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- Fest spotlights black theater - MiamiHerald.com
Fest spotlights black theaterMiamiHerald.com, FL - 26 minutes ago9 pm Poetry Experience 1, Bohemian Room, Club Santos, 430 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach. 1 pm Life as a Teenager, African Heritage Center. ...
- Ali inspires US Ryder Cup team - The Punch
Ali inspires US Ryder Cup teamThe Punch, Nigeria - Sep 18, 2008?He wasn?t part of my generation, but it was inspirational,” the Californian said. ?Watching the video that we watched for 20 minutes or 25 minutes was very ...
- Musharraf's turbulent 9 years in power - Boston Globe
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— 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 ...
- Literary late-bloomers (The Christian Science Monitor)
Of course we all know that if at first you don’t succeed you’re supposed to try, try again, but frankly I don’t know how most authors stand the rejection.
- Lord Renton: 'The best epitaph he could have had' - Daily Telegraph
Playing cricket until he was 66, hunting at 75, riding at 82, on the grouse moors - with a replacement heart valve - at 91, driving till he was 96. The ever-cheerful late Lord Renton The late Lord Renton, the ever-cheerful and longest-serving ...
- Harkishan singh Surjeet: The political sailor - Hindustan Times
Harkishan singh Surjeet: The political sailorHindustan Times, India - 1 hour agoHarkishan Singh Bassi changed his surname to ‘Surjeet’ while trying his hand writing poetry in his youth. The ‘poetic’ name would stick for the man who ...
- Vermeer's Hat, by Timothy Brook - The Independent
Tmothy Brook is a Canadian historian of China who has taken up the Shaw Chair of Chinese Studies at Oxford. His many publications range widely across the last half dozen centuries in China: the history of Buddhists, book collectors, Christian ...
- Senior citizens pursuing education from home - Boston Globe
NEW YORK— Kathy Leeds grows animated as she describes the courses she is taking this fall, including classes in current events, art and literature. But Leeds will never step foot on a campus or in a classroom. The 79-year-old widow has multiple ...
- Arabeyes: Mourning for Mahmoud Darwish - Global Voices Online
Arabeyes: Mourning for Mahmoud DarwishGlobal Voices Online, MA - 8 hours agoBorn in historical Palestine, in what is now Israel, Darwish leaves behind over 30 volumes of poetry and eight books of prose, and millions of fans. .. the ...
- CONCERTS, THEATER AND MORE (The Wichita Eagle)
TUE. Soul Barers' Society, reading of poetry/prose and spoken word, 7-9 p.m., Zoomdweebie's Tea Bar, 3010 E. Central. Free. Information, 316-440-4202. WED. Senior Wednesday program, "Shark Attacks Bite," 10 a.m., Sedgwick County Zoo, 5555 Zoo Blvd. Cost $4. Information, 316-266-8213. Senior Wednesday program, "Seeing Kansas with New Eyes," by Marci Penner, 1:30 p.m., Wichita Public ...
- GRETCHEN WILSON: Grammy winner to be here for party at Jam - Everything Alabama
In four years, country singer Gretchen Wilson has come a long way from being the Redneck Woman and party girl. She still likes parties, but the most recent one was with the Republican Party during its national convention in Minnesota. Wilson - along ...
- "Writers of all ages get involved at Thirsty Tome" - UNCW Seahawk
"Writers of all ages get involved at Thirsty Tome"UNCW Seahawk, NC - 2 hours agoAlison Harney and Jennifer Weathers read poetry and Jessica Smith and Kate Sweeney read sections from their creative non-fiction. Following the MFA graduate ...
- Overshadowed poet gets overdue attention (The News & Observer)
C.S. Lewis, author of "The Chronicles of Narnia" and much else enjoyed the friendship of many accomplished writers, including J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of "The Lord of the Rings." But one contemporary whose friendship he shared, whose literary judgments he trusted and whose achievement he greatly admired is little known today: the much-honored English poet Ruth Pitter (1897-1992).
- Concordia scholar shares another side of C.S. Lewis - Austin American-Statesman
American-Statesman: "The Personal Heresy: A Controversy" is certainly not among C.S. Lewis's most popular books. In fact, it's an exchange of essays between Lewis and literary critic E.M.W. Tillyard on the proper reading of poetry. How did you happen ...
- Arts Center president says city funding could help revitalize downtown (The Lufkin Daily News)
Linda Poland, president of the First Street Arts Center board of directors, said the $18,000 the group is seeking from the Lufkin City Council is for operating costs and other plans.
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