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- Alex Boyd, Anne Simpson win $1,000 national poetry prizes - News1130.com
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Toronto-born Alex Boyd and Anne Simpson of Antigonish, N.S., have won national poetry prizes. The winners of the 2008 Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards were announced over the weekend at a festival and conference held ...
- Transgender characters from - Times of Malta
Times of MaltaTransgender characters fromTimes of Malta, Malta - 50 minutes agoA comic character actor and a playwright, he often draws on poetry, the Bible and other texts as well as extensive interviews to inspire his work. ...
- Flavin got the best 'Tip' with Howard - Boston Globe
As a successful television personality, Dick Flavin of Quincy has delivered more than his share of humorous ditties, poems, and commentaries. And he always had a knack for telling a story - such as his "Teddy at the Bat" tribute to Ted Williams ...
- News briefs - Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin
News briefsOld Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin, MA - 2 hours agoPLYMOUTH – The third annual Poetry Showcase will be held Saturday, Sept. 13, from 1 to 3 pm at the Old Training Green on Route 6A in Plymouth. ...
- Poetry in print - Calcutta Telegraph
Calcutta TelegraphPoetry in printCalcutta Telegraph, India - 6 hours agoAugust 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Kalyani Natyacharcha presents its latest production, Meyeti, based on Chilean playwright Ariel Dorfman’s Death ...
- Sheikh-down cruise: Italian line sails Arabian peninsula from Dubai (Miami Herald)
I stared for a time at the museum-case model that portrayed early Abu Dhabi as a sandy flat with a loose scattering of mud huts, on which the most sophisticated architectural feature were the goat pens. I half expected to see tiny figures swinging crude stone tools.
- Marshall Watson - Calgary Herald
Marshall WatsonCalgary Herald, Canada - Aug 8, 2008J (is for Jump) "A love song. I did it after I met (current boyfriend) Jamie Faulds (of Edmonton band Blind Tiger, Tiger). K (is for Killer) "Just a fun, ...
- Extract: Corvus: A Life with Birds by Esther Woolfson - Daily Telegraph
Magpies are legendarily aggressive and thieving, the embodiment of evil. So why would anyone adopt a fallen fledgling? In this extract from her book, Esther Woolfson shares her house with Spike and tests his species' fearsome reputation
- The New Yorker hit a new low - La Crosse Tribune
The New Yorker has hit a new all-time low with its so-called satirical cover. This is a disturbing, disgusting, radical, racist thing. It is not funny. It is sad that there are lots of people who will believe this garbage. The Swift-Boat ads ...
- Premier supports tax aid for racy film (Toronto Star)
The controversial new Canadian movie Young People F---ing has an improbable champion in Premier Dalton McGuinty.
- On the trail of the churros: Students examine influence of sheep on ... - Farmington Daily Times
BLOOMFIELD — A group of select students from Mesa Alta Junior High School learned about culture, writing and personal growth from an unlikely source this summer — sheep.
- Academics unearth UK's oldest joke - Economic Times
LONDON: A 1,000-year-old double-meaning wry observation is what British academics consider to be their country's oldest joke. They found it in the Codex Exoniensis, a 10th century book of Anglo-Saxon poetry held at Exeter Cathedral. It reads: "What ...
- Family Matters (Coeur d'Alene Press)
With all the local high schools conducting commencement ceremonies over the last week, we have a bumper crop of freshly minted graduates beginning to take their place in the world.
- Tween Thing library program keeps youngsters occupied (The Florida Times-Union)
The teen and children's departments of the Jacksonville Public Library have teamed up to offer special "Tween Thing" programs this summer targeting tweens, ages 10-14.
- British company launches poetry download site - Silicon Valley
Addressing one of the biggest complaints about the iPhone - the high price tag - Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Monday celebrated the device's one-year birthday by unveiling a cheaper and faster version. In one of its biggest product launches in recent ...
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