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- Ross mom whose son has Asperger's writes book of poems - Marin Independent Journal
Rebecca Foust's son, now 20, has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism sometimes known as 'idiot savant disorder' or 'little professor syndrome.' Like the autistic character Dustin Hoffman plays in the movie "Rain Man," Rebecca ...
- A weekend of family fun is promised when Southport Botanic Gardens ... - Southport Visiter
A weekend of family fun is promised when Southport Botanic Gardens ...Southport Visiter, UK - 5 hours ago... will award the children’s prizes for exhibits in art, handicrafts, flower arranging, confectionery, handwriting, models, poetry and photographs at 2pm. ...
- Remember When: Jersey City in the 1940s were good times, bad times (Fort Pierce Tribune)
These were the good times. Our high school was a parochial school, academically challenging. We were very much into the "Big Bands" and the dances of the times.
- Laureate attacks reading policies (BBC News)
Children's Laureate Michael Rosen says a macho tests culture is stopping children from enjoying reading.
- Taj Mahal chose to harvest blues from around the world - ScrippsNews
Back in the late '50s, when he was a teen-ager, Taj Mahal was torn between a career in music and a life on the farm. With his passion and intelligence, he would have been successful at either one, but his fans can be thankful that he chose the guitar ...
- August Kleinzahler's ugly gifts - Times Online
August Kleinzahler's ugly giftsTimes Online, UK - 2 hours agoTake the following send-up of Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac: "But I, for one, have never in my lifetime seen the situation of poetry in this country ...
- US: Indian student wins prestigious scholarship - Rediff
An 18-year-old 'exceptionally promising' high school senior from Andover, Massachusetts, was among 28 students named by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation last week as recipients of its up to $30,000 per year scholarship for four years of college ...
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Mahmoud Darwish, whose prose gave voice to the Palestinian experience of exile, occupation and infighting, died on Saturday in Houston. He was 67.
- Singapore Sun Festival Returns to Celebrate the Art of Living Well (Thaipr.net)
Asia's Premium Lifestyle Festival Features over 350 Regional and International Celebrities and Artists in More Than 90 Events The critically-acclaimed Singapore Sun Festival, returns for ano
- SF: UPDATE: LESBIAN AND FEMINIST PIONEER DEL MARTIN IS MOURNED - CBS 5
PinkNews.co.ukSF: UPDATE: LESBIAN AND FEMINIST PIONEER DEL MARTIN IS MOURNEDCBS 5, CA - 3 hours agoThe Daughters of Bilitis was named after an obscure book of lesbian poetry and was initially organized to provide secret mutual support and social ...Pioneering lesbian activist Del Martin dies at 87 in San Francisco The Canadian PressGay Rights Pioneer Del Martin Dies at 87 EDGE Bostonall 252 news articles
- Susana Baca - World Music Central
Susana BacaWorld Music Central, India - 4 hours agoShe formed an experimental music group combining poetry and song. Through grants from Peru's Institute of Modern Art and the National Institute of Peruvian ...
- Michael Phelps's relationship with coach Bob Bowman key - Daily Telegraph
It is this characteristic, in addition to the American's unique long physique, that Bowman exploited to mould the world's greatest swimmer. Theirs has been the perfect partnership – a partnership of opposites. Bowman is meticulous, disciplined and ...
- McGuinty defends tax credits for racy film (Guelph Mercury)
Politicians should not engage in censorship of movies, art, literature or architecture, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said yesterday as he defended the use of provincial tax credits to help fund a controversial new movie about the sex lives of young singles.
- "Ten Tiny Dances" invades South Waterfront (The Oregonian)
Mike Barber's "Ten Tiny Dances" performance series has always been about the space: What happens when choreographers, and their dancers, are limited by a 4-by-4 foot stage?
- 'Slumberland' by Paul Beatty: Riffs on the fall of the Berlin Wall - Dallas Morning News
'Slumberland' by Paul Beatty: Riffs on the fall of the Berlin WallDallas Morning News, TX - 1 hour agoThe language blurts and shimmers like a drunken genius at a poetry slam. In a nutshell, the plot concerns Darky's quest to locate the elusive musician ...
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