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- Radio 4 poet criticises BBC soaps and aggressive interviewers - Guardian Unlimited
Radio 4 has commissioned poet Wendy Cope to write a series of verses about the BBC to examine how public attitudes to its services have changed since a similar volume was published 80 years ago. Cope's verses, called The ABC of the BBC, will be aired ...
- The Karmapa of Tibet builds in Earleton - Lake Region Monitor
The Karmapa of Tibet builds in EarletonLake Region Monitor, FL - 42 minutes ago"I see it as a community resource to preserve the Tibetan culture including medicine, dance, and poetry," the lama said. "Within parameters, we will welcome ...
- Wiggins is perfect spot to celebrate Juneteenth - Courier-Post
CAMDEN — There's no place more appropriate than Wiggins Park to celebrate the end of slavery. During the 1800s, what is now one of the most scenic portions of the Camden Waterfront served as a marketplace where slaves were traded and sold. That's ...
- 21st Tehran Int'l Book Fair billed a success - IranMania News
LONDON, May 12 (IranMania) - The 21st Tehran International Book Fair which ends today (May 11) at Imam Khomeini Grand Prayer Ground (Mosalla) has been warmly received by the public, Iran Daily reported. According to IRNA, nearly three millions ...
- Stone the Crows: In praise of a neglected high flyer - The Independent
Dark, malevolent andmajestic, the crow has inspired endless legends and works of literature. But few realise that they've also shaped Britain's landscape. Rob Sharp meets an author determined to place the corvid on an elevated perch On the Norfolk ...
- Library may bear publisher's name (The Clarion-Ledger)
When Charles Tisdale was a young boy, he became so frustrated about his older siblings being able to read that he climbed a tree and refused to come down until he caught up.
- Prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize goes to Blaser and Ashbery (Jam! Showbiz)
TORONTO - Robin Blaser, poet and professor emeritus from Simon Fraser University, was handed the prestigious Griffin Prize for Canadian poetry on Wednesday night.
- Poetry contest winners (Townsend Times)
TOWNSEND -- The Townsend Public Library has announced the winners of this year's poetry contest, held to celebrate Young People's Poetry Week.
- Beloved Cassoday Cafe owner dies - Wichita Eagle
Harley-Davidson bikers. Wal-Mart truck drivers. Cowboys. And actresses. There weren't many folks who didn't stop and dine at Dianna Carlson's Cassoday Cafe. "When she served ham and fried chicken, people would drive from miles around to eat her ...
- Martin Love takes BMW's luxed-up X5 for a test drive (Guardian Unlimited)
BMW X5 , £40,550 Miles per gallon: 34.9 Seats: 7 Good for: Rich tastes Bad for: Cheap tricks Each month a gardener arrives to tend the small patch of land owned by the electricity board opposite my house. He's employed by Emery property services and his blue van boasts the longest and most floral tagline you'll ever read. Spelt out in yellow italic script it says: 'The bitterness ...
- 'Squishy Man' Blue Springs comic pulls material from his unique background (The Examiner)
On stage he's at home.
- A musical salute to the written word (Austin American-Statesman)
Jazz vocalist Tina Marsh has always loved poetry — Mary Oliver, Rumi, Federico GarcÃa Lorca, Marshall Stewart Ball — and she clearly admires the musical aspects of literature. "So why not?" she said to herself this spring.
- Flava of fame - Metromix
Flava of fameMetromix, IL - 41 minutes agoSpanish-language poetry is inscribed on the walls of the entrance, mood lighting gets moodier as the night goes on, and luxurious black quilted leather ...
- Critics' best bets for Monday - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-DispatchCritics' best bets for MondaySt. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States - 1 hour agoTwelve women who form a poetry collective called Loosely Identified will read from their latest works at the River Styx event. (Jane Henderson, book editor) ...
- Vandals who trashed Robert Frost's home take poetry classes as penance - Pioneer Press
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — Call it poetic justice: More than two dozen young people who broke into Robert Frost's former home for a beer party and trashed the place are being required to take classes in his poetry as part of their punishment. Using "The ...
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