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- Thousands expected at funeral for Palestinian poet Darwish (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Thousands of Palestinians were expected to attend the equivalent of a state funeral on Wednesday for Mahmud Darwish, the towering Arabic poet who gave voice to their bitter decades-old struggle.
- JMU Camp Event Celebrates Young Scribes - Daily News-Record
HARRISONBURG - Not all finger-snapping poetry slams are the kind held in the dimly lit bars of the big city. Nope. Poetry, it seems, is for kids, too. For about 96 minutes on Friday afternoon, more than 250 people gathered in James Madison University ...
- Our view: Busy City Council shouldn't have role in choosing laureate - Gloucester Daily Times
The Gloucester City Council has a lot of critical issues on its plate these days. There remain drastic fiscal problems, brought on by everything from mandated water and sewer improvements to union contracts and skyrocketing energy and health costs ...
- Model's suicide shocks boyfriend - New York Daily News
Ex-boyfriend Artem Perchenok pays his respects to supermodel Ruslana Korshunova, who took her own life on Saturday. Korshunova moved in with boyfriend Mark Kaminsky two days after meeting the luxury car importer in March but spent her last night with ...
- Best Bet (The Hunstville Item)
Best Bets items may be submitted up to two weeks in advance and are subject to editing. Items must be received by 1 p.m. to run the following day. Items must be submitted via e-mail or U.S. Postal Service. All submissions must be typed and may be e-mailed to newsroom@itemonline.com.
- Movie school (The Star)
Take a page out of these movies for some valuable advice on life.
- Review: Portman Peps Up Sluggish My Blueberry Nights - Wired News
Review: Portman Peps Up Sluggish My Blueberry NightsWired News - 7 hours agoIn his first English-language movie, Wai, highly regarded in arthouse circles for lush melodramas like In the Mood for Love, captures America the Lonely ...
- Studying with the master still resonates with Knoxville guitarist (Knoxville News Sentinel)
There was a point in Ben Bolt's life that felt unreal.
- Cowboy Days riding back into Ottawa this weekend - Ottawa Herald
Although R.W. Hampton has toured the country, he’s never been to Ottawa. That will all change Saturday as Hampton will be headlining the musical entertainment at the fifth annual Old West Cowboy Days Celebration. “There’s a lot a buzz about R.W ...
- Getting Published: The E-Book Option - Mediabistro.com
For new writers, an online approach to publishing is a smart way to start out. Aspiring authors are always looking for new ways to get their work into print. The rise of e-publishing and print-on-demand (POD) publishing has made it easier for many ...
- 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, ...
- Blogger: Rap's all-time best MCs (AM New York)
- G 8 - Hitler's Creation! - Boston IMC
Don't you think that Hitler was behind that rise of the powers-that-be? Hitler's Vindication: After WW II, Hitler faked his death and went to Argentina to reign from obscurity as the King of the South, controlling health care, starting wars, and ...
- Making opera from the words of Emily Dickinson (San Jose Mercury News)
When her mother gave her a book of Dickinson's work as a birthday present, Dill was so overcome by the imagery that the words seared into her mind. Dickinson's poetry has served as her muse ever since, surfacing again and again in her innovative, text-infused multimedia projects encompassing sculpture, painting, photography, performance art, and now opera.
- Bombers: Italy's finest (The Farmington Daily Times)
Italy would be proud. The Connecticut Bombers may hail from the East Coast, but with a tongue-tying roster, you'd never know. Take it from their coach, the quotable Joe Rietano, who is a Connie Mack World Series alum (class of '72).
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