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- He's a bad poet, and everybody knows it (Winston-Salem Journal)
The vocabulary is poor and the rhyme excruciating, but a collector paid $12,840 yesterday for original works by William Topaz McGonagall, internationally celebrated as the worst poet to assault the English language.
- ASK MICK LASALLE, Chronicle Movie Critic - San Francisco Gate
Dear Mick LaSalle: What has become of Meg Ryan? So very popular and with so many movies during the 1990s, she seems to have disappeared completely. Kent Semper, Oakland Dear Kent Semper: Meg Ryan had the bad taste to turn 40 in 2001, and she ...
- Ise Lyfe - CNET Asia
Poised to become the next break out artist from the Bay Area, Ise Lyfe is one of the nation's premier spoken word artists and emcees. Ise's ability to rap about change and empowerment without being preachy or corny have landed him spots on Russell ...
- 24th Annual Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair Announces Featured Authors (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair -- the largest free outdoor literary event in the Midwest -- is expected to draw up to 100,000 book lovers again this year to the two-day showcase, set in Chicago's historic Printers Row neighborhood on June 7 and 8.
- Speaking up for eloquence - Arizona Daily Sun
May I offer a few words in defense of eloquence? You wouldn't think that eloquence is the sort of thing that needs defending, but it has taken some hits during the presidential primaries. Other sorts of speaking skills went pretty much uncriticized ...
- Programs help children explore Chinese roots - Enterprise
Sitting in a car, the black-haired girl with two pony tails ate fries from McDonalds and played with an "American Idol" toy. “Let’s do some Chinese reading today, Margo,” said her mother, Becky Butler. Upon hearing the plan, Margo was excited ...
- June 20, 2008 (The Barnstable Patriot)
Perhaps the country’s most important friendship, as well as her greatest love story, involve the same unlikely individual – John Adams. Adams’s friendship with Thomas Jefferson was legendary. Adams was a lawyer/gentleman farmer from Braintree, struggling to make ends meet.
- The real Boris Johnson: is there any such thing as a Libertarian ... - Daily Telegraph Blogs
To the general disappointment of Labour, Boris Johnson has not shown any real signs of weakness, although the campaigning journalism that got Ken into such hot water over the last year, threatens to swamp his own team in controversy after a mere two ...
- Anderson County Library plans new programs for teens (Anderson Independent-Mail)
Youths ages 12-18 to enjoy video games, a wide-screen TV and special programs with new initiative.
- LE graduate publishes book of poetry - Circleville Herald
LE graduate publishes book of poetryCircleville Herald, OH - 30 minutes agoFaulkner, a mechanic for the US Postal Service, said people are often shocked when they hear he has written a book of poetry, because they don't expect a ...
- Java, poetry and all that jazz - FayObserver.com
Java, poetry and all that jazzFayObserver.com, NC - 22 minutes agoThe two opened Java Bean Gourmet Coffee House last month with a packed house grand opening, complete with live jazz music and poetry readings. ...
- Nova Scotia leads Clipper fleet into Halifax - Sail World
Sail WorldNova Scotia leads Clipper fleet into HalifaxSail World, Australia - 2 hours agoThere is poetry in returning to the land of your forefathers by the same means that they did—by sea. We are certain that everyone onboard Nova Scotia, ...
- Remembering the brave helpers (The Sentinel)
Never forget. If there’s anything to learn, it’s never forget.
- SHARP TEETH - WeeklyDig.com
WeeklyDig.comSHARP TEETHWeeklyDig.com - 2 hours agoDo you think epic poetry is making a comeback? I hope some form of the written word makes a comeback. Books are trying to fight for attention against other ...
- VIDEO: Seeds of learning planted at needy schools (MPNnow.com)
School kids from all over Monroe County are donating their used school supplies to city schools, thanks to the Greenseed program.
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