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- Truth in Obama’s advertising? Sure, say the 'fact-checkers' (World Tribune)
The following are excerpts from an article for Accuracy in Media. What happens when the “fact-checkers” don’t check facts and the “watchdogs” don’t watch?
- The A-list - The Villager
The A-listThe Villager, NY - 2 hours ago... Parker’s death, and mulitple high-energy concerts. A day-long street fest on August 29 features a free block party, artist flea market, poetry open mic ...
- We don't need a Poet Laureate - guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.ukWe don't need a Poet Laureateguardian.co.uk, UK - 35 minutes agoI don't like the New Labour poetry-is-good-for-you ethos, either. Yet the Laureateship does represent a chance to do something for an artform that is ...
- Great British Watercolors - Wall Street Journal
An English friend maintains that the British are not a visual people. "We like words," he says, "and gardens. That's why all those British conceptual artists who do things with trees and rocks are so popular. But what we're really good at is language ...
- 'Slam' provides local storytellers a creative outlet (The Oklahoman)
Friday afternoon, I learned about a form of comic relief that likely will appeal to office workers. It's an offshoot of the Arts Council of Oklahoma's Wintertales storytelling program and modeled after PoetrySlam, where budding poets get to share with an audience verses they've penned. OKC StorySlam does the same thing, except in storytelling form, and each month focuses on a different theme. ...
- Bring poetry to the streets - Mustang Daily
Bring poetry to the streetsMustang Daily, CA - 3 hours agoAnthem, Cal Poly's annual poetry slam competition, returns tonight for another year of toe-tapping, grooving poetry exploring racial, sexual, ...
- Big love (phillyburbs.com)
Consider the challenge of the planners of Sunoco Welcome America!, the mega-celebration marking Philadelphia's annual commemoration of Independence Day that runs Saturday through July 6.
- Thursdays at the Library to present award-winning author - Macon County News
Thursdays at the Library to present award-winning authorMacon County News, NC - 44 minutes agoHe has published nine volumes of poetry and has published poems in many magazines. His book “Boone” is the 2008 Together We Read selection. ...
- McKinney News Briefs and Calendar (McKinney Courier-Gazette)
News and events from McKinney and environs. The McKinney Public Library System now offers access to the Auto Repair Reference Center from EBSCO Publishing.
- Scott Wannberg Thanks for the Poetry - Santa Monica Mirror
Santa Monica MirrorScott Wannberg Thanks for the PoetrySanta Monica Mirror, CA - 1 hour agoScott Wannberg has been writing and performing his free-ranging, often hilarious, poetry, for 30 years, at Beyond Baroque and other venues, while working as ...
- Students' Work Helps Ex-Slaves - Hartford Courant
SIMSBURY — - Lots of elementary school students have written book reports; students at Tariffville Elementary School have written books. The colorful, laminated volumes, 122 in all, run the literary gamut from poetry to fantasy fiction to humor to ...
- Jack White and Alicia Keys Team for Quantum of Solace Theme Song - FOXBusiness
Jack White and Alicia Keys Team for Quantum of Solace Theme SongFOXBusiness - 1 hour agoA love of early delta blues inspired him to take a minimalist approach to the music, one which included a simple drumming style by Meg as well as a red, ...
- 'Tenured radical' tries to revive professors group - USA Today
'Tenured radical' tries to revive professors groupUSA Today - 4 hours ago"It's like poetry, isn't it?" Benjamin said, comparing Nelson's AAUP and scholarly work. "You have to have creativity and you have to have discipline. ...
- José Garcia Villa’s poetry now part of Penguin Classics - Global Nation
PLAYING WITH SHADOW and spark, the book’s cover exemplifies the multifarious nature of its author, the poet José Garcia Villa. Tipped one way, the cover shows a young Villa’s profile; tipped another way, the words “dove,” “eagle” and ...
- Irondequoit's Sal Parlato Jr. is in the Author Spotlight - Democrat and Chronicle
Sal Parlato Jr : Irondequoit resident is retired from teaching English as a Second Language in the Greece schools. Most recent work : Having a Bad Hear Day: Poetry and Verse for the Hearing-Repaired (FootHills, $14). Synopsis : A serio-comic, 50-page ...
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