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- Maleka pioneers first house Mbaqanga album (Mmegi)
FRANCISTOWN: Thapelo Maleka, who goes by the alias MC Maswe, is a man on a mission as he has set out to create his own music genre. He explains that this hybrid music genre mixes mbaqanga and house music.
- Norrie, 102, takes - This is Dorset
BACK ON STAGE: 102-year-old Norrie Woodhall VETERAN actress Norrie Woodhall will be back on stage at the age of 102 for a live performance that will be seen and heard worldwide. She will be reciting one of Thomas Hardy's best-known poems, The Ruined ...
- Now on CD: library's treasure trove of authorial voices - guardian.co.uk
Now on CD: library's treasure trove of authorial voicesguardian.co.uk, UK - 16 hours agoThe author of Lolita answers questions in the style of a ham actor reciting poetry. He is asked if writing is a pleasure or drudgery: "Pleasure and agony ...
- Georgetown professors get creative with book buying - U-Wire.com
The Georgetown University Bookstore was busy this year. Bustling with students just returning to the Hilltop, it reported a successful back-to-school season, with faculty order numbers up 3 to 4 percent from last year. However, despite the bookstore ...
- Arts: Choose Your Weapon - It's A Battle Of Words With Haiku Death Match And The Joy Of Text (Cleveland Scene)
By Michael Gill In the final round of last year's Haiku Death Match, champion (and Lakewood poet laureate) Jack McGuane delivered the final blow to second-place finisher Ray McNiece by asking, "Ray, what have you done today to earn the warmth of the sun and the smell of lilacs?" Later, in an interview with poet George Bilgere, who covered the event for WKSU, McNiece would jokingly accuse ...
- The Literati: Unsurprising Shortlist Revealed, Going to Bed Early ... - Torontoist
TorontoistThe Literati: Unsurprising Shortlist Revealed, Going to Bed Early ...Torontoist, Canada - 5 hours ago... the other nominees included Elyse Friedman's novella and short story collection Long Story Short, Glen Downie's poetry collection Loyalty Management, ...
- Sneak preview - Ha'aretz
Sneak previewHa'aretz, Israel - 2 hours ago... to examine its components and encode from them a language of my own, a renewed language, in the hope that there will be some kind of poetry in it. ...
- Lecture looks at women's rights in Middle East - Carroll County Times
Thirty years ago, Lila Abu-Lughod spent time in a small Bedouin community in the western de-sert of Egypt while doing research for her dissertation. Abu-Lughod recalled how the women there wrote beautiful poetry about love, loss and life. That ...
- Comedy, tragedy, romance: 'Il Trittico' has it all (LA.com)
The success of L.A. Opera's 'Il Trittico' may cause revitalized interest in the trilogy
- UK news in brief (Guardian Unlimited)
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- Rosanna Warren's 'Fables' about poetry - San Francisco Gate
As a literary critic, Rosanna Warren likes to be coy. Or so it seems from her "Fables of the Self: Studies in Lyric Poetry," a book of essays that the author - also a classics scholar, translator and an award-winning poet - calls an "occult ...
- Robert McNeil: Autumn leaves me with a grin, and an urge to get my ... - Scotsman
Robert McNeil: Autumn leaves me with a grin, and an urge to get my ...Scotsman, United Kingdom - 12 hours agoOH, I DO LOVE A BLUS- tery day. I know they're not much fun if you're at sea or if stuff's blown to smithereens in your gairdin. But, oh, the excitement of ...
- Street & Smith's Sports Group Announces New Publisher for Motorsports ... - Market Wire
CHARLOTTE, NC--(Marketwire - November 6, 2008) - Street & Smith's Sports Group announced today that Michael J. Fresina will take over as publisher for the Motorsports Group , home to two award-winning national magazines, NASCAR Scene and NASCAR ...
- Small budget, big day - News-Leader.com
Guests gathered in a barn on the Jones family farm for a picnic-style meal. Afterward, they played croquet, horseshoes and badminton. When the sun set, they returned to the barn for an "open mic" that included guitar-playing, poems and the bride's 5 ...
- She was a trend-setter, cousin recalls - Express Buzz
She was a trend-setter, cousin recallsExpress Buzz, India - 4 hours agoApart from her academic excellence, Arpana is reportedly said to be good in poetry and even wrote some poems in leisure time. Arpana’s family member ...
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