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- UK writers protest 42-day detention plan (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
British writers have come out against new anti-terrorism legislation, protesting a proposal allowing police to hold suspects without charge for up to 42 days.
- Just the beginning (Milton Ulladulla Times)
IT seemed like there was so much to do over the weekend - and there was - but it was just a taste of things to come as far as the Escape artFEST is concerned.
- How and Where to Blow Your Cash - East Bay Express
Print-media reading might be on its last legs elsewhere in America, but curling up with a good book or magazine will never go out of style around here. Bookshops don't get more eclectic, eccentric, and egalitarian than Book Zoo (6395 Telegraph Ave ...
- Dierkes: Blog = secret, public, confession competition - TheJambar.com (subscription)
Dierkes: Blog = secret, public, confession competitionTheJambar.com (subscription), OH - 6 hours agoA disproportionately large number will use some odd combination of bad poetry, pictures of cats and conspiracy theories to spice up what is otherwise a ...
- Esquire fiction editor L. Rust Hills dies - San Francisco Chronicle
Esquire fiction editor L. Rust Hills diesSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 2 hours ago"In density of language, in multiple use of the sound and sense of words, the short story is comparable to lyric poetry." An early marriage and a second ...
- Young Western Saharan refugees build for the future in Cuba - Caribbean Net News
Young Western Saharan refugees build for the future in CubaCaribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 8 hours agoHafdala, whose particular loves are the theatre and writing poetry and short stories, has also won several awards in national environmental contests. ...
- 10 things to do this week (The News Journal)
"Iron Man" on DVD, poetry in Middletown and Biden vs. Palin on TV
- 'Killing, for me . . . has never been difficult' - San Jose Mercury News
'Killing, for me . . . has never been difficult'San Jose Mercury News, USA - 3 hours agoThese days, the 60-year-old might come across more as a cerebral rancher, with his cowboy walk, dusty reading glasses and penchant for the poetry of Lord ...
- By Eliot Schickler (Westport News)
Jason Zins sparkled on the lacrosse field and in the classroom. A senior quad-captain at Staples High before graduating last month, he was one of its top offensive players and he earned a few awards in recognition for his academic excellence.
- Legendary poet Ahmed Faraz passes away - Pakistan Times
Legendary poet Ahmed Faraz passes awayPakistan Times, Pakistan - Aug 26, 2008Via a condolence message, transmitted to Shibli Faraz, the son of the illustrious scholar, Rao said on Monday that in the death of Ahmed Faraz, Pakistan has ...
- A cat called Felix - Felix Dennis interview - Scotsman
A cat called Felix - Felix Dennis interviewScotsman, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoOne poem in the new collection, We are different when we are alone, suggests a dark side, when “the werewolf of self is looseâ€. ...
- Bad 'M', good 'M', changing 'M' - Times of India
Bad 'M', good 'M', changing 'M'Times of India, India - 19 minutes agoWith 'business' being spat out as quickly as possible lest it taint a tongue accustomed only to the ring of poetry. This has begun to change in recent years ...
- Pakistani protest music: alive and well in times of turmoil - Guardian Unlimited
"Relax, leave everything in Allah's hands, Allah is your guardian," croons Pakistani pop star Shehzad Roy in his latest video, Laga Reh (Keep It Up), while a large crowd collectively turn their heads skyward in anticipation. It is sung, of course ...
- God in the Fun Machine - New Yorker
New YorkerGod in the Fun MachineNew Yorker, United States - 1 hour agoHer terse scenes are studded with startling nuggets of lyricism, and her writing commands a special kind of imaginative attention: full of clarity, poetry, ...
- Author’s slavery lecture - Liverpool Echo
Author’s slavery lectureLiverpool Echo, UK - 2 hours agoLemn Sissay, known for performances of his poetry with jazz fusion groups, will speak at the event at Liverpool town hall at 6pm. The remembrance day will ...
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