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- Fathers and sons: The last martini (WorldNet Daily)
In the spirit of Father's Day, let's celebrate dads. Mine, for taking me fishing, even though I threw everything back.
- O United Nations - New Nation
There is no denying the fact that the book O United Nations--- written by Sinha M. A. Sayeed in a prosaic poetry fashion, a developing approach in the world of literature, and published by Bangladesh Political Science Association--- merits to be ...
- Outskirts Press Announces Spin Pause, the Latest Highly-Anticipated Poetry/ Anthologies Book from San Francisco, CA ... (PR.com)
Outskirts Press, Inc. has published Spin Pause by D.C. Walker, which is the author’s most recent book to date. The 6 x 9 Paperback in the Poetry/ Anthologies category is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble for a suggested retail price of $9.95. The webpage at www.outskirtspress.com/spinpause was launched simultaneously with the book’s publication. ...
- Israeli president pens poetic tribute to Beijing Olympics - Xinhua News Agency
JERUSALEM, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Israeli President Shimon Peres on Wednesday greeted the upcoming debut of the Beijing Olympic Games with a poem glorifying "the same dream, of glory, of harmony, of peace." The poem reads: "Birds of all feathers come and ...
- Quick Takes: News From Israel You May Have Missed - Jewish Press
Quick Takes: News From Israel You May Have MissedJewish Press, NY - 14 hours agoOther speakers at the farewell dinner, who reportedly spoke while Obama was present, recited poetry decrying American support for "terrorist" Israel and ...
- HURRY DOWN SUNSHINE (Kirkus Reviews)
Times Literary Supplement columnist Greenberg chronicles his 15-year-old daughter Sally's manic breakdown in vivid yet surprisingly detached prose.
- In Nairobi’s slums, E.C. Glass teacher finds hope (The News & Advance)
E.C. Glass teacher Patty Worsham was in an urban slum in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi to deliver supplies donated by Glass students, and to work with children at a school there.
- A twisting career path (The News Journal)
Kay Ryan's appointment as the nation's new poet laureate, announced Thursday by Librarian of Congress James Billington, will cap one of the most unusual careers in American letters.
- What's Up With That? Ford took McGuffey birthplace on road trip - Observer-Reporter
Among its historic homes, Washington County boasts the David Bradford House and the LeMoyne House, both in Washington, and the David Acheson House in Monongahela. They're all still here. William Holmes McGuffey, author of the Eclectic Readers, was ...
- De'Medici: Not such a bad guy? (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Bankers tend to get bad press in their lifetimes, worse when they're dead. J.P. Morgan personally rescued America from economic ruin during several monetary crises, but is characterized most frequently as a scowling manipulator whose complex web of interlocking trusts plundered our industrial might.
- I'll Take the Manhattan (Las Cruces Sun-News)
H.L. Mencken famously called the martini "the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet." The sonnet, as anyone who took freshman English may remember, is a poem with a specific meter, a structure of exactly 14 lines and a strict rhyme scheme.
- Celebrated Palestinian poet dies in US hospital - Daily Star - Lebanon
Sydney Morning HeraldCelebrated Palestinian poet dies in US hospitalDaily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon - 2 hours agoHe first gained prominence in the 1960s with the publication of his first poetry collection, "Bird without Wings." It included the poem "Identity Card" that ...Video: Remembering Mahmoud Darwish - 10 Aug 08 AlJazeeraEnglishPalestinian 'poet of the resistance' Mahmoud Darwish dies Telegraph.co.ukParting Words: The Poetry Of Mahmoud Darwish NPRHa'aretz - The Nationalall 439 news articles
- Weintraub: Gritty Iraq drama gives HBO a worthy successor to 'Wire' (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Cynical, violent, unsentimental, gloriously literate and brilliantly executed, “Generation Kill” is the best HBO series since “The Wire.” David Simon and Ed Burns, the primary players behind that late, great urban drama, have adapted ...
- Poet's talk inspired by Elizabeth Duncan - Jacksonville Journal Courier
Poet's talk inspired by Elizabeth DuncanJacksonville Journal Courier, IL - 5 hours agoThe meeting, which is open to the public, will begin with refreshments and tours of the mansion at 7 pm Ms. Vertreace-Doody’s poetry presentation, ...
- It’s not your father’s library - Jacksonville Daily Record
The concept “build it and they will come” worked for Kevin Costner in the film “Field of Dreams” and it’s working for the Teen Services department of the Jacksonville Public Library (JPL). Every branch library in the system has an area ...
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