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- South Florida's Finesse Mitchell more than just jokes (Miami Herald)
Saturday Night Live alumnus Finesse Mitchell says he despises cliches. But the Miramar resident and author of the relationship book Your Girlfriends Only Know So Much: A Brother's Take on Dating and Mating for Sistas (Simon Spotlight, $21.95), won't correct you if you call him the hardest-working man in showbiz.
- Laughing to help the homeless - Toledo Blade
Laughing to help the homelessToledo Blade, OH - 17 minutes agoD'vine Design: 116 Louisiana Ave., Perrysburg; 874-2816; jewelry, paintings, sculpting, metal works, rug weaving, and poetry art; on permanent view. ...
- ESL author, poet, to receive honorary doctorate from SIUE - News-Democrat
Eugene Redmond wove letters into words, then words into phrases, then phrases into poems for decades. On Saturday night, he will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. "It validates and ...
- you get what you pay for - guardian.co.uk
you get what you pay forguardian.co.uk, UK - 16 minutes agoIt's like the difference between words and poetry. As a New York Times critic once wrote, "Poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power. ...
- Madison County Gravesite Preservation Project - WCAV
Madison County Gravesite Preservation ProjectWCAV, VA - 4 hours agoInformation from the stones; it's like reading poetry, so you can learn something about character of a person,” Stowe said. Information gathered is being ...
- Quote Worth Reading - The Ledger
Quote Worth ReadingThe Ledger, FL - 1 hour agoIt does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages; the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public ...
- Kilin passes away - Malta Independent Daily
Popular Maltese author Kilin passed away yesterday, just a month short of his 91st birthday. Mikiel Spiteri was born in Rabat on 20 August 1917. He was known by the pseudonym Kilin, the pet name with which his mother used to call him. He matriculated ...
- When Poetry Got Difficult (Arts Journal)
"One has to wonder if poetry has any place in the 21st century, when music videos and satellite television offer daunting competition for poems, which demand a good deal of attention and considerable analytic skills, as well as some knowledge of the traditions of poetry.
- Caroline Kennedy brings discretion to veep search - Forbes
Caroline Kennedy lives a very private life with a very public profile. It's the perfect skill set for her newest assignment. As part of Barack Obama's vice presidential search team, Kennedy must function with the utmost secrecy in what is sure to be ...
- Not invited to the party - Globe and Mail
BARRIERE LAKE RESERVE, QUE. -- Samuel de Champlain wrote fondly of his adventures with the Algonquins, the native allies who helped the founder of Quebec navigate the dangerous white-water rapids of the New World and fought at his side against the ...
- Where nothing is easy to pin down - Sri Lanka Sunday Times
‘like myth and mother’ is not an easy read, but then it was never intended to be. Shortlisted for the Gratiaen Prize, Sumathy Sivamohan’s ‘political autobiography in poetry and prose’, is a staggering work. It is a book that both challenges ...
- What's On: Night & Day Weekend - Toronto Star
What's On: Night & Day WeekendToronto Star, Canada - 27 minutes agoYorkminster Park Baptist, 1585 Yonge St. Voxworks presents a sampling of works by Benjamin Britten, with Teige Reid reading the poetry of Gerard Manley ...
- Regarding the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (The Union)
From my twentiess on, the magazine Poetry Chicago seemed the main center for American poetry.
- Freelance Writer - Winnipeg Free Press
My mom used to tell me a story once in awhile, about how she considered giving me up for adoption. She was 17, unmarried and a small-town girl when she got pregnant with me. At the time, it was a major sin. You might as well have branded her or sewn ...
- Tupac Shakur Onstage - Miami New Times
Tupac Shakur OnstageMiami New Times, FL - 3 hours agoA Greek chorus of three girls surrounds the rapper, admonishing him, reading fan mail, declaiming poetry. The Greek aspect of the play is actually both ...
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