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- Weekend book reviews - International Herald Tribune
White Heat The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. By Brenda Wineapple. 416 pages. $27.95. Alfred A. Knopf. "Dare you see a Soul at the 'White Heat'?" was the unnerving question put by Emily Dickinson in one of the poems she ...
- NRI poetess Sujata Bhatt short-listed for Poetry Prize (Outlook India)
Popular NRI poetess Sujata Bhatt and five others were today short-listed for Britain's most valuable poetry prize. The 52-year-old Ahmedabad born writer has been chosen for the 10,000-pound Forward Prize for her collection 'Pure Lizard'.
- 2 summer wonders: Winning hot-weather limericks revealed - Arizona Republic
2 summer wonders: Winning hot-weather limericks revealedArizona Republic, AZ - 4 hours agoAnd his famous hot-weather poetry contest has been the inspiration for this much-more-low-brow limerick contest. One disclaimer: If you don't like today's ...
- Express Lane: Kids’ book sings; What, you worry? (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Kids’ book singsDionne Warwick, she of sweet voice, now adds a sweet children’s book to her résumé. Warwick and her co-authors used one of her many No. 1 hits as the title of her first children’s book. “Say a Littl...
- New reading garden brightens up Plumb Library - South Coast Today
New reading garden brightens up Plumb LibrarySouth Coast Today, MA - 1 hour agoReading gardens can provide fun activities and enhance a child's exposure to books, songs and poetry, as well as help children visually discriminate ...
- Green Fuse Community Press stresses poetry’s universal appeal ... - ReporterHerald.com
Green Fuse Community Press stresses poetry’s universal appeal ...ReporterHerald.com, CO - 1 hour agoGreen Fuse also is committed to opening people’s eyes to poetry and proving that its appeal is universal. “I remind people that they are already in love ...
- Sometimes, the obvious needs to be restated - New Straits Times
Sometimes, the obvious needs to be restatedNew Straits Times, Malaysia - 37 minutes agoThey would have called it elitist; a Harvard man quoting ancient Greek poetry. But even they would not be able to deny the effect that it had. ...
- "Apologies Forthcoming": Haunting Echoes of the Days When a Country Went Mad (PR.com)
A book of gripping, realistic fiction that fills a major void in English literature dealing with China's Cultural Revolution. [PR.com - July 04, 2008]
- Study: Social networks may subvert 'digital divide' (CNET)
New research suggests that social-networking sites build valuable technological and communication skills, and that low-income students are picking up those skills too.
- Report examines Taliban media - Boston Globe
KABUL, Afghanistan - The Taliban have created a sophisticated media network to undermine support for the Afghan government, sending threats by text message and spreading the militia's views through songs available as ring tones, according to a report ...
- Poetry Reading (Seattle Weekly)
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- A prestigious honor all her own (The Reporter)
With only a few weeks left in the school year, Browns Valley Elementary School fifth-grader Stephanie Wilkie still is accumulating awards. The latest is a prestigious honor granted to only one student in each state. In the past year, Wilkie has won the Kid Fest art and essay contest for the 10-12 age division, won first place in The Reporter's Campus Star newswriting category as well as an
- "The Silence Before Bach": captivating interludes inspired by Bach (Seattle Times)
Movie review: "The Silence Before Bach" is a challenging yet beautiful series of vignettes blending enigmatic drama and visual poetry into non-narrative sequences that explore the mystical influence of composer J.S. Bach.
- Nico Muhly looks for that radical sound (Los Angeles Times)
The composer's young career shows an adventurous streak, including stints with Philip Glass and Björk. His newest is 'Mothertongue.' THE FIRST vocal lines of young composer Nico Muhly’s new album, "Mothertongue," consist of a seemingly arbitrary list of numbers and addresses. Sung by mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer over aching strings and a distorted sub-bass synthesizer, the arrangement feels ...
- Old 97’s bassist solo effort is not your typical church music - Fort Worth Star Telegram
Old 97’s bassist solo effort is not your typical church musicFort Worth Star Telegram, TX - 9 hours agoIt’s unstuck in time, a free-floating amalgam of cowboy poetry, rail-riding truth-seekers and peculiar, gospel-inspired imagery that catches in the corners ...
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