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- Ilyas Malayev, 72, Uzbek Musician and Poet, Dies (New York Times)
Mr. Malayev was a musician and poet renowned in Uzbekistan and transplanted to Queens, where he was a legend among fellow Bukharan Jews.
- From the Los Angeles Times - Virginia Gazette
Virginia GazetteFrom the Los Angeles TimesVirginia Gazette, VA - 8 hours ago"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose," Hillary Clinton told a raucous rally at a high school gym in Nashua, where the overflow crowd matched the ...
- Nick Laid on merging science with poetry - guardian.co.uk
Nick Laid on merging science with poetryguardian.co.uk, UK - 26 minutes agoPaul discovered a black hole in Cygnus X-1, and is the author of many popular books on the universe. For my part, I've been reading up on all things cosmic. ...
- Net savvy 96-yr-old blogs to share ideas - Hindustan Times
At an age when people begin to lose interest in many aspects of the world around them, 96-year-old Randall Butisingh not only mastered the intricacies of the internet but also began his own blog, which describes him as one of the world's oldest ...
- China Country Profile - Fact Monster
China Country ProfileFact Monster, MA - 3 hours agoIn the T'ang dynasty (618–907)—often called the golden age of Chinese history—painting, sculpture, and poetry flourished, and woodblock printing, ...
- An activist harpist moves for progress - News.com.au
His life as a harpist has been in part the life of an activist who wants to see the instrument's capabilities more fully understood. "There has been a much deeper, darker part of the instrument that I have been exploring for a while now," he says ...
- Let's play hostages (Guardian Unlimited)
Arts & entertainment: Emine Saner on a haunting new movie about Afghanistan by a 19-year-old director
- Entertainment Calendar for July 3 - July 10 - NRToday.com
Entertainment Calendar for July 3 - July 10NRToday.com, OR - 2 hours 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. ...
- Sir Sean takes on star role at book festival - Scotsman
SIR Sean Connery will be returning to Edinburgh to unveil his long-awaited autobiography on his 78th birthday at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, it was announced yesterday. Launching the festival programme, the director, Catherine ...
- Writer George Garrett dies at 78 - C-Ville Weekly
C-Ville WeeklyWriter George Garrett dies at 78C-Ville Weekly, VA - 15 hours agoAt one time the director of the creative writing program at UVA, Garrett published dozens of books of criticism, biography, poetry and fiction in his ...
- Rushdie traces the roots of his latest award-winning tale (The Star)
Fatehpur Sikri, the old, abandoned capital of India's Mughal King Akbar, is a somewhat deserted place these days, a bit off the beaten tourist path, outdone by the popularity of the Taj Mahal about an hour away.
- The following is the interview with the poet Jang Jin Sung. - Daily NK
Daily NKThe following is the interview with the poet Jang Jin Sung.Daily NK, South Korea - 1 hour agoKim Jong Il has a lot of interest in poetry and in order to preserve the regime, he tends to confide in and eulogize poets. Compared to other areas, ...
- Friday wild card - Spokane Spokesman-Review
The big guy will be back next week, and the weekend approaches, so this will be it from me for a while. Thanks to all of you for your post suggestions - I've got a much better sense of the enormous amount of work that DFO puts in to keep this blog ...
- Trillium Book Award announces finalists - Globe and Mail
Trillium Book Award announces finalistsGlobe and Mail, Canada - May 24, 2008Finalists for the $10000 English-language poetry award are Emily Schultz for Songs for the Dancing Chicken, Rob Winger (Muybridge's Horse) and Rachel Zolf ...
- Ursula K Le Guin - guardian.co.uk
Ursula K Le Guinguardian.co.uk, UK - 6 hours agoLe Guin has identified Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, with its principle of interdependence and ordered wholeness, as one of the great influences on her life and ...
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