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- Cult Roots Rocker Reissued (CMJ)
Hailing from Miami, Charlie Pickett was the Richard Belzer of '80s roots rock—musicians lauded him as the best, but most music fans never really got around to lifting him above cult status.
- Reconsiderations: The Fiction of George Orwell (The New York Sun)
The reputation of George Orwell the novelist — as opposed to George Orwell the journalist, essayist, and author of such classic works of long-form nonfiction as "Down and Out in Paris and London" and "Homage to Catalonia" — rests almost entirely on two books, "Animal Farm" (1945) and "1984" (1949). One can argue with the fairness of this judgment, and for the continued relevance of the novels ...
- Chopper Read's bodyguard accused of death threat - News.com.au
MARK "Chopper" Read's bodyguard threatened to chop a man's head off with a meat cleaver over a $10 debt, a court has been told. Melbourne man Ken Pennant handed himself into police after they left a calling card for him at his local pub. Mr Pennant ...
- School councils host development event - Bowling Green Daily News
The Kentucky Association of School Councils will host a regional professional development academy in Bowling Green on Tuesday at Bowling Green High School. The six-hour session, Continuous Assessment to Change Instruction, will explore a wide array ...
- An Idaho Poet - Boise Weekly
Boise WeeklyAn Idaho PoetBoise Weekly, USA - 1 hour agoHe published a dozen books of poetry, prose and several anthologies, as well as articles for publications across the country. Yet, his focus remained on ...
- Ad Astra: Glancy explores American Indian legacy (Lawrence Journal-World)
Diane Glancy, of Prairie Village, has German/English and Cherokee heritage. She writes about her family, American Indian histories and the Midwest. Her novel “Pushing the Bear” is one of the best-known accounts of the Trail of Tears. Her novel “Stone Heart” is about Sacajawea.
- Poetry en Mass. - Boston Globe
Poetry en Mass.Boston Globe, United States - 1 hour agoThe first Massachusetts Poetry Festival will be held Oct. 10-12 in various venues around the city of Lowell. Readers will include Robert Pinsky, ...
- Posted by Josh Lowensohn Post a comment - CNET News
If you're one of the many waiting for Apple to get its act together and offer a copy/paste feature on the iPhone there's a promising development called MagicPad from software creators Proximi. It's an application similar to the notes tool that ships ...
- 'First City of modern India' - Sify
Sify'First City of modern India'Sify, India - 57 minutes agoWhile Vincent loves the slow world of Chennai that is "not in a time warp", Sriram seems to be thrilled with its history, culture and way of life. ...
- Guitar Hero star of Portsmouth Library's first Teen Game Night - Foster's Daily Democrat
Guitar Hero star of Portsmouth Library's first Teen Game NightFoster's Daily Democrat, NH - 1 hour ago"We also have a teen poetry workshop and a photography one." For more information about the Portsmouth Public Library Youth Services visit ...
- Let's give the past a future - Globe and Mail
Let's give the past a futureGlobe and Mail, Canada - 2 hours agoSo does history have a Sugar Daddy with Cundill, in similar fashion to the way industrialist Scott Griffin has championed poetry? ...
- Poetry festival and other cultural activities - Star News Online
Poetry festival: 6 p.m. Aug. 8 at Bottega Gallery & Art Bar, 208 N. Front St. A one-night poetry festival and chapbook release celebration with live poetry and prose along with the release of "Between the Lines," a poetry chapbook. Schedule: Informal ...
- Letter from London - A great new literary icon roars for Africa - Daily Nation
Letter from London - A great new literary icon roars for AfricaDaily Nation, Kenya - 59 minutes agoThough he had been writing poetry for years, Fr Akpan only wrote his first short story in 1998 – about a good man trying to help a priest while the priest ...
- Palestinians plan 'state' funeral for poet Darwish - Middle East Times
Palestinian poet Mahmud Darwish (left) is greeted by Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in Ramallah in 2005. Palestinians are making plans for a funeral of pomp and ceremony for their "national" poet Mahmud Darwish, seen here in 2007, whose writings ...
- Briefs: Dove Award winner to perform live Friday - The Shreveport Times
Dove Award winner Jeremy Camp will be in concert at 8 p.m. Friday during the Lander's Dodge Faith and Family night at Fair Grounds Field. At 5 p.m., the Bossier-Shreveport BattleWings will play their divison rival Rio Grande Valley Dorados in the ...
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