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- Oh, what a paradise was lost (The News & Observer)
Ethan Canin's first novel in seven years channels varied influences. The title is taken from one of Elia Kazan's best, if most resolutely uncommercial, films. The story is a conflation of "The Great Gatsby" and "All the King's Men," with strong overtones of "The Magnificent Ambersons" (one of Canin's characters echoes Booth Tarkington by referring to "one of God's lesser known laws. The law of ...
- Megan Sue Cook: March 15, 1983 — Aug. 18, 2008 - Uinta County Herald
Megan Sue Cook: March 15, 1983 — Aug. 18, 2008Uinta County Herald, WY - 2 hours agoShe also enjoyed writing and reading poetry, the outdoors and fossil hunting. Survivors include her dad, Bill Cook, step-mom Jody Cook and step-dad Mark ...
- Darwish to Have a State Funeral (TheCelebrityCafe.com)
Mahmoud Darwish, the national poet of Palestine, is to have a state funeral, the first since the death of Yasser Arafat.
- I'm lost without a book - and lost in one - Times Online
I'm lost without a book - and lost in oneTimes Online, UK - 25 minutes agoIn 2000, Andrew Motion, the newly appointed Poet Laureate, urged that schoolchildren should learn poetry by heart. But it is a discipline that requires ...
- Free concerts abound in NYC (The Record)
You can barely walk a block in New York City come summertime without running into a free concert, and many of them are perfect for the littlest listeners. Here are a few.
- Time after time she's still a hit - Vancouver Sun
Vancouver SunTime after time she's still a hitVancouver Sun, Canada - 7 hours agoHer concept was that beat poetry could go hand in hand with dance music. So when she was in Sweden working with producers Peer Astrom and Johan Bobeck at ...
- Goodbye high school, hello college, and feeling torn - Stamford Advocate
DARIEN - It is three days until my high school graduation and to be honest, I really don't know what I am feeling. I'm torn between being ready to move on while at the same time having to say goodbye to the people I've made strong bonds with in the ...
- OUR OLYMPIANS: Lauren Groves (Kingston Whig-Standard)
Fifteenth in a series profiling Kingston's contributions to the Canadian Olympic team. Lauren Groves' athletic accomplishments come from a combination of hard work and persistence, but not necessarily genetics. "My parents always laugh, because I don't come from an athletic family at all." Next Monday, [...]
- Ban cheats for life, insists Kluft - The Herald
Ban cheats for life, insists KluftThe Herald, UK - 7 hours ago"I don't think a lot about Dwain Chambers, because it's his problem, and it's sad, but he cheated and maybe it would be a good punishment if he wasn't ...
- Meet the Levins - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle Post IntelligencerMeet the LevinsSeattle Post Intelligencer - 49 minutes agoCarol's forthcoming poetry chapbook "Red Rooms and Others" is inspired by the house. The tour takes over an hour, but it also a travelogue about their ...
- A wizard behind the curtain winks - The Villager
The VillagerA wizard behind the curtain winksThe Villager, NY - 9 hours agoGoldsmith also showed Gae Savannah (who is in the current show at Umbrella) and hosted poetry readings. After the gallery closed, Curcio switched gears. ...
- A joyless marriage ends - Hindu Business Line
Hindu Business LineA joyless marriage endsHindu Business Line, India - 4 hours agoHad he, with his penchant for Urdu poetry, the luxury of expressing his sentiments in public, he might have quoted the saying: roz key marney sey tau ek din ...
- Queensland Poetry Festival - Brisbane Times
The Queensland Poetry Festival: Spoken In One Strange Word is dedicated to the promotion, presentation and professional development of poets and poetry in Australia. Now in its 12th year, the QPF has grown into one of Australia's most acclaimed ...
- Musharraf's Turbulent 9 Years In Power (CBS News)
Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president who took power in a high-altitude coup and later dragged a reluctant Islamic nation into the U.S.-led war on terror, submitted his resignation Monday after a turbulent nine years in office.
- Poetry aftershocks - China Internet Information Center|
Poetry aftershocksChina Internet Information Center|, China - 6 hours ago"The best poems in the book are written by those who are not professional poets," Hai Xiao told China.org.cn, "because the best poems come from the true ...
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