...
- A Guest Of Eternity: Mahmoud Darwish In Memoriam - CounterCurrents.org
A Guest Of Eternity: Mahmoud Darwish In MemoriamCounterCurrents.org, India - 2 hours agoHe recorded his impressions in the powerful prose memoir Memory for Forgetfulness, where normal everyday life is symbolized by the humble cup of coffee. ...
- Words of Wisdom: Poem (Collier Citizen)
The word “symbol” comes to us from the Greek, “symbolon,” which originally meant “a token or sign of identity verified by comparing its other half.”
- Coming Attractions: Madison team's dates, locations set for National Poetry Slam here; Motorhead coming to Orpheum ... (Wisconsin State Journal)
NEW SHOWS/UPDATES NATIONAL POETRY SLAM, Tuesday, Aug. 5 to Saturday, Aug. 9, various downtown Madison venues, www.nps2008.com.Ă‚Â Madison team competes at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6 and 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7 at the Brink Lounge. Twenty-five teams compete in the semi-finals at Overture Center, 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8. Four teams compete in the finals at Overture Hall at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9. JOE ...
- Smith biopic follows crude punk formula - Newark Star-Ledger
Patti Smith: Dream of Life (Unrated) Palm (109 min.) Directed by Steven Sebring. Opens Wednesday exclusively at the Film Forum in New York. TWO AND A HALF STARS Music is too important to be left to the musicians. That was the do-it-yourself credo ...
- [Network] Network (The Minnesota Daily)
Network, is it safe to come out? Net: It doesn't sound like it, does it? I recently went out for sushi at a place in downtown Minneapolis called Nami and I think you'd enjoy it, Network, as long as nobody forced you to eat squid or octopus, ha ha.
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