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- Berkeley Is Still a Great Bookstore Town (Berkeley Daily Planet)
The saga of Cody’s Books finally ended this year when its Fourth Street store (last survivor of a series of venues that started north of the UC Campus 50 years ago, moved to Telegraph for several decades and was briefly in San Francisco’s Union Square) moved to a smaller space on Shattuck Avenue, then closed for good.
- Jaquet Droz sport line: Is it a sport watch when it costs over $10K? - Crunchgear.com
While I understand the impulse to buy expensive watches, I’m rarely moved by to open my wallet when simple beauties like these come along. These two new limited editions form Jaquet Droz are sport watches for the caviar and horsie set. The Grande ...
- UI Press announces poetry prize winners (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
Andrew Michael Roberts of Seattle and Zach Savich of Leonardtown, Md., are the 2008 recipients of the Iowa Poetry Prize. Roberts won the honor for his debut collection, "something has to happen next." Savich's award-winning collection, "Full Catastrophe Living," also is a debut.
- Wipe clean my life's 'stain of injustice' (Cape Argus)
His ten-year sentence is finally complete. Now Mzwakhe Mbuli, revered as the "people's poet" during the dying years of apartheid, is seeking a presidential pardon.
- Goodnight and Good Sales - Newsweek
President Bush's approval rating is mired in the high 20s, and his presidency is nearing its end-making this an ideal moment for a requiem for the Bush presidency, albeit an unconventional, and slightly controversial one. "Goodnight Bush," an ...
- Writers read passages about 'sex and private schools,' fear, depression (University of Connecticut Daily Campus)
A small but appreciative crowd turned out Wednesday afternoon at the UConn Co-op to hear Lynn Z. Bloom and Margaret Gibson recall the pains and pleasures of girlhood. For Gibson, better known for her poetry (the latest volume of which, "One Body," recently took home the gold at the Connecticut Book Awards), tackling the memoir was an act of love.
- Religion Calendar: 09/06/2008 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Religion Calendar is published weekly by the Traverse City Record-Eagle. Information may be mailed to Record-Eagle, P.O. Box 632, Traverse City, MI 49685; fax to 946-8632; e-mail gmurray@record-eagle.com . Items should be sent at least two weeks in advance.
- South Africa: Thabo Mbeki's Downfall (AllAfrica.com)
The strident clamour of calls for the ANC to axe the "lame-duck" President Thabo Mbeki is far from the epithets the country's leader once enjoyed as the crown prince who became the philosopher king and was hailed as Mr Delivery.
- Randy Pausch’s ‘Last Lecture’ offers advice for living (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza)
Today I am recommending a book to which many folks in our community can relate. On July 25, 2008, at the age of 47, Randy Pausch passed away. But it is not his passing that ought to be the focus, for eventually that will come to all of us.
- The five free things to do this weekend (The Herald-Mail)
Military band concert; Sotto Voce Poetry Festival; First Saturday in Frederick, Md.; South Mountain State Battlefield Living History Weekend; Morgan Ballard art exhibit
- Hey, big spender, flying my way? - International Herald Tribune
Hey, big spender, flying my way?International Herald Tribune, France - 4 hours agoGreen that formulation is not, and yet it does possess a kind of poetry for its beneficiaries. Someone happens to have a plane. As it turns out, ...
- Books: One for the pages (The Times of Acadiana)
For literary aficionados, the Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge on Saturday is a feast for the senses. More than 125 authors from around the country and Acadiana will be on hand to give advice, read from their work and sign books.
- No Country For Old People - guardian.co.uk
No Country For Old Peopleguardian.co.uk, UK - 23 minutes agoIn 20th century poetry, TS Eliot ("Here I am an old man in a dry month") and WB Yeats ("An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick") ...
- Drama Queens - Oakbook
OakbookDrama QueensOakbook, CA - 3 hours ago... like to create a family drama class where parents and kids can perform together. In addition, she’d like to host poetry readings at the MacArthur site. ...
- No More Bush - Philadelphia citypaper.net
Philadelphia citypaper.netNo More BushPhiladelphia citypaper.net, PA - 9 hours ago"To me, Charlie's one of the great figures in underground lit," Coley says, "for prose, poetry, publishing, editing, the works. ...
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