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- Lesbian activist Del Martin dies at 87 (Arizona Daily Star)
SAN FRANCISCO — Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her lifelong partner in June on the first day that same-sex couples here gained that right, died Wednesday. She was 87.
- Soccer brings out the philosopher in us - Vancouver Sun
Vancouver SunSoccer brings out the philosopher in usVancouver Sun, Canada - 42 minutes agoThe fluid, non-mechanical nature of soccer means that describing a game -- or even a practice -- often requires a touch of poetry. Too many Olympic sports, ...
- The grandeur of blandeur - Boston Globe
IN THE fall, Kay Ryan will become the nation's next poet laureate. She has been called an outsider who writes in clear, Emily Dickinsonian proportions. Ryan has so often been called quiet and private that this has become her public image. But one ...
- Warner to focus on 'common sense, smart gov't' - MSNBC
Warner to focus on 'common sense, smart gov't'MSNBC - 3 hours agoDon’t expect Warner to throw red meat on the Republicans in Denver, or for him to utilize soaring poetry the way Obama did. Instead, the speech will likely ...
- Of baseball and heartbreak - Las Vegas Sun
Summer road trips mean searching unfamiliar radio stations, hoping to find baseball amid the hip-hop and country that crowd the airwaves. You dial in that telltale dead air and wait ... Maybe you’ll strike gold with the voice of Vin Scully or Jon ...
- Poet to visit Ashley Hall (The Post and Courier)
Sometimes to go forward one must first go back. The reverse is no less true. As Bourne Professor of Poetry at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Thomas Lux says the most effective means of igniting in young people an interest in verse is to expose them to the poetry of their own time.
- Barnes & Noble set to open new store - Cherry Hill Courier Post
Barnes & Noble set to open new storeCherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - 15 hours agoThe evening will feature musical entertainment, poetry readings, story times with crafts, balloons, and other activities for children. ...
- Event gives musicians, artists forum to respond to naysayers - Stockton Record
Event gives musicians, artists forum to respond to naysayersStockton Record, CA - 12 hours agoThere will be a live mural painted by Can Huynh, and the local poetry-slam group With Our Words will perform. The hip-hop comes courtesy of the Icarus Jones ...
- In Space, No One Can Read Your Thesis - Firefox News
In Space, No One Can Read Your ThesisFirefox News, AZ - 31 minutes agoYou're going to meet people who write incredible works of prose and poetry. You're going to meet people who post barely literate drivel. ...
- Women's advocates push to get out vote - Billings Gazette
Three women and one young teen dressed in early 20th-century garb stood under Skypoint in downtown Billings on Saturday morning and recalled the days before women could vote. They recited poetry that included phrases such as "We are women, we are ...
- Quranic recitation competition aims to fill gap - Al-Arabiya
Al-ArabiyaQuranic recitation competition aims to fill gapAl-Arabiya, United Arab Emirates - 11 hours agoAbu Dhabi’s poetry competition show Prince of Poets is like a Star Academy for classical Arabic poetry. "It's a manifestation of how the medium and the ...
- South Central? South Bronx? No, It’s the Middle East - Egypt Today
After decades of conflict throughout the region, it’s no wonder the international community has not painted the Middle East in the brightest of colors, but what are those within this portrait doing to change the picture? Would you believe that ...
- MSU Reading Series to feature C. Lynn Shaffer - MSU News
MSU Reading Series to feature C. Lynn ShafferMSU News, KY - 12 hours agoThe event is free and open to the public. Dr. Shaffer’s poems have appeared in Pisgah Review, Louisiana Literature, Mid-American Review, Wind, ...
- Veterans coping with war experiences turn to writing - Riverside Press Enterprise
MORENO VALLEY - Vietnam veteran Joe Salinas says the title of his book explains everything. "All Were Valiant." Salinas spent a year in Vietnam in 1968-69, earning two Purple Hearts for combat wounds and enough dreadful memories to last a lifetime ...
- 4th Quaid-e-Azam National Conference: Jinnah had the best voice for ... - Daily Times
KARACHI: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah had an extremely charismatic personality, the kind that attracted both men and women. He was a wise lawyer, a seasoned politician and, above all, a man of upright character, said Karachi university Vice ...
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