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- John Henry, Myth Made Flesh (Nashville Scene)
There's not much reliable and detailed evidence, but in Steel Drivin' Man (Oxford University Press, 214 pp., $14.95) Scott Reynolds Nelson makes a good case that the mythical John Henry was a short (5'1") black man from New Jersey. A boy, really: He was only 19 when he was convicted, on qu...
- Casper Calendar for August 1, 2008 - Casper Star-Tribune Online
Casper Calendar for August 1, 2008Casper Star-Tribune Online, WY - 1 hour ago4, 7:30 pm, Artcore Music & Poetry with the Fisch Stew at The Jazz Spot. * Aug. 6, 12:15 pm, Bach's Lunch Organ Recital at First United Methodist Church. ...
- Bulgarian poet Konstantin Pavlov dies at 75 - Seattle Post Intelligencer
SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Poet and screenwriter Konstantin Pavlov, who became one of Bulgaria's most prominent intellectuals with his rare defiance of the country's communist regime, has died, a filmmakers union said. He was 75. Pavlov died Sunday after a ...
- To Maintain Your Misbehaving Memory, Try Alliteration - Discover Magazine
Discover MagazineTo Maintain Your Misbehaving Memory, Try AlliterationDiscover Magazine, NY - 17 hours agoThe team tested several conditions, including people reading poetry out loud, reading it silently, and reading lengthier works of prose. ...
- Buffett on Edwards: Sue! - Slate
MoveOn, NeverMind: "MoveOn now calls their being listed [alongside AT&T and PG&E] as a sponsor 'a mistake' (they're apparently sponsoring an event at the same time), and swears they're going to get their name taken off the publicity for the event ...
- Green Bible - Islam Online
Green BibleIslam Online, Qatar - 4 hours agoAmong the contributors are famed American evangelical Tom Wright and late Pope John Paul II. Nobel laureate South African archbishop Desmond Tutu wrote the ...
- Tens of thousands mourn Palestinian poet Darwish - Middle East Online
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered for the equivalent of a state funeral on Wednesday for Mahmud Darwish, the towering Arabic poet who gave voice to their bitter decades-old struggle. Darwish, considered the national ...
- I'm not one to crow, but my pet's a rook... - Daily Mail
Daily MailI'm not one to crow, but my pet's a rook...Daily Mail, UK - Aug 8, 2008Perhaps wild rooks depend too much upon one another to adjust well to human friendship. However, the Scottish writer Esther Woolfson has proved that the ...
- Stars praise Halesowen director's charity efforts - Halesowen News
Stars praise Halesowen director's charity effortsHalesowen News, UK - 19 hours agoThe film’s script has been written from a range of poetry with all actors speaking in rhyme. It also features former Coronation Street star Sally Lindsay ...
- America Back on Track... for Thursday, August 14th - OpEdNews
OpEdNewsAmerica Back on Track... for Thursday, August 14thOpEdNews, PA - 8 minutes agoIn addition he has published more than 1500 SetonnoteS commentaries, plus poetry and political essays in publications across the country. ...
- Perfect Reading Weather (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines - No, not even the rain has such small hands, according to e.e. cummings, but rain—with its syncopated march on windows, its telltale gray cloak, its earthy bouquet—can also catalyze a nascent need to pick up a certain book.
- Food/wine events in October - AZCentral.com
Afternoon Tea: 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturdays. Last Saturday of every month Learn how to host your own afternoon tea. Recipes included. E-mail atcooks@cox.net for location. Omitted, $40. 602-978-0693. Salsa Cooking Class: 12:30-2 p.m. Saturdays ...
- Tribute: Neil Lombardi lived life to the fullest (The Kansas City Star)
Who: Cornelius E. “Neil” Lombardi Jr., 82, of Kansas City. When and how he died: Sept. 27 of pneumonia.
- Joanne Ragsdale's A Child's Time to Read: Book outlines struggles (Baxter Bulletin)
Because he wrote about Wellpinit and the Spokane Indian Reservation where I once taught, I have been a fan of Sherman Alexie since his book "Reservation Blues." He is a noteworthy voice of the times and depicts reservation life with truth and honesty.
- LOVE, LONGING, AND THE CAMERA - Calcutta Telegraph
Calcutta TelegraphLOVE, LONGING, AND THE CAMERACalcutta Telegraph, India - 2 hours agoTurning over the pages of Kuldip Salil’s anthology, Treasury of Urdu Poetry, I chanced upon a couplet by Makhmoor Dehlavi (1909-1956) that caught my eye. ...
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