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- Noted Palestinian poet Darwish dead at 67 - United Press International
HOUSTON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Poet Mahmoud Darwish, who was best known for his works about life in Palestinian territories, has died in Houston at the age of 67, officials say. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Darwish's death Saturday ...
- Spoken word? What's it all about? - Guardian Blogs
People are becoming scarily besotted with George Pringle, the Diana-posh, Keira-beautiful, Elizabeth Wurtzel-precious MySpace "diseuse" (her word) who recently broke Massive Attack's hearts at their Meltdown festival. Pringle self-produces her spoken ...
- Fashion show spotlights need for sanitation - MediaGlobal
Fashion show spotlights need for sanitationMediaGlobal, NY - 45 minutes agoThese days, Nanda writes poetry, and many of her poems deal with the experience of living with daily discrimination. In one poem, she asks, ...
- The Edmonton Folk Music Festival - VUE Weekly
VUE WeeklyThe Edmonton Folk Music FestivalVUE Weekly, Canada - 27 minutes ago“The last three years, I’ve been digging into Rwandan poetry. It has this thing about being brave—it describes a lot about beauty and bravery. ...
- Some back-to-school kid books for the beach bag - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Add some back-to-school buzz to your fun-in-the-sun summer by throwing Yoko, Splat or Wiggles into the beach bag for your kids, especially those prone to first-day jitters. In addition to new and familiar characters to soothe and prepare is a two ...
- No country for old men - Guardian Unlimited
Earlier this year, an advertisement appeared in a Hampshire post office. Lonely widower Jack Hammond, 88, was looking for a drinking partner. The successful applicant would be a man who would be prepared to accompany Hammond, a retired doctor and ...
- Wanda M. Austin, president and CEO of Aerospace Corp., June 6, 5 pm - AScribe (press release)
Wanda M. Austin, president and CEO of Aerospace Corp., June 6, 5 pmAScribe (press release) - 2 hours agoHarper, who earned bachelor's and master's degrees at Cal State LA more than 40 years ago, returns as the recipient of the 2008 Frost Medal from the Poetry ...
- The politics of hip-hop - Economist
EconomistThe politics of hip-hopEconomist, UK - 4 hours agoIs it “pavement poetry [that] vibrates with commitment to speaking for the voiceless,†as Michael Eric Dyson, a professor at Georgetown University, ...
- Obituaries in the news - Guardian Unlimited
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Eugenio Montejo, a Venezuelan poet and essayist who won the 2004 Octavio Paz prize, died Thursday. He was 70. The poet's publishing house said he died of natural causes. Montejo's poetry is known for its rich texture and was ...
- New Music: Nas: "Black President" [Stream] (Pitchfork)
However you feel about the junior senator from Illinois politically, a President Barack Obama would be pretty much guaranteed to lead to more interesting pop music than Hillary Clinton, John McCain, or Libertarian candidate Bob Barr. One interpretation of Obama's candidacy holds that, as someone born in 1961 and therefore unscarred by that decade's political tumult, the presumptive Democratic ...
- At Least She's Writing... - Huffington Post
At Least She's Writing...Huffington Post, NY - 43 minutes agoThey'll spend hours each day in workshops, crafting and re-crafting works of fiction and nonfiction, poetry, screenplays, travel pieces, you name it. ...
- Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award - Irish World News
For anyone between 11-17 years of age, the Poetry Society’s Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is an exciting opportunity to discover a talent you never knew you had, or maybe quietly thought you had but lacked the confidence to act upon. Whether ...
- Fricke Comes Up Big For Sharks In First Pro Start - KRIS-TV
Fricke Comes Up Big For Sharks In First Pro StartKRIS-TV, TX - Jul 21, 2008Ivory McCann came down with the ball and like poetry in motion, he made a couple of cut backs and took it all the way to the house, 20-13 Sharks. ...
- LitTO: June 3–June 11 - Torontoist
TorontoistLitTO: June 3–June 11Torontoist, Canada - 43 minutes agoTonight the seven finalists for the prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize will be reading at the MacMillan Theatre at 7:30 pm Tickets for the reading are ...
- The ex factor: '50 Ways to Leave Your Lover' - Independent
The ex factor: '50 Ways to Leave Your Lover'Independent, UK - 1 hour agoThen there are the victims, including a love-crazed arsonist, a sexually confused girlfriend with a gymslip fetish and a poetry-spouting drip with a ...
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