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- Literary luminaries attend unveiling of statue of 'people's poet' Al Purdy (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
TORONTO - Eurithe Purdy sat at the feet of her late husband, renowned poet Al Purdy, on Tuesday as a statue of him was unveiled at Queen's Park.
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NEW YORK - With his flowing black hair, bushy beard and slight paunch, Behroush Sharifi hops off his bicycle and bounds into an expensive restaurant on the Upper West Side.
- Five things not to miss at the Mesa County Fair - Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
The carnival rides at the Mesa County Fair aren’t the only things that will make you dizzy. The animals, entertainers, vendors and variety of snow cone flavors can be overwhelming. We’re here to help. Keep reading for a few recommendations on ...
- Prose and poetry: Random thoughts on the Gratiaen award - Sri Lanka Sunday Times
For the first time since the inception of the Gratiaen award, not a single work of prose was short - listed. Poetry had a field day, five collections of poems being nominated. This was worrying and it prompted me to clarify my ideas on writing ...
- Remembrance season ends on a superb note - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Remembrance season ends on a superb noteSeattle Post Intelligencer - May 13, 2008... was set to poems of Mordecai Gebirtig, who was shot to death in 1942 in Krakow, Poland, for refusing to be deported to a concentration camp. ...
- Superior partners: High school students pair up with first-graders for ... - Missoulian
Jo Stevens' yearbook students at Superior High School and Diana Campbell's first-graders at the elementary school teamed up for a poetry project. To begin the poetry unit, the first-graders listened to the language of poetry and discovered that poems ...
- What's the story? - Guardian Unlimited
Michael Frayn's new play, Afterlife, like Democracy and Copenhagen, takes a real historical incident as its starting point. Like Copenhagen it cycles deftly through the years, each cycle getting at something new, some different layer of meaning, like ...
- James Joyce's Poems Get a Musical Facelift - NPR News
All Things Considered , June 21, 2008 - In 1907, shortly after publishing a book of love poetry titled Chamber Music , Irish writer James Joyce penned a letter to his brother Stanislaus: "Some of the verses are pretty enough to be put to music. I ...
- Pasternak’s Paths - Moscow News
Pasternak’s PathsMoscow News, Russia - 1 hour agoThe title poem of his 1943 collection, "On Early Trains," describes the journey from Moscow on the electric train and so, following in his footsteps, ...
- Music seen as path to learning (Berkshire Eagle)
WASHINGTON — The challenge was to come up with an idea that can transform public education, particularly in poor communities. The winner: an educator with a passion for making school fun.
- Branch 109 a community staple for 81 years - Goderich Signal-Star
Branch 109 a community staple for 81 yearsGoderich Signal-Star, Canada - 2 hours agoPoster and poetry contests not only reward students’ creativity, but promote awareness and education about the Legion, Canada’s war contributions and the ...
- Teens who trashed Frst home to take poetry class (The Nashua Telegraph)
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- After more than two dozen young people trashed a former residence of poet Robert Frost during a drinking party, the dilemma was how to punish them. A jail term might be too harsh, community service too easy. ... - By JOHN CURRAN The Associated Press
- Translation captures irony of original - Daily Item
This superb new English version of Flaubert’s masterpiece at last makes it possible to understand how Flaubert could say of his heroine, “Madame Bovary, c’est moi!” The mystery here for many readers has been how Flaubert managed to make his ...
- Religion calendar (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Grief ministry workshop: Laura Grayson will be speaking on “Loss and Chronic Illness: How the Family Structure Is Affected” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Calvary Baptist Church in the Paul McKee Fellowship Hall, 719 Cesar E. Chavez Parkway. Information: (619) 233-6487.
- For the future: Task force supports youth conference planning - United States Joint Forces Command
United States Joint Forces CommandFor the future: Task force supports youth conference planningUnited States Joint Forces Command - 8 hours agoOne highlight of the first day's events will be a poetry reading and art contest that will be judged by the director general of the library, the director ...
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