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- Angelou writing a poem about Obama (AP via Yahoo! News)
Upon his election in 1992, Bill Clinton — affectionately referred to as the nation's first black president — asked Maya Angelou to compose a poem and read it at his inauguration. Angelou feels a new poem welling up inside her following Barack Obama's election, but she does not expect another command performance.
- Which character has the worst name in fiction? - Guardian Unlimited
To me, it looked as if Paul Auster was having an uncomfortable time on stage. Appearing in the "America Decides" season at the Queen Elizabeth Hall earlier this month, he struggled with the opaque questions put to him, his answers accompanied by the ...
- Review: How to Lose Friends & Alienate People - Cinematical
Review: How to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleCinematical, CA - 3 hours agoThat's precisely the same answer Fellini arrived at, albiet with quite a bit more poetry and grace. There are some uncomfortable questions involved here. ...
- Robyn Schiff shows the poetry in pistols (The Daily Iowan)
In the appropriately titled Revolver, UI Associate Professor Robyn Schiff's latest collection of poetry, there are guns. Lots and lots of guns. And knives, too. Generally, there's enough weaponry here to make Charlton Heston smile. Or Gandhi cry. Staking an interest in the "responsibility of a poet writing in wartime," Schiff's frequent references to firearms lends her work a saturated ...
- ‘Blonde Anthology’ Unravels the Elusive Theory of Everything - Press Dispensary (press release)
‘Blonde Anthology’ Unravels the Elusive Theory of EverythingPress Dispensary (press release), UK - 6 hours agoNow in his 50s, the prolific writer and performer is publishing his lifelong attempt to answer the great questions of life in his new book ‘Blonde ...
- Schools celebrate the season - Times and Transcript
Schools celebrate the seasonTimes and Transcript, Canada - 3 hours agoThis is a fairy tale first published in 1845 by Hans Christian Andersen about a girl who dies selling matches on a wintry New Year's Eve. ...
- Campaign mounted to save late poet's home in Prince Edward County - Community Press
Campaign mounted to save late poet's home in Prince Edward CountyCommunity Press, Canada - 8 hours agoThe first chapter, edited by RD Roy, is open to submissions of poems and prose about Purdy or work that mentions the famous poet. ...
- Humanities Day provides new opportunities for discovery - University of Chicago Chronicle
University of Chicago ChronicleHumanities Day provides new opportunities for discoveryUniversity of Chicago Chronicle - 6 hours agoJacqueline Goldsby, Associate Professor in English Language & Literature, a specialist in 19th and early-20th century American and African-American ...
- Debut Author's Abuse Recovery Novel Nominated for 2008 Cybil Award - 24-7PressRelease.com (press release)
Debut Author's Abuse Recovery Novel Nominated for 2008 Cybil Award24-7PressRelease.com (press release) - 2 hours agoThe public nominates their favorite children's books from 2008 in seven categories: Picture Books; Non-fiction Picture Books; Middle Grade fiction; Poetry; ...
- Chuck, "Chuck vs. the Fat Lady": What's opera, doc? - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
The Star-Ledger - NJ.comChuck, "Chuck vs. the Fat Lady": What's opera, doc?The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - 5 hours agoJill says that one of the late Guy LaFleur's passwords involved Vogon poetry, which is, of course, the third worst poetry in the universe. ...
- The writing on the wall is West Bank restaurant menu - SAWF News Connect
The Bahamas Seafood Restaurant's menu hovers between a giant black camel and a roller-skating donkey, adding a splash of colour to the bleak concrete wall that slices through the West Bank. BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AFP) - "You have to make the most of ...
- Cancer survivor to lecture, discuss book at Shawnee university - Daily Oklahoman
Everything you would need to know about dealing with cancer. Sam Bradford: I knew he was special when ... U.S. Grant High School locked down today MySpace bragging brings $320,000 tax... Keating says Cheney was responsible for news... Toddler found ...
- Myanmar's roadmap to undemocratic polls - Asia Times
BANGKOK - Myanmar's military rulers have renewed efforts to eliminate all opposition to their authority in the leadup to planned elections in 2010. On Tuesday, 14 leading political activists, including five women from the so-called "88 Generation ...
- Looney Tunes: Golden Collection, Vol. 6 (DVD Talk)
Warner Bros. // Unrated // October 21, 2008 "But I did! I did see an elephant in my bird bath." "Sure, sure, I know. I keep a giraffe in mine." Every fall I look forward to the release of a new Looney Tunes - Golden Collection . Six years in, it's like the old faithful of DVD sets: four DVDs of cartoons, 15 cartoons each disc, a pile of extras.
- UA poets to celebrate new books - Arizona Daily Star
UA poets to celebrate new booksArizona Daily Star, AZ - 2 hours agoPoets and University of Arizona professors Luci Tapahonso and Ofelia Zepeda each has a new volume of poetry out. Tapahonso is a professor of American Indian ...
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