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- Chris Matthews, former supervisor who owned Poet and Patriot pub, dead ... - Santa Cruz Sentinel
SANTA CRUZ -- Chris Matthews, a former county supervisor for the Pajaro Valley who founded the landmark Poet and Patriot Irish Pub, died Saturday after a bout with lung cancer. He was 61. The passionately Irish playwright and social justice activist ...
- Some 75 Experts on the Life and Work of MartĂ and Bolivar to Meet ... - Cuba Headlines
Cuba HeadlinesSome 75 Experts on the Life and Work of MartĂ and Bolivar to Meet ...Cuba Headlines, Cuba - 2 hours ago... of the thought of the two Latin American independence heroes. The academic event will run parallel to a cultural program that includes poetry readings. ...
- Uncommon Senselessness | Horacio Castellanos Moya's novel -- his first translated into English -- views atrocity ... (Pittsburgh City Paper)
The genocide that accompanied Guatemala's long-running civil war has been called "the silent holocaust." From about 1960 until 1996, when peace accords were signed, an estimated 200,000 civilians died. Most were indigenous people of Mayan descent, and most perished, often horrifically,... By Bill O'Driscoll.
- Tricia Jo Parrish - Chetek Alert
Tricia Jo ParrishChetek Alert, United States - 3 hours agoTricia enjoyed fishing, reading, writing poetry and history. Tricia was preceded in death by her father and an infant brother. ...
- Concert brings Madiba birthday to Africa - The South African Star
Concert brings Madiba birthday to AfricaThe South African Star, South Africa - 3 hours agoAdditionally, Madiba's life will be reflected in song by a choir, South African vocalists and a live band, through poetry, praise singers and archival ...
- Airlift Drama, Soviet Parades, Golden Lips: Berlin Art Shows - Bloomberg
Airlift Drama, Soviet Parades, Golden Lips: Berlin Art ShowsBloomberg - 3 hours agoIt takes some skill to find poetry in a collection of camshafts, loose metal cuttings or piles of timber the way Rodchenko could. ...
- 'All In The Family' boss honoured (Jam! Showbiz)
TV producer Norman Lear and author Maya Angelou will be the 2008 recipients of the Marian Anderson Award, which honours artists whose leadership benefits humanity.
- Late night Solo Slams build community at National Poetry Slam 2008 (Isthmus)
With eyes full of inspiration, amateur poets got a chance to test their spoken word mettle in the presence of friends and many of the competitors in National Poetry Slam 2008 in a quartet of late night Solo Slams this week, held at Genna's Lounge and the Mercury Café after the Tuesday and Wednesday night bouts. Aspiring and experienced poets alike who were not already members of teams in the ...
- Kidnap Suspect Raves Of Time With Daughter - CBS News
E-Mail Story (AP) The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller and is accused of kidnapping his young daughter says he spent "six glorious and wonderful days" with the girl while evading authorities, but he still isn't talking about his life before ...
- OMG! You don't have to be a genius to bang out a blog - WA today
OMG! You don't have to be a genius to bang out a blogWA today, Australia - Jul 31, 2008SOME mornings I like to take my laptop and go and write in the local coffee shop near my office because I have low self-esteem and imagine that people will ...
- Emily Brontë - guardian.co.uk
Emily Brontëguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoThe sisters also published a poetry anthology as Acton, Ellis and Currer Bell in 1836; it received some praise, but apparently sold just two copies. ...
- National champs - Times-Journal
Many high school teams can claim a state championship, but the Geraldine Junior Beta Club is a national champion. The 70 members of the Beta Club returned to DeKalb County Wednesday from Myrtle Beach, S.C. touting the title after the Junior Beta Club ...
- Palestinians plan big funeral for poet Darwish - Washington Post
Resize RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry encapsulated the Palestinian cause, will get the equivalent of a state funeral in the West Bank on Tuesday -- an honor only previously accorded to PLO leader Yasser Arafat. Tributes ...
- Search is on to find wartime child poet - Stratford-upon-Avon Observer
AN UNUSUAL search is underway for a Gillian Marjorie Hughes of Stratford, more than 64 years after she inspired a visiting Second World War soldier with her poetry. On March 13, 1944, Australian Winston Sydney Dimond, a navigator in 518 Squadron ...
- Take a peek on how it all began... - The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
Take a peek on how it all began...The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA - 13 minutes agoMarie Louise writes lovely poetry that will touch your heart, and her beautiful photography is in her books as well. Saw lots of old friends in Houston ...
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