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- Osama Anwar Okasha - Egypt Today
Security concerns were reportedly at the heart of Fayoum University’s decision to refuse to allow writers Wahid Hamed and Osama Anwar Okasha to participate in its cultural week, which coincided with Fayoum Day. Sources claim Hamed was told ...
- The Labor and the Booby-Trapped Baby - Dar Al-Hayat
The Labor and the Booby-Trapped BabyDar Al-Hayat, Lebanon - 2 hours agoWith roses and flowers; with songs, melodies and poetry; with dabkeh, parades and all kinds of dances; with drums and flutes; with orange blossom water ...
- 'Muraqqa: Imperial Mughal Albums' - Wall Street Journal
The Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery exhibits a selection of 16th to 17th century art collected by the Mughal emperors. On loan from the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, the show is on display through Aug. 3. ( See related article .) The ...
- Edwin Morgan: A very modest magus - Scotsman
Edwin Morgan: A very modest magusScotsman, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoOn the Poetry Archive website on which he can be heard reading his poems, he selects his favourite quote: Shelley's dictum that "poets are the mirrors of ...
- Combing Optional - Cleveland Free Times
Cleveland Free TimesCombing OptionalCleveland Free Times, OH - 2 hours agoIf it had been turned into a, yawn, parking lot, you'd miss all the live music: acts like Revelry, Early Girl, Natural Facts, the Hessler poetry contest ...
- 'Still Alive! A Temporary Condition' by Herbert Gold - Los Angeles Times
'Still Alive! A Temporary Condition' by Herbert GoldLos Angeles Times, CA - 34 minutes agoAs undergraduates, Ginsberg and Gold shared a school prize for poetry. A Fulbright Exchange Scholarship and the GI Bill sent Gold to Paris, where he wrote ...
- Prince Book To Be Published This Fall - Exclaim!
Prince Book To Be Published This FallExclaim!, Canada - May 6, 2008... last year with 124 never-before-seen photos by Randee St. Nicholas, as well as Prince-penned lyrics and poetry based on the Purple One’s residency. ...
- J.E. Braun, Author of Paranoia - A 9/11 Novel, Pledges to Donate 10% of All Profits from Sales of His Debut Novel to ... (PR.com)
NJ Author, J.E. Braun is promoting his debut novel, Paranoia, a tale of a 9/11 survivor whose life begins to self-destruct as he allows his vigilance and patriotism to devolve into fear, hatred, and all-encompassing paranoia. [PR.com - May 09, 2008]
- Endearing matriarch frowned on pomposity - The Age
Endearing matriarch frowned on pomposityThe Age, Australia - 30 minutes agoA romantic who loved France, history (Napoleon and CJ La Trobe were special interests), poetry (the Greek poet Cavafy was a favourite), and animals, ...
- Laura Sherman, 78; opened class, heart to needy children - Boston Globe
For the 6- and 7-year-olds who walked into Laura (Levine) Sherman's color-filled classroom in Lynn, the day often started with a warm hug - the first sign of a highly personalized approach to education. During her quarter-century of teaching, it was ...
- Shia LaBeouf puts his dad up in the garage; Clint Eastwood puts up his ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Shia LaBeouf has a special guest room for his dad. Some people buy their parents a house when they hit it big. Maybe a car. Shia LaBeouf lets his dad sleep in the garage. Before any of the darn-kids-off-my-lawn crowd start harrumphing about kids ...
- Poetry in motion, literally - Metro Boston
Poetry in motion, literallyMetro Boston, MA - 2 hours agoThe damage to the country’s reputation on the international scene is pretty huge ... it makes one wonder how long the US can call itself “home of the free,” ...
- Bad poetry from 1890s brings $12K at auction (Arizona Daily Star)
EDINBURGH, Scotland — The vocabulary is poor and the rhyme excruciating, but a collector paid $12,840 Friday for original works by William Topaz McGonagall, internationally celebrated as the worst poet ever to assault the English language.
- A roll-playing Richard Rodgers lets fans in on his musical intentions - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Broadway composer Richard Rodgers plays his music on piano rolls on "Richard Rodgers Command Performance," a new compact disc from Harbinger Records and Cleveland-based Musical Theater Project. Oh, to have heard Mozart play his piano concertos or ...
- Gaia Online Gives Teens the Chance to Take Home "Olympic Gold" - Earthtimes
SAN JOSE, Calif. - (Business Wire) For those of us who have dreamt of Olympic glory, but prefer thumb wrestling and hot dog eating to swimming and hurdles, Gaia Online, the leading online hangout of more than 5 million teens, today announced it will ...
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