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- Arts Center president says city funding could help revitalize downtown (The Lufkin Daily News)
Linda Poland, president of the First Street Arts Center board of directors, said the $18,000 the group is seeking from the Lufkin City Council is for operating costs and other plans.
- Ryan Adams to Publish Book - Soul Shine Magazine
American singer-songwriter Ryan Adams has signed a deal with Akashic Books to release a book of poems, though no release date has been confirmed. The alternative country artist has released nine full-length records in his musical career so far, which ...
- Middle East Peace Camp, Battling Depression with Poetry, and Book ... - KUOW NPR
KUOW NPRMiddle East Peace Camp, Battling Depression with Poetry, and Book ...KUOW NPR, WA - 44 minutes agoWe also learn how poetry can battle depression, and we get book reviews from Nancy Pearl. Reading and writing poetry were "normal human activities" in ...
- Bobby Socks, Hard Knocks - Newsweek
Bobby Socks, Hard KnocksNewsweek - 25 minutes agoIn the book's most erotic scene, a barely teen Mary gives her boyfriend a massage while he and his dad watch "Monday Night Football. ...
- Music Review: Amy Ray - Didn't It Feel Kinder - Blogcritics.org
Music Review: Amy Ray - Didn't It Feel KinderBlogcritics.org, OH - 52 minutes agoThe two opening tracks are slow, melancholy anti-folk tunes that make use of repetitive poetry to convey meaning and story. Perhaps this is why the third ...
- Canadian's first novel brings a $1.25-million advance - Daily Gleaner
Canadian's first novel brings a $1.25-million advanceDaily Gleaner, Canada - 1 hour agoHe has been writing seriously since age 16, penning screenplays, stage plays, short stories and poetry. Prior to The Gargoyle, a few of his poems had been ...
- Dorothy West’s Highlands Home is Landmark on Heritage Trail (Vineyard Gazette)
Longtime friends and followers of the late Dorothy West gathered on Saturday afternoon in the shade on a hot August day to pay tribute to the writer, who was the last surviving member of the Harlem renaissance, and to share memories. A new stone was unveiled at her former home on Myrtle avenue in an area of Oak Bluffs known as the Highlands, where the cottages are brushed with dappled sunlight ...
- Being the Nation's Poet Laureate is a Total Pain - Gawker
GawkerBeing the Nation's Poet Laureate is a Total PainGawker, NY - 51 minutes ago(Kay Ryan just became the newest laureate, tasked with "bringing poetry to the forefront of the American consciousness.") It's not as idyllic as it seems, ...
- Rizal in the 21st century - Manila Bulletin
Rizal in the 21st centuryManila Bulletin, Philippines - 1 hour ago"This is why the site’s first publication is the complete bibliography of his correspondence, prose, poetry, and artistic works. ...
- The Koran: Words beyond worth - Globe and Mail
Globe and MailThe Koran: Words beyond worthGlobe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour agoPhilosophy, theology and poetry are all sealed intricately in the book. This is not an easy book to read, but sacred territory is never easy. ...
- Thomas Jefferson, Gentleman Scholar - New York Sun
Thomas Jefferson, Gentleman ScholarNew York Sun, United States - 2 hours agoBy writing a "literary life" of Jefferson, Mr. Hayes, a professor of English at the University of Central Oklahoma, is able to approach his extremely ...
- Mott Community College to host Creative Expressions Camp for grade school students in August (The Flint Journal)
FLINT, Michigan -- Grade school students will have the chance to explore their creative side through a unique summer camp at Mott Community College again this year.
- Family members avert near drowning in Cambria - Buffalo News
CAMBRIA - A 2-year-old boy who fell into a family pool is lucky to be alive - and has family members to thank. Justin Hoyt was floating and unconscious in the backyard above-ground pool just after noon today when he was found by his brother, Jarrett ...
- Cape Coral Library: You'll long to devour these short stories - The News-Press
Cape Coral Library: You'll long to devour these short storiesThe News-Press, FL - 1 hour agoDunbar published poetry, novels, plays, essays, and even songs, but his short stories helped him maintain his artistic freedom while struggling with racial ...
- Pop culture's fabled green elixer now trendy, potent and legal in US - NWI.com
It's no coincidence that in just the past week, I've received two publicist pitches promoting the return of absinthe, that green liquor potion portrayed in movies and pop culture as mind-altering. ( Graphic ) In the 1952 classic film MGM musical ...
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