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- Poet considered for national award (Prince George Citizen Online)
Gillian Wigmore's poetry has won yet another honour. Her current book Soft Geography was shortlisted earlier this year for the coveted Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for top B.C. poet. Now Wigmore has been shortlisted for the ReLit Poetry Award for top Canadian poet published by an independent publishing company. Northern B.C.-focused book house Caitlin Press is her publisher for Soft Geography. ...
- Stafford students win with quarterback, Indian maiden - Free Lance-Star
Pocahontas and Johnny Unitas aren't mentioned together too often, but both are big-time heroes at Stafford Elementary School. Fifth-grader Emma Guercio loves the legend of the American Indian princess saving white settlers. When her classmate, Joey ...
- Feehan grad tells of humanitarian work in Zimbabwe - Attleboro Sun Chronicle
Feehan grad tells of humanitarian work in ZimbabweAttleboro Sun Chronicle, MA - 17 hours agoOne hundred percent of the contributions are designated to the child whose toy they bought, which goes toward their food, tuition, clothes, books, and toys. ...
- Through the valley of darkness - Las Vegas Sun
Las Vegas SunThrough the valley of darknessLas Vegas Sun, NV - 15 minutes agoHe’s had a couple of poetry collections published and a biography of the Las Vegas band the Killers. “Every one of these stories blew me away,” Keene says. ...
- Ottawa supports Cape Breton’s Magazine Centre for Documentary and ... - Cape Breton
ENGLISHTOWN — Canadians across the country will soon be able to access Cape Breton Island's rich cultural heritage online, thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada. MP Gerald Keddy (South Shore-St. Margaret's) has announced funding on ...
- The Heart of Whiteness - Hartford Advocate
The Heart of WhitenessHartford Advocate, CT - 2 hours agoJust off the top of my head: country music, poetry, heavy metal, zip hoodies, Chuck Taylor All-Stars, surfing, My So-Called Life, blogging (more on that ...
- Namibia: The Skill of Writing (AllAfrica.com)
Writing is said to be a difficult skill to master, even for native speakers but more challenging for second-language learners who also have to struggle to learn through the medium of the second language.
- For the Pineys, a Night of 'Funky Elegance' - pilot.com
Downtown Southern Pines took on a colorful Oscar-night quality Thursday night as folks dressed in "funky elegant" attire gathered at the Sunrise Theater for the inaugural Piney Awards. The Pineys, given by PineStaw magazine to recognize excellence in ...
- Singing the cowboy way of life - Vernon Morning Star
Vernon Morning StarSinging the cowboy way of lifeVernon Morning Star, Canada - 1 hour ago“Cowboy poetry tends to be humorous. It’s like a good punchline incorporated into poetry,” he said, adding the works will be from his own collection as well ...
- Sensational Russian Lionhearts! (Pravda Ru)
Holland 1 Russia 3. What an amazing game of football, what a sensational victory for Russian football, for the players of this young, talented, disciplined and determined Russian team and what a shining medal on the chest of Guus Hiddink, the Dutchman who came to Russia to transform a team of spirited young and inexperienced boys into the most valliant lions this game has ever known.
- THE KKK IS PLOTTING TO KILL OBAMA - allhiphop.com
Diddy came out and ran down the history of fashion and got the crowd hype. Tocarra came out on Missy Elliot's set and shook what her mother gave her. Nelly’s accent is serious..."wear" is "werre." Lauren London is hot as hell! NERD performed and ...
- AP Top News at 7:44 a.m. EDT (The Washington Times)
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Change is coming, that much Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama agree on as they plunge into a five-month campaign for the White House. The primaries behind them, the presidential rivals were wasting no time drawing the battle line for a fall fight that will make history with the election of either the oldest first-term president in McCain or the first black leader in Obama. In ...
- 'The Importance of Music to Girls' by Lavinia Greenlaw - Los Angeles Times
'The Importance of Music to Girls' by Lavinia GreenlawLos Angeles Times, CA - 20 minutes agoShe is best known as a poet, and her memoir has the precision and intensity of prose poetry. Her mother's madrigal choir fills a room with "a noise that ...
- Posters, storybooks spread AIDS awareness in rural India (Calcutta News)
A Nandalal Bose-inspired 'patua' style painting of a loving couple as a poster endorsing the use of condoms; a storybook in tribal Santhali language talking of the dangers that migrant male labourers face if they are promiscuous - messages on HIV/AIDS are getting more people-friendly and attractive.
- A place of casual collisions - guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.ukA place of casual collisionsguardian.co.uk, UK - 3 hours agoIt also, quite triumphantly, reminds us that literature, and especially poetry, has always had such powers. What is a poem if not a "virtual interactive ...
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