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- 2 speakers compete at national tourney - Sharon Herald
Two Mercer High School speech team members competed last week at the 2008 National Forensic League National Tournament. The weeklong event, “Desert Lights Nationals,” was held June 13 through 18 in Las Vegas. More than 3,300 contestants and 1,800 ...
- Music Review: Yusa - Haiku - Blogcritics.org
Music Review: Yusa - HaikuBlogcritics.org, OH - 4 hours agoIn the liner notes of the disc, Yusa quotes Mexican poet Octavia Paz's definition of a haiku as "a poetic experience re-created as lived poetry". ...
- Can science explain why ABBA is so catchy? - Boston Globe
It only takes a single exposure, and in an instant, your whole day can change. The infection is rapid and feels potentially unending. One minute you're minding your own business and the next you find that you can't stop thinking, humming, or singing ...
- Boardwalk in Durban - April 29, 2008 - Tonight
Boardwalk in Durban - April 29, 2008Tonight, South Africa - 4 hours agoBAT Centre Functions Room: Every Wednesday, from 5.30pm to 7.30pm, set your soul free with live poetry sessions. Call 031-332-0451. ...
- Oh, what a paradise was lost - News & Observer
News & ObserverOh, what a paradise was lostNews & Observer, NC - 59 minutes agoBut just because he likes to read poetry doesn't make him Lincoln, and the other characters value him far more highly than seems rational. ...
- No Parking Anytime: Cottages house writers' aspirations - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Summer has brought a little melancholy to Todd Faulkner, because when it goes, so will he -- leaving the tiny, wooden, century-old cottage nestled in the bright flowers of the Belltown P-patch. When he moves out, the bittersweet memoir of record ...
- Tragic poetic lament for lost tortoise - audio - Lewes Today
A BELOVED lost tortoise has inspired her distraught owner to write poetry pleading for her return. Washington woman Trisha Cook has turned to verse as her solace after losing life-long reptilian friend Henrietta - who lived with her for 33 years ...
- Milford to host festivals, pet parade this weekend (Middletown Times Herald-Record)
MILFORD, Pa. — Milford is the place to be this weekend if you want to listen to some music, show off your pet, hear some poetry or shop.
- Kenya: 'We Have Had Enough of Foreign Plays' (AllAfrica.com)
For a very long time, plays that dominated Kenya's theatre scene were all foreign adaptations. Theatre powerhouses such as Mbalamwezi, Phoenix Players and Heartstrings Ensemble barely had a Kenyan production worth writing home about.
- Nobel laureate Walcott mocks Naipaul in verse - Express India
London, June 2: For years Nobel prize-winning poet Derek Walcott has traded insults with Sir VS Naipaul. Now, he has upped the ante by slamming his old sparring partner in a poem that mocked the Indian-origin author as a "mongoose". The St Lucian ...
- Pierce Brosnan's Springsteen ambition - Boston Globe
Pierce Brosnan wants to star in a musical about Bruce Springsteen. The 55-year-old actor - who debuts his vocal talents in the ABBA-inspired musical 'Mamma Mia!' - has got the taste for singing on screen, and is keen to take on the challenge of ...
- Obama's' Pastor Compares Black and White Brains - HULIQ (press release)
Obama's' Pastor Compares Black and White BrainsHULIQ (press release), NC - Apr 28, 2008Obama's Pastor says "In comparing African-American children and European-American children, we were comparing apples and rocks." "Different is not deficient ...
- Local business briefs: Concerts, job fair and more at NCSC festival - Mansfield News Journal
Local business briefs: Concerts, job fair and more at NCSC festivalMansfield News Journal, OH - 1 hour agoThe poetry workshop at Main Street Books is still on for 6 to 8 pm tonight. For details on Temple Court, contact Fernyak at 419-522-4200 or ...
- Maya Angelou captivates Cleveland audience - Cleveland Plain Dealer
In an age besotted with vacuous adolescent celebrity, 80-year-old Maya Angelou held a packed audience rapt at the Allen Theater in downtown Cleveland Monday night with nothing more than her voice. Frail knees kept her off her feet for much of her 75 ...
- Author David Wroblewski answers 7 questions (Vail Daily)
David Wroblewski, author of “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle,” will visit the Bookworm of Edwards Wednesday. ‘The Story of Edgar Sawtelle’ Author: David Wroblewski. Cost: $25.95. Pages: 576.
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