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- Rob Walker's 'Buying In' (International Herald Tribune)
That Americans are consumed by consumerism will surprise few. But as Rob Walker points out in "Buying In," few will admit that they frequently succumb to salesmanship, and that marketing produces needs they never knew they had.
- Kay Ryan, a Laureate Worth Lauding (The New York Sun)
Yesterday's announcement from the Library of Congress that Kay Ryan will be the country's next poet laureate is a cause for celebration. In part, this is because Ms. Ryan is an excellent poet, and in poetry it is rarer than it should be for merit and recognition to find one another. But it is also because Ms. Ryan has advanced to the top rank of American poets while keeping a principled distance ...
- Peabody's summer book report gets a makeover - Salem News
PEABODY — Summer reading shouldn't be a drudge, and neither should the book reports that come from them, say school officials. So the old-fashioned report is getting a bit of a makeover. Schoolchildren will still have the option to write a ...
- Program director knows immigrant experience - San Diego Union Tribune
Program director knows immigrant experienceSan Diego Union Tribune, United States - 56 minutes agoHis newcomer background, education and involvement in an innovative group called “Taco Shop Poets,” whose participants tell their experiences through poetry ...
- Lost Dog collars Michelle de Kretser $40,000 prize for fiction - The Australian
MELBOURNE author Michelle de Kretser has won the $40,000 Christina Stead Prize for fiction, the biggest of the NSW Premier's literary prizes announced in Sydney last night. Her complex novel The Lost Dog also won Book of the Year, earning her a ...
- Palace sets stage for literature's Everywoman - Albany Times Union
Palace sets stage for literature's EverywomanAlbany Times Union, NY - 31 minutes ago"I've had 10000 people fill an arena and pay to hear an old black woman talk of love, of poetry, of laughter. I guess it means I belong to everybody. ...
- Phil W. Cauley - Staunton News Leader
Phil W. CauleyStaunton News Leader, VA - 6 hours agoHe also was an avid reader, especially fond of the poetry of Robert Browning and Robert Service. He was a longtime member of Bethany Presbyterian Church in ...
- RVH 4-5 participate in year-end activities - The Girard Press
RVH 4-5 participate in year-end activitiesThe Girard Press, KS - 3 hours agoThey also wrote haiku poetry about nature. In addition, they labeled and colored maps of the United States in social studies to show what states they had ...
- Still quirky - Explorer News
Explorer NewsStill quirkyExplorer News, AZ - 1 hour agoAt 5 pm Friday, May 23, attend a free art reception at RLV Gallery that will include an experimental jazz performance with the Oracle Art Ensemble, poetry ...
- Jenny quips for an old age fund - Essex Chronicle
SHE has ditched her grumpy sidekicks and is striking out alone once again in a bid to secure a retirement fund. Comedienne Jenny Eclair is heading for the Palace Theatre tonight (Weds) and despite her moaning persona she couldn't be happier. "I love ...
- Brought stage magic to city (The Herald News)
The theater bug bit Georgiann Goodson of Joliet when she was just 13 years old, during a touring performance of "You Can't Take it With You" at the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet said her good friend, actor John Lordan of Evanston.
- One of Montserrat's elite showcased in St Martin - Caribbean Net News
One of Montserrat's elite showcased in St MartinCaribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 1 hour agoFergus, knighted and well respected in Montserrat, has published more than 20 books in varied genres that include poetry and history. ...
- Poetic Justice - Spectator.org
Throughout the history of Western Civilization governments have devised all manner of diabolical ways to punish malefactors and scofflaws. Until the 20th century those found guilty of serious crimes at the Old Bailey were subject to any number of ...
- Belgrade-Born Charles Simic is US Poet Laureate - Voice of America
Belgrade-Born Charles Simic is US Poet LaureateVoice of America - 7 minutes ago"American poetry is in good shape. It's a sophisticated audience, and they've been coming for years!" When he began writing poetry during the 1950s, ...
- New copyright law to target illegal downloaders - CTV.ca
CTV.caNew copyright law to target illegal downloadersCTV.ca, Canada - 4 hours agoExtra content DVD's, inserts with photographs or poetry, etc is where this industry needs to go. However, since governments are much obliged to bring in ...
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