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- Zimbabwe: G8 - the Real Crisis is Not in Zimbabwe (AllAfrica.com)
IN 1899, Rudyard Kipling, probably the best known of Britain's imperial poets, penned an ode titled "The White Man's Burden" in which he implored the United States of America to join Britain in fully embarking on imperialist wars of conquest and extolled the "virtues" of colonialism.
- Beaverbrook story takes 2 Atlantic Book Awards (CBC Newfoundland and Labrador)
New Brunswick author and CBC reporter Jacques Poitras has won both the Booksellers' Choice Award and the Best Atlantic Published Book Award for his investigative account Beaverbrook: A Shattered Legacy.
- Olympics history in the making - Livemint
Olympics history in the makingLivemint, India - 1 hour agoTwo, sport was only an aspect of the ancient games, which also featured sacrifices to deities and other ritual ceremonies, feasting, poetry recitation, ...
- DNR Announces River Of Words® Poetry And Art Contest Finalists - Maryland Department of Natural Resources (press release)
DNR Announces River Of Words® Poetry And Art Contest FinalistsMaryland Department of Natural Resources (press release), MD - 3 hours agoEach year, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources partners with River of Words®, an international and state poetry and art contest. ...
- 195th Bhanu Jayanti observed (Nepalnews. com)
The nation marked the 195th Bhanu Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Aadikavi (first poet) Bhanu Bhakta Acharya by acknowledging the immense contribution he has made to Nepali language and literature.
- Queen is asked to appoint first female Poet Laureate after 22 men in 340 years (Independent)
Ever since the Royal household crowned John Dryden as the first Poet Laureate in 1668, the honour has been bestowed on men of letters from William Wordsworth to Ted Hughes. No woman has ever held the position.
- Jonny Woo: Drag-glam in sequins and beards - Metro
MetroJonny Woo: Drag-glam in sequins and beardsMetro, UK - 9 hours agoWoo tells this personal story via music, poetry and spoken word, and relishes playing with lyrical forms - one euphoric poem about the drag queen at her ...
- Of Minimalism, Avant-Garde and Beethoven’s Sonatas - New York Times
Of Minimalism, Avant-Garde and Beethoven’s SonatasNew York Times, United States - 5 minutes agoIn “Transport” (2006) — a fragment from a full-evening work, “Testimony of Witnesses” — Ruth Lomon weaves poetry by Holocaust victims and survivors into a ...
- Wild about Arts - TheReporter.com
Wild about ArtsTheReporter.com, CA - 1 hour agoClassical music will fill the lobby, open-mic poetry is slated for the rehearsal room, North Bay Opera will present opera selections in the theater, ...
- Making poetry a priority in Alameda - San Jose Mercury News
Making poetry a priority in AlamedaSan Jose Mercury News, USA - 4 minutes agoIn December 2003 she organized a public celebration of what would have been the 60th birthday of one of Alameda's most famous poets — Jim Morrison of The ...
- Anthology traces lines of contemporary poets from across the sea - Kansas City Star
Anthology traces lines of contemporary poets from across the seaKansas City Star, MO - 19 minutes ago... whose publishing career spanned the 1930s to his death in 1988. But I had trouble finding active performers and writers of French poetry, even in France ...
- Poetry in motion (Savannah Morning News)
Sculptor Matt Toole has fond childhood memories of exploring the woods on Wilmington Island, boating over to Wassaw Island and camping on Daufuskie Island. These youthful experiences examining trees and rocks at close range influenced his first local solo exhibit, which is currently on display at the city of Savannah's Gallery S.P.A.C.E.
- Go & Do - Cool stuff going on Wednesday and Thursday - Portsmouth Herald News
Go & Do - Cool stuff going on Wednesday and ThursdayPortsmouth Herald News, NH - 1 hour agoThe Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program is hold its first ever Ho(o)t Summer Poetry event from 7 to 9 pm on Wednesday, July 2 at Café Espresso, ...
- Budding authors can enter Eden Mills Writers Festival contests - Independent and Free Press
Budding authors can enter Eden Mills Writers Festival contestsIndependent and Free Press, Canada - 2 hours agoYou may submit a short story, poetry or play postmarked by June 30, 2008 (no electronic submissions, please). First prize is $500, second is $300, ...
- The only indigenous poetic justice - Kuensel Online
7 July, 2008 - Dasho Sherab Gyeltshen, currently a justice of the High Court, was a dzongda of Kurtoe and then a dzongda of Samtse. I am deliberately using the old form of referring to the district as Kurtoe and the dzong as Lhuentse to prevent the ...
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