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- Deport VFD hosts fellowship event - Paris News
The Deport Volunteer Fire Department is hosting an evening of music, fellowship and food at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Deport Fire Station. The event is free, but donations to the fire department are welcome. Free hot dogs, beans and chips will be ...
- Legendary Actor Paul Newman dies at 83 (Zap2It)
The blue-eyed star of 'The Hustler,' 'Cool Hand Luke' and 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' was at home after a long battle with cancer Paul Newman, the legendary movie star and irreverent cultural icon who created a model philanthropy fueled by profits from a salad dressing that became nearly as famous as he was, has died. He was 83.
- Palestinians bury poet Darwish in emotional funeral (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Palestinians gave their national poet Mahmoud Darwish what amounted to a state funeral in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday, mourning a man who articulated their sense of loss, exile and defiance.
- News from Ellen Woodside - Greenville News
-Four Year Old Kindergarten students will be learning about Fire Safety this week. Their activities will include learning what a firefighter is and the tools used by firefighters. They'll be singing songs and reading books about fire safety. -Five ...
- Thayer takes the lead at St. Anne’s Episcopal School - Middletown Transcript
   Peter Thayer might be new to the area, but he’s no newcomer to independent schools like St. Anne’s Episcopal School in Middletown, where he recently took over as Head of School.    Thayer hails from Lancaster, Pa., where he was head of ...
- Saginaw awarded $53,700 in state funding and native son Jack O'Brien ... - MLive.com
Saginaw got a double dose of good news Tuesday in the world of the arts. The Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs granted five of its cultural groups $53,700 in funding for fiscal year 2009, running Oct. 1, 2008, to Sept. 30, 2009. And ...
- Notable books to look for (The Indiana Gazette)
To mark this past week's third anniversary, Aug. 29, 2005, of the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina, three new books of poetry reflect the storm and its aftermath.
- Poet’s narratives rooted in pop culture - Peace Arch News
Poet’s narratives rooted in pop culturePeace Arch News, Canada - 2 hours agoI know some writers who believe poetry is a starting point in a progression to some thing else – but I don’t. And a lot of first and second books that come ...
- Giller Prize long list unveiled - CBC News
New novels from Austin Clarke, David Adams Richards and Rawi Hage are in the running for one of Canada's top literary awards, organizers of the $50,000 Giller Prize revealed Monday. Past Giller winners Clarke and Richards made the cut for their ...
- Interview: Richard Schnell on the International Haiku Festival - Vermont Public Radio
Interview: Richard Schnell on the International Haiku FestivalVermont Public Radio, VT - 5 hours agoProfessor Richard Schnell of SUNY Plattsburgh says Haiku can vary--in English, it's generally regarded as any poem of fewer than 17 syllables, Un- rhymed, ...
- Novelist Stewart O'Nan at Farmington Library - Hartford Courant
Welcome to the new Write Stuff column, your convenient, one-stop spot for news about author appearances, book-signings, discussions and other literary events happening in the area each week. Here are some programs taking place today through Wednesday ...
- Celebrants Transforming Funeral Service in Australia - American Chronicle
Celebrants Transforming Funeral Service in AustraliaAmerican Chronicle, CA - 37 minutes ago"Music and poetry are also such an important part of ceremony there is so much that can be said or felt when you introduce this to your service. ...
- Poetry festival packs a punch - Enfield & Haringey Independent
Poetry festival packs a punchEnfield & Haringey Independent, UK - 3 minutes ago“I say forget about what really happened and feel free to change events for the art of the story. “Also, people should break from the obsession of wanting ...
- Plenty to swoon over at the Forward prizes - guardian.co.uk
Plenty to swoon over at the Forward prizesguardian.co.uk, UK - 27 minutes agoA collection by an established poet and a first book by a newcomer; and also an individual poem. This makes the annual Forward Book of Poetry a kaleidoscope ...
- Lost for words: The curse of writer's block - The Independent
Britain's Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion, is not the first writer to admit that he has, at one time or another, lost the ability to put pen to paper, reports John Walsh Whether it was brought on by the Queen's indifference to the Poet Laureate's work ...
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