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- Our Daily Bleg: Is Modern Literature Out of Compelling Quotations? - New York Times Blogs
Our Daily Bleg: Is Modern Literature Out of Compelling Quotations?New York Times Blogs, NY - 1 hour ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- Discover the writer that is hidden away inside you - Whitehaven News
Whitehaven NewsDiscover the writer that is hidden away inside youWhitehaven News, UK - 9 hours agoHe is currently running two groups entitled Get Into Reading which bring together people of all ages and backgrounds as well as a creative writing group. ...
- Ian Rankin: 'This is my Ocean's Eleven' - Independent
Ian Rankin: 'This is my Ocean's Eleven'Independent, UK - 53 minutes agoAfter award-winning poetry and stories, he wrote three unpublished novels while a postgraduate at Edinburgh University. He worked as a civil servant and ...
- Cowboy poets make audiences feel pull of open trail (Anchorage Daily News)
PALMER -- Jim Reader and T.J. Casey are the kind of cowboys who still rustle stock, who proclaim their country-folk status with big hats, blue jeans and calloused fingers. Their callouses aren't earned entirely through ranching -- although they say they've got land and livestock in Alberta and Montana, respectively -- but from hours picking out tunes they've crafted on the road or in a pasture ...
- Selangor Inculcates Reading Habit Through Book Fest (Bernama)
SHAH ALAM, July 30 (Bernama) -- Realising that good reading habit is an innate feature of a knowledge-based society, the 2008 Selangor Book Fair was launched last Saturday to promote the reading habit in society.
- Religion briefs (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Trophy Club to be a Rosary Rally site TROPHY CLUB — Trophy Club will be one of at least 2,000 cities nationwide to host the second annual Rosary Rally on Oct. 11. The rally was founded last year on the 90th anniversary of the legendary appearance of the Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal. The event will be held regardless of weather, organizers said. It will begin at noon at the clock tower, ...
- Palestinian poet dies in Texas (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry his fellow Palestinians embraced as the voice of their suffering, died on Saturday after heart surgery in Texas.
- More books on tribal issues - Calcutta Telegraph
Calcutta TelegraphMore books on tribal issuesCalcutta Telegraph, India - 7 hours agoApart from books, she also has some collections of poetry. Her works include Vir Sattar me Chalne Lagi, Maen Ajad Huen, Aab Murakh Nahi Banenge Hum, ...
- Historical Novel's Message More Relevant Than Ever: Gershowitz's Poignant Jewish Family Saga Re-Released (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Twenty years after this award-winning best seller was first published by Bantam, Remember this Dream by Harold Gershowitz is back in print and available now through Amazon.com .
- Calgary Radar: Calgary Fringe - Anarchy in the AB - Martiniboys.com
Calgary Radar: Calgary Fringe - Anarchy in the ABMartiniboys.com, Canada - 9 hours agoIf you've never been to the Fringe Festival, you're missing out my friend. It's like regular theatre, but much less pretentious and much more anarchic. ...
- Poet/Editor Hayden Carruth, 87 - Paste Magazine
"Hayden Carruth, whose spare, precise, impassioned verse took myriad forms and stamped him as one of the most wide-ranging and intellectually ambitious poets of his generation, died Monday at his home... Although known primarily as a critic, reviewer ...
- Q-Tip: Abstract Innovations - Times Online
In an age when hip-hop is returning to an approximation of its roots, thanks to the protracted beats and energetic spirit of the Cool Kids and Yo Majesty, it seems the perfect time for Q-Tip to make his comeback. The innovative rapper helped to ...
- from: Emily Meehan - Slate
from: Emily MeehanSlate - 7 hours agoI meet politicians, poets, activists, and businessmen. They drink tea and converse in the style of many Italians I know. They're merry, grave, or excited, ...
- Technically Incorrect - CNET News
So has everyone been wandering around your office, puffing out their hairless chests and declaring "I'm a PC" with pride? Thought not. Visible Measures , a company that measures viral-video activity, announced this week that the Gates-Seinfeld ads ...
- Acting as he likes it - Tonight
Acting as he likes itTonight, South Africa - 1 hour agoBy Diane de Beer From a young age, Thami Mbongo lost his heart to poetry. "I fell in love," is how he explains this first brush with performance poetry. ...
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