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- Shelf Life - Boston Globe
Boston GlobeShelf LifeBoston Globe, United States - Jun 15, 2008Louisa Solano, who owned the Grolier Poetry Book Shop for 32 years, has lived her life on the margin between town and gown. Born in Cambridge, she is a ...
- Poetry reading next week in Owego (Press & Sun-Bulletin)
A poetry reading will be held from 8 to 9 p.m. July 1 at the Tioga Trails Café, 50 Lake St., Owego. Featured writers will be Andrei Guruianu, Mike Foldes, Judy Goldschmidt and Wendy Stewart.
- Dominic Lawson: We should have no reason to be surprised when a doctor turns out to be a murderer (Independent)
What should a genocidal mass-murderer look like? And what professional qualifications should he have? Of the two men indicted by the Hague war crimes tribunal as masterminds of the planned massacre of thousands of Bosnian Muslim adults and children, Ratko Mladic fits all our preconceptions.
- Free Agent Ivey Signs With Sixers - The Bulletin
Philadelphia - The Sixers added some depth to their backcourt yesterday, signing free agent guard Royal Ivey to a multi-year contract. Financial terms were not disclosed. The 6-foot-4, 215-pound Ivey has played four professional seasons - three with ...
- Poetic Justice - Acton Institute
Poetic JusticeActon Institute, MI - 2 hours agoAs Parini also says, “Poetry is about reparation and restoration.” The task for the prudential administration of justice is to balance and coordinate the ...
- 10 a.m.: Jasper native named IN poet laureate - Herald-Bulletin
JASPER, Ind. — An author who writes about his youth in the southern Indiana city of Jasper and his German heritage has been named the state’s second poet laureate. Sixty-four-year-old Norbert Krapf was selected from among 19 nominees to the post ...
- Interview: Blessing from Thai Princess for Beijing Olympics - Xinhua
Interview: Blessing from Thai Princess for Beijing OlympicsXinhua, China - 5 hours agoThe Princess has personally translated some masterpieces in ancient Chinese poetry into Thai verses for Thai people, among many other cultural exchange ...
- Blue week for green thinking - Sommerset County Gazette
Blue week for green thinkingSommerset County Gazette, UK - 7 hours agoThe week included a visit to Dunster beach, writing poetry, painting seascapes, singing sea shanties, drama and science experiments. ...
- Marshall Public Library Celebrates 100th Anniversary - Idaho8.com
It's a very special birthday in Pocatello. The Marshall Public Library is celebrating is 100th anniversary. It opened in August 1908. To mark the occasion, they're having a rededication and open house. Amy Belnap helps her daughter, Darby, with ...
- Reversing the Tide: Professor Gives Due to Self-Taught Poets - Illinois Wesleyan University
Illinois Wesleyan UniversityReversing the Tide: Professor Gives Due to Self-Taught PoetsIllinois Wesleyan University, IL - 22 minutes agoIn Prandi’s latest book, The Poetry of the Self-Taught: An Eighteenth-Century Phenomenon (Peter Lang Publishing, May 2008), she adopts the term “self-taught ...
- The Great Terror: An Introduction - OUPblog
The Great Terror: An IntroductionOUPblog, New York - 1 hour agoRobert Conquest is the author of some thirty books of history, biography, poetry, fiction, and criticism. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, ...
- Origins of festival; - The North Bay Nugget
Origins of festival;The North Bay Nugget, Canada - 14 hours agoDuring his exile, he wrote a great deal of poetry. Twenty-eight years later, Qin conquered the Chu capital. Qu Yuan committed suicide by drowning himself in ...
- cold snack wins 2008 Montana Poetry Award (Scoop.co.nz)
Janet Charman’s cold snack, published by Auckland University Press, has won the 2008 Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry and $5,000.
- 8 1/2 things to do this week - Edmonton Journal
Edmonton Journal8 1/2 things to do this weekEdmonton Journal, Canada - 19 minutes agoHear CAA award winners Asa Boxer (poetry), Colleen Murphy (drama), Mark Haroun (emerging writer, and Edmontonian!), Robert Wright (history) and more! ...
- Legendary poet Ahmed Faraz passes away - Pakistan Times
Legendary poet Ahmed Faraz passes awayPakistan Times, Pakistan - Aug 26, 2008Via a condolence message, transmitted to Shibli Faraz, the son of the illustrious scholar, Rao said on Monday that in the death of Ahmed Faraz, Pakistan has ...
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