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- A Van Cliburn anniversary: From musician to folk hero (The Star)
If cultural gods tell us more about us than about themselves, Van Cliburn holds a particularly warped and smoky mirror up to the classical-music world he intermittently dominated over the last half-century - one that shows much about the strange price of being a folk hero.
- Michael Jackson Records Album of Robert Burns Poetry (TheCelebrityCafe.com)
Oftentimes, I think it would be beneficial for TheCelebrityCafe.com to have pictures, and then I remember that we often write about Michael Jackson.
- 'Covers' targets longtime James Taylor fans - Journal and Courier
'Covers' targets longtime James Taylor fansJournal and Courier, IN - 17 hours agoAnd if you want to hear poetry in a song, something Taylor's voice only makes better, it's Cohen's "Suzanne." As Taylor writes to his fans of recording the ...
- A full week of festival activities - Lithgow Mercury
A full week of festival activitiesLithgow Mercury, Australia - 7 minutes agoWednesday November 26 will be ‘Celebrating Arts’, a day for artists in all media — music, painting, poetry, street theatre, photography — to display their ...
- The Week In Books: A feast of rich and dark materials - The Independent
Monoculture threatens literature just as much as landscape. If featureless plains of soya beans or oilseed rape can ruin not just the charm but the resilience of an eco-system, then a reading culture built around a narrow band of middle-of-the-road ...
- Author lists his favourite books - Oxfordshire News
Best-selling Oxford author Philip Pullman has raided his bookshelves to pick 40 of his favourite titles to recommend to the nation. The award-winning creator of His Dark Materials, has become the second person to host The Writer's Table at Waterstone ...
- Lesbian avoids deportation to Jamaica - MiamiHerald.com
Lesbian avoids deportation to JamaicaMiamiHerald.com, FL - Aug 8, 2008Her parents sent her back to Jamaica when she was 14 -- an effort that aimed to instill strong Christian values in her so she would gravitate toward men. ...
- Portrait Gallery exhibit gives hip-hop a good rap (Baltimore Sun)
The National Portrait Gallery in downtown Washington has definitely changed since its reopening in 2006.
- The Doric Column - Aberdeen Press and Journal
The Doric ColumnAberdeen Press and Journal, UK - 13 hours agoI felt that here wis a life foo o raw materials o poetry an meaning an value, like the life he’d putten inta the narra march-dykes o his pages. ...
- Wall of America - Popmatters.com
Although Thomas M. Disch had been writing and publishing steadily up until his tragic suicide in July, it had been a long time since he had fully immersed himself in the world of science fiction. No matter that he was one of the genre’s brightest ...
- Love affair with the metro - St. John's Telegram
Love affair with the metroSt. John's Telegram, Canada - 2 hours agoThe train stops between stations, in the hot dark, and a thousand people hold their breath centimetres from your face. Someone, Esther says, is always ...
- 2008 Kansas Notable Book List (WIBW Topeka)
List Features Kansas Authors, Kansas Stories
- Craft Splash begins Sept. 29 - The Chronicle Herald
The Yarmouth and Acadian Shores Craft Splash is set for Sept. 29 to Oct. 6. The week-long community festival is organized by members of the Yarmouth Crafts Guild with venues throughout the area involving children, teens, and adults. Special events ...
- Gulf Breeze Library starts pre-, after-school programs - Gulf Breeze News
Gulf Breeze Library starts pre-, after-school programsGulf Breeze News, USA - 5 hours ago... will begin hosting an afterschool program for students in K through fifth grade featuring stories and activities based on the theme, "Poetry Aloud Here. ...
- Mark Doty named 2008 Weil Fellow (Montgomery Advertiser)
American poet Mark Doty's lengthy list of accomplishments is about to get even longer.
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