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- Fair-season fantasias (Toronto Star)
For those assembling a pile of kids' books in preparation for summer, here's some good reading. Written by Bonny Becker and illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton, A Visitor for Bear (Candlewick, 32 pages, $18.50, ages 2 to 4) addresses that seasonal topic of unwanted guests.
- Rekindling a mission to spread word of peace - Boston Globe
The reformed gang leader had become a man of peace and wanted to spread his message of redemption to others around Boston. In the fall of 2006, Jahmol Norfleet started making a video about his conversion that he hoped would inspire other troubled ...
- Finding my roots in the cemetery - Times Daily
Two weeks ago, I tripped over my roots. The fall was soft, and I gained no bruises. Instead, I discovered new leaves on my family tree, and I thought I'd memorized every vein and blade. The wise, knarled roots always made their presence known to me ...
- Fresh-Air Weekend - Emporia Gazette
Fresh-Air WeekendEmporia Gazette, KS - 1 hour agoSaturday’s events will include a two-mile guided walk to Allegawaho Heritage Memorial Park, a quilt show, early American rug-hooking demonstration, ...
- Summer reading lists just got longer with new books (Cape Cod Times)
"Happy Trails to You: Stories," by Julie Hecht (Simon & Schuster, ISBN 13-978-1-4165-6425-6, 209 pages, $24)
- Email-like names cause controversy in China - Times of India
Email-like names cause controversy in ChinaTimes of India, India - Jul 8, 2008Unlike the African-American leader of the 1960s, Malcolm X, who dropped his surname to snap ties with his "white" slave masters, modern day Chinese names ...
- West Akron Kiwanis member invites community to hear speaker - Akron Leader Publications
West Akron Kiwanis member invites community to hear speakerAkron Leader Publications, OH - 2 hours agoParvin also has published articles in several fields of science, poetry and novels. As I read each line of his biography, I became more enthusiastic to get ...
- Raymond Carver - guardian.co.uk
Raymond Carverguardian.co.uk, UK - 47 minutes agoHis poetry is in the realist tradition of Robert Frost and WS Merwin. Carver is undeniably a writers' writer. He's been cited as an influence by authors as ...
- Where are Labour and National’s education policies (Scoop.co.nz)
QPEC has begun analysing the education policies of the main political parties with a section of our website devoted to the topic.
- Live: Mos Def and Gil Scott Heron at Carnegie Hall - Village Voice
Village VoiceLive: Mos Def and Gil Scott Heron at Carnegie HallVillage Voice, NY - 3 minutes agoJazz, that most benighted of African American genres and my late Mother’s favorite, still powered many dimensions of my world then with the music fighting ...
- Poets on the Psalms - GoErie.com
Poets on the PsalmsGoErie.com, PA - 3 hours agoThis collection of essays by 14 contemporary poets grapples with the magnificent poetry of the Book of Psalms as it speaks to the modern reader. ...
- Grads honored at kente cloth event - Fremont News-Messenger
FREMONT -- The African-American College Club will honor graduating students in the Kente Cloth Draping Ceremony at 6 p.m., Friday at Warren Chapel A.M.E. Church in Fremont. The public is invited. The ceremony will begin with a procession of clergy ...
- CD REVIEWS: NIYAZ - World music - San Francisco Chronicle
CD REVIEWS: NIYAZ - World musicSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 1 hour agoOn the song "Ishq: Love and the Veil," for example, Niyaz takes an 18th century Urdu poem ("Once awakened there was no longer a veil . ...
- Lula Lounge a world beater (Toronto Sun)
Thanks to the Internet, local club makes a mark internationally with its eclectic lineup of artists
- New Arts Festival Linking Weimar and Shiraz Planned For 2009 - Deutsche Welle
New Arts Festival Linking Weimar and Shiraz Planned For 2009Deutsche Welle, Germany - 11 minutes agoThe word "divan" has passed into several western languages meaning a collection of poetry. This was inspired by the Divan of Hafez. ...
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