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- James Reaney, 81: Canadian playwright (Toronto Star)
LONDON, Ont.–James Reaney, a national literary icon who stayed close to his southwestern Ontario roots during a celebrated 50-year career as a playwright, poet and professor, has died.
- Catlett celebrates century of aging artfully (San Francisco Chronicle)
On a recent Friday at Albany Bowl, painter and poet Frances Dunham Catlett bowled 143 in a league game, good for three prizes. The score was an improvement over her current average of 109, even if it did not quite reach the lofty heights of the 200s she has...
- M. Catherine Honemann - Baltimore Sun
M. Catherine Honemann, a retired senior accountant who was active in her church, died of heart failure May 16 at St. Joseph Medical Center. The Stella Maris resident was 88. Mary Catherine Blake was born and raised in Baltimore and graduated from ...
- Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion (Japan Today)
The educational committee of the city of Koka, Shiga Prefecture, said Thursday a famous poem from the Manyoshu, the earliest existing collection of Japanese poetry, was found written on an ancient writing implement made of wood unearthed locally in 1997. The implement, called a “mokkan,†is the first such item bearing a Manyoshu poem, according to the committee.
- Poet’s family visits 100 years after his drowning - Muskogee Daily Phoenix
Poet’s family visits 100 years after his drowningMuskogee Daily Phoenix, OK - 2 hours agoMoore’s grandmother was Minnie Posey, who had been a teacher when she met, fell in love with and married Alexander Posey, well known for his poetry and his ...
- Jasper native named Indiana poet laureate - WTHR
Jasper - An author who writes about his youth in the southern Indiana city of Jasper and his German heritage has been named the state's second poet laureate. Norbert Krapf, 64, was selected from among 19 nominees to the post by the Indiana Arts ...
- How the Chinese Communists destroyed ancient Beijing - Times Online
How the Chinese Communists destroyed ancient BeijingTimes Online, UK - 31 minutes agoJiang discarded plans for conservation, ignored the pleas of the Chinese-American architect IM Pei (who, alone of his peers, emerges with honour) and razed ...
- Partnership With 'Web 2.0' Company Makes Creating Sites Easy - Tri State Observer
Partnership With 'Web 2.0' Company Makes Creating Sites EasyTri State Observer, PA - 2 hours agoMembers of TeachersFirst can fill out a simple form to apply for participation in the Building Learners Project (TeachersFirst membership is free). ...
- 'War Requiem' tugs heartstrings - Newark Star-Ledger
One of the most acute moments in a performance of Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" on Saturday at the Presbyterian Church in Westfield came when the parts for children's voices were heard. It brought home the fact that there are soldiers in Iraq who ...
- Calling all aspiring writers; Lake Country Literary Lapses slated ... - Orillia Packet & Times
Calling all aspiring writers; Lake Country Literary Lapses slated ...Orillia Packet & Times, Canada - 29 minutes agoCommercially unpublished writers are invited to submit their work - fiction or non-fiction - for the poetry and short-story competitions. ...
- Best friends join efforts to publish book (Newport News-Times)
Sara Megan Kay and Amanda Waley have been friends for 15 years, and both share a passion for writing. The two this week released their first joint effort book - “A Candlelit World,†taking the initiative to self-publish their project through lulu.com after writing it for nine years.
- ENTERTAINMENTBig Mac contest ready for your jingleA Big Mac cost only 45 cents when it was invented in 1967. To ... (The Plain Dealer)
UPDATED: 04 :32 a.m. EDT, June 28, 2008 Chuck Yarborough becomes a field archaeologist. Talk arts, movies, music, dining and more!
- City Council Election Saturday (Fredericksburg Standard Radio Post)
Early voting ended yesterday, with 646 residents casting ballots in Saturday’s May 10 Fredericksburg City Council election.
- Grand Ledge middle schools host visiting poet Terry Wooten - Lansing State Journal
Seventh graders at both Beagle and Hayes Middle Schools in Grand Ledge enjoyed a week of presentations and workshops with Terry Wooten, poet and bard. Wooten worked with students at both middle schools at the end of April, National Poetry Month. In ...
- Imitator of Swedish football star Ibrahimovic fools Norwegian media - Earthtimes (press release)
Earthtimes (press release)Imitator of Swedish football star Ibrahimovic fools Norwegian mediaEarthtimes (press release), UK - 1 hour agoVerdens Gang later updated their online story, explaining that the poem was a spoof. TV4 has the Swedish television rights to the ongoing European ...
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