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- More than 7,000 vie for title of Prince of Poets - Gulf News
Abu Dhabi: More than 7,000 entries from 22 countries were received by organisers of the the Abu Dhabi Prince of Poets contest. The Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage announced on Friday that entries for the second edition of the poets ...
- Pizza and RAGU - Creative Loafing Atlanta
Pizza and RAGUCreative Loafing Atlanta, GA - 1 hour agoOf two current food-based plays, The Poetry of Pizza at least gives you a chance to slake your appetite. Theatre in the Square's next-door neighbor, ...
- Bosnia's butcher poet - The Australian
Bosnia's butcher poetThe Australian, Australia - 34 minutes agoIn 2005, he thumbed his nose at the world by publishing a book of poetry, Under the Left Breast of the Century. From Pale, Ljiljana reacted yesterday to his ...
- Electricity fills Confederation Centre as Cohen brings his fans to ... - Prince Edward Island Guardian
Leonard Cohen, an icon in Canadian music, filled the Confederation Centre of the Arts theatre Sunday and did four encores before he left the stage. He is returning to live concerts after an absence of 15 years and will begin a world tour when he ...
- 2009 calendar highlights area bridges (The Oregonian)
A new calendar celebrates the area's bridges -- and all proceeds will go toward throwing a 100th birthday bash for the Hawthorne Bridge in 2010.
- NEWS BRIEFLY - UT The Daily Texan
NEWS BRIEFLYUT The Daily Texan, TX - 2 hours agoGeorge Brant received $50000 for his play "Elephant Graveyard," which was one of 51 submissions in drama, poetry and fiction. The prize was established and ...
- Six-word memoirs say a lot - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Six-word memoirs say a lotWilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA - 39 minutes agoPaul Thornton’s reads almost like poetry. “Alabama boy said Hallelujah, wrote memoirs.” Writers like brevity; readers more so. Makes you think harder, ...
- Best Bets (The Standard-Times)
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- Animal whisperers come out of the shadows - 22 WSBT
Story Updated: Jun 5, 2008 at 4:27 PM EDT NEW YORK (AP) — Ears twitching wildly, Nikki and Lucy hovered near the telephone, aroused by the caller on the other end. He was their "cat whisperer," and the girls had something to tell me: "Their food ...
- THE OTHER COLUMN: No book for me —Ejaz Haider - Daily Times
THE OTHER COLUMN: No book for me —Ejaz HaiderDaily Times, Pakistan - 5 hours agoAdding another to that list may be good for my vanity but not enough reason to write a book. But let’s list some categories of books, starting with poetry. ...
- End-of-year school obligations drive parents batty - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
NEW YORK - My son's baseball teacher scheduled an end-of-year, mother-son game the other day, and it was a blast. The 5-year-old boys "won" (wink wink), but not before us moms got to hit a few grounders and run the bases in Central Park in the middle ...
- Lou Reed, Royal Albert Hall, London Beck, Guildhall, Southampton (Independent)
The last time I reviewed Lou Reed in this column, I made what I thought was a fairly transparent joke about taking heroin in the toilets beforehand. The credulous media diarist at The Guardian took this at face value, and alerted that newspaper's entire readership to my apparent junkiedom. This time, then, with a face as solemn as Reed's, I shall report that I watch Lou Reed recreate his entire ...
- Why Obama wept for his father - Daily Nation
Daily NationWhy Obama wept for his fatherDaily Nation, Kenya - 5 hours agoObama listened spellbound, much as his ancestors had when they gathered around the fire to listen to the wise elders or to itinerant harpist-poets as they ...
- Girls strike back at pop culture's beauty ideal - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Olivia Nofzinger, 11, has a friend who likes to ride horses and a friend who likes to protest. She has lots of friends who draw and one who hopes to become a fashion designer. So Olivia, a fifth-grader at St. Anthony Park Elementary School in ...
- Why I Still Love (Fake) High School Drama - Gawker
So the Times didn't like it. Whatever. I'm still DVR'ing the latest Disney Channel musical teenybomp crapfest Camp Rock because, well, I love that stuff. Yes. I am a (slightly shameful) fan of High School Musical and its silly sequel. As I hope you ...
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