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- Playing for Keeps - San Francisco Gate
The Bay Area is packed with brainiacs; there are the obvious ones - Steve Jobs, Jerry Yang, the Google guys. But what about the lesser-known, yet enormously talented ones? Daniel Naroditsky ranks first in the world in chess for boys ages 12 and under ...
- Drummer auctions kit in aid of hospice - This is Hampshire
WINCHESTER pop star Andy Burrows is set to give a cash windfall to Naomi House hospice. The Razorlight drummer, pictured, is auctioning a vintage drumkit on which he recorded the band's multi-million selling second album. The sparkling-green Ludwig ...
- University of Hawaii - UH System Current News
UH System Current NewsUniversity of HawaiiUH System Current News, HI - 13 hours agoIn addition to her scholarly work, she enjoys creative writing and has had her poetry and fiction appear in local publications such as “Bamboo Ridge. ...
- DH Lawrence (Guardian Unlimited)
"Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot."
- From bad to verse: Vandals get lesson in poetic justice (The Courier News)
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 Road Not Taken and another poem as jumping-off points, Frost biographer Jay Parini hopes to show the vandals the error of their ways -- and the redemptive power of poetry.
- Success and Significance - Washington Post
Success and SignificanceWashington Post, United States - 3 hours agoHe spent his career as a doctor attending to them, and crafting his observations into some of the most important poetry of the 20th century. ...
- Meghan O'Rourke - Slate
Back in June, this viewer laughed until she cried at Judd Apatow's goofy comedy Knocked Up , but she also left the theater feeling … disconcerted. An informal poll of female friends revealed the same: They went, they laughed, they felt squeamish ...
- View All Today's Events » - MetroMix
A new musical satire of John Hughes-Molly Ringwald films of the '80s by local actor-writers Scott Bradley and Jonny Stax ("Carpenters' Halloween"). Have drinks on the patio and bring your pooch. Highlights throughout the summer include dog boutique ...
- 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 ...
- Kay Ryan is the new poet laureate - Philadelphia Inquirer
Kay Ryan, award-winning poet, mountain bike rider and self-described "modern hermit," will soon be going to Washington. The Library of Congress announced today that the lifelong Californian, whose compressed, metaphysical poetry has been compared to ...
- Gifts for a Gator Graduate - SF State Campus Headlines
SF State Campus HeadlinesGifts for a Gator GraduateSF State Campus Headlines, CA - 1 hour agoAspiring filmmakers can get a sampling of alum Alum Steven Zaillian's screenplay superiority by picking up the American Gangster DVD. ...
- Leonard Cohen tours after 15-year break - Sunshine Coast Daily
Leonard Cohen tours after 15-year breakSunshine Coast Daily, Australia - 23 hours agoBorn in the tiny English-speaking quarter of Montreal, Cohen published books of poetry before embarking on a singing career with his smash debut album Songs ...
- Wednesday, July 9, 2008 (New York Press)
This past Tuesday and Wednesday, Film Forum showed off the comedic side of actor Tatsuya Nakadai with Age of Assassins , Kihachi Okamoto's zany spy satire and I Am a Cat , Kon Ichikawa's dry comedy of manners. Both are fairly obscure and have remained out-of-print for far too long.
- The best of bugs - Boston Globe
The best of bugsBoston Globe, United States - 3 hours agoPoetry reading by Grassl Thursday at 7 pm Free. 37 Lexington Road, Concord. 978-369-2578. concordart.org Armed with a new attitude about many-legged ...
- Popular Authors Sign On For National Book Festival - WJLA
Salman Rushdie and Tiki Barber are among the 70 authors scheduled to participate in the 2008 National Book Festival. The Library of Congress is organizing the festival on September 27th on the National Mall. The event was started by first lady Laura ...
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