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- Kurdish novel re-writes rules (BBC News)
A leading novelist's latest work could mark a new era for Kurdish literature, writes Kereem Abdulrahman.
- Book Review - Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat edited by Nikki Giovanni (Blogcritics.org)
A marvelous book and CD set. Stories in Rhythm. Operatic vernacular. Poetry with a beat. Call and Response. One part story and one part rhythm. These are some of the terms the poet Nikki Giovanni uses to describe Hip Hop in her marvelous introduction to this astounding and beautiful book, Hip Hop Speaks to Children. Really? Opera? Read on, because Giovanni enlightens,...
- Television movies for the week of Aug. 24 - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Television movies for the week of Aug. 24Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 20 minutes agoReunited at a wedding after many years, former lovers again feel the pull of a mutual attraction neither is willing to admit. (R) (1:30) TMC: Mon. ...
- Barbie and the Jews (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
I know Peter Coyote as head of the Jewish Justice League in “Hebrew Hammer.” Not a good movie, but worthy a rental. A more resonant film on Coyote’s resume—also about the American Jewish experience—is “The Tribe.”
- Obama, Biden begin campaign journey - abc7.com
Obama, Biden begin campaign journeyabc7.com, CA - 20 hours ago"We're going to make sure that the names of African-American voters don't mysteriously disappear," he said. "Not this time! We will not be divided. ...
- Poetry! Comedy! Waffles! - Free Times
Free TimesPoetry! Comedy! Waffles!Free Times, SC - 56 minutes agoWe know the summertime is usually musical death here in Columbia, but have you checked out the musical goings-on today? Leon Russell at Sterling Hall? ...
- 'Killing, for me . . . has never been difficult' - San Jose Mercury News
'Killing, for me . . . has never been difficult'San Jose Mercury News, USA - 3 hours agoThese days, the 60-year-old might come across more as a cerebral rancher, with his cowboy walk, dusty reading glasses and penchant for the poetry of Lord ...
- The Human-Faced Fish - The Citizen
The Human-Faced FishThe Citizen, MA - 23 hours agoAbraham Lincoln, after all, was famously neurotic, to the point of penning morose poetry and contemplating suicide. Even the stolid George Washington had at ...
- Business forum: Your story? Just the facts, ma'am - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Mark Jaffe is president of Wyatt & Jaffe, an executive recruiting firm based in Minneapolis. His e-mail address is mjaffe@wyattjaffe.com . If your 401(k) has dwindled to a 201(k) and your real estate has gone soft, it's possible that the most ...
- Legacy of free thinking (The News & Observer)
Black Mountain College, celebrated for its attempt to reform higher education in the United States, will be remembered this weekend in Hickory during "The Spirit of Black Mountain College 75th Anniversary."
- Michael Symmons Roberts's top 10 books about civil war - guardian.co.uk
Michael Symmons Roberts's top 10 books about civil warguardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoWinner of the 2004 Whitbread poetry prize for his collection Corpus, Michael Symmons Roberts has published four highly acclaimed volumes of poetry to date. ...Michael Symmons Roberts's top 10 verse novels guardian.co.ukall 2 news articles
- An uplifting start - Daily Review & Sunday Review
WYALUSING — A jazz song cascaded through the air as Brian Keeler instructed some men and women in a Lindy dance lesson. "One, two, three, four, five, six ... nicely done," he said. It was the opening night of the 15th Annual North Branch Arts and ...
- A brief history of the breast - Health 24
Different cultures focus on different parts of the female body as representing extremes of beauty. In Japan the nape of the neck has long been popular. The Chinese, for an appalling period, chose very tiny feet, subjecting women to agonising and ...
- Augustine on piano for dinner patrons - Youngstown Vindicator
Augustine on piano for dinner patronsYoungstown Vindicator, OH - 1 hour agoPoetry, dancing, mimes, a plus-size style show, hair show, car/bike show (with prizes); Crazy Nails/Crazy Kickz contest; and a singing contest (with cash ...
- Walkers in St. Paul could trip over a poem (Post-Bulletin)
ST. PAUL -- You can't miss the short, pithy poems etched in the fresh sidewalk on St. Paul's Dayton Avenue
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