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- Pretty pictures, poetry, prose perfect for lazy phase - Columbus Dispatch
Columbus DispatchPretty pictures, poetry, prose perfect for lazy phaseColumbus Dispatch, OH - 25 minutes ago... all ages): Still funny after 44 years: Shel Silverstein's first book of children's poetry has been reissued in all its original weirdness and appeal. ...
- Expect fewer or smaller fireworks shows this summer - ksl.com
I guess the same thing that happened last year when everyone (and most likely you) were so sure the state was going to be turned into a blackened stubble because of the those Utah fruitcakes and their stupid fireworks! The fireworks will still be ...
- The man who heard the woodwind in the willows - Irish Independent
Irish IndependentThe man who heard the woodwind in the willowsIrish Independent, Ireland - 2 hours ago... the poetry of Alfred Edward Housman, a turn-of-the-century English romantic, whose verse was all about nostalgia for a rural way of life that was gone ...
- Profile of a newsmaker: Griswold High senior receives award for ... - Norwich Bulletin
Profile of a newsmaker: Griswold High senior receives award for ...Norwich Bulletin, CT - 3 hours agoHe received reading and writing awards in 2003 through 2005, academic achievement awards in 2002 and 2003, and won the Griswold High School poetry slam ...
- Author Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope' - Foster's Daily Democrat
Author Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope'Foster's Daily Democrat, NH - Jul 18, 2008Her mini-empire also includes 15 children's books, multiple adaptations for TV or DVDs, a volume of poetry and even a perfume from Elizabeth Arden. ...
- Of a Certain Age: Library not quite what I imagined (The State)
Musings amid the mess ... I have my library, Dr. Simpson: When I was in high school and could be depended on never to have a date on a Friday or Saturday (or a Monday or Wednesday), I sometimes would baby-sit for the family of Ted Simpson, an engineering professor at USC. As I remember, Dr. Simpson was a bookish-looking man. He wore glasses and had a ready smile, a hint at his sense of humor. ...
- A simple man with many a talent - Sri Lanka Sunday Times
Sinhala poet and writer Kalakeerthi Pandit Wimal Abhayasundara, passed away on the morning of Thursday, June 12 at the age of 87. Poet, lyricist, art critic, scholar, veteran author and musicologist, he was born on September 17, 1921 in Welitota in ...
- Inside story: Saving graces - Scotsman
Inside story: Saving gracesScotsman, United Kingdom - 1 hour ago... poetry competition open to primary five pupils, and joyfully waves a fistful of handwritten verses. He even reads one out, a hilarious poem about socks. ...
- May 09, 2008 (The Barnstable Patriot)
When Gwendolyn Brooks read at Cape Cod Community College in 1994, an English professor said that meeting her and hearing her read was a once in a lifetime opportunity for any student.
- Famed Authors to Participate in Eighth Annual National Book Festival - Forbes
WASHINGTON, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2008 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by Mrs. Laura Bush, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27, rain or shine, on the National Mall in ...
- Read your poems against a backdrop of nature at Green Cay Wetlands - Sun-Sentinel.com
Read your poems against a backdrop of nature at Green Cay WetlandsSun-Sentinel.com, FL - 1 hour agoThe Nature Center is open daily, Tuesday through Sunday, and admission is free. For information, call the Green Cay Wetlands Preserve at 561-966-7000.
- In Defense Of Billy Joel - Hartford Courant
Hartford CourantIn Defense Of Billy JoelHartford Courant, United States - May 22, 2008It's a debate that goes back to the slick tunes of Tin Pan Alley and the rough-hewn American folk songs. Joel may not be a poet or able to pass himself off ...
- Literary calendar - Asheville Citizen-Times
Literary calendarAsheville Citizen-Times, NC - 1 hour agoTHE HARDWARE OF POETRY: Poet Heather McHugh, author of “Hinge & Sign,†presents the lecture, “Rhetoric Rocks, Grammar Matters†as part of Warren Wilson ...
- Poetry can be true without being True (The Oregonian)
"T his Dirty Little Heart" is poet B.T. Shaw's first book, published by the Eastern Washington University Press as the winner of its Blue Lynx Prize. Shaw edits the poetry column for The Oregonian and teaches literature and writing. She talked about her book in an e-mail conversation.
- Traditional Korean Poetry Has Rich History - 코리아타임즈
코리아타임즈Traditional Korean Poetry Has Rich History코리아타임즈, South Korea - 2 hours agoThe poem is still romantic, clever, intriguing: in the seventh century, poetry was already a powerful tool of seducing the beautiful princess of neighboring ...
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