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- The Last Fish Tale - Financial Times
The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Our Disappearing Fisheries By Mark Kurlansky Jonathan Cape £16.99, 268 pages FT Bookshop price: £13.59 On the coast of northern Massachusetts there is a promontory called Gloucester, first settled ...
- '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. ...
- Obama hails Madiba for changing lives of blacks - SABC News
Obama hails Madiba for changing lives of blacksSABC News, South Africa - 3 hours agoHe says they want the museum, which is in a depressed part of SA, to become a cultural centre of Mthatha using poetry, music, and drama. ...
- Notre Dame professor/poet to be honored in N.Y. (South Bend Tribune)
SOUTH BEND -- Cornelius Eady and Toi Derricotte will receive the 2008 Elizabeth Kray Award for service to the field of poetry. The prize, presented by Poets House, will be awarded Monday at the 13th annual Poetry Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge.
- Arts calendar - Bothell Reporter
FEAST agricultural program will be building a structure based on natural building techniques from July 22 to 24, and July 29 through 31. For more information call 376-5339. Brown Bag concert at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Eastsound, featuring ...
- Celebrate Women's Day in Newtown - Biz Community
Presented by the Newtown Management District with the support of the Johannesburg Development Agency, the Newtown Celebrates Women's Day weekend festival will take place at venues located in the Newtown Cultural Precinct, 6 - 10 August 2008. Here ...
- 'My Cloak and Dagger' author Roger Hall dies (The Monterey County Herald)
Roger Hall, 89, who wrote "You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger," a wry memoir about World War II spycraft that became a cult classic in intelligence circles and appealed to a wide audience for its irreverence, died Sunday at his home in Wilmington, Del. He had congestive heart failure.
- Guevara's first wife chronicles transformation from adventurer to ... - amNewYork
Guevara's first wife chronicles transformation from adventurer to ...amNewYork, New York - Aug 12, 2008But the pair's friendship deepened as they discussed books on philosophy, politics and poetry. They also both supported the Guatemalan government of Jacobo ...
- Musharraf was an ally in US war on terror but reviled by many at home - Grand Forks Herald
Pervez Musharraf took power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant nation into the U.S.-led war on terror - an alliance that won him plaudits in the West but fueled anger at home. While few doubted he wanted a stable, religiously moderate ...
- Anne d’Harnoncourt dies - Philadelphia Daily News
Anne d'Harnoncourt, 64, the leader of the Philadelphia Museum of Art since 1982, died unexpectedly this morning. The cause of death was not immediately available. Leading the prestigious museum for the last generation, d'Harnoncourt presided over a ...
- George Michael's revealing dancetopia is must-see stuff - OCRegister
George Michael's revealing dancetopia is must-see stuffOCRegister, CA - 52 minutes agoAll alone to sing "A Different Corner" (pop poetry worthy of Smokey Robinson), he remains utterly compelling; encircled by his backing vocalists for a ...
- Arts & Books Digest (The Salinas Californian)
Romance Writers of America has announced local author Kelly Parra's novel "Graffiti Girl" has been named as a finalist in the Best First Book and Young Adult Romance categories of the 2008 RITA awards.
- Local groups buy land next to Frost museum - Bennington Banner
Local groups buy land next to Frost museumBennington Banner, VT - 1 hour agoThere, he wrote two books of poetry, including, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." He lived in Shaftsbury until 1938 and is buried in Bennington at Old ...
- Ancient craft made new in hands of Murrieta bookbinder (The Press-Enterprise)
Murrieta resident Edna Wright has an ancient profession. She is bookbinder. While the work may involve different materials and tools, much of the process is the same as it was in centuries past.
- Update: Library Has 10 Copies of "Water for Elephants" - Spokane Spokesman-Review
Librarian Bette Ammon e-mailed a few minutes ago to say that "Water the Elephants," the first selection for the new Huckleberries Online Book Club, arrived at the library Friday. They'll be available this evening. Three are reserved, including one by ...
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