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- Writer who prefers being a waiter is up for £60,000 prize (Evening Standard)
A 28-year-old London waiter has been nominated for one of the world's most lucrative literary prizes for his first novel. Ross Raisin's debut God's Own Country is a contender for the £60,000 Dylan Thomas Prize for authors under the age of 30.
- From Inner City Chicago Kid to Creative Inspirational Writer - Biloxi Sun Herald
CHANDLER, Ariz., Sept. 22 -- Chicago native Aaron J. Dowdell has done what many told him he couldn't because he's an inner city kid raised in the most imperfect environment. He published his first book in 2003 then revised it in 2006 on Lulu.com ...
- ODDS AND ENDS: Pianist Anton Kuerti opens the Midland Symphony ... - MLive.com
Courtesy photo Pianist Anton Kuerti kicks off the 2008-2009 Midland Symphony Orchestra season on Sept. 27. An internationally acclaimed Canadian pianist will play Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor next weekend as the Midland Symphony ...
- Lesbians cheer Lesbos ruling - The Sun
A GREEK court has dismissed a request by residents of the Aegean island of Lesbos to ban the use of the word lesbian to describe gay women. Three residents of Lesbos, the birthplace of the ancient Greek poetess Sappho whose love poems inspired the ...
- Coastweek, September 07 - 13, 1979 - Coastweek
Coastweek, September 07 - 13, 1979Coastweek, Kenya - 2 hours agoOver the years she had worked for a better understanding among blacks and whites, doing it the Griot way with stories, song and poetry, history and humour. ...
- Generic 'Forever Strong' follows cliche path - MLive.com
AP Photo Out for a spin: Sean Faris dives with the ball in "Forever Strong." Hey, a rugby movie. Why not? Every sport, no matter how obscure to American audiences, eventually gets its own generic film, and "Forever Strong," you may guess by the title ...
- Teachers get refresher on creativity at workshop - Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription)
Teachers get refresher on creativity at workshopSpartanburg Herald Journal (subscription), SC - 1 hour agoSome teachers planned to make them into photo albums, while others wrote poetry inside. Most said they would definitely be implementing the idea in their ...
- Soldiering on - Guardian Unlimited
In one of Tobias Wolff's early stories, a married professor has a one-night stand with a vulnerable woman helping out with the catering at an academic conference. Brooke, the professor, dislikes his colleague Riley, a Yeats scholar with an ...
- registration is open for Glastonbury Festival 2009 - eFestivals.co.uk
registration is open for Glastonbury Festival 2009eFestivals.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoSo if you plan to buy tickets for friends or family you must make sure they all register! Registration does not reserve or guarantee you a ticket when they ...
- Rare books director collects library award - The State
Rare books director collects library awardThe State, SC - 7 minutes ago... Phillis Wheatley project, which contains “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral,†the first book published by an African-American author. ...
- Shakespeare on Film: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet Baz ... - MovieMaker Magazine
MovieMaker MagazineShakespeare on Film: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet Baz ...MovieMaker Magazine, NY - 2 hours agoLeonardo DiCaprio’s idle, rich-kid Romeo hangs out at a ruined beachside theater, writing poetry, and shoots pool with Benvolio. Capulet and “Bachelor of ...
- See 'Experimental Geography' at Peeler Art Center, September 19 ... - DePauw University
DePauw UniversitySee 'Experimental Geography' at Peeler Art Center, September 19 ...DePauw University, IN - 5 hours agoThe exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue co-published by iCI and Melville House Publishing. The catalogue includes essays by curator Nato ...
- Nearly 2,000 Brought To Safety - The Bulletin
Galveston, Texas - Rescuers said yesterday they had saved nearly 2,000 people from the waterlogged streets and splintered houses left behind by Hurricane Ike. Glass-strewn Houston was placed under a weeklong curfew, and millions of people in the ...
- Heart Beats Poetry bangs out a mix of musings - Metro
MetroHeart Beats Poetry bangs out a mix of musingsMetro, UK - 26 minutes agoIn a move smacking of the Auld Alliance, Scots electro-poetry duo The Ex-Men - otherwise known as Jack Sim and Matt Green - volunteered one of their own ...
- Handicraft items big draw at Liwa Festival (Khaleej Times)
ABU DHABI — Hand-woven and embroidered abayas, garments, handbags and decorative items highlighting the traditional crafts are on display for the first time at the fourth Liwa Festival.
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