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- Cautious joy as blacks imagine Obama win - Washington Post
-- Lula Cooper expects the tears to flow if Barack Obama becomes the first black president. But she's not breaking out the tissues just yet. "I cried when I marked my ballot for him. We've had such an incredible journey to this point," said the ...
- UI Writers’ Workshop alumna to read (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
Poet Katy Lederer, an alumna of the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, will be joined by poet Kazim Ali in a free reading at 7 p.m. Thursday at Prairie Lights Books at 15 S. Dubuque St. in downtown Iowa City.
- Rock ‘N’ Roll comes to the Library Theatre - Knutsford Guardian
Rock ‘N’ Roll comes to the Library TheatreKnutsford Guardian, UK - 8 hours ago... concert in a newly-free Prague in 1990. Tom Stoppard’s magnificent drama takes in all manner of themes including politics, poetry and materialism. ...
- Noted performers to dazzle Coffee Talk audience - Joplin Independent
Joplin IndependentNoted performers to dazzle Coffee Talk audienceJoplin Independent, MO - 22 hours agoStorytelling is such a versatile art form since it gives me the opportunity to combine poetry, humor and theater into my own special package. ...
- Third Broward man sentenced in homeless death - Miami Herald
A third Broward man involved in a brutal and fatal beating of a homeless man in 2006 was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday. Brian Hooks, 21, seemed resigned to his fate, knowing only a day earlier his best friend, Thomas Daugherty, was sentenced ...
- Remember the ‘tigers’ - Delphos Herald
Delphos HeraldRemember the ‘tigers’Delphos Herald, OH - 2 hours agoA Korean congregation affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church sang a hymn during the service, in which various veterans and elected ...
- About seven acclaimed authors attending Writers Conference - Grand Forks Herald
About seven acclaimed authors attending Writers ConferenceGrand Forks Herald, ND - 40 minutes agoHe recently was named a finalist at the prestigious Turin Poetry Festival. He is well-known in Italy for his literary ...
- Take An Emotional Rollercoaster Ride Through a True Text of Love--New Poetry Book is Filled With Powerful Emotions ... (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
BROOKLYN, N.Y., Oct. 29, 2008 -- All our lives we search for someone to love -- someone who makes us complete. In our lifetime, we may have many loves but only one true love. Author Jacqueline Andrea Smith shares Harmony: A Text of True Love, an anthology of poems inspired by her truest love.
- John Milton At 400 - Newsweek
William Wordsworth had a habit of comparing himself to—and even being in competition with—John Milton. Once Wordsworth asked a friend what he thought was the greatest elegy of the English language. The friend said that Milton's "Lycidas" was the ...
- Pair will judge our writing contest (Honolulu Advertiser)
Pat Banning and Benjamin "Buddy" Bess have agreed to serve as judges this year for our traditional Holiday Fiction Contest.
- Hattersley puts Hucknall in the national spotlight - Hucknall Today
Hattersley puts Hucknall in the national spotlightHucknall Today, UK - 2 hours agoShe added that what was mainly celebrated by the church was Byron's gift of poetry to the world. Secondly, Lord Hattersley referred to the refurbishment of ...
- How did vampires get all touchy-feely - BBC UK News
When you hear the word "vampire", what image comes to mind? Men in black cloaks, with pasty faces, protruding fangs and an insatiable desire to feast on people's blood? Strange Transylvanians who sleep in coffins by day and flap around like bats at ...
- Thousands of books on sale tomorrow - Northern News Services (subscription)
Thousands of books on sale tomorrowNorthern News Services (subscription), Canada - 4 hours agoThe sale features quality fiction and non-fiction representing Canadian and classic literature, popular American and international authors, ...
- Cowboy poetry is back in the saddle - Modesto Bee
Cowboy poetry is back in the saddleModesto Bee, CA - 3 hours agoThe La Grange Odd Fellows of LaFayette Historical Lodge 65 is sponsoring an evening of cowboy poetry and Western music preceded by a chuck- wagon-style ...
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