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- Gourmet cafe proposed near new CVS store - Lockhaven Express
LOCK HAVEN — The CVS drug store coming to Bellefonte Avenue at Commerce Street may be joined by a gourmet coffee shop just down the block. The avenue may be booming right now because of the Fairfield Inn that is headed for the former football ...
- The Edge Of Love - This is London
This is LondonThe Edge Of LoveThis is London, UK - Jun 19, 2008... beings with whom one would like to associate - reading Thomas's poetry is a much more rewarding task than trying to be friends with him would have been. ...
- CD Wright's 'Rising, Falling, Hovering' - International Herald Tribune
CD Wright's 'Rising, Falling, Hovering'International Herald Tribune, France - 1 hour agoBut the fragmentary forms and skittering attention of her poems suggest that 21st-century activist poetry may face some novel challenges, ...
- At Tanglewood, a Composer Nears the Century Mark (New York Times)
To celebrate the life of Elliott Carter, who turns 100 on Dec. 11, the Tanglewood Music Center is devoting this year?s programs entirely to his music.
- Preview: Crime Writing Festival, Crown Hotel. Harrogate (Independent)
For lovers of crime fiction, Peter Robinson – creator of the Inspector Banks mystery series – will be sharing the secrets of his craft at Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. Fans of the genre will also find Andy Macnab, Robert Crais, Jeffery Deaver and Tess Gerritsen at the event in Harrogate, Yorkshire, which is now in its sixth year.
- Literary luminaries attend unveiling of statue of 'people's poet' Al Purdy (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
TORONTO - Eurithe Purdy sat at the feet of her late husband, renowned poet Al Purdy, on Tuesday as a statue of him was unveiled at Queen's Park.
- Anthology traces lines of contemporary poets from across the sea (The Kansas City Star)
This spring I had the opportunity to visit Paris bookstores, where I searched for contemporary French poets.
- Students fundraise to aid Chinese earthquake victims - California Aggie
UC Davis students are still feeling the aftershocks of Monday's 7.9 magnitude earthquake in China's Sichuan province, but some have jumped into action to aid the relief efforts. Approximately 20,000 people have died and 40,000 people are missing or ...
- Bab'Aziz: The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul - Austin Chronicle
(PG-13, 96 min.) Imagine if The Canterbury Tales had been set in the North African desert. Now imagine if it were little more than a random collection of ecstatic poetry readings, muezzins, sandstorms, and mystical dance parties. And finally, imagine ...
- Memorial Day excursions - News & Observer
Memorial Day excursionsNews & Observer, NC - 59 minutes agoBenjamin Britten: War Requiem -- This 1962 choral work incorporates the poetry of Wilfred Owen, an English pacifist who was killed in World War I at age 25. ...
- Girls get a chance to shine at Ophelia Project event - St. Petersburg Times
Tampa Bay Lightning Girl Ashley Holton, left, was one of the dancers instructing the class in which Julia Castillo, center, of Riverview participated. The day included lessons on empowerment and self-esteem through drama, dance and poetry. Maria ...
- Alvarez Encourages '08 Grads to 'Find their True Pattern' - University of Vermont
Celebrated novelist, poet and writer-in-residence at Middlebury College Julia Alvarez began her address to the Class of 2008 at UVM commencement activities on May 18 with a prayer. The prayer — borrowed from Mayan weavers — is one she recites ...
- Euthanasia at end of trail (The Monterey County Herald)
GERLACH, Nev. — Five mustangs pounded across the high desert recently, their dark manes and tails giving shape to the wind.
- Derek Walcott attacks Sir VS Naipaul in verse - Hindu
Derek Walcott attacks Sir VS Naipaul in verseHindu, India - 6 hours agoNow, he has upped the ante by slamming his old sparring partner in a poem that mocked the Indian-origin author as a "mongoose". ...
- Death of a soulman - Age
Darren Jones with his son, Jett, born in May 2004. Darren, who was killed in a random attack in February 2006, used to teach Jett how to bang out a rhythm on the drums. THERE are things no father should have to do, believes Glenn Jones. One is to see ...
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