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- Lifelong obsession with an old favourite - The Age
Lifelong obsession with an old favouriteThe Age, Australia - 4 hours ago... The Love of the Last Tycoon, in 1994. With Jackson Bryer, he collected scraps of writing from Fitzgerald's time at Princeton University — poems, ...
- Teacher was friend, mentor to many - Wausau Daily Herald
Teacher was friend, mentor to manyWausau Daily Herald, WI - 3 hours agoHe even traveled to Rochester, Minn., to help teach a poetry unit with his daughter, Nancy Lehman said. Lehman struggled with heart disease and had his ...
- Former AP Haiti correspondent Michael Norton dies - Associated Press
Michael Norton (AP) -- who spent nearly two decades covering Haiti's coups, rebellions and disasters for The Associated Press - died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He was 66. Norton chronicled the turmoil that followed former dictator Jean ...
- Humphrey paved way for modern Democratic Party - Toledo Blade
MINNEAPOLIS - If you have an eye for these things, you might have noticed that Sen. Barack Obama is going to deliver his acceptance speech in a football stadium Aug. 28. The last man to deliver an acceptance speech in a stadium was John F. Kennedy ...
- Susie Ibarra (All About Jazz)
Percussionist Susie Ibarra is an artist whose compendium of work is defined by an exquisitely global essence. It includes a profound respect for indigenous people and their music, coupled with a cutting edge sense of the avant-garde.
- Reason and intellect: Christianity's friends (WorldNetDaily)
As a former skeptic, I have a particular interest in Christian apologetics: the defense of the Christian faith. I've read and recommended many excellent books on the subject but want to call your special attention to one I've most recently read because of the uniqueness of its approach and content.
- In 'My Sister, My Love,' Oates fictionalizes JonBenet Ramsey (Boulder Daily Camera)
"My Sister, My Love" (Ecco. 562 pages. $25.95), by Joyce Carol Oates. Some of Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest.
- The 'It' List: A guide to trendier living (The News-Press)
• Watch it: "N." The latest Stephen King miniseries? Not on TV.
- Just Asking … Amy Tan (The Kansas City Star)
Next month the San Francisco Opera presents the world premiere of “The Bonesetter’s Daughter,” based on the 2001 novel by Amy Tan, whose other books include The Joy Luck Club and The Kitchen God’s Wife. Tan wrote the opera’s libretto, her first. The music was composed by Stewart Wallace.
- 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 ...
- Music, folk tales mark Juneteenth in Leesburg (Orlando Sentinel)
When the Southern slaves were freed, historical accounts say they danced and sang in the streets.
- Poetry dedication (Odessa American)
In remembrance of the deaths of police corporals Arlie Jones, Abel Marquez and Scott Gardner, the Permian Basin Poetry Society has put together an anthology called "Oil and Water."
- Dargerism and Robyn O'Neil: A Q&A, part three - Arts Journal
On Tuesday I started a Q&A with Robyn O'Neil, who is included in the American Folk Art Museum show Dargerism : Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger. We're talking about influence and how the work of other artists finds its way into O'Neil's work ...
- Learning a foreign language integral to future success - Independent Florida Alligator
Learning a foreign language integral to future successIndependent Florida Alligator, FL - 5 hours agoLearning another language isn’t just about being able to pick up chicks by reciting romantic Italian poetry. It’s about being able to communicate in the ...
- Chris Craddock and Nathan Cuckow, in 'Bash'd.' (David Morgan) - amNewYork
amNewYorkChris Craddock and Nathan Cuckow, in 'Bash'd.' (David Morgan)amNewYork, New York - 10 hours agoIt is told through rap, poetry and spoken word. When the hour-long piece begins, without the aid of props or a set, Craddock and Cuckow immediately engage ...
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