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- Archbishop Williams: Anglicans Need 'Space Without Pressure' - The Bulletin
The Archbishop of Canterbury urged Anglican bishops to refrain from consecrating homosexual bishops in the interests of preserving "space for study and free discussion without pressure." Speaking on the final day of the once-a-decade Lambeth ...
- Mugabe plays the God card - Globe and Mail
In perhaps his sincerest admission of how he has regarded today's runoff presidential vote, Zimbabwean strongman Robert Mugabe recently told a group of businessmen in Bulawayo: "Only God, who appointed me, will remove me." The not-so-veiled threat of ...
- Love and a . 45 - DVD Talk
Love and a . 45DVD Talk, OR - 1 hour agoLove and a .45 is a connect-the-dots addition to the genre, a passable diversion that lacks rabid poetry. At least the soundtrack certainly rocks, ...
- Poetry in the park (The West Australian)
Films like To Die For, Good Will Hunting and Finding Forrester might have put director Gus Van Sant’s name on the Hollywood map but it’s early grunge films, like Drugstore Cowboy and My Own Private Idaho, and more recent Cannes favourites like Gerry and Elephant, that make his oeuvre so distinctive.
- Poet Salinas dies at 70 Fresnan pioneer in Mexican-American literary scene. (The Fresno Bee)
Luis Omar Salinas, an influential poet associated with Philip Levine and other Fresno poets, managed a successful literary career and enjoyed the support of family in Sanger.
- The voyage of a lifetime (Austin American-Statesman)
Would you quit your job, sell your stuff and leave home for years to chase a dream around the world? In a 42-foot sailboat, Ben Edelstein is doing just that
- 'I Shot the Sheriff' mystery unraveled - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
'I Shot the Sheriff' mystery unraveledDubuque Telegraph Herald, IA - 17 minutes agoAs a man famous for making poetry out of anything, I was beginning to worry there was almost nothing left to say in my laconic charming insightful way. ...
- Bonnaroo 2008: Attendees endured show delays, hot weather and rain showers (Independent Florida Alligator)
One after another, cars poured out of the Wal–Mart parking lot in the quaint town of Manchester, Tenn. Thursday morning. Some of their inhabitants had been sleeping there all night while others stayed awake with anticipation playing the tunes of this year’s Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.
- An Honest Conversation About Alcohol - Inside Higher Ed
Two months after he finished up as president of Middlebury College in 2004, John M. McCardell Jr. wrote a column for The New York Times called “What Your College President Didn’t Tell You.” In the piece, he discussed how he was “as guilty as ...
- Norbert Krapf chosen state poet laureate - South Bend Tribune
Norbert Krapf chosen state poet laureateSouth Bend Tribune, IN - 44 minutes agoHe taught at the CW Post Campus of Long Island University and directed the CW Post Poetry Center. Krapf also served in Germany as a senior Fulbright ...
- Go fishin' with Dad (The York Weekly)
As Father's Day approaches this year, I find myself thinking of my own dad and his love of fishing. He was completely at home angling in the ocean, on lakes or in streams, and in the course of his life, he caught fishes, big ones like sailfish and tarpon...
- Flaubert's Overcoat: James Wood's 'How Fiction Works' - New York Sun
Flaubert's Overcoat: James Wood's 'How Fiction Works'New York Sun, United States - Aug 12, 2008A novelist, "to achieve his lightest wish," must "Become the whole of boredom, subject to / Vulgar complaints like love." Among the just, the novelist must ...
- Poetry: A Classic and Effective Approach to Combating Stress - ChristianNewsWire
ENUMCLAW, Wash., June 30 / Christian Newswire / -- Growing up can be stressful. The teen years, in particular, are renowned for their socially and physically imposed triggers for anxiety. Studies conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health ...
- Lyrical terrorist wins court appeal - Christian Today
A woman who called herself the "lyrical terrorist" and wrote a poem about beheading a hostage, won an appeal against a criminal conviction in London on Tuesday. Samina Malik, 23, had been convicted last year of possessing documents useful to ...
- Happening this week in West Michigan - The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
Happening this week in West MichiganThe Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com, MI - 30 minutes agoWaterfront Film Festival Sneak Preview, 6-9:30 pm Friday, $5-$7; Dyer-Ives Foundation Poetry Competition Readings, 1-3 pm Saturday, free, Urban Institute ...
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