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- Soviet émigré describes time between two worlds (Tacoma News Tribune)
NEWTON, Mass. – For nine years, Boston College professor Maxim Shrayer and his parents languished in Moscow as refuseniks, Soviet Jews denied permission to emigrate and persecuted for their request. So when they finally got to America on Aug. 26, 1987, 20-year-old Maxim didn’t waste any time adjusting to the place.
- Book Folks: Bausch to sign WWII novel (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
Prolific author Richard Bausch will read from and sign his new novel "Peace" (Alfred A. Knopf, $20) twice this week, in Memphis and in Oxford, Miss. Bausch holds the Moss Chair of Excellence in the English Department at the University of Memphis, where he teaches fiction writing. "Peace" -- a short novel about World War II that is anything but peaceful -- is Bausch's 11th novel. Others include ...
- Verdict: Lesbian not just from Lesbos - MSNBC
Greek-American Paul Thymou, resident of the Aegean island of Lesbos, holds a banner reading: "If you are not from Lesbos, you are not a Lesbian," outside of an Athens courthouse on on June 10. July 22: As Portuguese authorities close the case on the ...
- Music shares space with museum's art - San Francisco Gate
A few weeks ago, Terry Riley, the great minimalist composer with the flowing white beard, strolled into the dynamic Yud space at the new Contemporary Jewish Museum, where the angled walls ascend 65 feet and come alive with the ever-shifting play of ...
- The power of one - Times Colonist
Times ColonistThe power of oneTimes Colonist, Canada - 5 hours agoAs far as hot tips for this year's Uno, Munsil's picks-to-click include Sara Bynoe's Teen Angst Poetry Night and The Last Dog of War (performed and written ...
- WriteRhymes.com - Rapping Made Easy - Killer Startups
Killer StartupsWriteRhymes.com - Rapping Made EasyKiller Startups, FL - 17 minutes agoOnce you are done, you can either save your prose, copy it, or print it out. It must be stated that the key aspect of the site is its simplicity. ...
- Arthur Russell's Out of Context Tribute (The Village Voice)
A belated and mesmerizing celebration of the mysterious downtown music icon (By ANDY BETA)
- Mariah Carey's marriage delight - The List
The ListMariah Carey's marriage delightThe List, UK - 1 hour agoFor Mariah, this is poetry." Meanwhile, Mariah is still scheduled to perform at Time magazine's 'Time 100' party tonight (07.05.08). ...
- National Geographic Goes Chinese - Danwei
National Geographic Goes ChineseDanwei, Hong Kong - 3 hours agoIn a similar vain, he traces the preference for male heirs back to an old dictum from the Book of Poetry, which advised parents to let sons dress in silk ...
- Jade cup puts poetry into auction - Times Online
Hong Kong An early Mughal shell-shaped carved white jade cup, inscribed in Chinese with a Qianlong imperial poem from the 18th century, is displayed during a Christie’s press preview in Hong Kong. The work of art will be sold at Christie’s Hong ...
- Longtime Missouri poet, Charles Guenther, dies at 88 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-DispatchLongtime Missouri poet, Charles Guenther, dies at 88St. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States - 1 hour agoIn honor of his many translations of Italian poetry, he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 1973. A book of his translated work by ...Funeral pending for poet Charles Guenther St. Louis Post-Dispatchall 2 news articles
- Now the smart money is on magazines for intellectuals - Guardian Unlimited
Some rich men buy football teams, but millionaires with more lofty pretensions acquire intellectual magazines instead. Already this year, entrepreneur Michael Danson has acquired a 50 per cent stake in the New Statesman from its proprietor Geoffrey ...
- Seacoast Events Calendar - Fosters Daily Democrat
The Seacoast African American Cultural Center, thru 8/9, African masks from the private collection of Dr. Ben Werner of Shelburne, Connie Bean Center, 135 Daniel Str., Portsmouth, 431-8290, 436-7629, 430-6027. Senior Art Porfolio exhbit, Newmarket's ...
- FR native featured at Portuguese-American poetry reading (Fall River Herald News)
The latest event in a series featuring area Portuguese-American poets and writers will be held June 5 at the Boston Public Library.
- Tartuffe / Playhouse, Liverpool - Guardian Unlimited
Gullibility and hypocrisy are always with us, so Molière's timeless comedy about the wealthy Orgon, who ignores his family's suspicions that he has invited a conman into their house - even when presented with damning evidence that the apparently ...
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