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- Preachy Morissette saved by sounds - Calgary Herald
Calgary HeraldPreachy Morissette saved by soundsCalgary Herald, Canada - 2 hours agoThat much is clear on the shrill opening track Citizen of the Planet, which backs clunky, preachy poetry with an intriguing world-beat pulse. ...
- After 'historic' trip, Obama turns to issues at home (Honolulu Advertiser)
LONDON — Barack Obama conquered the Middle East and Europe last week, but yesterday he returned to face a more challenging battleground: middle America.
- Music Review: New Johnson CD 'That Lonesome Song' takes the point ... - Chicago Tribune
Music Review: New Johnson CD 'That Lonesome Song' takes the point ...Chicago Tribune, United States - Aug 4, 2008His bare-knuckled, barroom poetry takes the point of view of hard-bitten losers and boozers, and it's shot with blue-collar authenticity. ...
- AUTHOR SEARCH RESULTS - Isthmus
AUTHOR SEARCH RESULTSIsthmus, WI - 8 hours agoAspiring and experienced poets alike who were not already members of teams in the national contest summoned their courage and performed for a cash prize ...
- Comic Dick Martin dies at 86 (NBC 10 Providence)
Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, passes away.
- Barfly: Getting a lesson from a mysterious absintheur - Marin Independent-Journal
Barfly: Getting a lesson from a mysterious absintheurMarin Independent-Journal, CA - 2 hours agoI was to meet him at his friend's house where another friend would "host us." It had the feel of going over to that kid's dorm room in college; ...
- Theatre review - Beetle Graduation, Brink Productions - Adelaide Independent Weekly
Theatre review - Beetle Graduation, Brink ProductionsAdelaide Independent Weekly, Australia - 2 hours agoCantwell and Johnson both give strong performances, working with challenging material: writer Susan Rogers’s words often feel more like poetry than ...
- Coffins on our shoulders - The National
Coffins on our shouldersThe National, United Arab Emirates - 9 minutes agoIt was emblematic of what came to be known as “resistance poetry”. This poem and others brought him great fame in the Arab world; he joined the Israeli ...
- Amy Winehouse lyrics are academic - Daily Telegraph
So English literature students at Cambridge have been asked to criticise Amy Winehouse lyrics in a final year examination. Are the lofty spires of academic excellence crumbling into a morass of pop culture? Is this the apotheosis of dumbing down ...
- Park an inspirational site for art - Hagerstown Morning Herald
Park an inspirational site for artHagerstown Morning Herald, MD - 4 minutes agoRon Lytle, the founder of the Hagerstown school and gallery, said the two-day event included a little pottery, a little poetry, a little photography and ...
- South River Class of 2008 said to be 'mellow,' very talented - HometownAnnapolis.com
Asked to describe this year's senior class at South River High School, Principal William Myers said: "Mellow, just a nice bunch of kids." The Class of 2008 has left its mark on the Blue Ribbon School. "Our students did some great things across the ...
- Selling their ‘Babies’ - Packet Online
WHETHER written in a poem or on a Post-it note, words can be powerful. So can kind gestures. Joe Sgro of Whitehouse Station learned that last summer. A self-published author, he knew how equally gratifying and frustrating the process is. So after ...
- The al-Farash al-Ha-ir Everlasting Singer - Sudan Tribune
The al-Farash al-Ha-ir Everlasting SingerSudan Tribune, Sudan - 1 hour ago’Uthman artistic contributions, however, added enormously to the modern songs of Sudan, as he introduced in new forms of music the wonderful poetry of ...
- Iran's expatriate poets speak out, in English and Farsi (The Daily Star Lebannon)
Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, thousands of intellectuals, activists and poets have left Iran, many fleeing to Europe and the United States. A new book brings together the work of 18 Iranian poets from this diaspora to share their experiences with a wider audience.
- School librarian dons different personas to get kids to read - Sacramento Bee
School librarian dons different personas to get kids to readSacramento Bee, USA - 1 hour agoAt a pretend coffeehouse poetry event, she comes as a beatnik. At the Colonial market day for third-graders, she is Mrs. Thomas Farthing. ...
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