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- Friday, September 05, 2008 (Marion Chronicle-Tribune)
38th Annual Cumberland Covered Bridge Festival, Friday through Sunday, sponsored by Matthews Lions Club; northeast of Matthews next to the covered bridge; flea market, food, family entertainment, pony rides, amusements, garden tractor pull.
- For the Love of Skipjacks (Bay Weekly)
Sails taut and spray flying, sailing vessels have plowed through time and our imaginations. With every adventure came a sailor’s story. On the Chesapeake, the broad-beamed skipjack has inspired many tales, from the work of dredging oysters to the watermen themselves.
- Q&A: Adrienne Rich - Nevada Journal
"To my knowledge, my work has never been banned. Not like "The Color Purple," for example. In this culture, writers experience 'censorship by ignoring' rather than being locked up and murdered. North American capitalism imprisons writers by trying to ...
- Author Anne Rice shares her journey back to faith - Pittsburgh Tribune Review
When Anne Rice started college at a small school in Texas, her home wasn't the only thing she left behind. Her Catholic faith, which sustained her growing up in New Orleans, also fell by the wayside. "I was 18 and became really confused," Rice says ...
- Short Takes: More movie reviews for week of Sept. 5 - New York Daily News
Comic tale of an immature Chinese-American slacker who grows up. At the Regal E-Walk, Village 7 (1:30). PG-13: Language. A decidedly lightweight amusement, the first comedy from documentary filmmaker Jessica Yu is the sort of movie that works best if ...
- Uncovering lost Khazar capital - Houston Chronicle
This house from the 11th or 12th century made of flamed bricks was found in 2005. An archaeologist believes it is part of Itil, a Silk Road city that served as the Khazar capital, near Astrakhan, about 800 miles south of Moscow. MOSCOW  A Russian ...
- Books, books and more books - Baton Rouge Advocate
At this year’s edition of the Louisiana Book Festival, you’ll find all the things you’d expect at an event like this: authors, poets, books, music, dance, food, crafts, face-painting, temporary tattoos, race cars. Wait a minute. Race cars ...
- Faces in the Crowd, Fire open house - MLive.com
Region Ann Arbor Bay City/Midland/Saginaw Flint Grand Rapids/Muskegon Jackson Kalamazoo/SW Michigan Lansing/Central Metro Detroit North I-75 Corridor Northeast Michigan Northwest Michigan Upper Peninsula Thumb Event Type ALL EVENTS Art/Culture Art ...
- Newmakers: Laura Davis and Margaret Bashaar - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Newmakers: Laura Davis and Margaret BashaarPittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - 21 hours agoThe free event will feature poetry readings, music, a silent auction and artwork by local artists to celebrate the release of the magazine's first issue. ...
- THE MODERN ELEMENT - New York Times
New York TimesTHE MODERN ELEMENTNew York Times, United States - 6 hours agoKirsch is not an academic; most of the essays in “The Modern Element,†his new book on contemporary poetry, first appeared as book reviews in The New ...
- She's poetry in motion - Toronto Star
A lot. A lot of Bruce Cockburn. A lot of Jane Siberry. A lot of Joni Mitchell. Arvo Pärt. Steve Reich. Tom Waits. It's been a while since I've seen a good movie. I don't watch a lot of them. I'm still reeling from the last horrible movie I saw: No ...
- O Come Let Us Adore Him - Nashville Scene
O Come Let Us Adore HimNashville Scene, USA - 25 minutes agoBy Sarah Fenske By D. Patrick Rodgers For over a decade, Silver Jews founder/frontman David Berman produced critically acclaimed albums and poetry that ...
- Angelou writing a poem about Obama - Oakland Press
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)  Upon his election in 1992, Bill Clinton  affectionately referred to as the nation’s first black president  asked Maya Angelou to compose a poem and read it at his inauguration. Angelou feels a new poem welling up inside ...
- Getting to know ... Armando Cabrera (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
About Armando: Born Aug. 19, 1989. Son of Armando and Idalia Cabrera, of East Chicago. Brother to Christian and Guillermo. Grandson of Imelda Contreas, of Mexico. Member of St. Mary parish in East Chicago.
- Joshua Beckman and Matthew Zapruder - Publishers Weekly
Joshua Beckman and Matthew ZapruderPublishers Weekly, NY - 2 hours agoThe book was a huge hit by poetry standards, selling around 6500 copies to date. Verse Press developed something of a cult following among young poets and ...
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