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- A paean to books and those who love them (Concord Monitor)
Though it deals with a dark period in history, this first novel is an essentially sunny work. It affirms the power of books to nourish people enduring hard times - not so surprising, since Mary Ann Shaffer, who died earlier this year, had a long career as a librarian, bookseller and editor.
- It's Happening - Scarborough (Etobicoke Guardian)
CHARITY YARD SALE to benefit missionary team from First Alliance Church heading to Ndola, Zambia, South Africa. Funds raised will help with plane fare and costs of building a new library, soccer camp and other programs in the South African village.
- CD review: "Wild & Free," The Radiators (Stamford Advocate)
Trying to the synthesize the 30 years of New Orleans road dogs The Radiators into a two-disc set is nearly impossible.
- Witty playwright known to live hard (Miami Herald)
Simon Gray, who wrote bitingly comic plays like Butley, Otherwise Engaged and Quartermaine's Terms about the educated British middle class and whose almost manically confessional late-in-life memoirs turned his sardonic intelligence upon himself, died Wednesday in London. He was 71.
- UK quashes ‘lyrical’ terror conviction - Financial Times
A former Heathrow airport worker who wrote poems about beheading non-Muslims as the self-styled “lyrical terrorist” had her conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal on Tuesday. Samina Malik, 24, was the first woman to be convicted under ...
- 'Killing, for me . . . has never been difficult' - San Jose Mercury News
From their kick-in-the-front-door infancy almost 40 years ago to their modern, post-Columbine stratagems, the elite tactical police units widely known as SWAT teams have evolved. And they've done so largely through the trials and errors of cops like ...
- Rank and File - Herald Tribune
Blessed are the list makers, with their sharp pencils, their certainties, their mix of words and numbers. Walt Whitman made lists. Nabokov made lists. Last year, while declaring in Time magazine that “literary lists are basically an obscenity ...
- interview | I have to finish five films this year : Priyanka Chopra - The Post
interview | I have to finish five films this year : Priyanka ChopraThe Post, Pakistan - 1 hour agoThe first part is of Sana, a present-day girl - she’s very soft spoken, poetry loving, diary writing girl living in Australia. Zayesha, on the other hand, ...
- He's San Francisco's pugilistic poet, for better or verse - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesHe's San Francisco's pugilistic poet, for better or verseLos Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour agoFor him, poetry is as much about hatred as it is about love. Kleinzahler carries himself like a boxer: sure-footed, as if ready to throw a punch. ...
- Poetry, Hip-Hop and the Palestinian Experience - Scoop
In 1948, my grandmother was expelled from Palestine. Like many of the 780,000 evicted that year, she never saw her birthplace again. But she always dreamed of a dignified return: to Yaffa, her home city, a place of warmth and beauty; to her house ...
- Tara Moss's love story to the letter - with a poet - Courier Mail
Tara Moss's love story to the letter - with a poetCourier Mail, Australia - 19 minutes agoAfter enjoying a romantic night out at the Andrea Bocelli concert last weekend, Moss and Sellheim flew south yesterday to indulge their shared passion of ...
- Frank Megargee - Baltimore Sun
Frank MegargeeBaltimore Sun, United States - 4 hours agoAge 90 Eastern Shore correspondent for The Evening Sun loved writing poetry and painting in watercolors. By Frederick N. Rasmussen | Sun Reporter Frank N. ...
- Johnson 'bare-knuckled' on new CD - Jam! Showbiz
Johnson 'bare-knuckled' on new CDJam! Showbiz, Canada - 3 hours agoHis bare-knuckled, barroom poetry takes the point of view of hard-bitten losers and boozers, and it's shot with blue-collar authenticity. ...
- UT Dallas Celebration to Mark Juneteenth - University of Texas at Dallas (press release)
UT Dallas Celebration to Mark JuneteenthUniversity of Texas at Dallas (press release), TX - 37 minutes agoLocal artists and poets, some of whom have participated in SUAAB’s Underground Poetry Circus. Earlier in Juneteenth week, the Student Union & Activities ...
- Knitting for a cause, and to stay awake - Naples Daily News
A group of self-titled Knit Wits in North Naples have needled so many soft blankets and booties, they’re having a hard time finding homes for them. At Caribbean Mobile Home Park last Tuesday, a handful of female retirees in the group assembled for ...
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