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- Have racy ads finally crossed the line? (WPVI-TV Philadelphia)
Ad agencies have found ways to pair just about everything with sex.
- Book awards for quality literature - Corsavoo.com
Book awards for quality literatureCorsavoo.com, France - 1 minute agoNowadays, this book award recognizes achievements in four major genres: fiction, non-fiction, poetry and young people’s literature. ...
- Kenya: Barack Obama And the Graveyard of Hope - AllAfrica.com
Kenya: Barack Obama And the Graveyard of HopeAllAfrica.com, Washington - 4 hours agoWe do not even remark on the haunting wastage of all this shining accomplishment - Micere Mugo sings her lyrical poetry for Americans, and we do not even ...
- Remember When: Memories of injustice and justice in World War II - Fort Pierce Tribune
ST. LUCIE COUNTY — I remember Pearl Harbor. As my mother had a sister and her family there, we were very much concerned. We were truly shocked to learn that my uncle disappeared, and no one knew where he was. We found out later that he was arrested ...
- Hip-hop on over to the Green Show - Ashland Daily Tidings
Sneak in some free hip-hop entertainment tonight during the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Green Show. The show begins at 7:15 p.m. in the courtyard at the festival, 15 Pioneer St., Ashland. Did we mention it's free? Buckworld One: Hip-Hop Theater, a ...
- Biography - Favorite Poet - Rod McKuen - Gather.com
Biography - Favorite Poet - Rod McKuenGather.com, MA - 12 minutes agoReturning to the US and settling in San Francisco, he read his poetry alongside Beat icons like Kerouac and Ginsberg, and began performing as a singer at ...
- David Goodis: Dark Star (East Bay Express)
The writers of the literary and film genre that came to be known as "noir" were a decidedly quirky group — heavy emphasis on alcoholism, troubled relationships, and general bad luck.
- ‘Nation’s creativity’ captured in trove of Scots poetry given to the National Library (The Herald)
A treasure trove of poetry which captures the "creativity of the nation" over the last five years has been given to the National Library of Scotland.
- Remembering legendary poet Habba Khatoon - Khaleej Times
Remembering legendary poet Habba KhatoonKhaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - 4 hours ago... age could not recover from the rebuff she received at the very threshold of her marital life. Her despondency flowed out in the form of poetry. ...
- Palestinians Mourn Death of 'National Poet' Mahmoud Darwish - Voice of America
Palestinians are mourning the death Saturday of renowned Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, who was considered a cultural icon. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. The muezzin chanted a mournful dirge as Palestinians observed three ...
- Kiwi's affair with death row killer (The New Zealand Herald)
Viv Mason spent only 100 minutes with her "lover" before he was executed by lethal injection. With two-and-a-half years of emotional letter writing behind them, she met convicted killer Karl Eugene Chamberlain at the Allan Polunsky Unit, in Livingston, about 90km north of Houston, Texas.
- Dylan letter up for auction (icWales)
A LETTER penned by poet Dylan Thomas to a highly influential Welsh literary magazine is expected to fetch several thousand pounds at London auction house Sotheby’s.
- 1936 singles guide is fun, instructive (Detroit Free Press)
"The chances are that at some time in your life, possibly only now and then between husbands, you will find yourself settling down to a solitary existence," wrote Vogue scribe Marjorie Hillis in the 1936 book "Live Alone and Like It."
- Former Oakland Municipal Court judge Courtland 'Don' Arne dies at age ... - Oakland Tribune
Although former Oakland Municipal Judge Courtland Donald Arne was a man in public office, to friends and family he was more than a judge. He was a renaissance man, best known as Don, who loved travel, poetry and music. "In the evening when I would ...
- Publisher's focus on exiles benefits Cuban poet (Miami Herald)
In the mid 19th century, the story goes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow could not walk the streets of Boston without being recognized.
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