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- Site of the week: The Manchester Review - Guardian Unlimited
This week's star URL is a new arts journal from Manchester University, which has scored a coup by persuading Booker winner John Banville to hand over the first chapter of his yet-to-be-published novel for its launch edition. Banville's The Sinking ...
- Foundation grants go to education, fireworks - Muncie Star Press
Foundation grants go to education, fireworksMuncie Star Press, IN - 1 hour ago... defray the cost of Arts Kaleidoscope: Arts, Poems & Video, an event inspired by the former Humpback Barn Festival of Poetry and Art. Guardian Scholars, ...
- Hundreds turn out to mourn Ala Adjetey - Modern Ghana
Hundreds turn out to mourn Ala AdjeteyModern Ghana, Ghana - 30 minutes agoBy GNA Politicians, lawyers, traditional rulers and people from all walks of life gathered on Friday to bid farewell to Mr. Peter Ala Adjetey, ...
- "Acedia and Me": fighting soul-stifling malaise with great care - Seattle Times
Acedia and Me": fighting soul-stifling malaise with great care In "Acedia and Me: A Marriage, Monks and a Writer's Life," author Kathleen Norris discusses her acquaintance with acedia, a malaise of the spirit that suffocates a satisfying emotional ...
- Movie review: 'Strong' is bigger than its formula - Salt Lake Tribune
Rugby players in the scrum in the made-in-Utah drama "Forever Strong." There's no shame in following formula. Haiku and sonnets are formula poetry - and yet they still require craft and beauty. So it's no insult to call the made-in-Utah drama ...
- No Shame Theatre to kick off in Lincoln (Daily Nebraskan)
As a high school student in Waterloo, Iowa, Gail Gallagher was a regular attendee of No Shame Theatre at the nearby University of Northern Iowa. No Shame is an independent, somewhat underground series of performances whose first show was performed out of the back of a pick-up truck in 1986.
- On This Day in History: August 4 He Was Called ‘Mad Shelley’ - Brooklyn Daily Eagle
On This Day in History: August 4 He Was Called ‘Mad Shelley’Brooklyn Daily Eagle, NY - Aug 4, 2008One newspaper reported, “Shelley, the writer of some infidel poetry, has been drowned; now he knows whether there is a God or no. ...
- Lincoln's Home Away From The White House - NPR News
The atrium of the Lincoln Cottage visitor education center features a mural of the 16th president. Weekend Edition Sunday , August 31, 2008 · For nearly a quarter of his presidency, Abraham Lincoln lived not in the White House, but rather three ...
- A small publisher hits the big time - National Post
A small publisher hits the big timeNational Post, Canada - 7 hours agoThe four books that comprise the fall list -- a novel, a short story collection, a volume of poetry and a book of essas -- were chosen by Little from 500 ...
- Investor Backs Business To Benefit Artists - Memphis Daily News
Memphis Daily NewsInvestor Backs Business To Benefit ArtistsMemphis Daily News, USA - 5 minutes ago... daughter of a family friend last year who wowed him with an impromptu recitation of some of her poetry, it gave the Memphis venture capitalist an idea. ...
- GMTV Weather Presenter Quits - Waveguide
Weather presenter Andrea McLean is to quit GMTV after 11 years to appear on ITV's lunchtime show Loose Women. Mclean has a year-long contract to appear on the programme and plans to pursue other broadcasting opportunities. "I've been thinking about ...
- International Appeal (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
The International Writing Program brings some of the world's best writers to town each fall.
- Musharraf's Turbulent 9 Years In Power (CBS News)
Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president who took power in a high-altitude coup and later dragged a reluctant Islamic nation into the U.S.-led war on terror, submitted his resignation Monday after a turbulent nine years in office.
- James Leslie Nichols - Daily Commercial
James Leslie Nichols, 76, of Leesburg, passed away peacefully into our dear Lord's loving hands on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008. James was born on Oct. 6, 1931 in the home he grew up in, Detroit, Mich., to the late and beloved Rose Lily and Leslie Nichols ...
- Dream City Vision 2020: Share your vision of region’s past, future - Colorado Springs Gazette
Dream City Vision 2020: Share your vision of region’s past, futureColorado Springs Gazette, CO - 4 hours ago... each to Mr. Biggs Family Fun Center. Five runners-up in each category will win pairs of movie passes. To enter, express your visions in poetry, essays, ...
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