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- The Bookworm: Funnier than television - Marconews
The Bookworm: Funnier than televisionMarconews, FL - 13 minutes agoIn this book, you’ll read poetry that will give you an idea of what people were thinking while they were fighting in the Civil War, while they were slaves, ...
- Manjushree Thapa: The Maoists Come to Power - London Review of Books (subscription)
Manjushree Thapa: The Maoists Come to PowerLondon Review of Books (subscription), UK - 56 minutes ago... he is the poetry editor at Faber. Stephen Holmes teaches at New York University School of Law. His most recent book is The Matador’s Cape: America’s ...
- Venus Williams had it figured out all along (Times Online)
I have always assumed that Richard Williams named his daughter Venus after the planet she calls home. Certainly, no one at Wimbledon has a greater reputation for space cadetship, daftness, flakiness, a silly voice and a general air of being slightly out of step with us earthlings.
- VLP poetry reading, slam features South Dakota author (Vermillion Plain Talk)
The Vermillion Literary Project is hosting a poetry reading and poetry slam on Thursday, June 26 from 7-9 p.m. at the Coffee Shop Gallery, which is located in downtown Vermillion. The poetry reading will feature award-winning writer Courtney Huse-Wika.
- Nepal's 'last king' to lose crown - ABS-CBN
KATHMANDU - Seven years after most of Nepal's royal family were massacred by a drunken prince, the country's Maoists look set to scrap the Himalayan monarchy, turning the page on 240 years of history. An assembly elected in historic polls last month ...
- Cold snack tasty enough for poetry judges (Otago Daily Times)
The announcement was made today, Montana Poetry Day -- a nationwide celebration of events featuring some of the country's best and emerging poets. There were 26 books submitted in the poetry category of this year's awards up from 19 in 2007.
- Celebrate writer James Reaney dies (Stratford City Gazette)
Celebrated Canadian writer James Reaney, 81, died in London on Thursday night following a lengthy illness. The native of South Easthope Township just east of Stratford enjoyed a 50-year career as a playwright, poet and professor.
- 'Earth' takes a giant leap back to the space race (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
For all but a few select humans, the way to outer space -- the real outer space, not the one where the Cylons live -- has been through a TV screen. You can climb to the top of Mount Everest, or trek to the South Pole or go down under the sea and see it for yourself, but space is still the province of professionals: We know it only by the pictures they take.
- Admiring bog? - New Times SLO
Admiring bog?New Times SLO, CA - 7 hours agoFor Persoff, celebrating Dickinson’s poetry—and life—is a way of counterbalancing the vulgarity of modern culture. “If you feel, as I, that idealism of ...
- THE SCARLET BEAST—Francis Gerard— Longmans, Green ($2.50 ... - Time
SEASON TICKET—Margaret lies—Harper ($2). Competent but uninspiring first novel about English season-ticket-holders (U. S.: commuters). WILD PASTURES—Rex Beach—Farrar & Rinehart ($2). Modestly described by its publishers as "a novel of romance ...
- Harrison school news from the Sound Shore Express (The Journal News)
Harrison's elementary-school foreign language program has won the Sally G. Hahn Memorial Outstanding FLES Program Award from the state Association of Foreign Language Teachers.
- The 3-minute interview: Joan Deacon (The Washington Examiner)
Joan Deacon, senior librarian at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility, has worked in libraries since 1972 - leaving the public library system for the prison library system in 1994. Last year, the American Jail Association named her the national Civilian Employee of the Year and Montgomery County named her a "Woman of Distinction" for her work encouraging inmates to read.
- On the dusty road to redemption (Prairie Public Broadcasting)
In Leif Enger's 'So Brave, Young, and Handsome,' an outlaw and an author hit the road on a quixotic quest.
- Reverend: Teen's life continues through memory - Sioux City Journal
Reverend: Teen's life continues through memorySioux City Journal, IA - May 24, 2008We will always hold you close and dear. In our hearts you will stay until we meet you again someday. Rest in peace, dear friend. Our love for you will never ...
- The golden community: Forsyth celebrates 50 years and more of its history (Herald & Review)
FORSYTH - Officially, at least, about the most exciting thing to emerge from the history of Forsyth is Hickory Point Mall and the triumphant rise of retail prosperity and some very nice homes.
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