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- Roger Palmer lets the Dogs out (Creative Loafing Tampa)
Childlike artworks underscore the horrors of war... By Megan Voeller When a people are used as mere human instruments for firing cannon or thrusting bayonets, in the service and for the selfish purposes of a master, such war degrades a people. --J.S. Mill When philosopher John Stuart Mill evoked those brutal images in 1862, he was actually writing in favor of war, but only in cases that "protect ...
- Community Milestones - Winston-Salem Journal
Winston-Salem JournalCommunity MilestonesWinston-Salem Journal, NC - Aug 17, 2008The NC Poetry Society recently honored winners of its 2008 Adult and Student Contests at Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities in Southern Pines. ...
- Propaganda has no place in Arabic textbooks - Newsday
At Harvard, the star of Arabic A is a girl named Maha. Maha Muhammed Abulaal, to be precise. She's the pouty protagonist in the melodrama that runs throughout "Al-Kitaab," the standard beginning text in Arabic classes at Harvard and other American ...
- Pulitzer hoax targets city's poet laureate - Brantford Expositor
Pulitzer hoax targets city's poet laureateBrantford Expositor, Canada - 2 hours agoThe only three-time recipient of the Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award has earned some 70 prestigious national and international awards for his writing, ...
- Ras Beirut: model of coexistence for all of Lebanon? (The Daily Star Lebannon)
Ras Beirut remains the socially most-diverse, arguably the most-urban, part of the Lebanese capital. Though it isn't immune to sectarian tension, it is still hoped in certain circles that Ras Beirut - where intellectual discussion and social activism are its daily bread - will provide a prototype for a post-sectarian Lebanon.
- Technology: It's Where the Jobs Are (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
Here's a hint for high school graduates or college students still majoring in indecision: Put down that guitar or book of poetry and pick up a laptop. Study computer science or engineering, and plan to move to a big city.
- East News Briefs - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Elizabeth Area Community Development Corp. is seeking volunteers for RiverSweep 2008, scheduled for 8 a.m. to noon Saturday along the shoreline of the Monongahela River in Elizabeth Borough. RiverSweep is a riverbank cleanup that extends the ...
- Area news briefs: Concert, poetry tonight; McCormick benefit Sunday - Mansfield News Journal
Area news briefs: Concert, poetry tonight; McCormick benefit SundayMansfield News Journal, OH - 47 minutes agoThe Father's Garden Christian Fellowship, 14 N. Walnut St., will offer a gospel concert and open microphone session at 7 pm today. For details, call the Rev ...
- One rancher's solution to the 'Mexican invasion' - Orangeville Citizen
One rancher's solution to the 'Mexican invasion'Orangeville Citizen, Canada - 2 hours agoCowboy Poets — males and females of all ages — tell about everyday life on ranches throughout their poetry. The tales can be funny, sad, or philosophical, ...
- John Lundberg: Why You Should Read Mahmoud Darwish (HuffingtonPost)
When renowned novelist Ahdaf Soueif said that the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish was "the last poet who could fill a football stadium," it wasn't hyperbole....
- New reading garden brightens up Plumb Library (The Standard-Times)
ROCHESTER — A child's journey to reading is complex, but a "reading garden" could be the perfect place to establish the roots of learning in a lovely garden setting at the Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library in Rochester.
- New Oliver Jackson art show part of ‘BAG and Beyond’ Sept. 12-14 - St. Louis American
St. Louis AmericanNew Oliver Jackson art show part of ‘BAG and Beyond’ Sept. 12-14St. Louis American, MO - 6 hours agoI worked in steel mills, factories, all kinds of jobs, along with other African-American men. Those jobs required intense physical labor. ...
- Local poets bare their words on 2nd Fridays - Charlotte Observer
Local poets bare their words on 2nd FridaysCharlotte Observer, NC - 4 hours agoAmerican poet Paul Engle said, "Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words. ...
- Letters to the editor for July 8 - Tahoe Daily Tribune
Crater Lake, Ore., will not get quagga mussels. Lake Tahoe will. Do you want to know the difference? Crater Lake does not allow private boats, period. I strongly believe this is the only way to stop the threat of quagga and zebra mussels. I ...
- Summer Cottages - Weekend America
Weekend AmericaSummer CottagesWeekend America, MN - 2 hours agoIn fact it's made such an impact on Eady that he devoted a large portion of his latest book of poetry, titled Hardheaded Weather, to it. ...
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