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- A flood of remembrances: Johnstown, Pa., floats new attractions to lure tourists (Miami Herald)
Row after row of unmarked graves in Johnstown's Grandview Cemetery -- more than 700 -- are stark testimony to one of the most darkly ironic moments in American history.
- Casper briefs - Caspar Star-Tribune
Casper College officials will host an informational meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday to discuss the school's growth and construction plans. "Casper College is considering ways to finance buildings that will offer more instructional space, particularly for ...
- Family ties to New Zealand for poet (Otago Daily Times)
Expatriate poet Fleur Adcock is grateful to New Zealand for the affection it has shown her, despite her having lived in England since 1963. Ms Adcock was named a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature in the Queen's Birthday Honours today.
- Getting His Goat: Fun at the Mid-State Fair (Arroyo Grande Times Press Recorder)
The biggest little fair in the state — the California Mid-State Fair — kicked off its 2008 “Country Days, Rockin’ Nights” run Wednesday at the Paso Robles Event Center, 2198 Riverside Ave.
- Darwish dies at 67 - Gulf Daily News
GulfNewsDarwish dies at 67Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - 1 hour agoGAZA CITY: MAHMOUD DARWISH, the world's most recognised Palestinian poet, whose prose gave voice to the Palestinian experience of exile, occupation and ...Most recognized Palestinian poet dies in US hospital Al-BawabaPalestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish died after heart surgery Arab Monitorall 245 news articles
- 'You're in the woods!' - ABC Online
'You're in the woods!'ABC Online, Australia - 1 hour agoBut the reason the incident made headlines was that they were trespassing on the Homer Noble Farm in Vermont, where celebrated American poet Robert Frost ...
- Playwright has passion for her craft - Star-Banner
SUMMERFIELD - The promo from the Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center reads " 'Money, Money, Who's Got the Money,' a new play by Sharilynn La May, 2008 Florida Playwrights Festival Semi-Finalist." The production, running Aug. 14-24, is the fruition ...
- Need a Dickens expert? He's the man (Mankato Free Press)
What started out as a nudge from mom turned into a full-scale passion to studying and understanding Charles Dickens.
- Living in downtown Flint is a mixed bag (The Flint Journal)
Lately a lot of people have asked me how I like living in downtown Flint. I moved to a historic building a block from The Flint Journal last November. Those who don't frequent the city are increasingly curious about all the construction and changes along Saginaw Street.
- Troupe has a nose for classic story - Trading Markets (press release)
Troupe has a nose for classic storyTrading Markets (press release), CA - Aug 9, 20089--If any classic play offers an artful fusion of romance, comedy, poetry and tragedy comparable to that of Shakespeare's best, Cyrano de Bergerac does. ...
- School librarian dons different personas to get kids to read - Sacramento Bee
School librarian dons different personas to get kids to readSacramento Bee, USA - 1 hour agoAt a pretend coffeehouse poetry event, she comes as a beatnik. At the Colonial market day for third-graders, she is Mrs. Thomas Farthing. ...
- Cold feet at the gates of Hades - Daily Telegraph
The horror story, like so much else in Western literature, has its origins in Homer. This fascinating study of contact with the underworld sticks at the Styx Millennia before Interview with the Vampire there was the Odyssey , in which the hero, just ...
- Becoming well-versed in spoken verse - Creative Loafing Tampa
Becoming well-versed in spoken verseCreative Loafing Tampa, FL - 9 hours agoHe then warmed up those in attendance with a poem titled “Fuck a Poet,” which brought a smile to my face as it addressed all of the unspoken prejudices I ...
- The Edge Of Love - Screendaily
Dir. John Maybury. UK . 2008. 112 mins . A movie about the poet Dylan Thomas and his hellraising wife Caitlin would seem to herald booze, sex, fighting, dubious personal hygiene, Wales , and the always-challenging task of reciting poetry onscreen in ...
- Start your beach reading at York Public Library (The York Weekly)
A character in Philip Roth's novel "Goodbye, Columbus" describes his cousin, the ultimate summer reader: "Doris? She's the one who's always reading 'War and Peace.' That's how I know it's summer, when Doris is reading 'War and Peace.'"
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