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- Versatile son of the soil - News On Sunday
Versatile son of the soilNews On Sunday, Mauritius - 12 hours agoPoetry or Murder of Tamil Literature - witnessed his deep concern for the development of the Tamil language. Very versatile, he was also a talented and ...
- Lincoln's slam poets are off to nationals - Lincoln Journal Star
The poets are going to the show. Next week, the Nebraska Writers Collective team will head to Madison, Wis., to compete at the 2008 National Poetry Slam. The annual five-day event is the largest poetry performance gathering in the world. The Lincoln ...
- Republican Veepstakes Line: The Final Cut (Washington Post)
DENVER -- With John McCain expected to reveal his vice presidential pick in the next 24 hours, The Fix decided to take one last crack at our rankings of the men (and woman) most likely to receive that phone call...
- Beach Reads: Babbitt - Marketplace
Beach Reads: BabbittMarketplace, CA - 3 hours agoSusan Lee: "He made nothing in particular, neither butter nor shoes nor poetry, but he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people ...
- Youth Literature Festival celebrates reading with authors, books (The Champaign News-Gazette)
CHAMPAIGN – For Mary Kalantzis and Violet Harris, planning the first-ever Youth Literature Festival for East Central Illinois has required a lot of labor. But it's work that Harris calls a "glorious burden" because it celebrates books. The dean and associate dean, respectively, of the University of Illinois College of Education, have ambitious goals for the festival, happening Thursday, ...
- Growing Up Hip Hop a Poetry Collection by Kahlil Almustafa - ThugLifeArmy.com
Growing Up Hip Hop a Poetry Collection by Kahlil AlmustafaThugLifeArmy.com - 2 hours agoThe book definitively testifies to hip hop's insistence to live. "Ever since I was 15 years-old and first picked up a pen, I always wanted my poetry to ...
- Aug 10 - Aug 16 (249) - Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
It's perhaps the most depressing fact of this campaign so far that the first major encounter between McCain and Obama will be presided over by a mega-pastor and in a church. Here's Jeffrey Goldberg's interview with the man who is taking American ...
- ‘Time to Act’ - Sovo.com
Sovo.com‘Time to Act’Sovo.com, GA - 2 hours agoATLANTA’S BLACK GAY PRIDE started in 1996 with a small group of gay African-American friends holding a picnic over Labor Day weekend to celebrate their ...
- Sure shots at Bumbershoot (Tacoma News Tribune)
Get ready for Bumbershoot 2008!
- Briggs was a ‘teacher's teacher' who loved to write poetry (San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5)
From as far as Hawaii to as near as Jackson-Keller Elementary, Vicki Kay Fillmore Briggs shared a love of reading, writing and religion.
- CD review: TV on the Radio's inspired return - The Gazette (Montreal)
The Gazette (Montreal)CD review: TV on the Radio's inspired returnThe Gazette (Montreal), Canada - 6 hours agoString and horn arrangements add lyrical touches, giving these texts added poetry. The result is not alienation; it is closer to solace. ...
- 'I sing for everyone who approaches me' - Hindustan Times
Actually, I was surprised and shocked. When I was initially told about the 50-50 format, I imagined a different sequence of things. But the format changed. The audience poll took precedence over the judges’ decision. So, we lost a couple of good ...
- Tricia Jo Parrish - Barron News Shield
Tricia Jo ParrishBarron News Shield, WI - 22 hours agoTricia enjoyed fishing, reading, writing poetry and history. Surviving are her special partner in life, Barbara Erickson of Cameron; her mother of Redding, ...
- Johnny Flynn: Stirring Up 'A Larum' - NPR News
All Things Considered , August 23, 2008 - A 25-year-old singer-songwriter, Johnny Flynn makes music that seems to draw equally from William Shakespeare and Bob Dylan: He has the ear of a poet and the mind of a storyteller. But the precocious ...
- Walden Festival celebrates 30 years (The Sauk Prairie Eagle)
The August Derleth Society will celebrate its 30th anniversary this year during its annual Walden West Festival. In its 30 years, the 250-member society has done a lot to ensure Derleth has a lasting legacy.  Having written more than 150 books in his lifetime, Derleth is often regarded as Wisconsin's most prolific author. But he is perhaps more known for being the first person to publish horror ...
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