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- Gypsy Lou Webb: A story of love and books in Bohemian New Orleans - Jam! Showbiz
The bingo hall is an unlikely place to find a woman who spent years painting and selling watercolours on the streets of the French Quarter and who represents one of the last people alive from the generation of artists and writers in the mid-1900s ...
- Former US poet laureate receives $100,000 prize (Seattle Times)
Former U.S. poet laureate Louise Glueck has been awarded the Wallace Stevens Award, a $100,000 prize for "outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry," the Academy of American Poets announced Tuesday.
- Author with Tacoma connection shares her love of the Amish - Tacoma Weekly
Author with Tacoma connection shares her love of the AmishTacoma Weekly, WA - 11 hours agoIn her teen years she wrote skits for her church teen group to perform. In 1980, she took a course in writing for children and teenagers, and became serious ...
- Service is Tuesday for Carrie Allen McCray Nickens (The State)
A memorial service for the writer Carrie Allen McCray Nickens will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Second Calvary Baptist Church, 1110 Mason Road in Columbia. Manigault-Hurley Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Nickens, who died Friday at 95, became a well-known and respected writer in her 70s. Her first poetry book, “Piece of Time,” was published in 1993. She came to much wider ...
- The High Road: Stand up for those in Uniform (Collier Citizen)
The other night, I did something I never even knew I wanted to do – I looked up the name Capt. Dean St. Pierre on the Vietnam Memorial Virtual Wall.
- Serb fugitive captured at last - Globe and Mail
With the capture late last night of one of the world's most wanted war-crimes fugitives, the new government of Serbia made a major move toward leading its country in from the cold. For years, Serbia has been cut off from normal economic and political ...
- Song and Dance - Financial Times
Song and DanceFinancial Times, UK - 8 hours agoThis poetry club has a pedigree quite unlike any other; past alumni include Alan Hollinghurst, Pico Iyer and Mick Imlah. Like all societies, however, ...
- News Briefs July 24, 2008 (Saipan Tribune)
Preparations are now underway for the 6th annual Tinian Nagasaki Hiroshima Peace Ceremony that will be held Aug. 6, the anniversary of the 1945 American atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by the Enola Gay, which took off from the island of Tinian.
- Poetry reading with Author Grace McQueen this Thursday (The Warren Reporter)
FRANKLIN -- Warren County Library Franklin Branch is holding a Poetry Reading with Author and Poet Grace McQueen from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18. The public is invited to attend. McQueen's new book "Poetry for the...
- Though Obama Had to Leave to Find Himself, It Is Hawaii That Made His ... - Washington Post
On weekday mornings as a teenager, Barry Obama left his grandparents' apartment on the 10th floor of the 12-story high-rise at 1617 South Beretania, a mile and half above Waikiki Beach, and walked up Punahou Street in the shadows of capacious banyan ...
- ‘Puerto Rican Bill Cosby’ to perform - Gillette News Record
‘Puerto Rican Bill Cosby’ to performGillette News Record, WY - 11 hours ago“The Hispanic culture is rich in its love for arts, its music, storytelling and poetry,” said Fritzen. “David Gonzalez is preserving the tales of his ...
- Fairfax Community Events July 24-July 31, 2008 - Washington Post
Washington PostFairfax Community Events July 24-July 31, 2008Washington Post, United States - 40 minutes agoRESTON CHILDREN'S SHOW, by Malcolm the Magician. 11-11:30 am, Lake Anne Plaza, 1609-A Washington Plaza, Reston. Free. 703-620-5554. POETRY, PHOTOGRAPHY AND ...
- Barnes & Noble to Open New Store at 911 Haddonfield Road, Cherry ... - Business Wire (press release)
Barnes & Noble to Open New Store at 911 Haddonfield Road, Cherry ...Business Wire (press release), CA - Jul 30, 2008The Camden County Youth Partnership will read poetry. The Cherry Hill Public Library will host a special Storytime with crafts. ...
- Downturns spur an abundance of riches in arts (Chicago Tribune)
Economic slump spurs riches in the arts J ob insecurity, high gas prices, intimations of scarcity in the American land of plenty.
- 'Angel' illuminates hate - Minneapolis Star Tribune
'Angel' illuminates hateMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 2 hours ago"From being captivated by the poetry, the music, the 'search for the Russian soul,' I became aware of the racism, the ignorance, the corruption ... the ...
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