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- In 'My Sister, My Love,' Oates fictionalizes JonBenet Ramsey (Boulder Daily Camera)
"My Sister, My Love" (Ecco. 562 pages. $25.95), by Joyce Carol Oates. Some of Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest.
- Cartagena: Love in the Time of Cholera - Daily Telegraph
News of the city's wealth spread around the world, and one day a fleet of 100 ships carrying 8,000 soldiers and 12,000 sailors came to attack it. The defenders numbered just 3,000 men, led by a sailor called Blas de Lezo who had one eye, one arm and ...
- FRIENDS, INDEED - Pueblo Chieftain
FRIENDS, INDEEDPueblo Chieftain, CO - 5 minutes agoThey also sponsor a number of programs in collaboration with the library district - writing contests for schoolchildren and for adults, poetry contests that ...
- Elementary, My Dears column: The best of times for teachers (San Mateo County Times)
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom ... "This Charles Dickens line that begins "Tale of Two Cities" often describes our vocation.
- Documentary chronicles Hunter S. Thompson's 'Gonzo' life - The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
Documentary chronicles Hunter S. Thompson's 'Gonzo' lifeThe Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com, MI - 1 hour agoBy Andrew Jefchak About a third of the way into Alex Gibney's excellent documentary "Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson," we are shown ...
- Film legend inspires dad and son to write musical - Basingstoke Gazette
Film legend inspires dad and son to write musicalBasingstoke Gazette, UK - 33 minutes agoRicky has written an award-winning screenplay and also writes poetry and screenplays in his free time. He moved to London from Basingstoke a year ago, ...
- Entertainment calendar for the week of July 31 - Aug. 7 - NRToday.com
Entertainment calendar for the week of July 31 - Aug. 7NRToday.com, OR - 24 minutes agoPOETRY SLAM — 6 pm, Granger Book Co., 111 Second Ave., Myrtle Creek. Read your own poetry or bring your favorite poem to read. Free public event. 793-5599. ...
- History lesson on tap at writer's festival - Guelph Mercury
Guelph MercuryHistory lesson on tap at writer's festivalGuelph Mercury, Canada - 31 minutes agoThis year, the festival will also premiere the Toronto Poetry Slam Team. The audience will get a glimpse into the world of performance poetry as the team ...
- Right-Wing Rewards - Slate
An essay by a recently retired Yale professor warns that an elite education "teaches you to think that measure of intelligence and academic achievement are measures of value in some moral or metaphysical sense." The gilded universities also encourage ...
- Down to the well - VietNamNet Bridge
Down to the wellVietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam - 3 hours agoThe village well is an important symbol in fairy tales poetry. It is considered to be not only the “eye” but also the “heart” or the soul of the village. ...
- More than 50 of our favorite Portland things - Willamette Week
More than 50 of our favorite Portland thingsWillamette Week, OR - 32 minutes agoThat’s just a taste, excerpted from an original poem by MC Sossity Chiricuzio, of the extraordinarily dirty and often downright provocative poetry you’ll ...
- The Great Outdoors (The Saline Reporter)
Camping in Southeast Michigan is no longer only about s'mores and soggy sleeping bags.
- Daniel S. Janik's Newest Book "Footprints, Smiles and Little White ... - PR-CANADA.net (press release)
Daniel S. Janik's Newest Book "Footprints, Smiles and Little White ...PR-CANADA.net (press release), Montenegro - 5 hours ago"Footprints, Smiles and Little White lies was a six year labor of love," said Dr. Janik in a personal interview, "Over the past forty years, I received and ...
- Debut Author's Abuse Recovery Novel Nominated for 2008 Cybil Award - EIN News
MABANK, TX, October 10, 2008 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Courage in Patience, a story of hope for those who have endured abuse, has been nominated for a Cybil award in Young Adult Literature. Courage in Patience is the story of fifteen-year-old Ashley ...
- Scoopy's Notebook (The Villager)
Cracked: The L.E.S. Slacktivists’ sound-permit flap spilled over to the recent HOWL! Festival, causing some howls of frustration from festival organizers.
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