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- Ben Folds finds his 'Way to Normal' - Grand Rapids Press
Courtesy photo Ben Folds will play The Fillmore in Detroit on Thursday. For singer-pianist Ben Folds, playing Detroit is like performing in front of thousands of emotional brainiacs. "I've always liked playing Detroit," Folds said during a recent ...
- Emmett Till subject of Southern Quarterly - Hattiesburg American
Emmett Till subject of Southern QuarterlyHattiesburg American, MS - Aug 19, 2008Among the 15 poets who contributed works are Sonia Sanchez, considered by many scholars as one of the most prolific and distinguished African American poets ...
- Towards Another Summer by Janet Frame - Times Online
Towards Another Summer by Janet FrameTimes Online, UK - 2 hours agoShe explores the meaning of “home†through memories, poetry, snatches of song. There are glimpses of her childhood - a father who worked on the railways, ...
- Building Peace in Iraq - YES! Magazine
Building Peace in IraqYES! Magazine, WA - 11 hours agoby David Smith Ferri Recently I had the opportunity to spend two weeks in the state of Colorado, giving poetry readings and speaking to communities about a ...
- Doctor shares her journey into heart of Islam (The Ithaca Journal)
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Dr. Qanta Ahmed's journey into the heart of Islam began as a spur-of-the-moment decision to practice medicine in Saudi Arabia.
- War and Sex: Who?s Afraid of Sarah Kane? (New York Times)
Soho Rep is facing the challenge of staging Sarah Kane?s ?Blasted,? a play bursting with audacious violence and wriggling with metaphor.
- Thicke reflects on race and ‘Something Else’ - MSNBC
Thicke reflects on race and ‘Something Else’MSNBC - 13 hours agoThicke is also penning a screenplay (“a spy thriller love thing like ‘The Bourne Supremacyâ€â€™) and writing a book of poetry. He’ll tour with Mary J. Blige in ...
- Still sniffing for clues (Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news)
A large cache of audio tapes left behind at Osama bin Laden's headquarters in Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2001 was released on Wednesday, offering a sketchy portrait of his gradual transformation from Saudi militant to global threat and opening a little window on the daily lives of men recruited for al-Qaeda's ''holy war''.
- National Poetry Slam 2008 announces bouts draw and schedule - Isthmus
National Poetry Slam 2008 announces bouts draw and scheduleIsthmus, WI - 11 hours agoThe wait is over for hundreds of spoken word devotees wondering who they will face in the opening rounds of this year’s National Poetry Slam in Madison. ...NPS2008: First round bouts released for National Poetry Slam Dane101ARTS BEAT Mouth music Isthmusall 4 news articles
- Hoping against hope at the VM - Daily Times
Hoping against hope at the VMDaily Times, Pakistan - 4 hours agoIqbal’s poetry and the Earthquake of 2005 informed Rao’s theme for his seven wood and two terracotta sculptures. Unfortunately, the sculptures offer little ...
- Cleveland’s Multiethnic Eden - Forward
Cleveland’s Multiethnic EdenForward, NY - 34 minutes ago“Today, Chaim Bialik plants the older poetry into a newer earth,†rhapsodized one of the guests at the dedication ceremony, adding that the “symbolism of ...
- Ha Jin wants to visit China - Forbes
On a trip that's put him the closest to his homeland in 23 years, Chinese-American author Ha Jin says he wants to visit China but expressed frustration with censorship of his books. The 52-year-old National Book Award winner told The Associated Press ...
- Christina Patterson: Where poetry still has power (Independent)
Mahmoud Darwish, who died at the weekend, was, according to the Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif, "the last poet who could fill a football stadium". In a country that regards poetry as a pastime for the lost and the lonely – like, say, knitting tea cosies, or making wicker baskets – this is quite hard to understand. Celine Dion fills football stadiums. So does Elton John. So does Simply Red. But ...
- Hamilton-Wenham teens update library space (Boston Globe)
When the Hamilton-Wenham Library started planning a redesign of its teen area, it went right to its audience.
- Vikings came in search of dirhams - The National
Vikings came in search of dirhamsThe National, United Arab Emirates - 15 hours agoIn a new book to be published later this year, Dr Hussain contends that this previously little known trade relationship was based on the silver used to make ...
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