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- PA plans big funeral for poet Darwish - Gulf Times
RAMALLAH: Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry encapsulated the Palestinian cause, will get the equivalent of a state funeral in the West Bank tomorrow — an honour only previously accorded to PLO leader Yasser Arafat. Tributes for Darwish poured in ...
- Volume Discount | Riffing on mass-market book titles (Pittsburgh City Paper)
Here at City Paper, we pride ourselves on our highbrow literary tastes -- even in the height of summer. Our beachbags are filled with timeless works of literature: the prison notebooks of Antonio Gramsci, selections from the Gnostic gospels, anthologies of poetry by Jim Morrison -- all the definitiv...
- Hear terrific jazz free all weekend - Detroit Free Press
Summer is jazz festival season. Of course, the big daddy of them all is the four-day 29th annual Detroit International Jazz Festival on Labor Day weekend. But there's lots of action in the meantime, starting with the 14th annual Michigan Jazz ...
- "My Blueberry Nights," "The Free Will" - IFC
IFC"My Blueberry Nights," "The Free Will"IFC - 25 minutes agoLikening it, and Wong's project altogether, to contemporary poetry is not stretching too far — the work is a battle waged against everyday complaisance, ...
- Shawn Evans, Knob Noster (Sedalia Democrat)
Shawn Evans, 34, of Knob Noster, formerly of Windsor, died Sunday afternoon, June 8, 2008, near Windsor.
- 'Altered Barbie Exhibition' events (San Francisco Chronicle)
What: The sixth annual San Francisco Altered Barbie Exhibition When: Noon to 5 p.m. daily through Aug. 17. For appointments after 5 p.m., call (415) 240-2202. Where: Art 94124 Gallery, 3900-B Third St., San Francisco Events: - Barbie Artist Reception:...
- History of Parsis: Parthians & Alexander- IV - Merinews
History of Parsis: Parthians & Alexander- IVMerinews, India - 4 hours agoDURING 1207-1273, THE author of Mathnavi, the greatest mystical poet of Iran, an elevated Sufi and philosopher, Rumi, created a master piece in poetry. ...
- War poetry inspired wall hangings - Northern Times
War poetry inspired wall hangingsNorthern Times, UK - 1 hour agoThe hangings are unique and thought-provoking and each one has a poem beside it describing a particular aspect of the war and how it affected people. ...
- Valley start-ups Meebo, TokBox offer new ways to link people online (San Jose Mercury News)
Meebo and TokBox are two allied Silicon Valley communications start-ups bidding to become household names of the 21st century. Three-year-old Meebo pioneered Web-based instant-messaging and boldly bills itself as ''the Web's live communications platform.'' TokBox, just a year old, has grand visions of its own.
- Riverfront Reading, Featuring Timothy Allen Pettet and Shawn Pavey - Kansas City infoZine
Riverfront Reading, Featuring Timothy Allen Pettet and Shawn PaveyKansas City infoZine, MO - 4 hours agoSince then, his poetry has been published in a variety of regional literary publications including Independence Boulevard, The Blotter, and The Charlotte ...
- Potty Reading Promoted - NPR News
All Things Considered , June 20, 2008 · It's National Bathroom Reading Month. There are several well-known bathroom readers — large 700- to 1,000-page compilations of stories, poems, essays and funny quotes suitable for those many visits. A ...
- Review: 'Pineapple Express' is a high old time - CNN International
Review: 'Pineapple Express' is a high old timeCNN International - Aug 6, 2008... two features ("George Washington" and "All the Real Girls") managed to find poetry in poverty and earned the director comparisons to Terrence Malick. ...
- Truth in Obama’s advertising? Sure, say the 'fact-checkers' (World Tribune)
The following are excerpts from an article for Accuracy in Media. What happens when the “fact-checkers” don’t check facts and the “watchdogs” don’t watch?
- The house where Al Purdy lived is on the block (The Globe and Mail)
You can find his widow, Eurithe, on the roof, caring for the Eastern Ontario cabin in which her husband morphed from tortured writer to poetic icon
- Daniel Radcliffe: I'd Love to Play a Drag Queen (US Weekly)
Forget Harry Potter. Daniel Radcliffe's dream role? "I think part of me would love to play a drag queen," he says in the October issue of Details. "It would be an excuse to wear loads of eye makeup." It wouldn't be the first controversial role the 19-year-old star has tackled. Radcliffe - who recently revealed he suffers from a mild brain disorder that sometimes prohibits him from tying...
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