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- Akrita Reyar - Zee News
Through his words, he scripted his own immortality. Sculptors of thoughts do not die, just as their dreams never perish. Ahmed Faraz, a giant of contemporary Urdu poetry, may have breathed his last in Islamabad on August 25, 2008, but his ...
- P.E.I. Book Award winners announced (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)
The winners of the three P.E.I. Book Awards were announced this week.
- Orinda author relives youth with 1960s 'Birmingham' volume - Contra Costa Times
ORINDA  Charles Entrekin developed a love of poetry at a time and place when boys and poetry weren't considered a good mix. In mid-1950s Alabama, where Entrekin was raised, boys weren't encouraged to embrace the arts. "The thought was that writing ...
- The way Britain wages war - Mail & Guardian Online
The way Britain wages warMail & Guardian Online, South Africa - 2 hours agoThey had been hit by Nato bombs, American or British, and nurses are trying to peel away their roasted skin with tweezers. On the night of June 10, ...
- How Burns lit the way for Lincoln - Scotland on Sunday Online
HE IS Scotland's national bard, whose timeless verse is venerated around the globe. But now it has been claimed that the stirring words of Robert Burns exerted such influence that they played a key role in helping Abraham Lincoln win the American ...
- Summer Nights at Dean Heritage Centre - SoGlos.com
Summer Nights at Dean Heritage CentreSoGlos.com, UK - 6 hours agoThen, completing the Summer Nights, on Tuesday 26 August 2008 there will be a Family Nature Quiz – giving visitors the chance to put their knowledge to the ...
- Wisconsin Book Festival 2008: Amitava Kumar speaks (Isthmus)
A native of India, Amitava Kumar has emerged as one of South Asia's most prominent contemporary voices -- a journalist, author, editor and poet who has earned both critical praise and literary laurels for long-form non-fiction work. In an interview conducted via email, Kumar reflects on how life has changed since 9/11, revisits his recent experience covering the Democratic National Convention, ...
- A story of love and books in Bohemian New Orleans (AP via Yahoo! News)
Every morning in this Southern town of big-box stores and Bible readers, the Beat Generation can still be found dissing the system in the form of a 91-year-old woman in a red beret and cowboy boots.
- UDHS Latin club wins big at competition (The Ambler Gazette)
Five Upper Dublin High School students won 33 awards from the National Junior Classical League Convention and Latin language competition in Ohio this month.
- Zimbabwe: Leonard Zhakata Headlines 'One Love' Peace Festival (AllAfrica.com)
LEONARD Zhakata and other artists were yesterday expected to perform at a festival dubbed One Love Arts Festival, which calls for peace and development in Zimbabwe.
- Remember how Raul Roco lived - Manila Times
On August 5, my father, Raul Roco will be with our Lord for three years. It seems longer to me, his daughter, who misses him terribly. Time is supposed to ease the loss and heal the pain. Maybe not enough time has passed. Maybe his passing gets ...
- Community Meetings (Savannah Morning News)
Submit your organization's meeting for immediate publication online at savannahnow.com/do/add_event or e-mail your meeting at least two weeks in advance to calendar@savannahnow.com or fax to 525-0796. Contact number must be listed. Community Meetings is printed Monday-Wednesday in the Accent section as space allows. For information, call 652-0310. To see more upcoming community meetings, ...
- The Newest Brands? Open for Business - AdAge.com (subscription)
AdAge.com (subscription)The Newest Brands? Open for BusinessAdAge.com (subscription) - 4 hours ago... areas such as produce, ready-to-eat meals, bakery and salad bar while creating new category/aisle descriptors (for example, Poetry in Bloom for floral). ...
- Controversial penalty secures Wigan victory over Manchester City - Guardian Unlimited
There's an Arab saying: ''Even the sweetest of milk will turn sour.'' Mark Hughes will be hoping the remarkable opportunity he has been gifted at Manchester City by the oil-wealth of the club's Dubai owners is accompanied by patience and ...
- Authors grieve over Wallace's apparent suicide - Centre Daily
NEW YORK  The literary world is in grief for David Foster Wallace, an author of seemingly unstoppable curiosity, imagination and ambition who apparently killed himself last week. Readers are seeking out his work, including his 1,000-page novel ...
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