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- 'Bottle Shock' is diluted and flat - Baltimore Sun
'Bottle Shock' is diluted and flatBaltimore Sun, United States - 4 hours agoThe movie keeps reminding you of better films from long ago and not so long ago: If you want some real poetry about wine, rent Sideways.
- Author of youth novels, Eyerly dies at age 100 - Des Moines Register
Legend has it that Jeannette Eyerly started writing young adult novels when her daughters remarked that fiction for teenagers was lackluster. Her daughters don't remember making the comment, but they do remember the clickety-clack of their mother's ...
- Study: Social Networking Teens Learn 21st Century Skills - E-Commerce Times
With social networking sites, teens can learn more than what their friends were up to last night, according to a University of Minnesota study. The teens who participated in the survey -- all from urban households with median-or-lower income levels ...
- Poet's workshop focuses on black writers ages 18 to 90 (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg hosted a week-long poet's workshop called Cave Canem, which focuses on bolstering the craft for black writers.
- Foundation adds new focus to marketing - Augusta Free Press
The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation is stepping up its tourism marketing efforts. The foundation announced yesterday that it has hired Terence Heder to a newly created position of program manager for field services. Heder, who comes to the ...
- National Poetry Day looks to work for inspiration - Abeceder
National Poetry Day looks to work for inspirationAbeceder, UK - 6 hours agoNational Poetry Day 2008 will be on Thursday October 9th and its theme will be Work. This is a great opportunity for you to get your workplace involved. ...
- Palestinians mourn national poet - Nation
RAMALLAH (West Bank) - Palestinians on Sunday mourned the passing of Mahmud Darwish, who gave voice to their decades-old struggle and is widely considered one of the Arab world’s greatest modern poets. In a televised address after Darwish died on ...
- 'We literally rose from the ashes' (MPNnow.com)
Supporters of the Macedon Public Library gathered last week to celebrate the building’s fifth anniversary. Â
- Win rekindles poet's passion - Auckland stuff.co.nz
Auckland stuff.co.nzWin rekindles poet's passionAuckland stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 44 minutes agoHers was one of 70 poems submitted to the competition, which was launched to continue Mr Gadd’s support of poetry in the city. It is designed to give people ...
- Zimbabwe: Bwaz to Launch HIV/Aids Awareness Programme (AllAfrica.com)
THE Budding Writers' Association of Zimbabwe is launching a new HIV and Aids awareness project targeting young artistes.
- African-American Umoja Fest is set to kick off on Friday (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
African-Americans from throughout the Northwest will meet Friday through Sunday in Seattle for the annual Umoja Fest. Organizers say the event, named after the Swahili word for unity, is the region's largest and oldest black festival.
- Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope' - CNBC
It's only 9:33 a.m., but already Danielle Steel is having a lousy morning. She's in a Rockefeller Plaza dressing room, having her hair tugged and her makeup tweaked. She's endured questioning from Matt Lauer on the TODAY show and soon faces a second ...
- Obituary: Yuri Nosenko (Guardian Unlimited)
Obituary: KGB agent and defector at the centre of a dramatic cold war episode
- 2020 Festival slate announced (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Enjoy the Arts is expecting attendance of 12,000 for this year's 20/20 Festival, with more than 60 events in Greater Cincinnati neighborhoods.
- Finding literary inspiration in a song - Times Colonist
Times ColonistFinding literary inspiration in a songTimes Colonist, Canada - 9 minutes agoHe is co-founder of the left-leaning Winnipeg collective Arbeiter Ring Publishing and has had both poetry and prose published in literary magazines in ...
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