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- Author Carrie Allen McCray Nickens dies (WAVY 10)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina woman who became well-known for her book on her biracial heritage has died at age 95. Funeral officials said a memorial service for author Carrie Allen McCray Nickens will be held Tuesday in Columbia. Nickens died Friday.
- Lesbian rights pioneer Del Martin dies (San Francisco Chronicle)
Del Martin, a lesbian rights pioneer who took part in one of California's first same-sex weddings, died today in San Francisco after a long period of declining health. She was 87. Ms. Martin's political activism began more than five decades ago when in 1955...
- Bates Wells holds poetry day breakfast (The Lawyer)
London charity specialist Bates Wells & Braithwaite has hosted a poetry breakfast with Cornish poet Sally Crabtree in advance celebration of National Poetry Day today. ...
- Library releases September calendar - Hannibal Courier-Post
September 2, 10:30 a.m. PRESCHOOL STORY TIME For preschoolers who are ready to enjoy picture books being read aloud in a group setting. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to remain with their children. Hannibal Free Public Library, 573-221 ...
- Akron/Canton stages prepare for coming season - Akron Leader Publications
Akron/Canton stages prepare for coming seasonAkron Leader Publications, OH - 2 hours ago17; “A Lincoln Portrait†— a musical portrait of Abraham Lincoln, with photographic images, narrative and the poetry of Walt Whitman — Feb. ...
- Alastair Reid: A life in books (Guardian Unlimited)
Culture: The celebrated prose writer and poet on his life, his literary friendships and his time at the New Yorker
- Literature and Its Liberation - Trinicenter.com
Literature and Its LiberationTrinicenter.com, Trinidad and Tobago - 26 minutes agoI don't know if any of you know about the fate of Eric Roach, one of the most important poets of Tobago. In Black Yeats, Laurence Breiner wrote that Roach ...
- The new wave of French urban fiction - Guardian Unlimited
Between mid-August and late October, the French publishing industry goes into overdrive. The current rentrée littéraire (named after la rentrée scolaire - the beginning of the school year) has seen fewer novels hitting the shelves but their ...
- Music Junkie - Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Music JunkieBrooklyn Daily Eagle, NY - 9 minutes agoLike Albert Maysles’ handheld cinematography or Charles Bukowski’s prose, the music was as simple as it was innately stylized. Conversely, if the recently ...
- Enid anesthesiologist takes taime out from job in putting together ... - Enid News & Eagle
Enid anesthesiologist takes taime out from job in putting together ...Enid News & Eagle, OK - 1 hour ago... years the poetry has taken on a more humorous tone with the advent of such cowboy poets as Baxter Black and Waddie Mitchell, who are nationally known. ...
- A Suburban Girl's Guide To Music That Doesn't Suck 08.16.08: Ain't ... - 411mania.com
A Suburban Girl's Guide To Music That Doesn't Suck 08.16.08: Ain't ...411mania.com, TX - 1 hour agoI spent the rest of the night pumping my hatred and despair into endless pages of horrible poetry. I told myself that I would never speak to him again, ...
- Obituary Steven Pihlaja, 56 / Judge loved music, poetry - Pioneer Press
Hennepin County District Judge Steven Pihlaja, who spent many years as a criminal lawyer before his appointment to the bench, died Wednesday morning of a heart attack. He was 56. Pihlaja had been diagnosed with bladder cancer this year but seemed to ...
- Books: "Unpacking the Boxes" (The New Yorker)
Most memoirs begin with a birth, but Hall’s starts with another sort of becoming: “At fourteen I decided to spend my life writing poetry, which is what I have done.†Soon Hall moves from suburban Connecticut, where “nothing happened,†to Exeter, Harvard, and Oxford, his time line marked indelibly by . . .
- 20 years into gun life, Salahuddin still popular in Kashmir - Rising Kashmir
20 years into gun life, Salahuddin still popular in KashmirRising Kashmir, India - 5 hours agoHe composed poetry in English, became an impressive debater, got first class in the 12th grade but could not get admission to any medical college. ...
- 'Righteous Kill' is mild exercise for De Niro and Pacino - MLive.com
"Righteous Kill" is all about firing its big guns. So it's appropriate the opening credits sequence features Al Pacino and Robert De Niro at the firing range. Pairing these iconic cinema veterans, even in the twilight of their careers, is still novel ...
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