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- Star power meets philanthropy with celeb charities (AP via Yahoo! News)
Bono battles the AIDS epidemic. Leonardo tries to make the world a greener place, and Martha has a soft spot for animals.
- Nashville's newest star: Texas mom (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
A Texas mother of five is the new “Nashville Star.” Melissa Lawson beat finalist Gabe Garcia on Monday for the title on the country music reality series. Upon winning, Lawson, 32, performed her single “What If It All Goes Right,” which was released to country radio Tuesday. Photo caption: Freeman
- LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER - Washington Post
LETTER TO MY DAUGHTERWashington Post, United States - 10 minutes agoautobiographies, a dozen collections of poetry, a sprinkling of essays, children's books and a cookbook later, Angelou -- who turned 80 this spring -- has ...
- Mahmoud Darwish, poet of the Palestinians, dies at age of 67 - Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Mahmoud Darwish, poet of the Palestinians, dies at age of 67Middle East North Africa Financial Network, Jordan - Aug 10, 2008(MENAFN - Jordan Times) MAHMOUD DARWISH, whose poetry his fellow Palestinians embraced as the voice of their suffering, died on Saturday after heart surgery ...
- Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind - Baltimore City Paper
By John Gianvito and presented by Turtle: An Anarchic Salon, in an evening of homage and testament also featuring a lecture by Liz McAlister of the Jonah House, the photography of Ryan Coffman, and the poetry/photography of the radical priest Daniel ...
- Dallas community calendar - Dallas Morning News
Dallas community calendarDallas Morning News, TX - 4 hours agoTulisoma 2008 South Dallas Book Fair and Arts Festival runs Friday through Sunday at the African American Museum in Fair Park. Award-winning authors, poets ...
- Powerhouse of poets laureate - Stuff.co.nz
Powerhouse of poets laureateStuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 4 hours ago"If I'm going to a poetry reading or if there's a book launch, I'll bring it along, it's such a talking point. It's a wonderful thing to be able to hand it ...
- African writers to read from work - Princeton University
African writers to read from workPrinceton University, NJ - Sep 17, 2008... of a Fictional Nomadic Character)," is considered to be the finest living poet of the Afrikaans language. Nigerian-American author Iweala's first novel, ...
- Square turned into poetry garden (BBC News)
A square in Edinburgh is to be transformed into a poetry garden for a special free festival event.
- Michael Jackson records album of Robert Burns poetry - Entertainment.uk.msn.com
Michael Jackson has recorded musical versions of Scottish poet Robert Burns' poems with a host of stars - including David Gest. Gest told the Daily Record that Jackson organised the recording sessions in his own studio in California after plans to ...
- Cum, Hear Some Poetry - Miami New Times
Spoken word is the art you find at the intersection of poetry and music. Cultivated in the brains of artists who write to an imaginary beat that pulses in their heads, it is built to ignite passion, caution, or action. This stuff will make you move ...
- Island Xpressions ‘Xpress Yourself’ a success - SKNVibes.com
Island Xpressions ‘Xpress Yourself’ a successSKNVibes.com, St. Kitts and Nevis - 2 hours agoSteve Whittaker, another local poet, also performed several pieces and had everyone in a lively mood over his poem about questions a friend asked him ...
- Samford dean Joseph Hopkins meshes drama with robust singing - The Birmingham News - al.com
The Birmingham News - al.comSamford dean Joseph Hopkins meshes drama with robust singingThe Birmingham News - al.com, AL - 26 minutes agoHopkins personified the drama of the visceral love poetry in this popular collection. He capped "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'" (When I look into your eyes) ...
- 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 ...
- We need to review our identity: author (mehrnews.com)
TEHRAN, Sept. 12 (MNA) -- “We need a national movement of reviewing our identity”, said poet Shams Langerudi during the ceremony introducing his book.
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