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- A paper cut would be a good thing - Ann Arbor News Blog
If there is one roadblock keeping me from a happy and serene life, it is paper. Not newspapers or magazines. We are a family of newspaper junkies, as evidenced once by the stack to the ceiling my son had in his dorm room at U-M. Susan Treutler I saw ...
- Orange Winner Dies, Still Engrossed in Her Books, at 68 - Buzzle
Orange Winner Dies, Still Engrossed in Her Books, at 68Buzzle, CA - 1 hour agoShe wrote poetry, literary criticism and biography, but found her medium when her first novel, Small Ceremonies, was published in 1976. ...
- To breed or not to breed - Salon
June 27, 2008 | Hearty and overstuffed, "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" arrives at bookstores this summer well-positioned to step into the niche pioneered by "Cold Mountain": the chewy yet suspenseful literary bestseller with a taproot in the classics ...
- Nepali folks in Baltimore mesmerised by Poetry Festival-2008 (Nepalnews. com)
Nepalis living in Baltimore city of United States of America got a much needed break from their usual monotony last Thursday as they attended a Nepali Poetry Festival -2008 where they were mesmerised by some fine Nepali verses.
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at 89 - BBC News
He spent the next eight years in the Soviet prison system, or Gulag, before being internally exiled to Kazakhstan, where he was successfully treated for stomach cancer. Publication in 1962 of the novella Denisovich, an account of a day in a Gulag ...
- Culture Calendar - Batavia Sun
Wings Student Gallery: Two student photography exhibits through Aug. 24: "Point of You 2008" includes work presented by the nine photographers. "Point of View - West Chicago" documents the community and residents of West Chicago. Closing reception at ...
- Gay Marriage Recycles Bad Idea - Town Hall
Advocates for same-sex marriage should feel embarrassed by current efforts to recycle the three most discredited ideas of the “Free Love” Revolution of the 1960’s. Most Americans look back at the radical notions of that rebellious and drug ...
- Spoken in slam: Poet brings swagger to SHS (Stamford Advocate)
STAMFORD - The students had the words, but Mahogany Browne helped them find their voices. Browne, slam curator from the New York City-based Nuyorican Poets Cafe, worked with Stamford High School students during a two-hour poetry slam workshop after school Thursday.
- Vandals chose road that led to verse (The Tuscaloosa News)
Call it poetic justice: More than two dozen young people who broke into Robert Frost's former home for a beer party and trashed the place are being required to take classes in his poetry as part of their punishment.
- Study: Social networks may subvert 'digital divide' - CNET News
Study: Social networks may subvert 'digital divide'CNET News, CA - 12 hours ago"They're also sharing creative original work like poetry and film and practicing safe and responsible use of information and technology." As an added bonus, ...
- 'Wit' makes deadly affair liberating, joyous - The News-Press
'Wit' makes deadly affair liberating, joyousThe News-Press, FL - 10 hours agoFirst-time playwright Margaret Edson has crafted a comedy-drama that's part social critique, part poetry class and part life lesson. ...
- The Buffalo News : Entertainment - Buffalo News
The Buffalo News : EntertainmentBuffalo News, United States - 4 hours agoBut in concert, the songs aimed straight for the heart, Dylan’s lovely rasp intoning his own brand of poetry to often sublime effect. ...
- Calendar Girls picks and clicks for June 7-13 (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
Who could forget "The Crocodile's Toothache"? The toothy reptile sobbing in the dentist's chair as the helpful doc asks, "Why does it hurt and where?"
- Local author seeks to help others find purpose in life (Lake Houston Sentinel)
Vanessa Barnes remembers many years ago when, while sitting with her coworkers at lunch discussing dreams and aspirations, she casually mentioned her desire to write a book some day.
- Where for arts now? - Telegraph.co.uk
Where for arts now?Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 59 minutes ago“We have a very big-scale project developing in the realm of poetry, and it’s very much a part of our objectives to encourage people to get out there and ...
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