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- In a Blog Age: The Enduring Power of the Handwritten Word - Huffingtonpost.com
In our era of celebrity, where every life is made public through email, blogs and Facebook, one of the greatest oddities may be that there is not a livelier discussion about the individual's basic need for a more private space. This is a question I ...
- ESL author, poet, to receive honorary doctorate from SIUE - Belleville News Democrat
ESL author, poet, to receive honorary doctorate from SIUEBelleville News Democrat, USA - 1 hour agoHe wrote "Drumvoices: The Mission of Afro American Poetry," "The Eye in the Ceiling" and "Break Word with the World." Redmond taught at Southern Illinois ...
- Our Picks for the Weekend - Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Takoyaki is a sometime treat at Shirokiya, but cravings tend to arise at those inopportune moments when it's unavailable. There is a source, however, if you don't mind heading for Waikiki, where Samurai Takoyaki has set up shop on Kuhio, in the ...
- HoSangs' son killed on bike - New York Daily News
The tragic death of Brian HoSang - son of Vincent and Jeanette HoSang, owners and founders of Caribbean Food Delights, Royal Caribbean Bakery and JerkQ'zine Caribbean Grille - stunned New York 's Caribbean community last week. The 24-year-old was ...
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- Fiction review: David Guterson's 'The Other' (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Other By David Guterson Knopf; 256 pages; $24.95 Two 16-year-old runners from opposite sides of Seattle, one descended from bankers, the other from "nail bangers," meet at a high school race. They connect over a shared love of wilderness hiking and...
- Norman author to read poetry (The Oklahoman)
NORMAN — "Antidotes and Home Remedies,” a new poetry book by Norman author Jim Chastain, will be launched Sunday at the Performing Arts Studio's Second Sunday Poetry Reading. The reading will begin at 2 p.m. at Norman Depot, 200 S Jones. "The book is a combination of health-related poems and some of my most popular poems from the last few years,” Chastain said. "There will be snacks, music, a ...
- Business: Downtown bookstore is a community unto itself (Baraboo News Republic)
Customers browse the shelves and casually note that they'd like to retire and run a used book store. Annie Randall stifles a snicker. She's tempted to ask whether they plan to work 70 hours a week in retirement. She's not complaining about her hours, mind you. As owner of the Village Booksmith, she sets her own schedule and relies on several employees and friends to help her mind the shop. ...
- Marking the French Social Revolution of '68 (NPR)
Forty years ago, millions of French workers joined protesting students in a general strike that paralyzed the country and nearly brought down the government. A few weeks later, the May 1968 protests fizzled out, but French society was radically changed.
- Literary luminaries attend unveiling of statue of 'people's poet' Al Purdy (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
TORONTO - Eurithe Purdy sat at the feet of her late husband, renowned poet Al Purdy, on Tuesday as a statue of him was unveiled at Queen's Park.
- Guanacastequidad Festival overflows with celebration - Guanacaste Journal
Guanacastequidad Festival overflows with celebrationGuanacaste Journal, Costa Rica - 17 hours ago... band parades, horse and oxcart parades, educational workshops on mask-making and painting, a bombas (traditional improvised poetry) contest, ...
- Ladies, thank heaven for younger men - Times Online
Ladies, thank heaven for younger menTimes Online, UK - 1 hour agoMen as diverse as a member of the House of Lords, an aged rock singer, a novelist and a Third World entrepreneur who writes poetry - all dinner companions ...
- Night After Night - San Antonio Express News
Mark Rubin & his Ridgetop Syncopators atSam's Burger Joint (6 p.m.) In many music circles, Rubin is known for his upright bass, tuba and sousaphone chops. In the Ridgetop Syncopators, though, the former Bad Liver leads the band from behind a tenor ...
- Recalling that fateful night at Ford's Theatre - Boston Globe
Recalling that fateful night at Ford's TheatreBoston Globe, United States - 1 hour agoOne of Sawyer's first tasks was "to learn to work with John's poetry, which is quite full of reference and music and richness. I wanted to bring it across ...
- Sitar teacher a performer, too - Las Vegas Sun
Las Vegas SunSitar teacher a performer, tooLas Vegas Sun, NV - 34 minutes agoBishr Jijazi, Sandio Thanki and Faruq Imtiaz will help perform Khan’s music based on Persian poetry. It’s one thing to have a musical pedigree. ...
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