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- San Diego schools calendar (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Today: Conversation Cafe, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Montgomery Middle School, 2470 Ulric St. Rich Cansdale, Area 3 Superintendent, and staff from other Kearny cluster schools discuss issues that matter to students, parents and staff. One of a series of regularly scheduled area meetings.
- 'Booming' moments - News-Leader.com
'Booming' momentsNews-Leader.com, MO - Jul 12, 2008In addition to lessons in science the boys had a chance to create art, learn some poetry from great African-American writers, and take field trips to the ...
- More than 50 of our favorite Portland things - Willamette Week
More than 50 of our favorite Portland thingsWillamette Week, OR - 32 minutes agoThat’s just a taste, excerpted from an original poem by MC Sossity Chiricuzio, of the extraordinarily dirty and often downright provocative poetry you’ll ...
- Tasmanian poet wins NSW prize - Australian Broadcasting Corp.
A Hobart writer, Kathryn Lomer, has won the $30,000 Kenneth Slessor Prize for poetry. Lomer's second collection of poetry, Two Kinds Of Silence, was recognised as part of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. Lomer says she did not expect to ...
- Poetry reading next week in Owego - Sun and Press
A poetry reading will be held from 8 to 9 p.m. July 1 at the Tioga Trails Café, 50 Lake St., Owego. Featured writers will be Andrei Guruianu, Mike Foldes, Judy Goldschmidt and Wendy Stewart. The reading is free and open to the public. Dinner will be ...
- The Big Kahuna: Tim Winton's new novel explores why the young heed the call of the surf (Independent)
Talking to Tim Winton, one of Australia's most lauded contemporary novelists, isn't like talking to other writers. While his conversation ranges, typically enough, across the seminal writers who have influenced him – Twain, Stevenson, Wordsworth, Faulkner – there's also much conversation devoted to less typically writerish pursuits: surfing, swimming, wave breaks and reefs.
- Kay Ryan named U.S. poet laureate (UPI)
WASHINGTON, July 17 (UPI) -- U.S. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington named Kay Ryan as the library's 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-09.
- Off to war, armed with his paintbrush - East Anglian Daily Times
Off to war, armed with his paintbrushEast Anglian Daily Times, UK - 49 minutes agoHis first major success came in 1928, when he and friend Eric Ravilious won a joint commission to create a mural in the refectory of Morley Working Men's ...
- Casper briefs (Casper Star-Tribune)
Casper hosts cattle industry show The 2008 Wyoming Cattle Industry Convention & Trade Show will be held Wednesday through Saturday at the Parkway Plaza Hotel and Convention Centre in Casper.
- Bibliofiles: Plenty of activity for poetry lovers this week - Kansas City Star
A first-glance look at this week’s literary calendar reveals only a few events, but glances can be deceiving. Quite a few Kansas City poets, actually, will be stepping up to the podium in the next few days. Case in point: Maryfrances Wagner’s ...
- Karadzic found freedom in the Madhouse - Times Online
Times OnlineKaradzic found freedom in the MadhouseTimes Online, UK - 4 hours agoPlease take good care of the gusle and keep alive the traditional epic poetry of our country, and make sure it gets communicated to the next generation. ...Video: Karadzic faces Hague tribunal ReutersVideoFormer Bosnian Serb Leader To Face Charges Of War Crimes, Genocide CityNewsKaradzic arrested ScienceBlogsall 5,741 news articles
- Local Search Site Search - Boston Globe
Local Search Site SearchBoston Globe, United States - 3 hours agoHere are three free events this week for your going out pleasure. Free walking tour @ Arnold Arboretum: Let the arboretum staff tell you about the birds and ...
- Generation Kill - Variety
VarietyGeneration KillVariety, CA - 39 minutes agoFaithfully drawing from Wright's book, Simon and Burns create crude poetry out of the Marines' expletive-laden banter -- filled as it is with homoerotic ...
- Beware, Akho still keeping vigil (The Times of India)
Akho, the 17th century Gujarati poet's works have been translated in English in a new book, while his bust has been unveiled recently in the old city area.
- Saddam feared AIDS, venereal disease (MSNBC)
Saddam Hussein feared catching AIDS or another venereal disease during his U.S.-supervised captivity, according to excerpts of his prison writings published in an Arab newspaper Monday.
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