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- Three Famed Novelists Weave Exhilarating Tales - NPR News
All Things Considered , May 5, 2008 · Three renowned women writers have books of fiction out this spring and each one asks the reader to take a leap of imagination. Joyce Carol Oates reimagines the last days of five authors; Jeanette Winterson takes ...
- Truth in Humor - Popmatters.com
The second season of The Boondocks tackles issues that are important to the hip-hop community with contributions from numerous hip-hop artists. Boondocks Response Syndrome explains why we react to this series the way we do. Question: If The Boondocks ...
- Poetry that blurs boundaries (North Country Public Radio)
Some of the top performance poets in the country will be at Bluseed Studios in Saranac Lake tonight. Nationally acclaimed poets Roger Bonair-Agard, Rachel McKibbens and Patricia Smith will take the stage to share their favorite poems out loud. These slam poetry champs push and blur boundaries between music, art, theater and literature. Tonight’s free event (8 pm) is sponsored by the Adirondack ...
- Music can be a creative path to language and math (The Morning Call)
The challenge was to come up with an idea that can transform public education, particularly in poor communities. The winner: an educator with a passion for making school fun.
- Mamma Mia, it's Meryl! (Creative Loafing Tampa)
Short reviews of new and recent releases... OPENING THIS WEEK THE DARK KNIGHT (PG-13) Read Lance Goldenberg's review. FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON (NR) Read Lance Goldenberg's review. MAMMA MIA! (PG-13) Based on the Broadway musical so beloved by aging boomers and their familiars, Mamma Mia! relies on the hits of '70s uber-group Abba to tell the story of a young bride-to-be (Amanda Seyfried) trying ...
- WHAT'S GOING ON for the week June 25-July 2 and beyond in Kitsap - North Kitsap Herald
WHAT'S GOING ON for the week June 25-July 2 and beyond in KitsapNorth Kitsap Herald, WA - 3 hours agoInfo: www.poulsbohemian.com or call Marianna (360) 779-9199 for poetry or Sue (360) 297-3713 for fiction. LIVE AT THE PEGASUS: This weekend, June 27-29, ...
- How to stay positive - New Statesman
New StatesmanHow to stay positiveNew Statesman, UK - 3 hours agoA rhino and a talking mammoth stand for HIV and “scientific poetry†respectively. This is a revelatory, optimistic world.
- Jon Vickers - Guardian Unlimited
Amid such legendary trade union leaders of the 1970s as Jack Jones, Hugh Scanlon and Joe Gormley, the Cambridge-educated Jon Vickers, of the Civil Service Union, who has died aged 92, cast a smaller shadow. But his wartime bravery and politically ...
- Book festival - a first for town - Pocklington Post
Book festival - a first for townPocklington Post, UK - 2 hours agoFor adults, a nine-mile walk and a talk about William Wilberforce are on the agenda, along with a poetry evening, a big book quiz and a performance by The ...
- National poetry prizes awarded (Jam! Showbiz)
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Toronto-born Alex Boyd and Anne Simpson of Antigonish, N.S., have won national poetry prizes.
- Obama links McCain to unpopular Bush economic policies in campaign preview (Times & Transcript)
After challenging John McCain on foreign policy, Democrat Barack Obama fired off a new broadside Sunday as he linked the likely Republican nominee with President George W. Bush's unpopular economic policies as he tested general election strategies.
- Norfolk pair's Polo adventure - Evening News Norwich
Two intrepid explorers who are traversing thousands of miles of pot holes to raise money for charity have made it through the first leg of their remarkable journey. Tom Balfour and Phil Nicholson left Norwich last week on the Mongolian Charity Rally ...
- In Years Past - Post-Journal
In 1908, Thomas S. Divilbliss, who lived about one and one half miles from Lander, shot and killed his neighbor, Jacob Osserlee, a respected farmer who had resided in the neighborhood for about a year. After the shooting, Divilbliss held the ...
- Maybe ‘Hamlet’ wasn’t really highbrow - The Register-Guard
Maybe ‘Hamlet’ wasn’t really highbrowThe Register-Guard, OR - 22 hours agoThe poetry is undeniable.†So Schmor’s “Or Not to Be,†he says, is a mixture of low horror and high Shakespeare. Most of the words in the script are taken ...
- Standout performances best part of Theatre Q's Wilde production of ... - Oakland Tribune
While flamboyant Oscar Wilde led a life filled with drama, "Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde" is an enormously difficult subject to make into a dramatic play. It's also somewhat difficult for an audience to follow, but the exceptional ...
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