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- REVIEW | House of Cards: Terry Kinney's "Diminished Capacity" (indieWIRE)
One could surmise the mediocrity of " Diminished Capacity " from reading the synopsis alone: Cooper ( Matthew Broderick ), a small-town-boy-made-good in the big city but lately suffering from the lasting effects of a serious concussion, heads back home to visit his fading Uncle Rollie ( Alan Alda ). As Cooper's mother explains of the latter's condition in a letter, "Dr. Hoyt calls it 'diminished ...
- Poland’s Imperfect Revolution - Foreign Policy
For Westerners who remember the Poland of 1989, when Solidarity triumphed and not only toppled the communist government in Warsaw but set off a chain reaction throughout the region, today’s Poland is a perplexing place. Despite enormous economic ...
- Silver Jews Working Out Growing Pains On Tour - Billboard
Silver Jews Working Out Growing Pains On TourBillboard, NY - 14 hours ago... expected work/life pattern of the songwriter of a touring band." Berman has always been careful to keep separate his worlds of making music, poetry and ...
- From Russia with gold - NBC13.com
From Russia with goldNBC13.com, AL - 26 minutes agoIf it had been words, it would have been poetry. Nastia finished first on the beam, Shawn second - the 75-hundredth differential wiping out most of Shawn's ...
- In Iraq’s Mayhem, Iraqis Find their Voices on the Web - Wall Street Journal
The U.S. military has long cautioned that despite the recent downward trend in violence, al Qaeda in Iraq is still a threat. And the group still has the capability of launching high-profile attacks that result in many casualties. The military is ...
- Events: Alley Cat Players to present poetry-inspired 'Becoming the ... - St. Petersburg Times
John Capouya ( Gorgeous George: The Outrageous Bad-Boy Wrestler Who Created American Pop Culture ) will discuss and sign his book at 7 p.m. Thursday at Inkwood Books, 216 S Armenia Ave., Tampa. Christopher Baker ( Moon Cuba and Moon Costa Rica ) will ...
- About 250 authors slated for Decatur Book Festival (Macon Telegraph)
Book lovers of all ages and tastes are sure to find something to please them at a book festival that will transform downtown Decatur into a street fair over Labor Day weekend.
- The Great Western Beach, by Emma Smith - Independent
The Great Western Beach, by Emma SmithIndependent, UK - 2 hours agoThe family's glue is their maid, Lucy, whom the children adore. The beach, with its breakers, pools, huts, endless supply of strangers and sexily outlawed ...
- Poetry.com - a Place Where Everyone is a Poet - PR.com (press release)
Poetry.com - a Place Where Everyone is a PoetPR.com (press release), NY - 30 minutes agoThe site also offers a variety of poetry tools such as a glossary, rhyming dictionary, greeting cards, and contests. "It’sa free service that allows all ...
- Waipio Valley, Hawaii: Lost World - OCRegister
Waipio Valley, Hawaii: Lost WorldOCRegister, CA - 39 minutes agoA great choice is the Library, an upstairs room filled with poetry, philosophy and history books (and a few beach-tome potboilers). ...
- Book By Authors Returns With New Focus - Gazette Newspapers
Book By Authors Returns With New FocusGazette Newspapers, CA - Aug 23, 2008All genres, ranging from poetry and fiction to essays and historical pieces, will be considered, and all entries must be 300 words or less. ...
- Million's Poet to raise prize money - Gulf News
Abu DhabiL The Million's Poet, a reality television show for Nabati (traditional) poets, will feature this year increased prize money, publishing and translation into English of the winners' works, the organisers announced on Monday. The show, which ...
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dies - CBC News
Mahmoud Darwish, the world's most recognized Palestinian poet, whose prose gave voice to the Palestinian experience of exile, occupation and infighting, died Saturday in Houston, Texas. He was 67. Darwish, whose work has been translated into more ...
- COMMUNITY NEWS: Calling all literature lovers - Portugal Resident
COMMUNITY NEWS: Calling all literature loversPortugal Resident, Portugal - 4 hours agoGuest readers at the latest ALFA will be Michael Harris, who will be reading from his own works of poetry and some of his favourite other well known pieces, ...
- Dishing out knowledge - North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
Dishing out knowledgeNorth Lake Tahoe Bonanza, NV - 1 hour agoMeschery was particularly fond of poetry and essay writing, having already written and published “Over the Rim” in 1970 and “Caught in the Pivot: a Diary of ...
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