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- Key figure in promoting American Indian literature (Miami Herald)
In the 1960s, when some in academia still denied the existence of American Indian literature, Paula Gunn Allen embarked on a career that proved them wrong -- and altered the required reading lists of literature classes on U.S. college campuses.
- Long creates believable Cyrano (The Springfield News-Leader)
Actor/writer Steve Martin struck a blow for the feminine heart and soul of Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac" by titling his 1987 movie update "Roxanne."
- Remember to remember what counts in life - Elkhart Truth
This is kind of a melancholy column, so if you'd prefer to skip it I'll understand. It's about something unsettling that happened to me on a beautiful sunny day in the park. I try to get a couple of miles of walking in every day if the weather's not ...
- Turning over a new leaf - Ha'aretz
Turning over a new leafHa'aretz, Israel - 58 minutes agoIt?s in demand − novels, essays, poetry. Israelis are hungry for it. But only four Israeli novels have been published in Egypt since the peace agreement,? ...
- Events set for Holocaust remembrance - Daily Breeze
The state's largest Holocaust Remembrance Day event will be held in Los Angeles' Pan Pacific Park today, while a second observance will take place in West Hollywood. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Lt. Gov. John Garamendi will be among the scheduled ...
- Stephanie Cross on Playing With the Grown-ups | Lost City Radio ... - The Observer
Stephanie Cross on Playing With the Grown-ups | Lost City Radio ...The Observer, UK - 2 hours agoThose disappointed by David Mitchell's Black Swan Green may find Kitty Aldridge's second novel more satisfying. In place of Eighties Worcestershire, ...
- December Man lauded at Canadian Authors Association awards (CBC)
Montreal playwright Colleen Murphy's The December Man, a harrowing family story centred around the 1989 Montreal massacre of 14 women, has racked up another honour.
- TV Guide Spotlight - TV Guide Online
Lost 's breathtaking finale will no doubt have fans feverishly dissecting its innumerable puzzles until the show returns in early 2009. ( Read our recap and weigh in with your thoughts! ) Locke (aka Jeremy Bentham) is in the coffin?! What "very bad ...
- Updated report: FBI arrests N.H. child-sex fugitive Jon Savarino ... - Fosters Daily Democrat
BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) _ An FBI most-wanted fugitive who writes poetry, plays the piano and speaks several languages has been arrested in Mexico nine years after he allegedly molested the 5-year-old son of a couple who befriended him, authorities said ...
- The Pov has millions of reasons to hold a barbecue (Missoulian)
Though they haven't technically served 2 million meals yet, the Poverello Center had reason to celebrate Tuesday afternoon as it honored the generosity of the Missoula community with its Two Million Meals Served barbecue.
- Downturn Won't Threaten Upstate Funding (R News)
Analysts for Governor David Paterson say a recession is beginning and it will spill over into early next year. New York's budget director says while the national recession should be short and relatively mild, New York historically starts later and lingers longer.
- Dick Martin - master of wacky TV humor on 'Laugh-In' - San Francisco Gate
Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it to me!" has died. He was 86. Mr ...
- Stories for Life showcases enduring art at its finest (The Post and Courier)
In "The Meaning of Shakespeare," Harold Goddard writes that the destiny of the world is determined less by "the battles that are lost and won than by the stories it loves and believes in." Political winds blow themselves out in time; humanity's great stories endure. So will storytelling, even in the electronic age.
- Out and About: July 16 - 27 - Canton Journal
Out and About: July 16 - 27Canton Journal, MA - 9 hours agoOpen mic signup, 8 pm Open mic followed by featured poet, concludes with poetry slam. The Trinity Church Flea Market every Saturday. ...
- July Fourth events crowd weekend (Homer News)
[The Declaration of Independence may have been signed on the East Coast, but there's plenty of celebrating around the coast of Kachemak Bay and Cook Inlet.
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