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- AP Top News at 10:41 p.m. EDT (The Washington Times)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ Before a crowd of cheering thousands, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois laid claim to the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night, taking a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the nation's first black president. Hillary Rodham Clinton maneuvered for the vice presidential spot on his fall ticket without conceding her own defeat. "America, this is ...
- Phil W. Cauley - Staunton News Leader
Phil W. CauleyStaunton News Leader, VA - 6 hours agoHe also was an avid reader, especially fond of the poetry of Robert Browning and Robert Service. He was a longtime member of Bethany Presbyterian Church in ...
- Franklin Middle School 2nd in national contest - Green Bay Press-Gazette
Students at Franklin Middle School in Green Bay took second place Tuesday in a nationwide competition designed to raise awareness and support for cancer survivors. More than 200 schools submitted projects in the "LIVESTRONG at School" challenge as ...
- Book Art of the Year on View at The Danish Museum of Art and Design - Art Daily
Book Art of the Year on View at The Danish Museum of Art and DesignArt Daily - 2 minutes agoHe painted his entire life, illustrated several books of children's stories and poetry, designed textiles for LF Foght and was one of the founders of the ...
- Prominent Durham poet dies suddenly at his home, aged 70 - Journal Live
Prominent Durham poet dies suddenly at his home, aged 70Journal Live, UK - 27 minutes agoThey had a bond through poetry but also discovered they had attended the same Nottingham secondary school. Last year Michael celebrated his 70th birthday ...
- In the act - Orlando Sentinel
No serious writer in America works with a lighter touch than Robert Olen Butler. That sure hand, guided by a potent creative intelligence, saves books like Tabloid Dreams (1996), inspired by supermarket weekly headlines, from mere whimsy. Butler ...
- Thomas M. Disch | Praised sci-fi author, 68 - Philadelphia Daily News
Thomas M. Disch, 68, who has been called one of the most important science-fiction writers of his generation, died Saturday in New York. Friends said Mr. Disch was found dead in his apartment. He had shot himself in the head, according to the New ...
- Elsie von Maur, driving force of Quad-City symphony, dies at 106 - Quad City Times
Elsie von Maur, driving force of Quad-City symphony, dies at 106Quad City Times, IA - 17 minutes ago“She would write the poetry, and I would write the limericks,” he said. “We would chuckle and enjoy each other’s writings.” Von Maur was a fierce advocate ...
- 'Vintage Black Cinema' Movie Poster Stamps Highlight African ... - MarketWatch
'Vintage Black Cinema' Movie Poster Stamps Highlight African ...MarketWatch - 4 hours agoAt the turn of the 20th century, he was one of the most widely read American poets and one of the first popular African-American writers. ...
- Fionnuala Halligan in London - Screendaily.com (subscription)
Fionnuala Halligan in LondonScreendaily.com (subscription), UK - Jun 18, 2008The Edge of Love is based loosely around the real-life relationship between Dylan Thomas (Matthew Rhys), Caitlin, his childhood friend and lover Vera ...
- Chicago Weather - Hartford Courant
By Katie Peterson A Phone Call to the Future: New and Selected Poems By Mary Jo Salter Knopf, 222 pages, $26.95 'A Phone Call to the Future" combines selections from five earlier books and a generous helping of new works by Formalist poet Mary Jo ...
- Auditory woes dampen play's spell - News-Leader.com
Auditory woes dampen play's spellNews-Leader.com, MO - 10 hours agoDespite the actors' skill and exuberance, the plot and poetry of the timeless romantic comedy were frequently obscured by unpredictable area microphones ...
- Will Farrell make John Fante famous? (March 2006) - MSNBC
If you never read or even heard of John Fante don’t fret: you’re far from alone. If you’re lucky one of his books will somehow find its way to you, which is exactly what happened to me. My friend J lent me his copy of “Ask the Dust” a few ...
- How I discovered that I had a wonderful father - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukHow I discovered that I had a wonderful fatherTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 49 minutes agoBecause while I always loved him - and believe he loved me - that love was overshadowed by the intensity of my relationship with my mother. ...
- 'Port Authority,' by Conor McPherson, celebrates what might have been - Jam! Showbiz
Recollections of regret are the soul of "Port Authority," a series of three superb, interlocking monologues by Conor McPherson that offers ample evidence why the Irish playwright is one of the finest writers for the stage today. At off-Broadway's ...
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