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- 'Xanadu': Its Neon Lights Still Shine - Washington Post
What I am about to write will undoubtedly elicit mockery and ridicule for weeks, if not months, to come. But I have to speak the truth: I love "Xanadu." I love that the plot of this 1980 musical is thinner than the finest slice of deli-variety Swiss ...
- Poetry Corner: With age comes wisdom, and cinquains - Providence Journal
Poetry Corner: With age comes wisdom, and cinquainsProvidence Journal, RI - 55 minutes agoHis love of literature and his desire to bring that joy to students can be heard as he tells me of teaching his seventh- and eighth-grade students the art ...
- Women writers help each other find the right words - Dailyrecord.com
Women writers help each other find the right wordsDailyrecord.com, NJ - 2 hours ago... the group's collective years of life experience were brought to bear on the one essay. Years that have included published books and volumes of poetry, ...
- Anthony J. Russo, 71, Pentagon Papers Figure, Dies (New York Times)
Mr. Russo was a shaggy-haired, unemployed policy wonk when he teamed up with the buttoned-down Daniel Ellsberg to leak the top-secret government history of the Vietnam War called the Pentagon Papers.
- Music: The Notwist's 'The Devil, You + Me' - Seattle Post Intelligencer
It's been a long six years since "Neon Golden." The good news is that this Bavarian foursome makes up for the wait with 11 doleful, electronically oriented tunes that, despite their minor chord tendencies, are actually uplifting. None more so than ...
- Kay Ryan, UCLA graduate in English, named 16th poet laureate of US - UC Los Angeles
Washington PostKay Ryan, UCLA graduate in English, named 16th poet laureate of USUC Los Angeles, CA - 11 hours ago... remedial English teacher at the College of Marin in Kentfield, leaving her free to take long mountain bike rides and focus on her poetry. ...Kay Ryan, a Laureate Worth Lauding New York SunFairfax Woman Named Nation's Poet Laureate FoxReno.comall 141 news articles
- No plea from NH child-sex fugitive on FBI's most-wanted list - Houston Chronicle
No plea from NH child-sex fugitive on FBI's most-wanted listHouston Chronicle, United States - 1 hour agoThey said Schillaci, who was born in Oklahoma, became pen pals with one of the boy's parents through a college poetry magazine. "They corresponded back and ...
- Around the Women’s Institutes - Henley Standard
Around the Women’s InstitutesHenley Standard, UK - 2 hours agoMembers also decorated a window in the church for the flower and poetry festival. The poem, not surprisingly, was Jerusalem. The summer coach trip will be ...
- Birding the Santa Monica Mountains by Gerry Haigh - Topanga Messenger
Topanga MessengerBirding the Santa Monica Mountains by Gerry HaighTopanga Messenger, CA - 2 hours agoInstead, birds are humanely presented to the reader through anecdotes and poetry. Haigh's blend of poetry, prose, and scientific research reflects a ...
- Announcing the teams competing at the National Poetry Slam 2008 in ... - Isthmus Daily Page
Announcing the teams competing at the National Poetry Slam 2008 in ...Isthmus Daily Page, WI - 11 hours agoAltogether they will comprise 76 teams, the final selection of which was announced last Friday by the national organizers Poetry Slam Incorporated. ...
- Musical Inspiration (Contract Magazine)
As a continuation of our July issue, some of the team at Elliott + Associates discuss the parallels and connections between architecture and music and name a few of their favorite artists.
- ON THE BLOGS: Enter sci-fi writing contest - York Daily Record
ON THE BLOGS: Enter sci-fi writing contestYork Daily Record, PA - 9 hours agoWriters of original science fiction are invited to submit entries on the theme, "Yesterday, I Will" in a science fiction writing contest. ...
- Stolen $30M Shakespeare book found; man arrested (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A 400-year-old volume of Shakespeare stolen in England a decade ago and valued $30 million has been recovered after a man walked into a library in Washington and asked to have it authenticated.
- Poetry session spotlights humorous verse pioneer (Gulf Times)
AN URDU forum has hosted a poetry session dedicated to Akbar Allahabadi, a pioneer of humorous and satirical verse. The forum, Anjuman Muhibban-e-Urdu Hind Qatar (AMUHQ), is affiliated to the Indian Cultural Centre (ICC).
- Ronnie Drew: Lead singer of the Dubliners (Independent)
With his huge bushy beard, trademark gravelly voice and a gift for stripping a song down to its soul, Ronnie Drew was one of Ireland's musical heroes. He was a founder member of the folk group the Dubliners, whose charismatic stage presence and penchant for raw, bar-room ballads and roaring chorus songs helped them achieve unprecendented international success over four decades. Drew was the ...
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