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- Blackened Billy verse competition open for 2009 (Grenfell Record)
New and old writers of bush verse are again invited to enter the Blackened Billy Verse Competition, the most popular and highly contested bush poetry in Australia. The winner is awarded the much sought after Blackened Billy trophy as well as $400 in prize money. There are also cash prizes for 2nd and 3rd.
- Nashville's newest star: Texas mom (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
A Texas mother of five is the new “Nashville Star.” Melissa Lawson beat finalist Gabe Garcia on Monday for the title on the country music reality series. Upon winning, Lawson, 32, performed her single “What If It All Goes Right,” which was released to country radio Tuesday. Photo caption: Freeman
- River as classroom (Asheville Citizen-Times)
Asheville – This summer the French Broad River was turned into a classroom for 40 local and visiting students. The third- through fifth-graders participated in the first RiverLink French Broad River Camp program.
- Owen Wilson "Enormously Literate" And "Big Poetry Fan" - All Headline News
Hollywood, CA (CNS) - "You know how they say we only use 10 percent of our brains? I think we only use 10 percent of our hearts," said Owen Wilson's character in "Wedding Crashers." Wilson's character in the movie was only hoping to get lucky with a ...
- Poetry in motion for Portland artist - The Standard - Warrnambool
Poetry in motion for Portland artistThe Standard - Warrnambool, Australia - 30 minutes agoIt will premiere at the Melbourne Writers Festival In Federation Square on August 29, before heading to the Port Fairy Book Fair on September 6.
- ticPick — ECOARTFEST - Columbia Daily Tribune
ticPick — ECOARTFESTColumbia Daily Tribune, MO - 3 hours agoThe free event takes place Saturday and Sunday at Cooper’s Landing and features environmental information stands, a silent auction and crafts, ...
- Intoxicating Rhymes & Sobering wine: The life and times of Khayyam - Payvand Iran News
This educational documentary is about the life and times of Khayyam, the famed 11th-century Persian mathematician and astronomer. Although today Khayyam is better known as a poet, during his lifetime he was known mainly for his achievements in the ...
- Treasure trove of folk songs - This is Wiltshire
A treasure trove of folk songs that paint of picture of rural life is being made available online. The launch of this new local history web resource is being celebrated on Saturday, September 6 with a day of folk history, music and dance at the ...
- Say what? Monologues have the answers - Daily Progress
One man will share his musings about how tough it is to make basic human connections amid high-tech weapons of mass distraction. The other will be reflecting on one of his most cherished connections — that of daddy and daughter in the land of ...
- Leonard Cohen: Out of the monastery and back on the road - Jewish Theatre
Leonard Cohen: Out of the monastery and back on the roadJewish Theatre, Israel - 22 hours agoHis mother, Masha, was a Russian Jew from Lithuania, from whom Cohen inherited his love of song and poetry. His sister, Esther, still lives in Montreal. ...
- Guest List: Ponytail (Pitchfork)
Ponytail's Jeremy Hyman, Ken Seeno, Molly Siegel, and Dustin Wong, whose diverse tastes result in a number of disparate song recommendations, nevertheless all seem to agree on the best two TV shows of the past few years. [Interview: Tyler Grisham] read more
- Slow death of such a promising new nation - WalesOnline
Slow death of such a promising new nationWalesOnline, United Kingdom - 7 hours ago... oyster and believed that things could only improve and flourish, I’ve struggled to understand and appreciate Eliot’s poetry of despair and desolation. ...
- USC's Poetry Initiative accepting manuscripts for chapbook contest - Times & Democrat
COLUMBIA -- The South Carolina Poetry Initiative at the University of South Carolina is accepting entries for the state's fourth annual chapbook contest. Chapbook entries must be postmarked no later than Sept. 30, and winners will be announced Oct ...
- Letters: War crimes (Independent)
The media circus over the capture of Radovan Karadzic has little to do with any notion of "justice" for his victims. Rather it is a continuation of the simplistic myth, peddled by Western leaders and the media through the Nineties, that the disintegration of Yugoslavia was the result of ancient ethnic hatreds and that the Serbs were the chief aggressors in the break-up.
- Report: Taliban media network projects power, but also exposes militant weaknesses (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Using everything from Internet postings to poetry, the Taliban have created a sophisticated media network that undermines support for the Afghan government by projecting the militia's power as greater than it really is, a new report says.
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