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- HUMPHREY GAVE GREATEST CONVENTION SPEECH YOU'VE NEVER HEARD (David Shribman via Yahoo! News)
MINNEAPOLIS -- If you have an eye for these things, you might have noticed that Sen. Barack Obama is going to deliver his acceptance speech in a football stadium on Aug. 28. The last man to deliver an acceptance speech in a stadium was John F. Kennedy. The last important speech to be delivered on an Aug. 28 was given by the Rev. Martin Luther King 45 years ago.
- Few people would give their new album away for free online . but Saul Williams did (Lexington Herald-Leader)
"... Side effects might include just being who you really are." -Lyric from "Niggy Tardust" CHICAGO - Saul Williams wants to liberate you. As an actor, screenwriter, poet, and musician, Williams has been offering you the opportunity for the last 10 years by releasing books of poetry, a feature film, and three albums, including his 2007 effort "The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy ...
- We know it's early, but Cards see hope - Arizona Republic
We know it's early, but Cards see hopeArizona Republic, AZ - 5 hours agoHe writes poetry and short stories in downtime, a hobby he's had for years. Yet he doesn't really dig the downtime or the lazy, comforting allure of the ...
- BBC website signals greater interactivity - guardian.co.uk
BBC website signals greater interactivityguardian.co.uk, UK - 4 hours agoThis move reflects a wider trend online to tailor web visits to each user according to their preferences, helping them to navigate the large amount of ...
- Rafael Chacón’s definitive biography of unsung architect AJ Gibson. - New West
Rafael Chacón’s definitive biography of unsung architect AJ Gibson.New West, MT - 1 hour ago... and the editor of the Clark Fork Journal. His second book, Fresh Oil and Loose Gravel: Road Poetry 1998-2008, was published last month. By Richard Martin.
- On life, literature and Palestine, a tribute to Abdelwahab Elmessiri - Electronic Intifada
Electronic IntifadaOn life, literature and Palestine, a tribute to Abdelwahab ElmessiriElectronic Intifada, IL - 37 minutes agoWhen death came knocking he was putting the finishing touches to his study on the history of English poetry and was planning to write a book on Egyptian ...
- June Anderson publishes ‘To Catch a Fallen Star’ - Daily Citizen
June Anderson publishes ‘To Catch a Fallen Star’Daily Citizen, GA - 3 hours ago“I’ve only written poetry.” Anderson said she sat down at her computer at home one day and the story came to her. “I just gave it to God,” Anderson said. ...
- Mr. Mayor, do you hear cries for change? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
The mayor is still silent about the spate of gang slayings involving youths in Seattle. Maybe he needs to listen to a new beat.
- Mahmoud Darwish: "We sow hope" - Socialist Worker Online
Mahmoud Darwish: "We sow hope"Socialist Worker Online, IL - 4 hours agoMAHMOUD DARWISH--a Palestinian poet who could consistently sell out football stadiums for his poetry recitals--passed away on August 9, 2008, in a hospital ...
- Lipizzaners to leap into Lincoln County (Newport News-Times)
Call it poetry in motion, a horse-and-rider ballet, or a graceful display of harmony between man - or woman - and beast. Only these beasts are also majestic beauties.
- Programme of events for Chipping Sodbury Festival - This is South Cotswolds
The Chipping Sodbury Festival 2008 gets underway today and here is a full programme of events to cover the festival, which runs until June 22. FRIDAY June 13, 9.20am Explorer Dome Science Workshop, for pupils from local schools. Town Hall. Sponsored ...
- Karadzic lived as long-haired, New Age doctor - Reuters
Karadzic lived as long-haired, New Age doctorReuters - 2 hours agoHe liked to write, sometimes morbid and surreal poetry, sometimes children's poems. "He was a kind man, with good manners, quiet and witty," Goran Kojic," ...
- Olympic champion Tian runs off torch relay in Xi'an - Xinhua News Agency
XI'AN, Northwest China, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Double Olympic diving champion Tian Liang ran in the first place as torch relay moved on Friday through Xi'an, the terracotta warriors birthplace in Shaanxi province. Tian, Olympic gold medallist in both ...
- Anita Lahey: Cape Breton, east of Krakow - Cape Breton Post
Anita Lahey: Cape Breton, east of KrakowCape Breton Post, Canada - 2 hours agoAnita was back in Cape Breton this year for the second Poetry With A View evening, sponsored by the Friends of the Cape Breton University Library, ...
- Week of June 22 - Los Angeles Times
Week of June 22Los Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour agoSarah Maclay, Carine Topal, Douglas Richardson, Dennis Cruz, Jamie Asae Fitzgerald, Cathie Sandstrom Smith and Tess Lotta read their poetry, Beyond Baroque, ...
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