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- Robert Giroux - Daily Telegraph
Robert Giroux, who died on Friday aged 94, was among the most distinguished names in American publishing in the second half of the last century. A partner in the publishing house Farrar, Straus & Giroux from 1964, he was described by the firm's ...
- Key dates in Radovan Karadzic's life (AP via Yahoo! News)
Key dates in the life of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, arrested Monday on U.N. genocide charges:
- Heaney ‘catches the heart off guard’ - Harvard University Gazette
Heaney ‘catches the heart off guard’Harvard University Gazette, MA - 2 hours agoIntroducing him was poetry scholar Helen Vendler, Harvard’s A. Kingsley Porter University Professor. She called the Northern Ireland native “a poet of the ...
- Poetry in motion - Winnipeg Sun
Poetry in motionWinnipeg Sun, Canada - 1 hour agoBy STEPHEN RIPLEY Since I don't see any hands in the air, I'll fill you in. Ashley Harkleroad is the 72nd-ranked player on the WTA tour. ...
- Wow, what a weekend, CBS catches it all - Britt News-Tribune
Wow, what a weekend, CBS catches it allBritt News-Tribune, IA - 2 hours agoEach night, from Thursday through Saturday, hobo singers, musicians, poetry readers and vaudville actors entertained their audience. ...
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 (USA Today)
Mahmoud Darwish, the world's most recognized Palestinian poet, whose prose gave voice to the Palestinian experience of exile, occupation and infighting, died on Saturday in Houston, Texas. He was 67.
- Four Centuries of Cuban Literature - Cuba Headlines
Cuba HeadlinesFour Centuries of Cuban LiteratureCuba Headlines, Cuba - 5 minutes agoThe publishing houses Letras Cubanas and Ediciones Boloña will launch classic Cuban literary texts. The Institute of Literature and Linguistics will offer a ...
- Missourian's Teen Page 'My Mo' Now Accepting Staff Applications - Washington Missourian
The Missourian is now seeking staff members for "My Mo," a page dedicated to and created by teenagers, which will run weekends in the print and online editions starting this September. The youth page will feature stories, photographs, illustrations ...
- Academics unearth UK's oldest joke - Economic Times
LONDON: A 1,000-year-old double-meaning wry observation is what British academics consider to be their country's oldest joke. They found it in the Codex Exoniensis, a 10th century book of Anglo-Saxon poetry held at Exeter Cathedral. It reads: "What ...
- Jalota launches music company to promote amateur singers (Calcutta News)
Well-known bhajan singer Anup Jalota and Kavi Narayan Agarwal have launched a music company called Shabd 'n Sur to promote amateur singers. 'There are many talented singers who aspire to make a career in singing, but can't fulfil their dreams because of various reasons.
- Importing a passion for poetry (Guardian Unlimited)
Sarah Maguire: If we could read the poets that move huge audiences elsewhere in the world, would it wake up our own?
- August 11 (Boothbay Register)
Believe it or not we actually had two nice days this past week. Tuesday was sunny as was Sunday. Bob Treend, long time Island visitor and his newest lady friend, Carol Look of Houston, Texas visited the Woolsons for four days. Luckily they experienced one of the nice days.
- Day of Ukraine started at 21st Moscow International Book Fair - NRCU - Ukrainian Radio
NRCU - Ukrainian RadioDay of Ukraine started at 21st Moscow International Book FairNRCU - Ukrainian Radio, Ukraine - 3 hours agoPresentation of original and translated poetry collections of famous Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian poets will be held, as well as formal reception of ...
- Celebrity power meets philanthropy - Ninemsn
NinemsnCelebrity power meets philanthropyNinemsn, Australia - 30 minutes agoShe spent an afternoon earlier this month at Safe Space's Manhattan Youth High-Risk Drop-In Center, where the youth performed skits, poetry and sang songs ...
- Poet of the Palestinians dies (TVNZ)
Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry his fellow Palestinians embraced as the voice of their suffering, died after heart surgery in Texas.
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