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- Arthur Gardner - Guardian Unlimited
I first met my husband, Arthur Gardner, who has died of motor neurone disease aged 65, in the mid-1980s when we sat next to each other at a public meeting about a proposed bypass in Barrow-upon-Soar in Leicestershire. He had no memory of the ...
- Beach Boys, it's not, but it's got rhythm - Globe and Mail
Now that summer has officially arrived, this is a good time to sing the Middle English verse, " Sumer is i-cumen in/ Lhude sing, cuccu! " This, according to Crowther's Encyclopedia of Phrases and Origins , is the oldest written song in the English ...
- 'Beauty' leaves one spellbound (The Washington Times)
"Beauty in Trouble" ("Kraska v nesnazich") was inspired by a song that was inspired by a poem. This moving and surprising Czech film, however, is very much down to earth, its concerns informed as much by modern, complicated Czech life as by an age-old, universal narrative.
- Top 10 things to do in Swampscott and Marblehead this week - Swampscott Reporter
Top 10 things to do in Swampscott and Marblehead this weekSwampscott Reporter, MA - Apr 24, 2008The Swampscott Public Library would like to invite everyone to the awards ceremony for the 4th Lee Golomb Cadiff Teen Poetry Contest. ...
- Woodbridge woman writes poetry celebrating Bible - Lodi News-Sentinel
Sandy Holtz grew up with no background in poetry. Her parents never wrote poems. None of her friends did, either. She never had an English teacher who influenced her, and she hadn't read poetry to any extent. But when she turned 19, Holtz started ...
- School Time for May 1 - Enterprise-Record
School Time for May 1Enterprise-Record, CA - 40 minutes agoWith a $10 entry fee, students can submit original writing in fiction, non-fiction, biography, autobiography, poetry or journalistic articles, for judgment. ...
- Billy Bragg, - LA Weekly
LA WeeklyBilly Bragg,LA Weekly, CA - 8 hours agoHe follows it up with "The Warmest Room" from 1986's Talking With the Taxman About Poetry. Bragg's alone on stage in a light blue shirt with a sliver guitar ...
- Hay's prose inspires Earth Day readers - Cape Codder
Hay's prose inspires Earth Day readersCape Codder, MA - 1 hour agoHay married Kristi Putnam on Valentine’s Day 1942 and published his first book of poetry, “A Private History,” in 1943. Many natural history books followed: ...
- Royal /Ui/o/oo, Zimbabwe And Our Foreign Policy (The Namibian)
For all his life, Aimé fought against colonialism and for black pride. In his first work of poetry, the celebrated 'Cahier d'un retour au pays natal', published in 1939, he had wanted to be the mouthpiece of all the oppressed who didn't have the means to express themselves.
- "Pet Whisperers" Analyze Your Pets (CBS News)
Animal whispers help open the lines of communication between pets and their owners, improving the relations between them.
- The elusive master of allusion. - New Yorker
New YorkerThe elusive master of allusion.New Yorker, United States - 17 minutes agoPound’s poetry and criticism are not discussed; no reader of Gay’s book would have any idea of what his importance or influence as a writer might be. ...
- Poet to speak at UT - Toledo Blade
Poet to speak at UTToledo Blade, OH - 58 minutes agoShe teaches graduate poetry workshops at New York University as well as a writing workshop she helped found at a state hospital for the severely disabled.
- Queen Victoria had an affair with Indian courtier: Film (NDTV)
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- RedEye picks what’s hot and what’s cool at Chicago’s 31 beaches - Chicago Tribune
RedEye picks what’s hot and what’s cool at Chicago’s 31 beachesChicago Tribune, United States - 17 hours agoEnjoy readings by award-winning poets, or bring your own prose to the weekly poetry readings held at Greenleaf Avenue at Lake Michigan. ...
- World premiere documentary tells the story of an unsung Canadian hero - CNW Group
TORONTO, June 17 /CNW/ - He waged a public war against fascism and anti-Semitism, published critically acclaimed poetry, dined with movie stars and was watched by the FBI. Though barely remembered today, Kenneth Leslie was one of the most remarkable ...
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