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- Audio Reviews: 'Untitled,' By Nas - RedOrbit
Audio Reviews: 'Untitled,' By NasRedOrbit, TX - 3 hours agoOn the former, a cocky Nas spits: "I'm Alex Pushkin/ The black poetry-writing Russian." That epic hip-hop trifecta precedes the album's polemical core. ...
- Obama, JFK and the sixties - Agoravox
Obama, JFK and the sixtiesAgoravox, France - 5 hours agoThe visual arts, music, theater, poetry were in wild and sometimes incomprehensible ferment (compared to The Living Theater, today’s avant garde seems ...
- Robert Macfarlane's 'The Wild Places' - International Herald Tribune
Robert Macfarlane is looking for his wild in England, Ireland and Wales, territory that for most of us evokes words like "manicured," "turf" or, at the very least, "domesticated." His book about a series of pilgrimages to the moors, islands, lochs ...
- College program cuts eliminate appreciation of culture - Statesman Journal
College program cuts eliminate appreciation of cultureStatesman Journal, OR - 6 hours ago... Virgil's epic poetry — in Latin — to CS Lewis, who advised anyone seriously investigating Christianity to study the New Testament — in Greek — to Gen. ...
- Congo-Kinshasa: Church Embarks On Activities for the Year of St Paul (AllAfrica.com)
An intense schedule of activities is underway here to mark the Year of St. Paul 2008-2009, which was inaugurated worldwide on June 29.
- An Outlaw's Odyssey, Remembered 'Gonzo' Style (NPR)
NPR.org , July 3, 2008 · "The towers are gone now, reduced to bloody rubble, along with all hopes for Peace in Our Time, in the United States or any other country."
- Newsstand Junkie: Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo still together (New York Daily News)
There are two big stories in the mags this week. First, despite weeks of reports to the contrary, Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo are doing fine. (Cue sigh of relief from John Mayer.)
- Lost and found - Calgary Herald
Lost and foundCalgary Herald, Canada - 4 hours ago"It started off as poetry. Poetry serves as a way to express grief. Poetry is really good for those strong, strong emotions. Then I took those and wrote ...
- A Crystal Ball - Santa Fe Reporter
Santa Fe ReporterA Crystal BallSanta Fe Reporter, NM - 2 hours agoDunn begins with the developer, Bradley, a multi-generational Texan who grew up on a farm and who left the pastoral life for “a life I had more control over ...
- Binoche steps into the unknown - BBC Entertainment
"It's not easy you know. You try releasing the hips," laughs Oscar winning actress Juliette Binoche. The 44-year-old star of The English Patient and Chocolat is limbering up to talk about her latest artistic endeavour - learning to dance. Binoche is ...
- Afghan political dislocation contributes to Pashto literary revival - Daily Star - Lebanon
Afghan political dislocation contributes to Pashto literary revivalDaily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon - 38 minutes agoBy Inter Press Service PESHAWAR: Afghanistan's tumultuous history of the last three decades is behind the incredible popularity of poetry in Pashto, ...
- Bourne COA hosting author readings (The Standard-Times)
Bourne COA to host author readings
- Simplicity and repetition may explain staying power of songs - Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Simplicity and repetition may explain staying power of songsSarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - Jul 19, 2008"Our poetry, our ballads, our songs are full of repetition; nursery rhymes and the little chants and songs we use to teach young children have choruses and ...
- Tantingco: Barack H. Obama and Kapampangans (Sun Star)
I AM surprised at the amount of pessimism, even cynicism, among my friends over Barack Obama's victory in the just-concluded Democratic primary season.
- $50,000 Griffin Poetry Prizes awarded tonight (Toronto Star)
Authors Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje are among the literary stars set to celebrate the best in poetry tonight at a dinner in downtown Toronto.
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