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- Edison teen learns lesson in standing up for herself - MiamiHerald.com
Edison teen learns lesson in standing up for herselfMiamiHerald.com, FL - 1 hour agoWriting a book of poetry or starting a rock band are also on her list. At 18 she can afford to dream big even if her work world often goes in circles. ...
- Writing his own story (The Salem News)
"Please, no doom and gloom," Christopher Reardon asks. "This isn't another kid in a wheelchair crying about his life." This is a kid in a wheelchair who says he's trying to tell the truth about his life. A kid, a man, really, who just turned 22 and wants his writings to challenge the way people think about cancer survivors, wheelchair drivers and maybe even the world.
- Rocky pays tribute to former president - Billings Gazette
Longtime Rocky Mountain College President Arthur DeRosier Jr. was remembered with personal tributes, poetry and music during a soulful memorial service Friday morning. DeRosier, 76, died of pancreatic cancer in November at his son's home in ...
- Gaia Online Gives Teens the Chance to Take Home "Olympic Gold" - Earthtimes
SAN JOSE, Calif. - (Business Wire) For those of us who have dreamt of Olympic glory, but prefer thumb wrestling and hot dog eating to swimming and hurdles, Gaia Online, the leading online hangout of more than 5 million teens, today announced it will ...
- Fifty since Ezra Pound's visit - South Bergenite
Fifty since Ezra Pound's visitSouth Bergenite, NJ - 2 hours agoHe planned to live out his life at the Merano, Italian estate of his daughter, Mary, the wife of the noted Egyptologist, Prince Boris de Rachewiltz. ...
- Indian blogger's series to be published in Pak text book (Express India)
An Indian blogger's write-ups on five things Pakistanis love about their country may soon be included in a Pakistani school text book.
- Cal State S.B. student immerse themselves in Arabic (The Press-Enterprise)
Amber Tracy spent the past academic year studying Arabic. But with a full-time job and other classes, she wasn't progressing as quickly as she had wanted.
- Strange days: Fired by ancient zeal in Cornwall - Daily Telegraph
At the end of a long journey into Cornwall, crumpled into a corner of a train, I was longing to get out on the open moor. Standing around the midsummer bonfire at Madron, near Penzance Aside from the cattle-truck stylings of rail travel, the journey ...
- Former teacher still remembered at 100 - Altoona Mirror
Former teacher still remembered at 100Altoona Mirror, PA - 10 minutes agoShe required us to remember poetry from some of the greats,'' Kimberlin said. Steckman has photographs of Kimberlin and Robinson's granddaughters on her ...
- Budding Blackpool poet wins animal charity praise - Blackpool Citizen
Budding Blackpool poet wins animal charity praiseBlackpool Citizen, UK - 4 hours agoJack’s poem was shortlisted in its age category (11-13) for its imagination, technique and understanding of the issue. Animal Aid’s Competition Organiser, ...
- Kiss the librarian - Baywindows.com
Lillian Faderman, lesbian scholar and author of Gay L.A. and Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America , recalls her first exposure to the work of Jeannette Howard Foster. It was 1962, and she was a grad ...
- Jerry Zeller, priest, professor whose optimism inspired others (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Dr. Jerry Zeller's heart was revealed in passport stamps, a telltale reminder of the beauty he found in other worlds and other people. A professor, poet and priest, Dr. Zeller studied in Egypt as a Fulbright scholar and led students on field trips across Europe. The insights he gleaned from his travels abroad surfaced in classroom lectures, in spiritual conversations and in random bits of verse. ...
- Help young, at-risk poets - Examiner.com
Examiner.comHelp young, at-risk poetsExaminer.com - 10 minutes agoHe’ll be jumping out of the plane on behalf of the Art from Ashes Phoenix Rising poetry program for at-risk youth in Denver. Art from Ashes is the longtime ...
- Hendrix photographer captures diversity of Islamic culture - Earthtimes
One of the world’s most celebrated rock photographers has launched a collection of work showcasing the diversity and beauty of the Islamic world. Peter Sanders, who made his name photographing famous rock and roll icons of the 1960s, has launched ...
- Emotion and law - Hindu
HinduEmotion and lawHindu, India - 2 hours agoWordsworth and Keats are more popular because of the universality in their poetry. I love EE Cummings as a poet.” His poems traverse the socio-economic, ...
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