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- It's Not My Party - Boston Globe
It's Not My PartyBoston Globe, United States - 2 hours agoJuly 10 is Clerihew Day, celebrating quite possibly the silliest form of poetry ever invented - four-line biographical poems in AABB rhyme scheme, ...
- Hospes Amerigo Alicante: Doze of summer - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukHospes Amerigo Alicante: Doze of summerTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 2 hours ago... distinguish a good sleeper from a bad. But my body feels as relaxed and stress-free as it has in years. Eight hours? I’ll probably get 10 and miss my plane.
- Batshaw Youth and Family Centers Receive Federal Support for Powwow - Newsblaze.com
PREVOST, QUEBEC - (Marketwire - June 20, 2008) - With Government of Canada support, youth in Prévost will celebrate National Aboriginal Day with a Powwow that, in part, recognizes the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War. The ...
- When ‘Writer’ Means ‘Typer’ - clusterflock
When ‘Writer’ Means ‘Typer’clusterflock, TX - 4 hours agoIdea: how about you get a newspaper and type every single word of it into a book, then try to market the book as avant garde neo-poetry? ...
- Fight with Tools - Starpulse.com
When listening to the Flobots debut album, Fight with Tools, there's a feeling that all the destruction and injustice this politically motivated alt rap crew speak of has been seen through CNN and /YouTube. There's a certain grit missing, a certain ...
- Sanford High teacher headed to DC for Holocaust symposium - Foster's Daily Democrat
Sanford High teacher headed to DC for Holocaust symposiumFoster's Daily Democrat, NH - 39 minutes agoNear the end of the 20-week course, the students fulfill a presentation of 10 components, which includes creating a collage; writing poetry; ...
- In 'My Sister, My Love,' Oates fictionalizes JonBenet Ramsey (Boulder Daily Camera)
"My Sister, My Love" (Ecco. 562 pages. $25.95), by Joyce Carol Oates. Some of Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest.
- JUNETEENTH (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Juneteenth is a day about remembering the past and celebrating the future.
- Britain's Got Talent judges wowed by real-life Billy Elliot - Glasgow Daily Record
Britain's Got Talent judges wowed by real-life Billy ElliotGlasgow Daily Record, UK - 4 hours agoOther novelty acts include a dancing sheep and a 64-year old who reads poetry about the Queen's hat collection. Tonight's show is the second last of the ...
- Close your eyes when you visit this beach - Anchorage Daily News (subscription)
Close your eyes when you visit this beachAnchorage Daily News (subscription), AK - 10 hours agoLiam, a river guide and running coach who reads a lot of poetry, owns a recumbent bicycle instead of a car and was the high school commencement speaker said ...
- Nigeria: A Gift of Three Books (AllAfrica.com)
Undoubtedly there is a renaissance about the reading going on in Nigeria at the moment; I can feel this rebirth creeping upon me everyday. This renewed interest in books and reading comes in several forms.
- 'Papers' doesn't quite capture new U.Va. collection - Inrich.com
Technically, the University of Virginia took formal possession last week of the collected papers of poet and Lynchburg icon Anne Spencer. But "papers" is too simple a phrase for what was hidden within the nearly 70 boxes carted away from Spencer's ...
- The Master and his Pearl (Al-Ahram Weekly)
Mugham , a word the root of which is the Arabic maqam , literally means mode, or scale. Mugham music is based on improvising composition from poetry, usually religious poetry. This genre is ancient, and is spread across many regions of the world, albeit in varying forms.
- In St. Albert, the kids' plays are all right - Canada.com
There is something in the phrase "kids theatre," as used in this part of the world, that, like "family entertainment," implies a lack of quality. A toxic whiff of "not quite good enough for real people" attaches to both. Boys and girls, I give you ...
- On my way to Chino Roces Bridge…I reached Francia (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
What Francia do I mean? The State, the Republic of France. And the diplomats between our two republics celebrating 60 years of Philippines-France diplomatic relations from June 26 on to what is more popularly called July 14 Bastille Day of the French Revolution on the cry of Liberté! Egalité! Fraternité!
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