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- Book Marks - Pride Source
"Candy Everybody Wants," by Josh Kilmer-Purcell. Harper Perennial, 288 pages, $13 paper. Jayson Blocher - the "y" added for style - yearns for celebrity. The small-town Wisconsin teen's first stab at '80s fame is his gay coming-of-age drama ...
- Free download gives readers access to poems by Ohioans (Akron Beacon Journal)
J.B. Solomon Editions of Alliance is making a rock-star move by offering its first poetry collection as a free electronic download.
- On the internet this week (Guardian Unlimited)
Caught By The River, caughtbytheriver.net Jeff Barrett, the boss of Heavenly Records - home of Edwyn Collins, Doves, Beth Orton and numerous other fine British musical talent of the past 18 years - is something of a keen angler. It is hardly the most rock'n'roll of pursuits you would have thought, but at this most laidback of blogs it all meanders along beautifully alongside discussions on ...
- skate boards - Listen & Be Heard
skate boardsListen & Be Heard, CA - 32 minutes ago... time at Listen & Be Heard Poetry Cafe. The third round will be for poets who are listening to call in and share one poem. Hosted by Martha Cinader Mims. ...
- Speedy stories for short attention spans - Guardian Blogs
It is often said. Attention spans are getting shorter. 366 words for a story may just be the answer. Only one minute to read, these stories fit the bill. Take it on holiday, you'll have enough reading material for each day - and without having to ...
- NEW IN THE NORTHWEST - Nature verse, animal stories: Robert Pack ... - Missoulian
“Still Here, Still Now†by Robert Pack, University of Chicago Press, hardbound, $22. In this, his 19th volume of verse, University of Montana professor Robert Pack reaffirms - and embellishes - his reputation as one of America’s pre-eminent ...
- Celebs, politicians, best-selling authors at National Book Festival, Sept. 27 (Canoe Travel)
WASHINGTON - Salman Rushdie and Tiki Barber are among 70 authors scheduled to participate in the 2008 National Book Festival.
- On b'day, Ishmeet rules cyberspace (The Times of India)
The legend of Ishmeet lives on even after his tragic death.
- Namibia: Miracle Worker From Baghdad - AllAfrica.com
Namibia: Miracle Worker From BaghdadAllAfrica.com, Washington - 8 minutes agoNada Yousif's poetry reading sets the mood for Saad Eskander's lecture. "The story I'm about to tell is a sad story, and it is always difficult to tell a ...
- Elementary, My Dears column: The best of times for teachers (San Mateo County Times)
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom ... "This Charles Dickens line that begins "Tale of Two Cities" often describes our vocation.
- "The Lucky Ones": When soldiers return home (Seattle Times)
"The Lucky Ones": This attempt to create an Iraq-war home-front classic like "The Best Years of Our Lives" has its moments, but the story line about three returning veterans (played by Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams and Michael Peña) is predictable.
- » VIEW PURPLE MOUNTAINS' MAJESTY THROUGH EASTERN EYES AT THE MET - CU Columbia Spectator
» VIEW PURPLE MOUNTAINS' MAJESTY THROUGH EASTERN EYES AT THE METCU Columbia Spectator, NY - 10 minutes ago... Waldo Emerson and the artists of the Hudson River School) expressed in prose, verse, and oil paints the power and poetry of the American wilderness. ...
- Brian Wilson, "That Lucky Old Sun" (Capitol) [1 STAR] - Chicago Sun-Times
Brian Wilson, "That Lucky Old Sun" (Capitol) [1 STAR]Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 3 hours agoYet while he is certainly the culprit behind the awful poetry, Bennett is the man who should be derided for much of the rest of this mess: An adept student ...
- First lady of scandal - Brisbane Times
SOMETIMES a confluence of celebrity circumstance reaches such a critical mass of PR fluff that the merest spark might cause it to flare into a raging blaze of publicity. Such was the case when it was first revealed, late last year, that supermodel ...
- Those wild and crazy 'SNL' gals! (Miami Herald)
It's good to be Tina Fey. The bespectacled comedian is not only driving Saturday Night Live ratings with her dead-on Sarah Palin impersonations but she just won two Emmys (Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actress) for 30 Rock and clinched a $5 million-plus book deal.
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