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- South Africa pays tribute to `Mama Africa' Makeba - The Associated Press
The Associated PressSouth Africa pays tribute to `Mama Africa' MakebaThe Associated Press - 2 hours agoJOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — A trumpet wailed and poetry soared Saturday as South Africans remembered "Mama Africa," Miriam Makeba, for her music and ...
- Observable Readings celebrates with reading, party - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Observable Readings celebrates with reading, partySt. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States - 12 minutes agoBy Jane Henderson The poetry lovers who go to Observable Readings have lots of opportunities this week for fun. Thursday night (Nov. ...
- TALES OF THE CITY-- Author Huck Fairman Explores the Bonds That ... - Marketwatch
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct 1, 2008 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- In the two novellas collected in TALES OF THE CITY, Fairman constructs a world of truth-seeking individuals questioning their responsibilities to those whose lives intersect with their own ...
- Changing face of homecoming - Dailyrecord.com
Changing face of homecomingDailyrecord.com, NJ - 18 minutes agoShe idolizes Emily Dickinson because she secluded herself in an attic and kept her poetry in a chest under her bed. The 5-foot-11-inch senior can toss a ...
- Art & Soul: Poetry of light (Savannah Morning News)
In 1960, artist Stephen Antonakos experienced an epiphany while walking down a street in Manhattan. Struck by the poetic majesty of the light cast by a neon sign, he felt compelled to incorporate this colorless, odorless gas into his art. "When I started to work with neon, it was immediately geometric, abstract," Antonakos said. "I wanted to use the material for its own qualities. I called ...
- SANDERS: Readers nationwide react to column about President-elect ... - Fort Worth Star Telegram
SANDERS: Readers nationwide react to column about President-elect ...Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - 15 hours agoAs a black man who grew up in the South, I had book-ended my thoughts in the column with those of the poet Langston Hughes, who began a 1934 poem with the ...
- Music shines in new installment from Okkervil River - UM Maneater
Music shines in new installment from Okkervil RiverUM Maneater, MO - Aug 28, 2008The album still had a half hour left of music that seemed to reach new sonic levels of sad-bastardyness (even for Sheff) that a teenage Conor Oberst would ...
- Things to do - News Virginian
Things to doNews Virginian, VA - 1 hour agoDouthat State Park’s Conference Center, Clifton Forge; 2nd Annual Apple Day Writers’ Workshop; 10 am; 10 am to noon: poetry session with M. Ray Allen; ...
- Award-winning forensics team a point of pride - The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com
Award-winning forensics team a point of prideThe Ann Arbor News - MLive.com, MI - 9 hours agoStudents on EMU's forensics team compete at the state and national levels in speaking categories such as public address, interpretative readings of poetry ...
- A Reading of an Extract From “A Song for Saint Cecilia’s Day†by ... - The Epoch Times
In the beginning was the Word. Or should that be Music? In Dryden’s song, it is the power of a “tuneful voice†that plucks life and delight from primal chaos. Yet his song is dedicated to St Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians who sang in ...
- WyoGuide: Book signing planned in Cody (Billings Gazette)
CODY - Love's Gifts will be hosting a book signing for Pamela Sinclair, the author of "A Taste of Wyoming: Favorite Recipes from the Cowboy State," during its 12th annual holiday open house on Saturday from 12 to 3 p.m. Love's Gifts is located at 1261 Sheridan Ave. in downtown Cody.
- Barack Obama's nude mom's photos surface. "Momma was a Freak!" - The Spoof (satire)
Barack Obama's nude mom's photos surface. "Momma was a Freak!"The Spoof (satire), UK - 12 hours agoBesides writing poetry Davis also wrote porn novels and was a sadomasochist. Davis also admitted that he and his wife had sex with a young teen named "Anne" ...
- Matthiessen, Robinson among book award finalists (USA Today)
Talk about second chances: Peter Matthiessen, 81, received a National Book Award nomination Wednesday for Shadow Country, an 890-page revision of a trilogy of novels he released in the 1990s.
- The Big Gigs - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Cedar Cultural Center's 10th and final Nordic Roots Festival features several heroes of fests past. Sounds of Sweden dominate, with sets by traditional music trio Väsen (8 p.m. today), hard-hitting electro-folkies Hedningarna (8 p.m. Sat.), energy ...
- First person: 'All my band mates were killed' - Independent
First person: 'All my band mates were killed'Independent, UK - 13 hours agoI flew back to London, where I spent a lot of time with Anno's family, reading his poetry and looking at photos. Everyone was trying to rediscover Anno just ...
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