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- A Glimpse of Pre-Quake Chengdu - NPR
A Glimpse of Pre-Quake ChengduNPR - 7 hours agoThe city has become a magnet for growth, pulling in people from farms and villages in Sichuan province with the lure of an easier and more exciting life. ...
- Moment of reflection - Worcester Telegram
Moment of reflectionWorcester Telegram, MA - 16 hours agoIn a neat confluence of Worcester arts, members of the Worcester County Poetry Association will hold an open reading at the Goddard House, with poems that ...
- Novel explores the ties that bind -- and life's surprises (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Cornelia Brown and her new husband, Teo, move from New York City to a pretty suburban neighborhood where they've imagined they'll have an ideal life. But as Cornelia meets her neighbors, she realizes she may never fit in with the other wives. Especially with Piper, who concerns herself with the state of Cornelia's yard and just happens to be the leader of the neighborhood clique.
- Robin Williams, Alexie Gilmore lead 'Dad' - Hollywood Reporter
Robin Williams, Alexie Gilmore lead 'Dad'Hollywood Reporter, United States - 46 minutes agoWilliams plays Lance, a high school poetry teacher who copes with his son's death from a freak masturbation accident by faking a suicide note to spare the ...
- WALTHAM FOREST: "Failing" school head slams Government (Wanstead and Woodford Guardian)
THE headteacher of a school ordered to improve its GCSE results has hit back, saying the Government has been sending "conflicting messages."
- PM's Speech To Montana NZ Book Awards (Scoop.co.nz)
Many thanks for the invitation once again to speak at this ceremony, and to present the top awards. Tonight we celebrate our writers – across genre – for the contribution they make to our literature and to our understanding of our nation and our world.
- Beth Amsel returns to Carbondale (The Aspen Times)
CARBONDALE Folk singer/songwriter Beth Amsel still holds Carbondale close to her heart.
- 'Plague of Doves' author Louise Erdrich coming to Portsmouth - Portsmouth Herald
After 13 novels, three volumes of poetry, children's books and even some non-fiction works, Louise Erdrich can spin complex narrative, vibrant characters and intricate plot into literary gold. In her new novel, "The Plague of Doves," Erdrich creates ...
- Marguerite McGlinn, 63, teacher and writer - Philadelphia Inquirer
Marguerite Mulligan McGlinn, 63, of Bryn Mawr, an English teacher and writer, died of pancreatic cancer at home Tuesday. Mrs. McGlinn, who formerly was chairwoman of the English department at Mount St. Joseph Academy for girls in Flourtown, gave up ...
- Teenager beaten to death in park was 'victim of happy slap attack' - Daily Mail
A teenager savagely battered to death in park is believed to have been the victim of a 'happy slap' attack on a mobile phone. Flicking through the autumn glossy fashion magazines, I noticed that some of the models did not look very well. A few of ...
- Novelist Glenn Patterson on playwright Stewart Parker - Guardian Unlimited
One of the most memorable nights I ever spent at the theatre - and one of the most memorable nights I ever spent in Belfast - was the opening of a revival of Stewart Parker's Northern Star. The play imagines Henry Joy McCracken's final hours of ...
- College News - Altavista
College NewsAltavista, VA - May 7, 2008The award, in memory of Professor Belle M. Hill, is given to a student who has demonstrated a high level of proficiency in creative poetry writing. ...
- Camano library sale an emotional, financial success - Lynnwood Enterprise
Camano library sale an emotional, financial successLynnwood Enterprise, WA - 9 hours agoHe cried and told one of the volunteers that he had never read poetry before and that this poem was just what he needed at this time of great sadness in his ...
- Bonnaroo 2008: Attendees endured show delays, hot weather and rain ... - Independent Florida Alligator
Bonnaroo 2008: Attendees endured show delays, hot weather and rain ...Independent Florida Alligator, FL - 7 hours agoAcademy Award winners Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová of The Swell Season invited fans on stage to read their personal poetry, while Hansard strummed his ...
- Doggerel Days - Washington City Paper
Doggerel DaysWashington City Paper, DC - 1 hour ago“There are a bunch of corny, brilliant, heartbreaking poems about dogs getting old and dying, which touches one one of the two great themes of poetry: Death ...
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