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- Chinese may put money on ancient poet - Times Online
In with the old and out with the new. That is the cry of a group of Chinese scholars and lawyers who are demanding that Chinese heroes and literary giants be added to banknotes. The appeal by 12 intellectuals from across China has been issued to ...
- POETRY IN MOTION (Isle of Wight County Press)
THE Island Storytellers have enlisted the help of Alfred Lord Tennyson to promote this month’s storytelling festival.
- Sherman ISD weekly news - North Texas e-News
North Texas e-NewsSherman ISD weekly newsNorth Texas e-News, TX - Apr 13, 2008Shown here are Fairview students in Mrs. Macon’s class, a captive audience hanging on every word as they hear the armadillo story, cowboy poetry and more. ...
- DeLauné Michel finds story of her own - Norwalk Hour
"I always knew I would write, partly because I grew up around writing. It's something I've always known about myself," said DeLauné Michel, author of "The Aftermath of Dream-ing" and "The Safety of Secrets." With her family, it seemed inevitable ...
- O'Connor to quit as Countdown host - Croydon Guardian
Des O'Connor is to step down as host of Countdown at the end of the current series in November. But the 76-year-old said he had no plans to retire, as long as the public still wanted him. The veteran all-round entertainer, who is working on his 36th ...
- China's 'ultimate place to relax' (BBC News)
As part of a series of features following the route of the Olympic torch around China, the BBC looks at the mountainous Huangshan.
- Personal Histories - Nation
Anyone doubting the prominent place that Polish poetry now occupies in the American literary landscape need only examine the books published these past few springs, the time of year when publishers large and small try to indulge readers' senses ...
- Is a slow-witted person an oxymoron? - Jackson Clarion Ledger
Is a slow-witted person an oxymoron?Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS - 55 minutes agoA troubadour was to poetry what a raconteur [rak-uhn-TUR] is to An oxymoron is a combination of contradictory words. Examples: jumbo shrimp (jumbo is large, ...
- Local authors signing at Jesse Stuart Foundation - Herald-Dispatch
ASHLAND — Eight Tri-State authors will be signing copies of their respective books from noon to 2 p.m. today at the Jesse Stuart Foundation. John David Preston, an attorney from Paintsville, Ky., with a long and distinguished record of public ...
- Humphrey paved way for modern Democratic Party - Toledo Blade
MINNEAPOLIS - If you have an eye for these things, you might have noticed that Sen. Barack Obama is going to deliver his acceptance speech in a football stadium Aug. 28. The last man to deliver an acceptance speech in a stadium was John F. Kennedy ...
- View all headlines - Recorder
HEATH -- To celebrate the town center's recent inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, the town's Historical Commission and Historical Society have put together a daylong event that focuses on the town's history this Saturday, from 10 ...
- Poetry also lambastes 'Sweet Jesus,' mocks 'Onward Christian Soldiers' - WorldNetDaily
The man who heavily influenced U.S. Sen. Barack Obama during his growing years wrote poetry praising the aggression of communism, criticizing "Sweet Jesus" and mocking the traditional hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers," according to an advocate for ...
- Various : Exit Wounds - The Album - NME
It's almost standard practice for Hollywood moguls to tie-in action movies with a hip-hop soundtrack, especially when a rapper co-stars. As DMX extends his thespian powers in the new Steven Segal vehicle, here's a compilation of established and ...
- Dvorak's 'Rusalka' makes long-overdue Cleveland premiere - Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Cleveland Orchestra's concert performances of Dvorak's "Rusalka" this week at Severance Hall will do away with theatrical trimmings, including those in this 2004 Metropolitan Opera production, which featured Renee Fleming, left, in the title role ...
- Sing him to heaven: Poet laureate of American hymns passes on - Holmen Courier
Sing him to heaven: Poet laureate of American hymns passes onHolmen Courier, WI - May 23, 2008At 18, Vajda began translating Slovak stories and poetry. “His interest in hymn writing came through his translation work,” said Barry Bobb, choral director ...
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