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- Matthew Bruccoli - Guardian Unlimited
Matthew J Bruccoli was in his teens when he first heard the name of F Scott Fitzgerald, attached to a reading of The Diamond as Big as the Ritz on the radio of his parents' car during a Sunday afternoon ride. The next morning he went straight to his ...
- Richard Deitsch: Remembering Jim McKay (Sports Illustrated)
Each week, SI.com's Richard Deitsch reports on newsmakers from the world of TV, radio and the Web. This week's column focuses solely on the life and career of Jim McKay, the pioneer sportscaster who passed away Saturday of natural causes at age 86.
- Independence Day - Pak Watan
Pak WatanIndependence DayPak Watan, Pakistan - 54 minutes agoOn his return from Europe in 1908, he started his great task of reforming the Muslims through his poetry. His entire poetry is based on the Qur'aanic ...
- Poetry in motion - Honolulu Star-Bulletin
WAILEA, Maui » It's not all about Laird. Indeed, Laird Hamilton, legendary surfer/god, stars in "Water Man," a poetic 55-minute film directed by Hawaii resident Don King with Sonny Miller and Jeff Hornbaker. But other elements add to the ...
- Taking art to the people - Pique newsmagazine
Taking art to the peoplePique newsmagazine, Canada - 3 hours ago... with the finished products being incorporated into the piece, and Baron’s “Poet’s Pause” used the work of local writers in a poetry display. ...
- Poetry workshop: Dead letters (Guardian Unlimited)
Kate Clanchy is moved by this month's Leonard Cohen-inspired verse
- Take a Look into the Complicated Life of a Straightforward Author of Poetry and Prose (PR.com)
The poetry in this collection speaks of issues people encounter everyday. Life experiences that would wear some people down have made this young writer stronger. [PR.com - June 17, 2008]
- Michael Martin Murphey at Knitting Factory - Idaho Press-Tribune
Michael Martin Murphey at Knitting FactoryIdaho Press-Tribune, ID - 2 hours agoA member of the Western Music Hall of Fame and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Michael Martin Murphey sets cowboy poetry to music and is a representative ...
- HUMPHREY GAVE GREATEST CONVENTION SPEECH YOU'VE NEVER HEARD (David Shribman via Yahoo! News)
MINNEAPOLIS -- If you have an eye for these things, you might have noticed that Sen. Barack Obama is going to deliver his acceptance speech in a football stadium on Aug. 28. The last man to deliver an acceptance speech in a stadium was John F. Kennedy. The last important speech to be delivered on an Aug. 28 was given by the Rev. Martin Luther King 45 years ago.
- Bookstore facing partner’s departure - The Register-Guard
Bookstore facing partner’s departureThe Register-Guard, OR - 39 minutes agoRhodes said he will miss the book signings, poetry readings, folk music performances and meetings for which Tsunami and its book-lined stage have become ...
- Out, out Damned Spot! (Hillary Gains Podium) - OpEdNews
Out, out Damned Spot! (Hillary Gains Podium)OpEdNews, PA - 1 hour agoRafe Pilgrim, after "a life largely wasted on hard honest work," found himself a jungle of turkey oak, scrub pine and giant palmettos up a dirt road running ...
- iPO Free on iTunes - AtomTV, Black In America, Strange Days on Planet Earth, & More (The Mac Observer)
Vern Seward brings us another week of free offerings on iTunes, including some Atom.com material being presented by Comedy Central, a preview of a CNN special called "Black in America," and an interesting environmental piece hosted by Ed Norton called "Strange Days on Planet Earth."
- Sanelli delves into deep issues through poetry in new book - Bellingham Herald
Sanelli delves into deep issues through poetry in new bookBellingham Herald, WA - 1 hour agoMy life and my work are one and I feel incredibly grateful to be able to say that. Q: Many of the poems in this collection have to do with choices we make ...
- Latvian Embassy in Estonia organizes "Poetry Ride 2008" - The Baltic Course
Latvian Embassy in Estonia organizes "Poetry Ride 2008"The Baltic Course, Latvia - 14 hours agoThis year "Poetry Ride 2008", organized jointly by the Latvian Embassy in Estonia, the Estonian Institute and the Finnish Institute, starts in Helsinki. ...
- The Koran: Words beyond worth - Globe and Mail
Globe and MailThe Koran: Words beyond worthGlobe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour agoPhilosophy, theology and poetry are all sealed intricately in the book. This is not an easy book to read, but sacred territory is never easy. ...
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