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- James Joyce's Poems Get a Musical Facelift - NPR News
All Things Considered , June 21, 2008 - In 1907, shortly after publishing a book of love poetry titled Chamber Music , Irish writer James Joyce penned a letter to his brother Stanislaus: "Some of the verses are pretty enough to be put to music. I ...
- Teens take a stand against human trafficking - MinnPost.com
MinnPost.comTeens take a stand against human traffickingMinnPost.com, MN - 1 hour agoIdeally, I would love to have someone involved at a young age and become the next advocate or lawyer who helps victims ...It's a huge problem. ...
- Tony Stark vs. Anton Chigurh (Manila Standard Today)
In the movie in my mind, Anton Chigurh goes after Tony Stark, who is already suffering from alcohol-induced depression. Sheriff Bell finally catches up with Chigurh in time to watch the epic battle, fought somewhere in West Texas without the billionaire playboy wearing an iron suit.
- Full fathom five (Guardian Unlimited)
For WH Auden, "the crack in the tea-cup opens / A lane to the land of the dead." Jorie Graham's poetry is all about the vertiginous (and sometimes heady) experience of falling through the cracks - in reason, in consciousness, in time.
- Arts & Entertainment Calendar - Times Press Recorder
Arts & Entertainment CalendarTimes Press Recorder, CA - 5 hours agoShe has also published two poetry books and recorded poems on two tapes, “Recycle Love and Leftover People.” Nicolette gives a portion of her sales to North ...
- Richard Etner - Cherokee Sentinel
Richard EtnerCherokee Sentinel, NC - 7 hours agoHe also loved reading, music, opera, poetry, photography and his family. He was preceded in death by his first wi fe, An nette Etner who died in 1992. ...
- Lowe Foundation Information Center opens to public - Dowagiac Daily News
Lowe Foundation Information Center opens to publicDowagiac Daily News, USA - 5 hours agoBut Lowe, whose 88th birthday is coming up (July 10-1920-Oct. 4, 1995), was a multi-faceted individual with diverse interests, from bringing Jones back to ...
- Cicely Nichols, writer/editor, activist, dies at 70 - The Villager
Cicely Nichols, writer/editor, activist, dies at 70The Villager, NY - 2 hours agoIn addition to Christy, her daughters Hilda and Jenny Speicher survive along with Tori Jan Evans, who joined the family as an adult. ...
- Persian music's super star - Vancouver Sun
Persian music, that is, Iranian music, probably has no more famous exponent than Mohammed Reza Shajarian. "They were hailed with three standing ovations - one before they'd performed a note," said the Washington Post, whereas the Globe & Mail ...
- ET CETERA Victori... - Akron Beacon Journal
Victorian Pastimes — Noon to 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays, 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 31 at Hower House, the University of Akron, 60 Fir Hill, Akron. Explores the various leisure-time activities of the Hower family as well as general ...
- Poets and poetry everywhere (The Block Island Times)
Over these past six weekends, have you felt lyrical rhythms floating on the island air? Found metric footprints washed up onto the shore of Crescent Beach? Noticed the rhyming tempo of your footfall as you traipsed along the new sidewalks in town? Brushed elbows with poets on every street corner?
- Space rockers reunite on Earth (Independent)
In 1966, Daevid Allen, who had left Australia in search of "the hot spots of culture", had a spiritual vision in Mallorca. "It was Easter Sunday, 1966. A friend of mine came through with some particularly strong acid from the States. I took this and saw the whole future of myself as a rock musician," recalls Allen, now 70. "I was bathed in light on stage."
- "I Put No Stock in Religion" - Northern Daily News
"I Put No Stock in Religion"Northern Daily News, Canada - 41 minutes agoMuch of the bible is poetry and there are also predictions (prophecy) full of imagery that can be difficult to appreciate without some study; there are also ...
- Magic transcends borders as Lincoln couple bring smiles to refugees in ... - Addison Independent
LINCOLN — Even in the middle of a refugee camp in Iran near the border with Iraq, Tom Verner of Lincoln almost felt at home. “We just felt so warmly welcomed by the Iranian people,” Verner said. Verner and his wife, Janet Fredericks, last month ...
- Ode to optimism - Financial Times
Ode to optimismFinancial Times, UK - 56 minutes agoBy Kevin Goldstein-Jackson As well as writing this column, I am trying to meet the deadline for delivery of haiku for a small poetry magazine, ...
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