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- Fringe Must-Sees - Washington Post Blog
"Dorks on the Loose: It I Awkward" is just one possible winner at this year's Fringe Festival. (Delusions of Spandex) The Capital Fringe Festival kicked off yesterday, and I celebrated by hitting up "Dorks on the Loose: It I Awkward." I chose the ...
- Canadian poet and playwright James Reaney dies at 81 (CBC)
James Reaney, a poet, author and dramatist of three famous plays about Ontario's feuding Donnelly family, has died. He was 81.
- Kidnap suspect says days with daughter "glorious" (Boston Globe)
The kidnapping suspect who calls himself Clark Rockefeller said he spent "six glorious and wonderful days" with his daughter evading authorities, but still isn't talking about his life before 1993.
- Dylan letter up for auction (icWales)
A LETTER penned by poet Dylan Thomas to a highly influential Welsh literary magazine is expected to fetch several thousand pounds at London auction house Sotheby’s.
- Without a Prayer - Rolling Stone
P hoenix, July 13th, Sunday morning. Thank God John McCain has declared that he wants to wallpaper the continent with new nuke plants, because now the chances are better that this wretched slab of hot, birdshit-covered asphalt they call a state will ...
- Education briefs for June 15 - Bucks County Courier Times
DELAWARE VALLEY COLLEGE - To help reduce gas consumption, commuting costs and conserve energy, Delaware Valley College is adjusting its staff's summer hours. Through the end of July, the college will work from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through ...
- Andrew Davidson's $5-million voyage - Globe and Mail
Andrew Davidson's $5-million voyageGlobe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour ago“I've spent my entire life writing unpublished stuff,” Davidson laughs, noting that over the years he has been obsessed, variously, with writing poetry, ...
- Newsroom news - staff meeting recap - Spokane Spokesman-Review
Senior management outlined some updates and pending Spokesman-Review content changes, tried to fight industry gloom with journalistic values, and took questions - in the first major huddle meeting since December. "You have a right to know what ...
- Dorival Caymmi: Leading figure in Brazilian song - The Independent
In February 1939 a young, unknown singer-songwriter got the most fabulous break of his life by recording a duet of his swinging samba "O Que É Que A Bahiana Tem?" ("What is it about Bahian Women?") with Brazil's biggest ever vocal star. The song ...
- And the award goes to ... art, Grimshaw, and Maori history epic - The Press
The PressAnd the award goes to ... art, Grimshaw, and Maori history epicThe Press, New Zealand - 2 hours agoCharlotte Grimshaw, the daughter of acclaimed writer CK Stead, won the Montana Medal for fiction or poetry for her short story collection, Opportunity. ...
- MAKING HISTORY - Morning Sun
St. Mary’s-Colgan High School made forensics history this year. “We were named the top school in our district,” said coach Alice Hilt. “The plaque we received is the accumulation of all the degrees earned in SMC history since our National ...
- Rockville artist takes his work around the globe - Business Gazette
Rockville artist takes his work around the globeBusiness Gazette, MD - 1 hour agoJiashan often incorporates his own poetry into his paintings, which he writes in black Chinese lettering. The canvases themselves are dominated by subdued ...
- Book/DVD/Record - Town Topics
Town TopicsBook/DVD/RecordTown Topics, NJ - 1 hour agoFor the poets, and for their author, poetry has a life beyond the printed page. Readers looking for lines or stanzas of verse in this vast novel teeming ...
- Scanlon 'eternally grateful' for time at Western - St. Joseph News-Press
Scanlon 'eternally grateful' for time at WesternSt. Joseph News-Press, MO - 55 minutes ago“There is a very poetic strain in the Irish — a strong interest in literature and poetry,” he said of his path in education that led to a doctorate in ...
- Lovin' every minute of it - London Free Press
Lovin' every minute of itLondon Free Press, Canada - 1 hour ago"Raise our heavenly glasses to the heavens ... in poetry you don't repeat words like that. Squalor Victoria, Squalor Victoria ... keep saying it and then it ...
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