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- Former resident to sign new Christian novel (The Walton Tribune I Monroe)
MONROE — When June Anderson was growing up in Walton County, she never thought she might return one day as a published author. Yet Anderson will be coming home this Saturday to sign copies of her new book, “To Catch a Fallen Star,†from 10 a.m. to noon at Christian Art and Book Shop in Monroe.
- George Carlin: An Appreciation - Cleveland Plain Dealer
The first reactions varied Monday when people learned of comedian George Carlin's death: "George Carlin, really?" "How old was he?" "Oh, man, too bad." But the second reactions were all the same. Like a proud aunt naming her nieces and nephews, folks ...
- Word on the street - Times Education Supplement
Pupils say the funniest things, especially in English lessons.... Is English spelling too hard for children to learn? Not according to the English teachers posting on our forums who were sceptical of a recent study by Masha Bell, a literacy ...
- Teen reads as sight slips away (Abilene Reporter-News)
HALTOM CITY -- DeMarcus Jackson pulls a thick hardcover book from a shelf at the North Oaks Middle School library and flips through it with a sense of urgency.
- Heat turned on Blackett - Nation News
Nation NewsHeat turned on BlackettNation News, Barbados - 8 minutes agoBrathwaite, professor of history and literature and winner of the world's poetry prize more than a dozen years ago, said he had "problems with the ...
- Afghan poet's tomb calls to lovelorn (Toronto Star)
A lady who died for love is perhaps not the best patron saint for romance. I'm just saying. Yet Afghan girls of nubile age keep coming to her austere tomb here and pouring out their hearts, so often yearning for what has been forbidden.
- Obama has long backed faith charities - Chicago Tribune
As a state senator from the South Side, Barack Obama once arranged for a $200,000 state grant to jump-start an urban venture capital fund for a non-profit group run by Rev. Jesse Jackson. The grant was the very sort of faith-based initiative now at ...
- What's hot, what's not - Post-Star
I'm usually not a huge fan of tattoos. What could I possibly want etched permanently into my body that I won't grow blase about and regret some years down the road? A lover's name? That'll pretty much guarantee a break-up. One of those bad-ass tribal ...
- Poetry students take flight in Houston (The Terrell Tribune)
Poetry Community Christian School fifth graders really took off this year when they placed first in the Southwest Airlines “Adopt-a-Pilot Career Takeoff†national contest.
- Parkway regional calendar (Roslindale Transcript)
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- Love literature as famous authors visit Haringey - Haringey Independent
Famous local authors will be taking part in this year's reading events across Haringey. As part of National Year of Reading, poets, writers and artists will be visiting Haringey libraries throughout June and July. Kathryn Simmonds, tipped as one of ...
- Where love is in the air - Ha'aretz
Where love is in the airHa'aretz, Israel - 42 minutes agoAll of the music is based on heart-rending texts, piyutim, moving between pure poetry and an unbridled shout for joy or cry of pain. ...
- So, you want to be a writer? - International Herald Tribune
So, you want to be a writer?International Herald Tribune, France - 18 minutes agoDon't forget poetry. Why? Because it's good to go where words are worshipped, and essential to remember that you are not a poet. ...
- Culture Calendar (The Wheaton Sun)
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- DUI Series: Nine-year sentence is not long enough (York Daily Record)
Maria Rivero has a black bow fastened to the front door of her home on Lincoln Street in York and, inside, her walls are adorned with photographs of her and her husband, Inocente Yanez-Sanchez.
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