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- Alan Sillitoe: 'I've really only got one story - mine' (Guardian Unlimited)
There's a great story about Alan Sillitoe that's always done the rounds. He's hanging out in Mallorca in the late 50s, writing six or seven unpublished novels, when he asks fellow expat Robert Graves to do him a favour and read his latest effort.
- A way with words (Bucks County Courier Times)
CENTRAL BUCKS - CB high school students regularly outperform other Bucks County high school students in the annual High School Poet of the Year competition.
- Channeling Tupac: Miami actor-playwright portrays human side of slain rapper (Miami Herald)
n the surface, slain rapper Tupac Shakur and the deeply alive actor Meshaun Labrone Arnold would seem to have little in common. Shakur's mother was a member of the Black Panthers when he was born in 1971, later becoming a crack addict and welfare mom as she struggled to raise her son. Arnold's father, Elder Frazier Arnold Jr., is pastor of Miami's Mt. Olive Primitive Baptist Church; his mother ...
- Interfaith service remembers children - Greenwich Post
Interfaith service remembers childrenGreenwich Post, CT - 3 hours agoFor example, parents may relate anecdotes about children being honored, read poetry, play or sing songs with special meaning, or read stories they had hoped ...
- Ode to Recovery - RedOrbit
Ode to RecoveryRedOrbit, TX - 14 minutes agoTheirs is a story that begins with pain and ends with poetry. They divorced when he was a little boy and his dad received legal custody of him. ...
- 9-year-old Arnold girl publishes first book - Annapolis Capital
Annapolis Capital9-year-old Arnold girl publishes first bookAnnapolis Capital, MD - 1 hour agoA third generation writer, Alli's grandmother recently published a book of poetry and both her grandmother and mother have kept journals for years. ...
- Diaries show Saddam feared getting AIDS in prison - Las Vegas Sun
Saddam Hussein feared catching AIDS or other diseases during his U.S.-supervised captivity, a leading Arab newspaper said Monday in publishing excerpts of his prison writings. The London-based Al-Hayat said the comments came in portions of Saddam's ...
- Facing the end: Local actress takes difficult character through cancer and into clarity in Naples Players’ "Wit" (Naples Daily News)
As she pads barefoot into the centerstage spotlight of an empty black box theater, the overhead lights cast heavy shadows on Janina Birtolo’s face.
- Calendar Event Listings 6-11-08 (City Pulse)
Wednesday, June 11 CLASSES & SEMINARS S’Moves Jam. A class for anyone interested in learning basic techniques found in modern, ballet and folk dance. 7 – 8:30 p.m. $8/class. Perspective 2 Studio, 319 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing. (517) 339-0905.
- Tale of torn lives connects emotionally - Denver Post
Tale of torn lives connects emotionallyDenver Post, CO - 3 hours agoAnd with "Jellyfish," he and his partner, Shira Geffen, with whom he shares writing and directing credits, have produced a little piece of cinematic poetry. ...
- Writing workshop set (Babylon Beacon)
East Islip Senior Center will presÂent a creative writing, poetry and memoir workshop given by Barbara Donovan, published poet, English teacher and director of the Live Poets Society for 20 years. The workshopÂwill be held from June 25 to Aug. 13 on Wednesdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. the fee is $35 for eight sessions.
- My night of joy with the Godfather of Gloom - Spiked
My night of joy with the Godfather of GloomSpiked, UK - 2 hours agoWhether or not his depleted funds were truly the main motivation behind publishing a new book of poetry, recording a couple of albums and setting off on his ...
- ACT-SO students to go to nationals - South Carolina Now
ACT-SO students to go to nationalsSouth Carolina Now, South Carolina - 2 hours agoOther second and third place winners were Gabriel Currie, vocal; Wesley Davis, photography; Marcus Jackson, Janet Stanley, poetry; Samira Owens and ...
- Poetry, concert set for Sunday in Norman - NewsOK.com (subscription)
Poetry, concert set for Sunday in NormanNewsOK.com (subscription), OK - 6 hours agoAdmission to the poetry reading and the concert is free. Those attending the concert are welcome to bring blankets or lawn chairs and refreshments. ...
- Bell Buckle says farewell to Shakespeare crew - Shelbyville Times-Gazette
Tennessee Poet Laureate Maggie Vaughn signs copies of one of her books. They were given to members of the cast and crew of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' which closed Sunday. Bell Buckle gave a farewell dinner for all involved to thank them for ...
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