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- Rochester International Jazz Festival enjoys eclectic opening - Democrat and Chronicle
Jazz fans, "jazz friends," people-watchers and the just plain curious helped write the opening stanzas of this year's Rochester International Jazz Festival. An hour beforehand, the line already was getting long for the 6 p.m. show at Kilbourn Hall ...
- June 19 in History - Viet Nam News
June 19 in HistoryViet Nam News, Vietnam - 18 hours agoBirth of Luu Trong Lu (died 1991), Vietnamese poet; He was one of the pioneers of the Tho Moi (New Poetry) movement early last century. ...
- Michael Standen: Novelist and poet (Independent)
Michael Standen was an integral part of the literary scene of the North East, as novelist, poet, co-editor of the journal Other Poetry, an organiser of the invaluable Colpitts Poetry readings, and much else besides.
- Happy Holidays - Morris Daily Herald
Happy HolidaysMorris Daily Herald, IL - 2 hours agoI wallpapered my room with their photographs from Tiger Beat and other teen magazines. If that isn't enough excitement for the week; the Aug. 7 through Aug. ...
- OF MEN AND THEIR MOTHERS - New York Times
OF MEN AND THEIR MOTHERSNew York Times, United States - 3 hours agoShe struggles to take care of her teenage son, Tommy, and his girlfriend, September, who has decided to drop out of high school to write poetry — and has ...
- 'This side of paradise' - Pasadena Weekly
'This side of paradise'Pasadena Weekly, CA - 4 hours agoAfrican Americans were once not allowed on many local beaches. Of course, with beaches there’s cheesecake and, with the legacy of Muscle Beach, ...
- Writer Ha Jin says he wants to visit native China but is frustrated by censorship (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Award-winning author Ha Jin says he wants to visit his native China after being away for 23 years but is discouraged by the Communist government's censorship of his books.
- Former Oakland Municipal Court judge Courtland 'Don' Arne dies at age ... - Oakland Tribune
Although former Oakland Municipal Judge Courtland Donald Arne was a man in public office, to friends and family he was more than a judge. He was a renaissance man, best known as Don, who loved travel, poetry and music. "In the evening when I would ...
- Judging the Samuel Johnson Prize 2008 - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukJudging the Samuel Johnson Prize 2008Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 5 hours agoOrlando Figes's The Whisperers draws on letters, memoirs and conversations to depict personal life in Stalin's Russia. Hannah Rothschild said: "It's a book ...
- Spanish bookstore in Port Chester encourages immigrants to read (The Journal News)
Many people who wander into Paula Farrier's Spanish bookstore have never read a book before. "I recommend something easy, and they keep coming back," Farrier said. "They say, 'Paula, I'm almost done with my book!'
- First justice. Next, truth. Only then is reconciliation possible - Guardian Unlimited
Let's admit it, Radovan Karadzic is different. He looks different to all of them – the stocky, greasy politicians, the pudgy unshaved generals, the foxy-eyed common criminals or taxi drivers-turned secret policemen we associate with the Balkans ...
- Listening to Global Voices - NHPR
listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf). Our main goal on Word of Mouth is to try to find the stories that you may not get to hear anywhere else – to capture and curate the bits of information that zip around the Internet every day ...
- Your Town: Del Monte Beach advisory ends (The Monterey County Herald)
MONTEREY Del Monte Beach advisory ends Abeach advisory posted July 1 at Del Monte Beach has been lifted. The advisory was posted after elevated levels of bacteria were measured in the water on Monday.
- Scopes Trial story retold in poetry form - Baton Rouge Advocate
The nation’s attention was focused on a tiny town in the hills of Tennessee 83 years ago this summer. There, in the hamlet of Dayton, the forces of science and religion met in a mighty confrontation that became know as the Scopes Monkey Trial. Or ...
- “Montana Ghost Towns and Gold Camps” by Bill Whitfield - New West
“Montana Ghost Towns and Gold Camps” by Bill WhitfieldNew West, MT - 6 hours agoWe stopped at the Black Hills area of South Dakota on the way and found some former mining camps on the map. We camped at these ghost towns. ...
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