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- Will Elder; zany cartoonist for Mad and Playboy; 86 (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Will Elder, an early cartoonist for Mad magazine who spent 25 years illustrating Playboy's “Little Annie Fanny†strip, which parodied the magazine's fetish for buxom women, died of Parkinson's disease Thursday at the Jewish Home at Rockleigh, N.J. He was 86.
- Touting the joys of poetry (Miami Herald)
THE POETRY LIFE: Ten Stories. Baron Wormser. CavanKerry. 196 pages. $18. ''Poetry,'' Auden famously observed in his elegy for Yeats, ''makes nothing happen.'' What isn't often remembered are the words immediately following that trenchant comment: ''it survives. . . . '' It survives even in a digitized age, offering what Frost called a ``momentary stay against confusion.''
- The paper route - Boston Globe
BROCKTON - Origami artist Nishimura Yuko is young - she was born in 1978 - but already she has creased so many folds of paper with her fingers that she has worn away her fingerprints, according to staff at the Fuller Craft Museum. "Folded Light ...
- The Broken Word, by Adam Foulds; Mandeville, by Matthew Francis; For All We Know, by Ciaran Carson (Independent)
The Broken Word is Adam Foulds's first published poetry (he has written a well-regarded novel). It shows a young man, Tom, fresh from "the bark/ and whine and snivel/ and brag" of school, plunged into service against the 1950s "Mau Mau" uprising in Kenya. The blurb explains this – a pity, because Foulds lets us find out decade, place and bloody context by degrees. The poem quietly initiates ...
- Q&A with Westmoore grad and Olypmic hopeful David Plummer (The Oklahoman)
David Plummer caused quite a stir in the swimming world earlier this month. The Oklahoma City native and Westmoore High grad turned in lifetime bests in the 100- and 200-meter backstrokes during the Mutual of Omaha Swimvitational, winning the 200 and finishing second only to Michael Phelps in the 100. Next week, Plummer will return to the same pool for the U.S. Olympic trials, but first, the ...
- Bombers: Italy's finest - Farmington Daily Times
Italy would be proud. The Connecticut Bombers may hail from the East Coast, but with a tongue-tying roster, you'd never know. Take it from their coach, the quotable Joe Rietano, who is a Connie Mack World Series alum (class of '72). "We got some ...
- Religious retreats help guests find peace (Asbury Park Press)
At the former Shaker village, where the Taconic Mountains roll into the Berkshires and New York touches Massachusetts, Yaqin Aubert read aloud Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Zoroastrian, Judaic, Christian and Islamic texts during the Sunday service at the Sufi religious retreat.
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- Monday June 30 - complete guide to today's events - Chichester Today
Monday June 30 - complete guide to today's eventsChichester Today, UK - 1 hour agoThey join together in Chichester for On Common Ground, a performance of story, poetry and song which unearths the tale of England's enclosure as seen ...
- Carla Bruni, The Power of Love in Paris - Washington Post
The title of Carla Bruni's new album, "Comme Si de Rien N'Etait," translates to "As if Nothing Happened," which suggests that the foxy French-Italian model-turned-singer has at least some semblance of a sense of humor. Much, of course, has happened ...
- Writing contest draws largest turnout yet - Trinidad Times Independent
Writing contest draws largest turnout yetTrinidad Times Independent, CO - 56 minutes ago... teachers and friends, as students from kindergarten through senior high school read their winning entries in prose and poetry. Entries for the Writing ...
- Chicago Black Gay Pride 2008 Planner - ChicagoPride.com
Chicago Black Gay Pride 2008 PlannerChicagoPride.com, United States - 11 minutes ago"Black Pride Poetry Slam" @ Circuit Night Club with $1200 in cash prizes up for grabs. $7. 6:30pm-9pm. "Urbano: Hip-Hop For All" w/ Guest DJ Gavin T (Miami) ...
- League to honor 3 for preserving internees' tales - Honolulu Advertiser
League to honor 3 for preserving internees' talesHonolulu Advertiser, HI - 4 hours ago... War II Hawai'i Internees' Experiences Resource Folder," a binder filled with historical documents, personal poetry and letters from the internees. ...
- Silverton has charm and style - Statesman Journal
Silverton has charm and styleStatesman Journal, OR - 4 hours ago16-17, as well as the Silverton Wine & Jazz Festival and the Silverton Poetry Festival. "I have lived in Silverton for 30 years," she said. ...
- An open letter to people of Anatolia - Turkish Daily News (subscription)
Turkish Daily News (subscription)An open letter to people of AnatoliaTurkish Daily News (subscription), Turkey - 16 minutes agoSoon after she arrived in Yerevan, Temelkuran met Silva Gabudikyan, a legendary figure in Armenian poetry. She interviewed Gabudikyan about Turkish-Armenian ...
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