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- The 2008 Book & Author Festival Poetry Reading - Santa Barbara Independent
del.icio.us. Locklin shows off some "Bell Jump" dance moves. But the reading really broke loose when Locklin, who was in Santa Barbara to receive the Glenna Luschei Poetry Fellowship Award, took the stand. Locklin, who idolizes Garrison Keillor and ...
- Teen Center set to open on Saturday - The Desert Sun
Teen Center set to open on SaturdayThe Desert Sun, CA - 17 hours agoBy Denise Goolsby • The Indio Sun • September 5, 2008 The highly anticipated opening of the new Indio Teen Center is just a day away. ...
- Poetry, please! - Daily Telegraph
What is it that makes a poem memorable? Stephanie Plentl asks a selection of famous readers for their favourite verse. Funny, moving, engaging, sad and even intriguing – in the past five weeks, since we launched our Poetry for Performance ...
- A Conversation with Tan Twan Eng (Far Eastern Economic Review)
Tan Twan Eng is a Malaysian author whose 2007 debut novel, The Gift of Rain, was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. The book, which focuses on the Malaysian experience during World War II, unflinchingly examines this oft-neglected period of Malaysian history.
- Is Malouf playing politics? - The Age
Is Malouf playing politics?The Age, Australia - 19 minutes agoThe following June he published Typewriter Music, his first poetry collection for 25 years, and in October last year we got The Complete Stories, ...
- Could President Obama keep his feet on ground? - TheChronicleHerald.ca
Could President Obama keep his feet on ground?TheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 43 minutes agoAddressing some 200000 people gathered at the Victory Column in the Berlin Tiergarten, he wowed the crowd with poetry but offered no meat. ...
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Mahmoud Darwish, a Palestinian cultural icon whose poetry eloquently told of his people's experiences of exile, occupation and infighting, died Saturday in Houston.
- Friday, September 19, 2008 (Fort Worth Weekly)
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- Fear Stalks Muslim Apostates in the West - American Thinker
Persuading Western Muslim leaders to repudiate Shari'a-sanctioned violence against apostates can be a frustrating exercise, as Prince Charles discovered in 2004. Troubled by the treatment of Muslims who convert to Christianity in Islamic nations, the ...
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- The remarkable Howard Ziff - The Massachusetts Daily Collegian
The remarkable Howard ZiffThe Massachusetts Daily Collegian, MA - 18 hours agoHe loves poetry and the history of the English language, classic movies and chamber music. And he'll speak with authority on all of it. ...
- Madison hosts National Poetry Slam (Wisconsin State Journal)
Eighteen has been good to Danez Smith. It's the age that he's come into his own, he says. And the age he was named Madison's Grand Slam Poetry Champion. It gets even better: Later this week, Smith (still 18), will perform his poetry in the national spotlight -- right on a Madison stage. Smith's local title win in May gave him a berth on the city's five-poet team, which will compete in the ...
- Punjab’s nod for PU’s central status - Tribune
In a significant move, the Punjab government has decided to recommend the central status for Panjab University to the Union government. “The Punjab government will write to the Centre in this regard,” said the Punjab chief secretary Ramesh Inder ...
- Amnesty to make pinwheels for peace (The Daily Gamecock)
Sunday will mark the International Day of Peace, and to recognize the day Amnesty International of USC will be making pinwheels for peace on Monday.
- PAT RICE: Five secrets to a successful Spout Off (Northwest Florida Daily News)
Last week, my friend and colleague Colin Lipnicky took a week of well-deserved vacation.
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