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- The Voice of Mahmoud Darwish (Middle East Online)
Wherever Mahmoud Darwish was, words in his hands were a magic lamp that set free the genie of the Arabic language. He knew the heart of the Palestinians. He knew that they had only one wish for the genie, one yearning request of their language – ‘home’, says Ibtisam Barakat .
- The Rush to Save Timbuktu's Crumbling Manuscripts - Spiegel Online
Spiegel OnlineThe Rush to Save Timbuktu's Crumbling ManuscriptsSpiegel Online, Germany - 4 hours agoThe Ahmed Baba Library alone contains more than 20000 manuscripts, including works on herbal medicine and mathematics, yellowed volumes of poetry, ...
- Writer offered young Obama life advice - Politico.com
HONOLULU (AP) — At key moments in his adolescence, Barack Obama could not turn to a father he hardly knew. Instead, he looked to a left-leaning black journalist and poet for advice on living in a world of black and white. Frank Marshall Davis had ...
- ‘Uncle and maestro’: Friends remember George Garrett (The Hook)
Writers gathered at the UVA Chapel on Monday to remember George Garrett. PHOTO BY DAVE MCNAIR At a memorial service on Monday, September 22 for writer and UVA professor George Garrett, who died after a battle with bladder cancer on May 25, UVA president John Casteen called the author of 11 novels, eight short story collections, eight [...]
- Local authors publish a bounty of fiction and nonfiction - Cape Cod Times
"A Thousand Hills," by Stephen Kinzer (John Wiley & Sons Inc., ISBN 978-0-470-12015-6, 380 pages, $25.95) Truro summer resident Stephen Kinzer is an award-winning former foreign correspondent for The New York Times and author of several books on ...
- Chrome? I Want To Love Ya (PC World)
Steve Bass takes a look at Chrome, Google's new browser--and maybe Windows killer. Plus the week's really weird time wasters.
- Arts month kicks off - Cherry Hill Courier Post
Arts month kicks offCherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - 22 hours agoPractice prose at Poetry in the Park at the Historic Hopkins House in Haddon Township. Stroll through the 32nd Annual Juried Art Exhibit at Smithville ...
- Notes of interest - West Island Chronicle
Notes of interestWest Island Chronicle, Canada - 2 hours agoin Pointe Claire. Call Dina at 514-626-4311 for information. Montreal Public Poetry Festival Sept. 26-28 is now accepting applications. The deadline is Aug. ...
- Dasmunsi releases book on birth centenary of poet ‘Dinakar’ - TopNews
TopNewsDasmunsi releases book on birth centenary of poet ‘Dinakar’TopNews, India - Sep 23, 2008... Dinakar contributed enormously to the freedom movement through his inspirational writings, the Minister added. Dinakar’s fearless nationalistic poetry ...
- Palestinian poet Darwish critically ill: officials (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry Palestinians believe has given a voice to their suffering, lay critically ill on Saturday after heart surgery in Texas, a Palestinian official said.
- 'Pansy Ass' Potter wants to be drag act - Metro.co.uk
Daniel Radcliffe says he wants to play a drag queen and admits he drinks vodka and Diet Coke like a 'pansy ass'. The Harry Potter child star has decided to show off a dark adult side ahead of his debut run on Broadway in Peter Shaffer's play Equus ...
- The Browser: Socks, Books, Rock'N'Roll - and Jazz, Actually - RedOrbit
The Browser: Socks, Books, Rock'N'Roll - and Jazz, ActuallyRedOrbit, TX - 30 minutes agoThere are Thetre de Becherel Art'Comedia and Last Word productions tonight, Messiaen tomorrow at Wigtown Church, an Irish film season, Kinetic Poetry (think ...
- Readers solve 'lost' poet mystery - BBC News
The information SIR received about George Colburn came from a variety of sources, including the Scottish Poetry Library, which found him listed in two out-of-print poetry guides. Death certificates, census returns and marriage certificates came ...
- 'Dashing' Ross Noble steals the show at Latitude - Virtual Festivals
'Dashing' Ross Noble steals the show at LatitudeVirtual Festivals, UK - 1 hour agoMore than 20000 fans have been enjoying the music, theatre, poetry, comedy (and even the weather) at Latitude, which continues through Sunday when Interpol ...
- From Military Artifact to Art - Wall Street Journal
The Great Wall of China was ignored for centuries in China, "discovered" by Westerners and has now emerged as one of those useful national symbols, like Mount Rushmore or the Eiffel Tower or the Tower of London, that is instantly recognizable and ...
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