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- Read: Get your fill of Roald Dahl (The New Straits Times)
“YOU have to keep your bottom on the chair and stick it out,” Roald Dahl said about his work routine, three years before he died in 1990.
- Former US poet laureate receives $100,000 prize (AP via Yahoo! News)
Former U.S. poet laureate Louise Glueck has been awarded the Wallace Stevens Award, a $100,000 prize for "outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry," the Academy of American Poets announced Tuesday.
- Does Phelps = phenom phatigue? - Chicago Tribune
Does Phelps = phenom phatigue?Chicago Tribune, United States - 2 hours agoIn a poem titled "Epitaph on a Tyrant," WH Auden wrote, "Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after,/And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;/He ...
- View our RSS feed using Rocketinfo: - Audiophile Audition
Audiophile AuditionView our RSS feed using Rocketinfo:Audiophile Audition - Aug 25, 2008The step-wise and meditative Notturno caters to a bit of gothic romance, though its syntax pays debts to The Children’s Corner. The last movement Finale ...
- Star power meets philanthropy with celeb charities - Miami Herald
NEW YORK -- Bono battles the AIDS epidemic. Leonardo tries to make the world a greener place, and Martha has a soft spot for animals. For today's celebs, charity work is almost as much a part of the job as walking the red carpet. Famous names have ...
- Painter draws inspiration from her West Marin roots - Point Reyes Light
Painter draws inspiration from her West Marin rootsPoint Reyes Light, CA - 45 minutes agoShe wrote poetry and played the piano, but was most drawn to painting. Through sixth grade she attended the two-room Black School—where the fire station ...
- Bars & Clubs: Aug. 8-14 - Times Herald-Record
Bars & Clubs: Aug. 8-14Times Herald-Record, NY - 16 minutes agoWoodstock Poetry Society — Featured readings by Gretchen Primack and Philip Pardi, Woodstock Town Hall, 76 Tinker St., Woodstock, 2 pm Aug. 9. Free. ...
- Lincoln comes to life for young readers - Medford Mail Tribune
"LINCOLN SHOT," screams the headline! "Condition Considered Hopeless. Will Not Live Through the Night." So begins a gripping read for middle-graders ahead of the February bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, a big event in publishing for grown ...
- A FEAST FOR THE YEARS - New York Post
We're so inundated with pictures that we sometimes forget what it's like to only imagine. To build in our head the moments described by a voice in the dark. I've been dreaming a lot of history lately, thanks to a five CD set out this week called "100 ...
- Beijing where it sizzles (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
ONE IMPRESSION OF Beijing is that it’s forbidding. Its structures are gray hulking monoliths, particularly the government buildings. And its people look grim-faced and more robust than those in Taipei and Shanghai, for instance.
- Academics unearth UK's oldest joke - Economic Times
LONDON: A 1,000-year-old double-meaning wry observation is what British academics consider to be their country's oldest joke. They found it in the Codex Exoniensis, a 10th century book of Anglo-Saxon poetry held at Exeter Cathedral. It reads: "What ...
- Jalota launches music company to promote amateur singers (New Kerala)
Mumbai, Aug 17 : Well-known bhajan singer Anup Jalota and Kavi Narayan Agarwal have launched a music company called Shabd 'n Sur to promote amateur singers.
- Rowing taskmaster has men's eight in tinkering - Toronto Star
Rowing taskmaster has men's eight in tinkeringToronto Star, Canada - 1 hour agoOne of his few diversions is writing poetry. "It gets my mind away from rowing," he said. "Otherwise, I just think rowing all the time. ...
- Poetry Slams Book Bans - WKOW-TV.com
Poetry Slams Book BansWKOW-TV.com, WI - 50 minutes agoDr. Pruitt says no book should ever be banned under any circumstance, and he hopes his poetry slam hits that idea home with students. ...
- Blogger of the Week: Daniel Duende Carvalho - Global Voices Online
Global Voices OnlineBlogger of the Week: Daniel Duende CarvalhoGlobal Voices Online, MA - 1 hour agoThe Brazilian Portuguese speaking literary blogosphere — with blogs on literature and blogs where original short stories and poetry are posted — is huge, ...
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