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- Committee Selects Poet for Inauguration - Washington Post
After a hiatus of more than a decade, poetry is returning to the inauguration of the American president. The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies announced today that Elizabeth Alexander, a prize-winning poet at Yale University who ...
- Obama gathers reins of power (Albany Times Union)
Behind the scenes, a new administration begins to take shape CHICAGO ? President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday asked Rahm Emanuel, a U.S. congressman from Chicago, to become his chief of staff as he began to create an administration that has promised to solve the country's woes.A day after he became the first black to be elected president, Obama had a more prosaic morning, seeing his ...
- Riding the rails, enveloped in luxury (Lexington Herald-Leader)
EDINBURGH, Scotland . History tells us that Queen Victoria became so enamored of the beauty of Scotland while traveling across the country by train that she decided she must have a castle here. Hence, Balmoral was added to the list of royal residences. Sadly, I wasn't in the market for a Scottish castle, but I was about to follow in Victoria's footsteps by taking a rail journey through the ...
- Harold Pinter 1930-2008 online only (Socialist Worker)
Harold Pinter, who died on Christmas Eve, aged 78, was, arguably, the greatest English playwright of the 20th -century.
- Newsmaker of the Day: David Morse (The Norwich Bulletin)
David Morse, 67, of Storrs will hold a poetry reading at 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at Hygienic Art in New London, 79 Bank St. He will also read some prose and discuss the challenges that face writers covering Darfur.
- Paint the Mic; a Poems & Pictures Event - PR-USA.net (press release)
Paint the Mic; a Poems & Pictures EventPR-USA.net (press release), Bulgaria - 2 hours ago... is a perfect portrait of poetic art where poets and painters work in collaboration, bringing a new perspective to visual art through poetry and prose. ...
- police Ayers bombed - Dakota Voice
â–º January 16 - January 23 (1) If you're like me, you don't put a lot of stock into anything that comes out of the National Enquirer. After all, that publication, through some of it's own wild stories, has developed a reputation for being not much ...
- Visions of licenses danced in his head - Concord Monitor
Visions of licenses danced in his headConcord Monitor, NH - 2 hours agoReindeer are a species in the deer family that includes whitetail, black tail, mule, caribou and moose. Reindeer have a unique characteristic of both males ...
- The morning after the night before - Guardian Unlimited
The day after the election, I saw Barack Obama standing in the produce aisle of my local grocery store, wearing an "I voted" sticker and holding a cantaloupe. Outside, his wife waited in a station-wagon pointed north. "What's he doing in Michigan ...
- Hidden Talent: Nathaniel Orwiler - Whitworthian
Hidden Talent: Nathaniel OrwilerWhitworthian, WA - 5 hours agoNathaniel Orwiler is to Spokane singer-songwriting what beat poetry was to the cookie-cutter American culture of the 50s. In Whitworth terms, that means ...
- • Armchair adventuring: Our favorite outdoors books - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
• Armchair adventuring: Our favorite outdoors booksThe Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - 39 minutes agoShe befriended a mountain man named Jim -- a golden-haired, "fearful-looking ruffian" who recited poetry. Their parting on the snowy plains is wistful with ...
- Hallaig - A Celebration of Sorley MacLean - The List
The ListHallaig - A Celebration of Sorley MacLeanThe List, UK - 4 hours agoThe show takes its title from his great long poem Hallaig, and that is also the title of a new piece commissioned for the occasion from Inverness-born ...
- Saginaw Arts 2008/Top 10 - The Saginaw News - MLive.com
The Saginaw News - MLive.comSaginaw Arts 2008/Top 10The Saginaw News - MLive.com, MI - 57 minutes agoSix high school students were awarded books and money as a part of a nine-county writing contest; Valerie Hemingway, who worked as a secretary for Ernest ...
- "Ashes of Time" reworked into a visual treat - Seattle Times
"Ashes of Time Redux," with Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Tony Leung Ka-Fai. Written and directed by Wong Kar Wai. 93 minutes. Rated R for some violence. In Mandarin and Cantonese, with English subtitles. Varsity. Wong Kar Wai's ...
- Book It - Weblogs.baltimoresun.com
Does Halloween get you a little on edge? Maybe Dr. Sachs can help. You can meet the published poet and child/family psychologist at 7 p.m. tonight at Columbia Art Center. Sachs who will speak on his use of poetry to gain insights as a therapist. His ...
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