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- Mushaira: Charting a new tradition - Saudi Gazette
Some people gather, and that is it. In this couplet, almost a century ago, Meer Taqi Meer, one of the legends of Urdu Poetry, was complaining about the changing state of Mushairas. At Meer’s time Mushairas were exclusive gatherings for literary ...
- Puerto Rican lit coming out tonight - New York Daily News
New York Daily NewsPuerto Rican lit coming out tonightNew York Daily News, NY - 33 minutes agoRice-González, who wrote a short story about a “macho kid from the Bronx” who has a crush on a friend, is only surprised that a book of this kind hasn’t ...
- 4th Quaid-e-Azam National Conference: Jinnah had the best voice ... - Daily Times
4th Quaid-e-Azam National Conference: Jinnah had the best voice ...Daily Times, Pakistan - 9 hours agoHe said that Jinnah’s wife, Rutti Jinnah, was also a poet and a major reason for their union was their unique taste for literature and poetry. ...
- Dick Martin, half of "Laugh-in" comedy team, dies - Seattle Times
Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it to me!" has died. He was 86 ...
- Would you like lyrics or laughter with that latte? - Chicago Tribune
Would you like lyrics or laughter with that latte?Chicago Tribune, United States - 3 hours agoFrom folk to rock, comedy to poetry, we've got it covered. For those under 21 looking for the house party that doesn't exist this weekend, there's Ashbary ...
- Guitar Hero star of Portsmouth Library's first Teen Game Night - Foster's Daily Democrat
Guitar Hero star of Portsmouth Library's first Teen Game NightFoster's Daily Democrat, NH - 1 hour ago"We also have a teen poetry workshop and a photography one." For more information about the Portsmouth Public Library Youth Services visit ...
- Notable deaths - Charlotte Observer
Notable deathsCharlotte Observer, NC - 3 hours agoGeorge Garrett, the author of more than 30 books of fiction, poetry, biography and criticism, including an acclaimed trilogy of historical novels set in ...
- We are not all like that: the monster bares its fangs - African Path
We are not all like that: the monster bares its fangsAfrican Path, MN - 23 minutes agoThe poetry of the Abahlali baseMjondolo tells the story of legalised state sponsored violence against the squatters better. Their story is indeed the story ...
- Get Ready for the Great Labor Arts Exchange - AFL-CIO
AFL-CIOGet Ready for the Great Labor Arts ExchangeAFL-CIO, DC - 34 minutes ago... the tree-lined campus of the National Labor College (NLC) in Silver Spring, Md., will reverberate with the sounds of music, poetry and creative chants ...
- Assessing Kay Ryan, our new poet laureate. - Slate
Assessing Kay Ryan, our new poet laureate.Slate - 7 hours agoRyan rejects the pained, stylized self-consciousness that characterizes so much contemporary poetry. Where many poets today are engaged in issues and ...
- From poetry assignment to national finalist - Yakima Herald Republic
BreAnna Jones visits the Capitol in Washington D.C. with her family before the Poetry Out Loud finals. Sitting in the computer lab last winter, 16-year-old BreAnna Jones, a sophomore at West Valley High School, indifferently searched through hundreds ...
- TV's 'Laugh-in' comic Dick Martin dies - Detroit News
LOS ANGELES -- Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it to me!" has died ...
- Dash, then splash at Lake Wylie race Saturday - Rock Hill Herald
Dash, then splash at Lake Wylie race SaturdayRock Hill Herald, SC - 3 hours agoTo register online, visit www.activezach.com. For registration forms, or for more details, visit www.lakewyliesc.com or call the chamber at (803) 831-2827. ...
- Insane Political Ad Must Be A Joke - Gawker
This campaign ad that's been making the rounds, for Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, is such a complete self-parody that it must be an intentional joke. From the John Wayne voice-over to the longtime lawyers' ridiculous cowboy outfits to the ...
- Stolen Bard Folio Is Retrieved After Brought to D.C. Library - Washington Post
Resize LONDON -- A 400-year-old volume of Shakespeare stolen in England a decade ago and valued $30 million has been recovered after a man walked into a library in Washington and asked to have it authenticated. Police in Durham, northeast England ...
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