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- Scholar's challenge seeks to change wisdom on Serenity Prayer - Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK - Generations of recovering alcoholics, soldiers, weary parents, exploited workers and just about anybody feeling beaten down by life have found solace in a short prayer that begins: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot ...
- How interrogation by CIA made al-Qaeda's plotter turn to poetry (The Scotsman)
IN A makeshift prison in the north of Poland, al-Qaeda's engineer of mass murder faced off against his Central Intelligence Agency interrogator.
- Making opera from the words of Emily Dickinson (San Jose Mercury News)
When her mother gave her a book of Dickinson's work as a birthday present, Dill was so overcome by the imagery that the words seared into her mind. Dickinson's poetry has served as her muse ever since, surfacing again and again in her innovative, text-infused multimedia projects encompassing sculpture, painting, photography, performance art, and now opera.
- Venues host open mic nights - UT The Daily Texan
Venues host open mic nightsUT The Daily Texan, TX - 3 hours agoParticipants here - with support and prodding from host and part-time muse Thom Worldpoet - are encouraged to create poetry and other writings on the spot ...
- From Verse to Controversy -- And Fleeting Fame - Wall Street Journal
William Cullen Bryant: Author of America By Gilbert H. Muller (State University of New York Press, 410 pages, $30) When poet and newspaperman William Cullen Bryant died in June 1878, the mayor of New York ordered the city's flags lowered to half mast ...
- Biffy Clyro : Singles 2001 - 2005 - Playlouder news
Biffy Clyro : Singles 2001 - 2005Playlouder news, UK - 3 hours agoWallowing in a kind of bleached denim nostalgia and oblique bad-emo-poetry lyricism, their very name is an infuriating mix of mystery and meaninglessness. ...
- Dedicated to the ones he loves - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Dedicated to the ones he lovesThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - 1 hour ago"I've been writing poetry since the early 1990s," White says of his straight-forward prose poems, many of which he has self-published in "I'm Just the ...
- AWOL Album Release Party and BBQ Dinner Fundraiser - Creative Coast Initiative
AWOL Album Release Party and BBQ Dinner FundraiserCreative Coast Initiative, GA - 3 hours agoThe proceeds will benefit AWOL's upcoming trip to Washington DC in July to participate in the Brave New Voices International Poetry Slam.
- Judge Hull Remembered As Man Of Strong Faith - Greeneville Sun
Judge Hull Remembered As Man Of Strong FaithGreeneville Sun, TN - 1 hour ago... a man with a deep and loving commitment to his family, and a person who loved and enjoyed music and poetry and managed to include both in a busy life. ...
- The poetry of departure - guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.ukThe poetry of departureguardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoPhotograph: Lewis Whyld/PA A blog on poetry and travel could embark in any number of directions. Is The Rime of the Ancient Mariner the most ill-omened ...
- Longfellow House to present student poetry award winners - Cambridge Chronicle
Longfellow House to present student poetry award winnersCambridge Chronicle, MA - 3 hours agoThe Longfellow National Historic Site presents the winners of the Longfellow Student Poetry Awards, a contest recognizing original poetry from local ...
- A ‘prose’ should smell as sweet by any other name - Inverell Times
A ‘prose’ should smell as sweet by any other nameInverell Times, Australia - 6 hours agoINVERELL’S famous Celebration of the Outback Bush Poetry weekend has undergone a name change and a revamp for this year’s festival, to be known as the ...
- How The Super-Rich Buy Homes - NBC 10
It's not easy for a movie star, basketball player, or corporate chief to buy a house without attracting a bit of attention. It requires ingenuity -- and help from pricey lawyers -- to keep the paparazzi, celebrity bloggers, and stalkers guessing ...
- Poet gave vioce to Palestinian plight - The National
Poet gave vioce to Palestinian plightThe National, United Arab Emirates - 15 minutes agoDarwish published more than 30 books of poetry and eight books of prose. He was translated into more than 22 languages and won several literary prizes ...
- Lost Hendrix Guitar To Be Auctioned - Showbiz Spy
Lost Hendrix Guitar To Be AuctionedShowbiz Spy, UK - Jul 16, 2008... the last surviving drum kit belonging to late Led Zeppelin star John Bonham and Jim Morrison's final notebook of poetry written before his death in 1971.
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