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- A native's guide to San Jose (CNN.com)
A century ago, what's now Silicon Valley, California, was called the Valley of Heart's Delight because of the region's mineral-rich soil and temperate climate (San Jose gets 300 days of sunshine a year). By the time I left for college in 1997, however, most of the cherry orchards had been gobbled up by office complexes. San Jose was in the hopeful early stages of the Internet boom, and although ...
- COINTELPRO Comes to My Town: My First-Hand Experience With Government ... - Common Dreams
Finally, at long last, I have something in common with Muhammad Ali. No, I’m not the heavyweight champion of the world, and haven’t been named spokesperson for Raid bug spray. Like “the Greatest” — not to mention far too many others — I ...
- Music Review: New Johnson CD 'That Lonesome Song' takes the point ... - Chicago Tribune
Music Review: New Johnson CD 'That Lonesome Song' takes the point ...Chicago Tribune, United States - Aug 4, 2008His bare-knuckled, barroom poetry takes the point of view of hard-bitten losers and boozers, and it's shot with blue-collar authenticity. ...
- [Best Bets] Sunday, September 7 (Jackson Free Press)
The “Gospel, Jazz and Blues Sundays” series returns to the Jackson Zoo at 1:30 p.m. with Dathan Thigpen and Holy Nation. Free with regular zoo admission; call 601-352-2580 for more information. … Cafe Seven* holds an open-mic poetry night at 8:30 p.m.
- In the Swiss footsteps of Byron - The Independent
Byron's expedition to the Swiss mountains is explored in new works to be performed at the City of London Festival. The first is tomorrow. The poet's journey also inspired John Walsh to follow his trail to the Jungfrau In 1816 George Gordon, Lord ...
- From slam poetry to matrimony - Worcester Telegram
From slam poetry to matrimonyWorcester Telegram, MA - 12 minutes agoMr. Infante’s poetry is included in “The Last American Valentine” (Write Bloody Publishing, 2008) and in “The Spoken Word Revolution Redux; Slam, ...
- Aug 10 - Aug 16 (249) - Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
It's perhaps the most depressing fact of this campaign so far that the first major encounter between McCain and Obama will be presided over by a mega-pastor and in a church. Here's Jeffrey Goldberg's interview with the man who is taking American ...
- Tax-Avoiders are Un-American - OpEdNews.com
At a time when the biggest news on everybody radar screen should be the Ron Suskind book, The Way of the World , with its powder keg of accusations against President Bush including, but not limited to, the Whitehouse ordering forged documents to lie ...
- A time tto ccelebrate p people - WolLeader.com
A time tto ccelebrate p peopleWolLeader.com, PA - 2 hours agoThe 30th People's Festival also featured educational exhibits, arts and crafts, poetry readings, drumming workshops, and an electic blend of cuisine. ...
- Discussing 'Writing for Social Change' - IdahoStatesman.com
Discussing 'Writing for Social Change'IdahoStatesman.com, ID - 15 minutes agoThe 30 southern Idaho educators visited the Anne Frank Memorial, took part in a slam poetry workshop led by poet/teacher/Rep. Nicole LeFavour, D-Boise, ...
- Ex-wife's book shows Che's transformation (The Charlotte Observer)
Ernesto “Che” Guevara's transformation from adventurer to revolutionary is chronicled by his first wife in the intimate portrait, “My Life With Che,” picking up where his own book, “The Motorcycle Diaries” left off.
- Wordsworth grand-daughter reads poetry at RHS show - Dudley News
Wordsworth grand-daughter reads poetry at RHS showDudley News, UK - 6 hours agoWordsworth was a keen landscape gardener and developed the glorious gardens at Rydal Mount while living there between 1813 before his death in 1850. ...
- Poetry written from the heart touches others' souls - The Republican - MassLive.com
Poetry written from the heart touches others' soulsThe Republican - MassLive.com, MA - 2 hours agoIt seems to me that poetry that is written from the heart will be meaningful to others, even if it lacks in form, or takes a form not popular with the ...
- Poem of the week: The Farmer's Bride by Charlotte Mew - Guardian Blogs
"Shy as a leveret" ... Mew's life and work was also evasive, fragile and slender. Photograph: Lynda Richardson/Corbis Charlotte Mew's work had already attracted the interest of Ezra Pound when, in 1912, Alida Monro spotted the poem, "The Farmer's ...
- Hurray for school drug testing - Alamogordo Daily News
Hurray for school drug testingAlamogordo Daily News, NM - 2 hours agoNoriega is a former Chicago politician, CEO of a management and marketing firm, and a journalist for The Associated Press who is working on a poetry ...
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