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- The 'Bluestocking Circle' and the fight for women's rights in literary salons (International Herald Tribune)
The Bluestocking Circle began as a circle wealthy British women who nurtured a sense of intellectual community. Though now largely forgotten, the circle would become an early and influential champion of women's rights.
- ASHANTI's New Album 'THE DECLARATION' Arrives in Stores - Centre Daily Times
ASHANTI's New Album 'THE DECLARATION' Arrives in StoresCentre Daily Times, PA - 2 hours agoShe is the author of the poetry collection Foolish/Unfoolish: Reflections on Love, and the forthcoming teen-targeted life and style book Ashanti Style (Jump ...
- All rage and heart - guardian.co.uk
All rage and heartguardian.co.uk, UK - 7 minutes agoAlexie, in some 10 volumes of poetry plus novels, short stories, screenplays and songs, has been at pains to deflate just such romantic myths, ...
- Bourne Graduation: High spirits stand up to high winds (Cape Cod Times)
The 2008 senior class at Bourne High School had one more challenge to face before graduation yesterday: a stiff wind and a potential downpour.
- India's Regional Literature a Tough Sell at Frankfurt - Deutsche Welle
A huge poster of an old woman with sparkling eyes and snowy white hair adorns the entrance to the hall featuring India, the guest of honor, at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The 80-year-old grand dame of Indian literature, Mahasweta Devi, is a prolific ...
- On Poetry: Trees at their 'Loveliest' - Traverse City Record-Eagle
The cherry trees are having their short burst of glory, which always makes me think of this poem. Several times I have walked around the Mall in Washington when the cherry trees are in full bloom and said this poem to myself. It was written by A.E ...
- Delta Sigma Theta sorority reports plethora of activities (Kinston Free Press)
Contestants in the Jabberwock Scholarship Pageant, sponsored by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and scheduled for April 4 at the Kinston-Lenoir County Performing Arts Center, are participating in a variety of preliminary events.
- Thanh Nien - Thanhnien
This woman’s work is never done – from helping orphans 40 years ago to starting a festival this October to celebrate Hanoi’s Long Bien Bridge. French overseas Vietnamese, Nguyen Nga has maintained a long-running commitment to her home country ...
- A private glimpse of reality - guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.ukA private glimpse of realityguardian.co.uk, UK - 41 minutes agoShe knows that ordinary talk is required, but poetry keeps breaking through. How can she explain herself? Philip puts on a Handel concerto, and she feels ...
- Celebrating our culture in a festive fortnight (Manning River Times)
THE Manning Valley’s rich cultural community will be showcased over the next two weeks.
- Industry tactics on Public Health Bill questioned (Scoop.co.nz)
The food industry has been giving a misleading message about how the health sector wants to address obesity, a new report shows. The report, by health policy analyst John White, analysed the 204 submissions to the Health Select Committee on the Public Health Bill.
- Elusive actress Debra Winger comes out from the shadows - New Jersey Jewish Standard
Elusive actress Debra Winger comes out from the shadowsNew Jersey Jewish Standard, NJ - 2 hours agoThey were more like essays and poetry. I saw them as portals and thresholds, beginnings and transformations I had to go through. ...
- Fred’s on hand to present poetry prizes - This is Southampton
Left to right, Bethany Knight, Fred Dinenage, Janet Joyce, Becky Whittington and Caroline Pope (AAIR Fundraising Director). TELEVISION presenter and Daily Echo columnist Fred Dinenage presented a host of prizes after a poetry competition in ...
- See Profile - Huffingtonpost.com
As the person who made the reply about the unionzed plumbers demographic, I, too, was attempting to mock all those non-working class so-called pundits like Maureen Dowd, David Brooks (who recently really put his foot in it when he criticized Obama ...
- Insider: Looking at logic - Wareham Courier
Insider: Looking at logicWareham Courier, MA - 56 minutes agoWhen I was a kid, I had a friend with a pellet gun (by virtue of this, he was my coolest friend), and we used to set up tin cans in his backyard and fire ...
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