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- Obituaries in the news - Salon
MUNNSVILLE, N.Y.(AP)  Hayden Carruth, an award-winning poet who wrote about the people and places of northern Vermont, died Monday. He was 87. Carruth, who lived in Vermont in the 1960s and 70s, died at his home in Munnsville, N.Y. after suffering ...
- Doris L. Low, 88, research geologist and classical singer - Boston Globe
The youngest child and only daughter of a Brockton family of musicians, artists, and engineers, Doris L. Low, who was born in Denver in 1920, had aspirations, too, starting with college. By 1938, however, her family could only afford the tuition of a ...
- An uneasy calm in a key Georgia city - MSNBC
GORI, Georgia - Under a statue of Josef Stalin, the best-known product of this city, a Russian and a Georgian were discussing the war. The Georgian was wearing a T-shirt and track pants. The Russian was in uniform, holding an AK-47. The Georgian ...
- Review: 'Bonesetter's Daughter' is breathtaking, but lacking (Contra Costa Times)
"The Bonesetter's Daughter" is a cross-cultural spectacle and big-time San Francisco event. But...
- Dolly parade will be on May next year (The Mountain Press)
PIGEON FORGE - The rain poured during the 2008 Dolly Parade, but that didn't stop thousands of tourists and locals from coming out to see the event's leading lady, Dolly Parton.
- David Archuleta's 'Crush' is surprisingly good! - Popwatch
I was not a huge fan of David Archuleta during his tenure on American Idol 's seventh season. Sure, as Randy Jackson reminded us (over and over and over), the kid could "sing the phone book," but frankly, a weekly rundown of surnames and seven-digit ...
- Click image to enlarge - McKinney Courier-Gazette
MCKINNEY - Victoria Jackson's first big break was on the Tonight Show when she did handstands and recited poetry in additional to her stand-up routine. A generation later, Jackson comes to town for a gig at the McKinney Performing Arts Center where ...
- Library of Congress's National Book Festival Attracts More Than 120,000 Book Lovers to the National Mall (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
More than 120,000 book lovers gathered today on the National Mall for the eighth annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by Mrs. Laura Bush. Festival-goers were entertained by their favorite authors, illustrators and poets as they celebrated creativity and imagination among the favorite standing-room-only pavilions including the Let's Read ...
- Williams Freshmen Encouraged to Do Something They Love - iBerkshires.com
iBerkshires.comWilliams Freshmen Encouraged to Do Something They LoveiBerkshires.com, MA - 1 hour agothe slam poetry champion said to the class of 2012 at Williams College on Saturday as she described her own experiences in trying to find her way through ...
- Day three scores from National Poetry Slam 2008 in Madison (Isthmus)
Dozens of teams competed the final night of National Poetry Slam qualifying bouts on Thursday for a shot to move on to the semifinal round. With several teams already all but assured of a spot after their performances earlier in the week, the competition was fierce for a shot at making it into one of the 20 open spots.
- In the name of the mother - National Catholic Reporter
In the name of the motherNational Catholic Reporter, Missouri - 21 minutes agoWithin this realm some artists stand out: in music, composer Arvo Pärt. In poetry, Rainer Maria Rilke and Gerard Manley Hopkins. In Craighead’s work in the ...
- AP Entertainment NewsBrief at 9:39 am EDT - TMCnet
AP Entertainment NewsBrief at 9:39 am EDTTMCnet - 7 hours agoPalestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) _ Mahmoud Darwish, a Palestinian cultural icon whose poetry eloquently told of his ...
- Poet laureate invites public to reception, reading this Sunday - Abington Mariner
Always on the lookout for opportunities to use poetry to bring people together, North Andover’s new poet laureate Gayle Heney has turned her upcoming reception into a public poetry reading.  The free reception this Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Stevens ...
- Born to perform (Canon City Daily Record)
Music is a way to soothe her when she is troubled. She has been interested in music since she was 9 years old, immersing herself in it. “I decided to sing in the talent show in elementary school,†said 22-year-old Julie McKissack.
- Fierly, fearless and funny - Beeld
Poet Napo Masheane turns pain, both personal and public, into art and makes people think as they laugh, cry and cringe. Pulse caught up with this warrior wordsmith on the heels of Women’s Day Napo Masheane – respected poet, playwright, producer ...
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