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- Hearn had heart for Sand Mountain (The Sand Mountain Reporter)
Thomas K. Hearn Jr., who spent much of his childhood in Albertville and later became president of Wake Forest University, has died. Hearn, 71, served as president of the Winston-Salem, N.C., university for 22 years. He retired in 2005 and held the title of president emeritus until his death.
- Son of Nun and the art of struggle - Socialist Worker Online
Son of Nun and the art of struggleSocialist Worker Online, IL - 41 minutes agoI used to write poetry. That's how I came into it. Basically, a friend of mine was in a band, and he was like "hey, we're practicing. ...
- P.E.I. Book Awards jury releases shortlist of titles (The Guardian)
The jury for the 2008 P.E.I. Book Awards has released the shortlist of titles for the prestigious award.
- Movie review: Miracle at St. Anna -- 2 out of 5 stars - Orlando Sentinel
Movie review: Miracle at St. Anna -- 2 out of 5 starsOrlando Sentinel, FL - 1 hour agoWhile Lee aimed to make this adaptation of James McBride's novel an epic of the African-American experience in the war, the flimsy material, ...
- Football, an independent India were his passions - Hindustan Times
Harkishan Singh Bassi changed his surname to ‘Surjeet’ while trying his hand writing poetry in his youth. Surjeet lived the simple life. He was his own secretary, attending phone calls and keeping a mental note of the visitors he expected over ...
- Joyce Carol Oates enters 'tabloid hell' with 'My Sister, My Love' - Citizen
"My Sister, My Love" (Ecco. 562 pages. $25.95), by Joyce Carol Oates: Some of Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest. Oates sets out to solve a fictionalized version of the JonBenet ...
- In concert (Baltimore Sun)
in concert Today Children of Bodom
- Sydney Opera House, Sydney - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Opera House, SydneySydney Morning Herald, Australia - 9 hours agoI said the songs were stilted and over-thought and that the lyrics were 'sixth-form poetry'," he says. So who should turn up that night but Conway. ...
- Poetry slam features locals, city slickers at Chico Peace ... - Enterprise-Record
Poetry slam features locals, city slickers at Chico Peace ...Enterprise-Record, CA - 13 hours agoBy DEEANN RESK - The Buzz CHICO -- US Poet Laureate, Rita Dove, once wrote, "Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful. ...
- Laureate bemoans 'thankless' job - BBC Entertainment
Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has said that the job of writing verse for the Royal Family is "thankless" and gave him a case of writer's block. Motion told the Ealing Arts Festival in London that the Queen "never gives me an opinion on my work for her ...
- Coming home feels good - Journal-Advocate
Journal-AdvocateComing home feels goodJournal-Advocate, CO - 4 hours agoHis poetry has refreshed meaning to me. I understand the Rocky Mountain High, Country Roads; He’d Rather be in Colorado and Back Home Again. ...
- ‘Iodine' presents a darker change of pace for ‘Girl Named Zippy' author (Miami Herald)
Haven Kimmel knows, as all writers do, that successful authors must approach their craft with as many useful tools as possible: patience, stamina, exemplary research skills. But in her case, she jokes, a healthy dollop of something else is helpful.
- Taking awe breaks - The Christian Century
Taking awe breaksThe Christian Century - 1 hour agoOn the first morning, I sat down in a porch rocking chair and opened What Do We Know, a book of poetry by Mary Oliver. Another good way to begin a day at ...
- A poet explores the language of collage - International Herald Tribune
A poet explores the language of collageInternational Herald Tribune, France - 18 minutes agoTibor de Nagy, which both exhibited art and published poetry, helped shape it. Ashbery's first slender volume, "Turandot and Other Poems," appeared under ...
- Newman delivers a masterpiece in 'Harps and Angels' (The Springfield News-Leader)
Randy Newman skewers the Supremes on his new album, and it's not Diana Ross he's singing about. "Harps and Angels" targets the Supreme Court troika of Scalia, Alito and Thomas in a verse sure to draw the ire of the PC police.
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