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- Caroline Kennedy brings discretion to veep search - AZCentral.com
BOSTON - Caroline Kennedy lives a very private life with a very public profile. It's the perfect skill set for her newest assignment. As part of Barack Obama's vice presidential search team, Kennedy must function with the utmost secrecy in what is ...
- Noted Palestinian poet Darwish dead at 67 (Moldova.org)
Poet Mahmoud Darwish, who was best known for his works about life in Palestinian territories, has died in Houston at the age of 67, officials say.Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Darwish's death Saturday was a blow to the occupied Palestinian territories and would be followed by a three-day mourning period, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.Words cannot describe the depth ...
- West Texas Book & Music Festival to start soon - Abilene Reporter-News
West Texas Book & Music Festival to start soonAbilene Reporter-News, TX - 2 hours agoThe festival will begin with local poets showcasing their work at the first West Texas Poetry Fest open mic program at noon Sept. ...
- British publisher touts American Indian poets (San Francisco Chronicle)
The most interesting project in American poetry isn't really an American project. The Earthworks initiative is an award-winning series of poetry collections by contemporary American Indian writers published by Salt Publishing - one of the most well-respected...
- Will you just f*** off then? - Moneyweb
Will you just f*** off then?Moneyweb, South Africa - 23 minutes agoMiller is the author of the poetry anthology Hintsa's Ghost and will be releasing a book of essays - Getting Up: Thoughts on Falling - in October 2008. ...
- Magazine forgot Bookery II - Ithaca Journal
Magazine forgot Bookery IIIthaca Journal, NY - 27 minutes agoBookery II is a place where local authors can read their work, where writers can write in a safe atmosphere, where kindred souls can gather to read poetry ...
- 'Modern hermit' Kay Ryan the next U.S. poet laureate - Chicago Sun-Times
NEW YORK — Kay Ryan, award-winning poet, mountain bike rider and self-described ‘‘modern hermit,’’ will soon be going to Washington. The Library of Congress announced today that the lifelong Californian, whose compressed, metaphysical ...
- Happy Birthday, Ray Bradbury - findingDulcinea
findingDulcineaHappy Birthday, Ray BradburyfindingDulcinea, New York - 23 minutes agoTwo of his English teachers helped him improve his prose and poetry. Bradbury chose not to attend college; instead, he sold newspapers in the streets of LA ...
- My old man: a voyage around our fathers - guardian.co.uk
My old man: a voyage around our fathersguardian.co.uk, UK - 32 minutes agoHer first book of poetry, the autobiographical The Adoption Papers, was published in 1991 and won the Saltire Society Scottish First Book Award. ...
- Bishop ready to be noticed (Baltimore Sun)
First African-American to hold post in Md. Episcopal Diocese When the Rev. Canon Eugene T. Sutton was elected the 14th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, the first person he called was his 94-year-old grandmother, a devout Baptist who lives in a Washington nursing home. "Her prayers for me have made all the difference in the world," Sutton said.
- Story of love spans 65 wonderful years (Muswellbrook Chronicle)
IF marriage is a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters are written in prose, then the story of Barbara and Allan Wadwell is an extraordinary tale spanning 65 years.
- Students Ship Books to Uganda - RedOrbit
Students Ship Books to UgandaRedOrbit, TX - 12 hours agoThe students each wrote a book on different topics including colors, shapes, vocabulary, poetry and animals. The project has been a learning experience for ...
- DNC Protesters Spend The Night In Parking Lot - Denver Channel
More than two dozen protesters chose to spend the night in a parking lot in Denver's designated demonstration zone. The protest groups had hoped the city would allow them to camp overnight at the 314-acre City Park. But the city refused, citing an 11 ...
- Katie's lighter side - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
NEW YORK – Every weekday evening, Katie Couric is the picture of sobriety on the “CBS Evening Newsâ€: buttoned-down and earnest. Viewers who miss the impish humor the anchor exhibited on “Today†probably don’t know that it’s still ...
- Kids learn from social Web sites (Detroit News)
MINNEAPOLIS -- University of Minnesota researchers say they have discovered educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook.
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