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- Poet aided Obama's search for black identity in Hawaii - Los Angeles Daily News
HONOLULU - At key moments in his adolescence, Barack Obama could not turn to a father he hardly knew. Instead, he looked to a left-leaning black journalist and poet for advice on living in a world of black and white. Frank Marshall Davis had his ...
- LAist Interview: Ed Park, founding editor of The Believer and author ... - Laist.com
Ed Park is in town this week to read from and sign Personal Days , his funny, frightening & frighteningly spot-on novel about modern-day office life in this time of mergers, acquisitions, and business books full of empty platitudes that encourage ...
- Writing contest encourages storytelling - Williams Lake Tribune
Williams Lake TribuneWriting contest encourages storytellingWilliams Lake Tribune, Canada - 5 hours agoOne of his stories was recently selected for publication in the Poetry Institute of Canada’s latest book for young writers called Clouds. ...
- Changing world of commencement speakers - San Francisco Gate
On Sunday morning, America's most famous media personality and philanthropist will take the podium at Stanford Stadium to deliver a commencement speech to the class of 2008. Oprah Winfrey's charge is nothing less than to inspire an elite segment of ...
- First Person: Let sun shine on 'Justice Summer' - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Orange bolt-cutters will not be needed to stop the use of Guantanamo Military Detention Facility. The practice of justice will do the job; the justice of habeas corpus reviews with prompt release from detention for the 275 detainees -- along with the ...
- "Fugitive Pieces": a thoughtful, emotional — and haunting — ghost ... - Seattle Times
"Fugitive Pieces": a thoughtful, emotional — and haunting — ghost ...Seattle Times, United States - 13 minutes agoAnd though the movie's language rarely approaches the novel's poetry (meeting Alex, we're told in the book, was for Jakob "like the gift of a beautiful bird ...
- Finding challenge in verse - Whittlesea Leader
Whittlesea LeaderFinding challenge in verseWhittlesea Leader, Australia - 8 hours ago... it's just talking free-flow emotion and that's not very challenging, really," Albiston said. "For every rule in formal poetry, a creative window opens. ...
- Jankovic living on the edge (Boston Globe)
Jelena Jankovic didn't throw in the towel when she fell behind. But she knew how to use it to rattle her foe.
- Special to The Washington Post - Washington Post
Special to The Washington PostWashington Post, United States - Jul 5, 2008Blankethead: It's a three-syllable telegram on the theme of the fecklessness of youth, and nobody but Wayne could turn it into poetry. ...
- Eclectic mix of literate Magpies shine - Real Footy
Eclectic mix of literate Magpies shineReal Footy, Australia - 27 minutes agoHaiku is a style of Japanese poetry — three short lines that offer description, insight and mood. Despite its brevity, it is rather sophisticated. ...
- Author Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope' (The Standard-Times)
It's only 9:33 a.m., but already Danielle Steel is having a lousy morning.
- CSU Summer Stages heats up campus - Cleveland Plain Dealer
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY Proteus (Jon White, left), Julia (Lindsay Iuen) and Valentine (John Paul Soto) cavort in the rockin' Shakespeare musical "Two Gentlemen of Verona" at Cleveland State University's Summer Stages. When: In repertory through ...
- Bolt completes double (Gulf Times)
BEIJING: Usain Bolt produced another barely believable performance of dominant sprinting to break Michael Johnson's untouchable world record yesterday and add 200 metres gold to the 100 he won in record time four days ago.
- Ted's Picks: Five things to do in Denver and nearby (Vail Daily)
The Drunkard National Convention, sponsored by Modern Drunkard magazine, is this weekend in Denver. Everybody’s talking about the DNC — the candidates, the speeches, the parties and whether or not that salt-and-pepper-haired dude at the Tattered Cover really was George Clooney.
- PAL to pay tributes to Waris Shah on 29th - The News - International
PAL to pay tributes to Waris Shah on 29thThe News - International, Pakistan - 42 minutes agoIn the tradition of Punjabi ‘Qissa’ poetry, Asim Butt said, the arrival of Waris Shah elevated the status and tone of Punjabi poetry. ...
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