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- Maui poets to compete in National Poetry Slam (KHNL News 8 Honolulu)
WAILUKU, Maui (KHNL) - For the first time in three years, a team of poets from Maui will compete in the National Poetry Slam in Madison, Wisconsin.
- Omigod, what's gone wrong in our edumacation system? - Irish Independent
Omigod, what's gone wrong in our edumacation system?Irish Independent, Ireland - 4 hours agoThey've each got 40000 points, in Persian grammar, Aztec architecture, nuclear fission, Arabic poetry, ancient Chinese navigation and early Irish! ...
- Vintage Black Cinema? Movie Poster Stamps Highlight African ... - Hollywood Industry
Vintage Black Cinema? Movie Poster Stamps Highlight African ...Hollywood Industry, CA - 14 hours agoAt the turn of the 20th century, he was one of the most widely read American poets and one of the first popular African-American writers. ...
- First-of-its-Kind Study at the University of Minnesota Uncovers the ... - Forbes
MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL, Minn., June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- In a first-of- its-kind study, researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered the educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook. The same study found ...
- For Vandals, Classroom Is A 'Mending' Hall (ABC News)
Partiers who trashed Robert Frost's home learn poetry as punishment.
- Batman is Back — TIME Reviews The Dark Knight - Time
Warner Bros. The Dark Knight , Christopher Nolan's second chapter in his revival of the DC Comics franchise, will hit theaters with all the hoopla and fanboy avidity of the summer season's earlier movies based on comic books. It's the fifth, and ...
- Ty: 'Hip-hop has no culture' - Independent
Ty: 'Hip-hop has no culture'Independent, UK - 1 hour ago"I'm coming to do my rap as poetry; so I'm not toning down the hip-hopness of my hip-hop experience," he says. "I'm rapping. I'm not doing spoken word in a ...
- Summer Movie Spotlight Mike Myers: Man of Mystery - Entertainment Weekly
Summer Movie Spotlight Mike Myers: Man of MysteryEntertainment Weekly - 2 hours agoHe talks about Eastern poetry, Deepak Chopra, and Seat of the Soul author Gary Zukav. He goes on, discussing Carl Sagan, Lenny Bruce, George Harrison, ...
- From bad to verse: Vandals get classroom penance (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Call it poetic justice: More than two dozen young people who broke into Robert Frost's former home for a beer party and trashed the place are being required to take classes in his poetry as part of their punishment. Using "The Road Not Taken" and another poem as jumping-off points, Frost biographer Jay Parini hopes to show the vandals the error of their ways _ and the redemptive power ...
- Paperback Row (New York Times)
Paperback books of particular interest.
- Rahsaan Patterson doesn't do labels (San Francisco Chronicle)
Among R&B's legions of preening crooners, Rahsaan Patterson is the rare singer who eschews affected bravado for an eclectic style inspired by both his difficult past and his journey of self-discovery. Yet even a fan or close listener of Patterson, who will...
- Reno celebration marks belated end of slavery (Reno Gazette-Journal)
James Barnett, a Reno resident, visited Wingfield Park on Sunday to enjoy some music and good times.
- African American history contest winners named (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Dozens of local students using a variety of media were named winners today in the 16th annual National City African American History Contest
- A personal touch to a card - Summerland Review
A personal touch to a cardSummerland Review, Canada - 21 minutes agoAnd don’t forget to help them sign their masterpieces. She’ll love a hand or foot print from the very little ones. Try your hand at poetry. ...
- Going strong at 93 - Times Reporter
She loves to go dancing and hang out with friends on Friday and Saturday nights, sometimes hitting two or three hot spots in one evening, always accompanied by her designated driver. She’s unfailingly polite, though she doesn’t have much patience ...
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