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- Palestinians mourn national poet - Turkishpress.com
Palestinians are mourning the death of Mahmud Darwish (pictured in 2007), who gave voice to their decades-old struggle and is widely considered one of the Arab world's greatest modern poets. (AFP/File) Palestinians on Sunday mourned the death of ...
- Scarlett Johansson, Maya Angelou, Kelsey Grammer (International Herald Tribune)
A roundup of the day's celebrity news.
- WCAC programs give youths a second chance - Worcester Telegram
WCAC programs give youths a second chanceWorcester Telegram, MA - 1 hour agoThe Worcester County Poetry Association will celebrate the 92nd birthday of Gertrude Halstead, Worcester’s first poet laureate, on July 20. ...
- EGYPT: Sex and a feminist novelist - Los Angeles Times Blogs
The apartment door bears no man's name, which is unusual in Cairo, but it's a fitting snub at convention for feminist author Sahar El-Mougy, who lives and writes outside society's strictures. Her independent lifestyle -- women here are whispered ...
- Ras Beirut: model of coexistence for all of Lebanon? - Daily Star - Lebanon
Daily Star - LebanonRas Beirut: model of coexistence for all of Lebanon?Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon - 3 hours agoA literary critic, Myntti said by way of example, reviewed her husband's recently published volume poetry for Al-Hayat newspaper. ...
- From land to water - how modern architects learnt to love the bridge - Guardian Unlimited
What makes a great city? One part of any definition almost certainly includes water. And where you have water, human ingenuity insists on spanning it. So, great cities always have bridges and tunnels. It's hilarious, but telling, that Manhattanites ...
- Rich tributes paid to Indian poet in Poland by Surender Bhutani - Indian Muslims
Rich tributes paid to Indian poet in Poland by Surender BhutaniIndian Muslims, CA - 3 hours agoIn the past three years Urdu poetry has made inroads in Poland and these two translators have brought the translations of poets like Mir Taqi Mir, ...
- 61st Aldeburgh Festival - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press61st Aldeburgh FestivalNorfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK - 8 hours agoThat directorial debut in 2009 will mark a decade since Aimard first performed in Aldeburgh, with a memorable recital interspersed with poetry written and ...
- O2 guides Picnic-ers with ElectricNav - Siliconrepublic.com
Siliconrepublic.comO2 guides Picnic-ers with ElectricNavSiliconrepublic.com, Ireland - 2 hours agoThose missing out on the Picnic can head to IMtv’s online coverage which is spread across its Twitter account (http://twitter.com/imtv), web TV service ...
- Local poetry slam team doesn’t advance - Worcester Telegram
Local poetry slam team doesn’t advanceWorcester Telegram, MA - 1 hour agoThe Worcester Poetry Slam Team, competing at the National Poetry Slam Finals in Madison, Wis., last week, performed well in the performance competition, ...
- Poetic Keynote - SUNY Oswego
SUNY OswegoPoetic KeynoteSUNY Oswego, NY - 2 minutes agoShe has written more than a dozen books of poetry. “Does Your House Have Lions?” was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and “Homegirls ...
- Change of Pace: Family slows down, pursues interests after diagnosis (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Life for the McKolay family has always bustled with activity. Stephen has a busy career and Celia oversaw the home schooling of their six children. There wasn't much time to pursue hobbies or interests. Then Celia had a heart attack which was followed by a cancer diagnosis.
- Thomas Disch, Novelist, Dies at 68 - New York Times
Thomas M. Disch, an author, poet and critic who twisted the inherently twisted genre of science fiction in new, disturbing directions, including writing his last book in the voice of God, died on Friday in his Manhattan apartment. He was 68. His ...
- Former boxing champ finds solace in writing, will speak at workshop - Democrat and Chronicle
He may be known for fighting, but former boxing champ Charles "The Natural" Murray turns to writing when life gives him a jab. Murray says he writes every day — in his journal, on scraps of paper or on his cell phone — whether it's poetry he ...
- Recipients announced for Chancellor's Community Partnership Awards - Media Newswire (press release)
Recipients announced for Chancellor's Community Partnership AwardsMedia Newswire (press release), NY - 9 hours agoThe Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival: A national environmental arts project initiated by UC Berkeley English professor and former US poet laureate ...
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