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- Dead author's estate snatches child's domain - The Register
A British couple has lost the battle to keep the narnia.mobi domain name which they claimed was only registered so that their son could have a Narnia-related email address. The address will transfer to a company representing CS Lewis's estate ...
- Book Review: Duck Duck Wally: A Novel by Gabe Rotter (Blogcritics.org)
As a humorist, debut author Gabe Rotter has made a comedic grand entrance on the pop culture sha-zeeny! Everyone wants to know what's up with this book's title. Two sources come readily to mind: the children's game, "Duck, Duck, Goose" and the rude gesture of goosing another person. But you must read clear through the last chapter of Duck Duck Wally to get it. No cheating, either, because you ...
- Be a lucky fish and get to any of these festivals - Tonight
Be a lucky fish and get to any of these festivalsTonight, South Africa - 51 minutes agoHere hip-hop will play alongside drum 'n bass, breakbeat, beat poetry, boys and everything else that caters for the hey-shoowow brigade . ...
- 'Bird's Nest' Ballads: Olympic National Anthems - NPR News
Morning Edition , August 7, 2008 - As the Summer Olympics get under way in Beijing, a song called "The March of the Volunteers" is likely to be heard a time or two. It's China's national anthem. As winning athletes mount victory podiums in the new ...
- After the deluge, poetry (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Poetry lends itself to all occasions, happy and sad, everyday and rare. It offers a multitude of forms -- the exquisite slenderness of a haiku, the sprawling pages of an epic, the rigor of a sonnet, the bouncing rhyme, the grace of free verse -- but every word is the result of a careful choice.
- Dog days for George Lopez - AZ Central.com
Dog days for George LopezAZ Central.com, AZ - 59 minutes agoAs Papi, Lopez croons romantic tunes and recites poetry. In real life, he only wishes he were as romantic. "I tend to say it with jewelry," Lopez says. ...
- William Golding - guardian.co.uk
William Goldingguardian.co.uk, UK - 13 hours agoGolding began writing at seven and published his first volume of poetry before completing his BA. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983 (to some ...
- Committing Guy Clark to the air - Austin Chronicle
He hasn't lived in Texas for decades, but Guy Clark is still considered the dean of Texas songwriters. A Mount Rushmore of Texas troubadours would slot his granite face, as well as the sharp features of his best friend, Townes Van Zandt. The reason ...
- Chennai, the erstwhile Madras, celebrates 369th birthday (Outlook India)
Fast turning out to be the Detroit of India, for its rapid expansion of automobile manufacturing units and growing reputation of being the cultural capital of the south, Chennai, the erstwhile Madras, turned 369 today.
- Philip Pullman: how I chose my top 40 - Times Online
Philip Pullman: how I chose my top 40Times Online, UK - 1 hour agoThe Radio 4 programme With Great Pleasure lets you do the same sort of thing with prose and poetry, but again, because it lasts for only 40 minutes, ...
- Morgan making good impression with 49ers (The Monterey County Herald)
The 49ers have had more that their share of high-maintenance wide receivers. Terrell Owens, Antonio Bryant and Brandon Lloyd spring to mind. So it came as a surprise that they were willing to take a chance on Josh Morgan.
- Pump up the power - Globe and Mail
Pump up the powerGlobe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour agoTitled Beloved of the Sky, the collection was poetry in motion, a beautifully executed array of imaginative pieces employing frayed yarns, crochet, ...
- Norwich Pops Orchestra - Hall of Fame (EDP24 - Eastern Daily Press)
Well-known, with a great tune, presented in the grandest manner, with every instrument playing its heart out, Jupiter, from Holst's Planets Suite, was just the choice for the Sunday afternoon concert by the Norwich Pops Orchestra, which was conducted by the irrepressible Geoff Davidson and led by Fiona Hutchins.
- Men's tennis tour should be fun for years (Miami Herald)
The men's tour is getting more intriguing by the week. Not only is No. 1 Rafael Nadal vs. No. 2 Roger Federer one of the best rivalries in sports, with Novak Djokovic and Andy Roddick nipping at their heels, but all of a sudden, there is a pack of youngsters sure to keep the game exciting for years to come.
- Time to rediscover the glory of chapbooks - guardian.co.uk
Time to rediscover the glory of chapbooksguardian.co.uk, UK - 13 minutes agoOver the bank holiday weekend, I spent many an hour reading the diverse collection of poetry chapbooks Blackheath Books had recently sent me. ...
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