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- 19 years later, crash survivor is college graduate - Chicago Tribune
SIOUX CITY, Iowa - The statue down by the river shows a little boy, but Spencer Bailey is all grown up. He was 3 years old on July 19, 1989 when United Airlines Flight 232 crash landed at Sioux Gateway Airport. His mother, Frances, was one of 112 ...
- Fringe Must-Sees - Washington Post Blog
"Dorks on the Loose: It I Awkward" is just one possible winner at this year's Fringe Festival. (Delusions of Spandex) The Capital Fringe Festival kicked off yesterday, and I celebrated by hitting up "Dorks on the Loose: It I Awkward." I chose the ...
- The Frontline: snap, crackle and pop of reality - Daily Telegraph
There have been new plays at Shakespeare's Globe before, of course, and anyone who saw it last year is unlikely to have forgotten the cruel and unusual punishment that was Eric Schlosser's We the People, an insufferably tedious account of the framing ...
- JazzLab mixes up the creative juices - BurlingtonFreePress.com
JazzLab mixes up the creative juicesBurlingtonFreePress.com, VT - 3 hours agoSecond Floor: Poetry readings by Mack Finley, Kara Eve Schwartz and Trevien Stanger. They stood on a stage that looked essentially like a coffee table and ...
- Katie Parks, champion of Lubbock community, dies at 87 - LubbockOnline.com
Katie Parks, champion of Lubbock community, dies at 87LubbockOnline.com, TX - 2 hours agoA History of African Americans in Lubbock, Texas" in 2000. "She was a fabulous lady; she contributed so much to the community," Price said. ...
- Black lawmakers emotional about Obama's success (The Politico)
At least five African-Americans before Obama have mounted serious campaigns for president, and Obama's win has stirred emotions for black politicians.
- John Lundberg: Amy Winehouse At Cambridge (HuffingtonPost)
No, she wasn't actually staggering around the hallowed halls. But a Cambridge English professor caused quite a stir last week when a question on his...
- Poster poems: Scenic spots - Guardian Blogs
The Poetry of Place: what a great name for an essay, a conference, or even, dare I say it, a blog. But what does this fine-sounding phrase actually mean? What, if anything, is the difference between the poetry of place and poetry about landscapes or ...
- More than 100 authors slated to attend book fest on Sunday - The Desert Sun
More than 100 authors slated to attend book fest on SundayThe Desert Sun, CA - 17 hours ago"I've loved reading and books since I was a kid," said Johnson, former owner of Peppertree Bookstores in Palm Springs and La Quinta. ...Book Festival organizer believes in the power of books The Desert Sunall 7 news articles
- Church news - Laconia Citizen
Church newsLaconia Citizen, NH - 55 minutes agoBaumberger began writing poetry as a child growing up on a family farm in eastern South Dakota. Then, as now, themes and images from the natural word play ...
- Get public attention with poetry, not bombs - Agoravox
Get public attention with poetry, not bombsAgoravox, France - 10 minutes ago... went from something approaching normality to suicide terrorist - come to think of it, it’sa bit like what I think of as the Decent Death Dive. ...
- After Midwest City hit-and-run, victim's kin urge driver to give up (The Oklahoman)
MIDWEST CITY — If Jasmine Lee could speak to the driver who killed her, she'd tell him to "stop trippin' and come forward,†her mother said. Lee was known for being to-the-point, which was a blessing and sometimes an annoyance, her mother, Linda Maxwell, said Thursday. "She would say it just like that, ‘stop trippin' and come forward,'†said Maxwell, of Midwest City. "She wouldn't hold back.†...
- Body of drowned kayaker, poet found in Salmon River - Northwest Cable News
Northwest Cable NewsBody of drowned kayaker, poet found in Salmon RiverNorthwest Cable News, OR - 22 hours agoHe's the author of about a dozen books of poetry and non-fiction, including "Short of a Good Promise," a 1999 reminiscence of growing up in the remote Idaho ...
- Ray Tallis: 'At 15 I was a biochemical materialist' (Guardian Unlimited)
Ray Tallis: 'Old people tend to get lumped together. In fact, they are far more heterogenrous than the young.' Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi Philosopher. Doctor. Novelist. Poet. Academic.
- Catherine Sampson's top 10 books on Beijing (Guardian Unlimited)
Catherine Sampson picks the 10 books that offer the greatest insight into life in Beijing
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