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- Star power meets philanthropy with celeb charities (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Bono battles the AIDS epidemic. Leonardo tries to make the world a greener place, and Martha has a soft spot for animals.
- Wellesley’s Dan Chiasson named poetry editor of Paris Review - Abington Mariner
Dan Chiasson , assistant professor of English at Wellesley College, has been named poetry editor of the prestigious literary magazine, The Paris Review. “With the Fall 2008 issue, The Paris Review is … pleased to welcome the celebrated poet Dan ...
- Madison teen eyes merit honors - Madison County Eagle
Madison County EagleMadison teen eyes merit honorsMadison County Eagle, VA - 27 minutes agoWhile Claire has excelled at performing prose and poetry during various forensics competitions, she says she enjoys participating in debate the most. ...
- 'The Canterbury Tales' - Los Angeles Times
-- to give his reasons for a new version: "There are unfamiliar words, and the metrics . . . are not at all clear." He goes on to say, "Englishmen as late as the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries could not follow Chaucer's metrics. . . . Still ...
- Wordslingers 2008 brings a modern message from the 13th Century - The Union of Grass Valley
Wordslingers 2008 brings a modern message from the 13th CenturyThe Union of Grass Valley, CA - 32 minutes agoSince 1977, Barks has collaborated with scholars of the Persian language to bring the poetry Rumi into American free verse. Barks explains that Rumi's ...
- POETS ADDING RHYME AND METER TO PRIME TIME - New York Post
It's the second coming of Yeats. That would be the late William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), who is suddenly emerging as the poet laureate of TV. One of the Irish poet's most famous poems is called "The Second Coming" and it is about to get a prime-time ...
- Great talkers participate in Suffern HS speech tourney (The Journal News)
Drama queens, Shakespearean declaimers, beat poets, theatrical hams and earnest young teens will be vying for awards in glib talking next week during the annual Rockland County Forensic League's public speaking tournament.
- Literary happenings: Simi library event focuses on new picture book - Ventura County Star
Literary happenings: Simi library event focuses on new picture bookVentura County Star, CA - 11 minutes agoPoetry Reading 7:30 pm Saturday. Featured poet is John Gentry. Bell Arts Factory, 432 N. Ventura Ave., Ventura. 643-1960. Read to Pepper the Dog 3 pm Monday ...
- Chester's streets come alive as performers go Up The Wall - Chester Standard
Chester's streets come alive as performers go Up The WallChester Standard, United Kingdom - 5 minutes agoChris Ingram, who greeted people at the entrance of the Cathedral grounds with songs and poetry, enjoyed the event and is pleased it was a success. ...
- Weekend digest - Bismarck Tribune
Weekend digestBismarck Tribune, USA - 2 hours agoThe North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame has joined forces with Medora's annual Poetry Gathering. The two groups have launched a statewide fundraising raffle. ...
- Dancing for a good cause - Malaysia Star
Malaysia StarDancing for a good causeMalaysia Star, Malaysia - 26 minutes agoPoetry in motion:They are a picture of grace. These ballerinas from Priscilla Ballet Academy are aong several dancers performing at a musical extravaganza ...
- ‘You feel a city in your heart and soul’ (Financial Times)
Born in Liverpool in 1945, director and screenwriter Terence Davies’s award-winning films include the autobiographical ‘The Long Day Closes’ and ‘Distant Voices, Still Lives’ and adaptations of John Kennedy Toole’s ‘The Neon Bible’ and Edith Wharton’s ‘The House of Mirth’.
- UC Davis researcher begins study of Osama bin Laden audio tapes - EurekAlert (press release)
UC Davis researcher begins study of Osama bin Laden audio tapesEurekAlert (press release), DC - 3 hours agoEdwards contacted Miller, a linguist and cultural anthropologist who studies the roles of language and poetry in contemporary Muslim reform in the Middle ...
- Book of the week: Fighting spirit of the age, by Duncan Wu (Independent)
Duncan Wu's title is predicated upon the notion that Romanticism is where the modern age began, and that William Hazlitt was "its most articulate spokesman".
- Singing Christmas Tree Is Dec. 6 - The Chattanoogan
Singing Christmas Tree Is Dec. 6The Chattanoogan, TN - 1 hour agoThe choir will perform the world premiere of the song “Birthday of a King” by composer Ken Berg. Berg, Aristic Director of the Birmingham Boys Choir, ...
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