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- Good To Know (The Naperville Sun)
Performers sought for Senior Idol title
- 'Lyrical terrorist' has conviction quashed - Streatham Guardian
A Heathrow worker who dubbed herself a "lyrical terrorist" and wrote poems about beheadings has had her conviction on terror charges quashed. British-born Samina Malik, 24, was given a nine-month jail sentence suspended for 18 months at the Old ...
- Nigeria: Ceramics - Otimeyin's Statement of Ash and Life (AllAfrica.com)
The expression that came to the minds of many viewers of last month's ceramics exhibition of Delta State Polytechnic's lecturer, Pius Otimeyin, and his friends tagged; Ash to Glaze was that portion in the Holy Bible that says... and, on the sixth day, God said, Let us make man in our own image...'
- Today in the Lowcountry - Beaufort Gazette
Three-Mile Fun Run/Walk for Christ: 7-7:45 a.m. registration; 8 a.m. walk/run, Tabernacle Baptist Church, 911 Craven St.; $10 adults and $5 for ages 13 and younger; 843-524-0376 or 843-524-1893. Farmers market: 8 a.m.-noon, Heritage Park across from ...
- Special: A meeting with Che Guevara (rediff.com)
The life and times of the famed Leftist revolutionary Che Guevara.
- Cool App of the Moment - Times Union Blogs
Wordle . You can feed it a pile of text or links to a web page with a feed, and create cool visual art from the words contained therein. Here’s my blog wordled . Here’s my poetry chapbook, Jefferson Water . Completely pointless, but still ...
- Fifth-grader wins bicycle essay contest (Daily Herald)
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White awarded Grant Miller, a fifth-grader from Windsor School in Arlington Heights, the third place award in the Bicycle Essay Contest held in honor of National Bicycle Safety Monty in May.
- Going back to Beirut - News-Democrat
My heart started thumping when my parents told us we were going to Lebanon. They were beaming with excitement - my dad hasn't gone back to his homeland in nearly 20 years and it has been 14 years since my mom and I went there. Earlier in May, after ...
- Marin County's Kay Ryan named poet laureate - KSWT-TV
Marin County's Kay Ryan named poet laureateKSWT-TV, AZ - Jul 17, 2008The 62-year-old Fairfax resident has won a number of awards for her writing, including the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize and four Pushcart Prizes. ...
- Inspiring guest visits Headlands School (Bridlington Today)
DISTINGUISHED poet Jack Mapanje, who was imprisoned for four years by the Malawian government in 1987, presented a special poetry workshop at Headlands School. (12/07/2008 12:00:00)
- Mary Whitehouse is the real monster - Times Online
One of the least pressing problems of the 21st century is that we don’t have a postmodern Mary Whitehouse. Ann Widdecombe was almost it, but the peroxide hair ruined it. Edwina Currie showed early promise, but then kissed and told and told and told ...
- This summer, forget the schedules, let your kids go out and play - Dallas Morning News
A friend and I went for a bike ride last weekend along an old, patched-up rural road. It was a hot day and the tar patches in the road had turned soft and sticky. That made my friend recall summers growing up in Dallas, when kids were always on the ...
- 'How Fiction Works' (The Christian Science Monitor)
America's top literary critic shares the secrets of the books he loves.
- Female poets share their work (Nanaimo Daily News)
For over 15 years, a local group of writers have been meeting every two weeks to read and workshop their writing.
- Smart People (15) - this is hampshire.net
Smart People (15)this is hampshire.net, UK - May 16, 2008Page's wise-beyond-her-years teen bears striking similarities to her signature role in Juno, minus any of the self-deprecating charm or vulnerability, ...
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