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- Granddaddy heaven (not for the queasy) (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines - When i was much younger, a feature writer asked me what kind of a funeral I would like for myself. I was game enough to answer a horrible question like that so I said I fancied a burial like those of ancient Filipinos— yes, wrapped in a mat!
- Tens of thousands attend funeral for Darwish - Lebanon Daily Star
RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank: Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered for the state funeral on Wednesday for Mahmoud Darwish, the towering Arab poet who gave voice to their bitter decades-old struggle. Darwish, considered the national poet of the ...
- art September 24 - 30 at Shrimati Art Gallery, Baitanik, 4 Elgin Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: (The Telegraph)
Journey presents an exhibition of paintings by Samarjit Biswas, S.A. Jafar, Avijit Sinha, Rajib Sikdar, Sadikul Islam and Biplab Tokder. Till September 26 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road, 2 pm - 8 pm: Passion Hazards, an exhibition of drawings and paintings by Subhashis Saha.
- Paperback Row (New York Times)
Paperback books of particular interest.
- Famed Palestinian poet dead: hospital - New Straits Times
Mahmud Darwish, widely considered one of the greatest Palestinian poets, died Saturday in a US hospital following open-heart surgery, hospital officials told AFP. Darwish has published more than two dozen books of poetry and prose rooted in his ...
- A Love To Die For: Massenet's 'Werther' - NPR
A Love To Die For: Massenet's 'Werther'NPR - 2 hours agoIn Act 3, when Charlotte asks Werther to read from some poetry he's been translating, he chooses a passage about the poet anticipating his own death, ...
- Seniors can win credit union scholarships - The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com
Seniors can win credit union scholarshipsThe Post-Standard - Syracuse.com, NY - 54 minutes agoHis volume, "The Selected Poetry of Hayden Carruth," was a finalist for a 1987 Pulitzer in poetry, but the prize that year went to "Thomas and Beulah" by ...
- Local students win Writer's Guild contest - Fort Scott Tribune
Three area students won recognition for their superb writing abilities in a recent writing contest. The Joplin Writer's Guild conducted a writing contest for young writers on May 1. Entering the contest proved to be successful for Melissa DeCocq and ...
- Nick Brown - On the Waterfront - Portsmouth Herald
I'm back from vacation and I have some catching up to do. I missed a lot while in my rested, rather directionless bliss. Reducing the risk of a fall - 8/10/2008 The chance of falling increases as we get older. Suffering a bad fall can result in head ...
- A political symbol assumes new hues - Express Buzz
A political symbol assumes new huesExpress Buzz, India - 13 minutes agoThe writers of this book, which took 10 years to put together, use essays, short stories and poetry to tell tales of the White House and its residents, ...
- C ommu nity ca len da r C ommu nity ca len da r - Arizona Daily Star
C ommu nity ca len da r C ommu nity ca len da rArizona Daily Star, AZ - 10 hours agoYouth poetry and art contest. 9 am-3 pm Mondays-Fridays through Aug. 29. Free. 615-7855. Scrabble — Oro Valley Public Library, 1305 W. Naranja Drive. ...
- What’s coming to local stages? - Culpeper Star Exponent
1. “42nd Street” — Ready to see some dancing feet? This Tony Award-winning show traces its pedigree all the way back to the 1930s and the show-stopping, forget-the-Depression choreography of Busby Berkeley. Revived in the 1980s as a stage play ...
- Show & A.G. - CNET Asia
How can you have any objectivity about a group that's got you hypnotized? Show & A.G. offer woozy urban poems of a classic New York style: drawly words of wisdom blended with glowing keys and drum machine clips. We'd love to hear more of it from the ...
- Mom's game to learn football - Toronto Sun
Mom's game to learn footballToronto Sun, Canada - 4 hours agoSo I guess he won't be joining the poetry club, like I had hoped, because I could have helped him with that, could have pulled out some dusty old books of ...
- A Sprocker-doodle-doo in Tring - Hemel Gazette
A Sprocker-doodle-doo in TringHemel Gazette, UK - 58 minutes agoThe competition acted as a warm up to John Hegley, who did his usual mix of comedy, music and poetry to the family audience. His gig, at 4.30pm, ...
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