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- Lesbos islanders want to stop homosexual women calling themselves ... - Daily Telegraph
The court hearing will start in Athens amid a growing debate about homosexual rights in Greece, traditionally one of Greece's most socially conservative countries. The case has been brought by plantiffs on Lesbos, who claim that the name of their ...
- JOE BIDEN: HAIR WE CAN BELIEVE IN (Ann Coulter via Yahoo! News)
Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden's speech at the Democratic National Convention was great. As I write, he hasn't given it yet, but these are my favorite parts:
- B. L. Burtt: Plant taxonomist - The Independent
B.L. Burtt was one of the most prolific and knowledgeable of plant taxonomists, in the grand tradition of Sir Joseph Hooker. His long life was devoted almost exclusively to the classification of flowering plants and it is hard to imagine that his ...
- PAT RICE: Five secrets to a successful Spout Off (Northwest Florida Daily News)
Last week, my friend and colleague Colin Lipnicky took a week of well-deserved vacation.
- Caroline Kennedy brings discretion to veep search (AP via Yahoo! News)
Caroline Kennedy lives a very private life with a very public profile. It's the perfect skill set for her newest assignment.
- Nashville's newest star: Texas mom (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
A Texas mother of five is the new “Nashville Star.” Melissa Lawson beat finalist Gabe Garcia on Monday for the title on the country music reality series. Upon winning, Lawson, 32, performed her single “What If It All Goes Right,” which was released to country radio Tuesday. Photo caption: Freeman
- Thomas Disch, Novelist, Dies at 68 (New York Times)
Mr. Disch twisted the inherently twisted genre of science fiction in new, disturbing directions, including writing his last book in the voice of God.
- A life in writing - guardian.co.uk
A life in writingguardian.co.uk, UK - 15 minutes agoHer work has been anthologised in more than 100 collections and she has won poetry's most prestigious awards - the San Francisco Poetry Center award, ...
- Indian River County community connection: July 21 (Vero Press Journal)
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- South Wedge Farmers' Market Reopens (R News)
Thursday marked the grand reopening of the South Wedge Farmers' Market. Mayor Duffy was at the kickoff celebration which included live music and spoken word poetry. Customers of the farmers market are encouraged to use food stamps.
- Writer tells soldiers’ stories - Moose Jaw Times-Herald
Writer tells soldiers’ storiesMoose Jaw Times-Herald, Canada - 57 minutes agoAt 12:15 pm, a festival wind-up lunch will take place at the Cosmo Centre, with Anne Slade and Doris Bircham hosting a presentation, “Prairie Women: Poetry ...
- 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.
- Poems hide in newspapers - Tacoma News Tribune
You could be holding in your hands the start of a great poem. Figure out which words don’t belong, then share your work with us. Sometimes in poetry, it’s not so much about the words you use but the words you leave out. Or scratch out. Or blot ...
- Mosaic Singles: Helen Merrill - Casa Forte - All About Jazz
Mosaic Singles: Helen Merrill - Casa ForteAll About Jazz, PA - 9 hours ago“ - Joe Sullivan, liner notes Helen Merrill is a jazz singer who does not forsake lyrics for licks; her delivery is a poetry reading minus the theatrics. ...
- Birdsong inspires Valley resident's novel (The Morning Call)
Most of us are content to regard birdsong as nothing more than a cheerful backdrop to the outdoor chores of our lives. But to Addie Kavanagh, the central character in Bethlehem author Joyce Hinnefeld's first novel ''In Hovering Flight,'' the songs of birds are the most glorious sounds she ever heard, that is, until she begins hearing an accusing chorus in their chatter, and seeing the horror of ...
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