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- Historical anti-slavery speech the subject of July 4th celebration - Oakland Tribune
Oakland musicians and poets will offer an alternative celebration of Independence Day this week with a staged version of Frederick Douglass' famed 1852 speech decrying the hypocrisy of slavery in a supposedly free country. Poetry and jazz ensemble ...
- Lesléa Newman Talks Butch-Femme at BMC - Bi-College News
Lesléa Newman Talks Butch-Femme at BMCBi-College News, PA - 7 hours agoNewman began with a poem entitled “Not What You’d Expect” from her book, “The Femme Mystique.” As part of a collection of poems and narratives about the ...
- “I Joke with Desert, Lorca” goes on stage in Latin countries - Tehran Times
“I Joke with Desert, Lorca” goes on stage in Latin countriesTehran Times, Iran - 5 hours ago“This is a tribute to Lorca’s creativity, passion and poetry,” Yasrebi stated. Yasrebi said she aims to introduce a world renowned poet and dramatist and ...
- Saigon to Seattle and Exploring Puget Sound Beaches - KUOW NPR
KUOW NPRSaigon to Seattle and Exploring Puget Sound BeachesKUOW NPR, WA - 22 minutes ago... 2006) and The Cartographer's Tongue (White Pine Press, 2000), which received the PEN USA Poetry award and the Peace Corps Writers Poetry award. ...
- Getting a read on writers' conference - Philadelphia Inquirer
Getting a read on writers' conferencePhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - 2 hours agoBy Kia Gregory "Poets are the low people on the totem pole," said Delia, who has been crafting poetry for a little more than three decades. ...
- Iran's expatriate poets speak out, in English and Farsi - Daily Star - Lebanon
Iran's expatriate poets speak out, in English and FarsiDaily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon - 40 minutes agoNot surprisingly perhaps, Talebi says the 1979 Iranian Revolution is an integral part of today's expat Iranian poetry. "The poets in 'Belonging' left their ...
- 4 Iowans among 34 sentenced for protests - Des Moines Register
Four Iowans were among 34 activists sentenced Friday for protesting the United States government’s treatment of Guantanamo Bay detainees. The 34 individuals were sentenced in a Washington, D.C., courtroom on May 30 for their involvement in a ...
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- Video: Borders(R) Launches New E-Commerce Site (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
After seven years of being teamed with Amazon.com for e-commerce, it's independence day for Borders as the company today launches its own new e-commerce site that is rich with innovative features and positions Borders as a leader in delivering a true cross-channel experience for customers.
- Olathe artist is Johnson County Library’s first Summer Teen Artist ... - Kansas City Star
Olathe artist is Johnson County Library’s first Summer Teen Artist ...Kansas City Star, MO - 3 hours agoDew said she hopes that the teen residency will become an annual event and that it will expand to other artistic forms such as poetry. ...
- Flood Middle School students turn out to honor and remember their ... - Stratford Bard
Flood Middle School students turn out to honor and remember their ...Stratford Bard, CT - 16 minutes agoAloi opened the ceremony with a poem that Carlos wrote for a school project. "Carlos Prada left an impact on all of us in so many different ways," said Aloi ...
- Willoughby pair eliminated on 'Nashville Star' - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Laura Fedor, left, and Sophie Zalokar. Willoughby natives and best friends Laura Fedor and Sophie Zalokar ended their eye-rolling first run at fame by being booted off TV's "Nashville Star" on Monday, but they're not done yet. Fedor, an 18-year-old ...
- War hero, 90, in hospital for routine knee operation died after nurse ... - Daily Mail
War hero: Desert Rat Joe Gibbs, 90, died after a fatal drugs mix-up when he was recovering from routine knee surgery A World War Two war hero who went into hospital for routine knee surgery died after a nurse gave him deadly drugs by mistake. Joe ...
- Musical journey (The Star)
THE All American Boys Chorus is in town and will be performing for charity. Here’s your chance to catch a great show and donate to charity as well. Members of The All-American Boys Chorus are aged just nine to 14, but they are already superbly trained singers, with dynamic showmanship to boot.
- A story of love and books in Bohemian New Orleans (Seattle Times)
Louise "Gypsy Lou" and Jon Edgar Webb were the force behind Loujon Press, which published works by Kenneth Patchen, Henry Miller, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs and introduced Charles Bukowski to the literary world.
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