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- Michael Dirda on 'Hitler's Private Library' - Washington Post
Michael Dirda on 'Hitler's Private Library'Washington Post, United States - Oct 25, 2008How strange and sad it is to think of this evil, evil man as a wide-eyed schoolboy avoiding his homework in order to read one more exciting page about Old ...
- Surround Sound: Supplements (Spooks/Appalossa/Max Payne/ The Express) - PopMatters
PopMattersSurround Sound: Supplements (Spooks/Appalossa/Max Payne/ The Express)PopMatters, IL - 2 hours agoHe’s the first African American ever to win the Heisman Trophy. It was an achievement his predecessor at Syracuse, the legendary running back Jim Brown, ...
- Peter Zilahy: Craving to change readers' lives - Jakarta Post
Peter Zilahy: Craving to change readers' livesJakarta Post, Indonesia - 7 hours agoThis is his second trip to the country after his first two years ago, when he took part in the Indonesian International Poetry Festival held in Jakarta and ...
- Pushkin's The Little Tragedies dir. Slava Stepnov - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Scoop.co.nz (press release)Pushkin's The Little Tragedies dir. Slava StepnovScoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand - 1 hour agoEncompassing themes of vice and virtue, money and rivalry, love and death, Pushkin’s poetry has long been considered particularly difficult to approach in ...
- Jeff Brenzel: Ever the Philosopher - Yale Daily News
Jeff Brenzel: Ever the PhilosopherYale Daily News, CT - 19 minutes agoHis roommate, Tyrell Hennings, a fullback from the south side of Chicago, had grown up without a single white friend; Brenzel had grown up without a single ...
- Canadian songstress hopes to win prize at Mountain Stage (Charleston Daily Mail)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Through the wonders of the Internet, Canadian singer-songwriter Tanya Davis learned about an interesting contest for singer-songwriters down in the States.The 29-year-old resident of Halifax, Nova Scotia, figured what the heck and enter...
- SEXISM ALIVE AND WELL ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL - Tifton Gazette
SEXISM ALIVE AND WELL ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAILTifton Gazette, GA - 6 hours agoOnce, at a poetry conference, the speaker asked me who my favorite poet was. I love Thomas Hardy. He’s been my favorite poet since I was a teenager, ...
- Former councilman had love for land - Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Honolulu Star-BulletinFormer councilman had love for landHonolulu Star-Bulletin, HI - 7 hours agoSuddenly Ruddle began reciting poetry he had written about his love for the land. "Harry made life simple. Life was fun and simple. ...
- Ed Maranan bares his latest literary offering (Sun Star)
AFTER spending more than a decade as an information officer at the Philippine embassy in London, while experiencing first hand the Filipino diaspora, Edgar Maranan is back in the literary limelight in his homeland to do what he does best -- writing with flair and passion.
- Short Takes (The Charlotte Observer)
POETRY POSTMODERN BOURGEOUS POETASTER BLUES By David Poston. N.C. Writers Network. 23 pages. $10. **** This mouthful of a title by Gastonia's David Poston is winner of the 2007 Randall Jarrell/Harperprints Poetry Chapbook Competition from the N.C. Writers Network. And a deserving winner it is. It seems as if Poston, who teaches at the Highland School of Technology, has stored up an entire ...
- Albums of the week - Virgin Media Music
Virgin Media MusicAlbums of the weekVirgin Media Music, UK - 5 minutes agoDitching his usual spot-on references to popular culture for more parable-like lyrics, Skinner still manages to cut away any fluff from his poetry and ...
- Children's author enjoying tour - Western Star
Western StarChildren's author enjoying tourWestern Star, Canada - Oct 22, 2008“I liked the poems best; they were funny,” Marcel said. “The best one was like it was about me tormenting my sister. It was great. ...
- In praise of the praise of poetry. - Slate
I believe I've discovered a previously unrecognized genre of contemporary writing that deserves commendation for its distinctiveness and frequent excellence. It's practiced mainly by contemporary poets, but it's not poetry. In fact—at least for me ...
- Local and State Organizations Collaborate to Hold Press Conference and ... - Forbes
Scheduled speakers include: Commissioner Michael Campion, Minnesota Department of Public Safety; Pamela Alexander, former Hennepin County Judge and current Executive Director of the Council on Crime and Justice; Senator Scott Dibble; Captain Amelia ...
- Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project at the Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles Times
Last year was the octocentenary of the 13th century Persian poet Rumi, whose nondenominational messages of tolerance and spiritual love resonate among newly enlightened folk in the West. This year is the 10th anniversary of ever-curious cellist Yo-Yo ...
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