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- Fantasy football in Zimbabwe drama (BBC News)
A young Zimbabwean dreams of crosses crocodile-infested waters to see his hero, Frank Lampard.
- The Broken Word, by Adam Foulds; Mandeville, by Matthew Francis; For All We Know, by Ciaran Carson (Independent)
The Broken Word is Adam Foulds's first published poetry (he has written a well-regarded novel). It shows a young man, Tom, fresh from "the bark/ and whine and snivel/ and brag" of school, plunged into service against the 1950s "Mau Mau" uprising in Kenya. The blurb explains this – a pity, because Foulds lets us find out decade, place and bloody context by degrees. The poem quietly initiates ...
- Translating difference: a debate about multiculturalism - Open Democracy
Humans are not the same. But to survive we need to cooperate, to organise, to establish connections that will help us prosper. Humankind has conventionally expressed its alliances in terms of greater or lesser similarity. The cultures, societies, and ...
- NU in 60 Seconds: May 22 - North by Northwestern
NU in 60 Seconds: May 22North by Northwestern, IL - May 22, 2008In other artsy events, Purple Haze’s Spring Show, “Miss Teen Paducah, Kentucky†opens at 10 pm in the Jones Great Room. Now I don’t really know what “Miss ...
- Marcus Tanner: Karadzic, the psychiatrist who became a genocidal ... - The Independent
I will never forget the first time I met Radovan Karadzic – because I got him so wrong. Standing in a tatty Sarajevo school room, I encountered what I thought was a rather dotty-looking school teacher parading in front of an ethnic map of Bosnia ...
- Where to Eat (Cincinnati CityBeat)
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- Our inner selves are linked to the outdoors - Roanoke Times
Our inner selves are linked to the outdoorsRoanoke Times, VA - 1 hour agoHad Muir not developed a rich interior life of poetry, philosophy and imagination, the outer landscape might have seemed to him nothing more than an ...
- Hot in the city - Hemel Gazette
Hot in the cityHemel Gazette, UK - 34 minutes agoFor poetry fans Maggie Butt will preside over St Albans' Ver Poets Open Poetry Competition and read from her collection Lipstick, on Saturday, July 5. ...
- Reflections - "Them Dam Writers" and Coulee Corridor News - Grand Coulee Star
Reflections - "Them Dam Writers" and Coulee Corridor NewsGrand Coulee Star, WA - 1 hour agoThem Dam Writers also sponsor a poetry contest during the annual Balde Eagle Festival in February, and members have helped with other contests within the ...
- Fairytale journey for brave little Phoebe - Sunday Life
A brave Bangor youngster paralysed in an horrific hit-and-run accident seven years ago has just had the trip of a lifetime to Eurodisney. Phoebe Lyle (10), her brother Patrick and their parents Jane and Robert travelled to the resort outside Paris ...
- People on the Move - Baltimore Sun
People on the MoveBaltimore Sun, United States - 1 hour agoSusan Thornton Hobby and Padraic Kennedy have been elected to the board of the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society (HoCoPoLitSo). ...
- Poet was an inspiration to his niece, many others - Corpus Christi Caller
There were quiet times when TÃo Luis fell silent, deep in thought beyond what most would understand, including his only niece, Lamar Saenz. The thoughts racing through Luis Omar Salinas' mind were constant and profound, haunted by the specter of a ...
- Good morning, everybody! - Taranaki Daily News
Good morning, everybody!Taranaki Daily News, New Zealand - 1 hour agoFortunately, she grew up in a family environment filled with lots of stimulating visitors and books, singing and poetry. "It was an age of conversation. ...
- Bailey claimed there was a sinister plot to frame him - Irish Independent
Bailey claimed there was a sinister plot to frame himIrish Independent, Ireland - 4 hours agoAfter leaving the fish factory, he engaged in a series of interests, including writing poetry, film studies, "new age" gardening, working at a farmer's ...
- Jef Aldrich, former Aspen Mtn. patrol director, remembered (Aspen Daily News)
A memorial service was held Friday afternoon at the top of Aspen Mountain for Jef Aldrich, who died unexpectedly in January at age 52 and who served as the director of Aspen Mountain Ski Patrol from 1994 to 2001.
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