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- SHSU Updates: May 4 (Hunstville Item)
The Sam Houston Writing Center will give student, faculty and community writers and “word-lovers†a forum for their words to be heard during its second informal, after-hours readings session.
- 'Third Thursday' heats up Ardmore - Daily Ardmoreite
Various businesses in downtown Ardmore will present a number of activities during “Third Thursday†this week from 5 to 7 p.m. Ardmore Little Theatre actors will perform scenes from their upcoming season. African artist and musician Wengai Kahuni ...
- Vance Linnear - Appeal-Democrat
Vance LinnearAppeal-Democrat, CA - 4 hours agoFavorite: math or science; least favorite: English — except for poetry. • What is your favorite part of the job? Seeing things flow smoothly and operating ...
- Travel 411: Stars, politicians among authors at book festival (TCPalm.com)
Salman Rushdie and Tiki Barber are among 70 authors scheduled to participate in the 2008 National Book Festival on Sept. 27 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The event was started by first lady Laura Bush as a way to celebrate reading and books.
- Fest opener Abercrombie makes case quietly - Chicago Tribune
Fest opener Abercrombie makes case quietlyChicago Tribune, United States - 21 hours agoMoreover, the intimacy of the performance was matched by its poetry. Leading an organ trio, Abercrombie presided over fluid, free-ranging work that ...
- Stories for Life showcases enduring art at its finest (The Post and Courier)
In "The Meaning of Shakespeare," Harold Goddard writes that the destiny of the world is determined less by "the battles that are lost and won than by the stories it loves and believes in." Political winds blow themselves out in time; humanity's great stories endure. So will storytelling, even in the electronic age.
- Real-life Bangkok romances aren’t typical Western cliches - star.com.my
The cliche that love eludes farang women in Bangkok is a malicious propaganda by jilted European men who visit the city to have sex with bar girls, according to a writer looking to set the record straight. HERE’S a book to read to avoid the cliches ...
- Racial Bias In NBA Refereeing? - New York Times Blogs
Racial Bias In NBA Refereeing?New York Times Blogs, NY - 6 hours ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- If you're a young poet, show it - Pasadena Star-News
If you're a young poet, show itPasadena Star-News, CA - 2 hours agoSusan York, a teacher at Sierra Madre Elementary, has organized the "Poetry Slam" event every year. This year, students each recited two short pieces. ...
- War Poet Robert Graves 'stole Work From His Mistress' - Booktrade.info
War Poet Robert Graves 'stole Work From His Mistress'Booktrade.info, UK - 14 hours agoBut one academic has accused the poet of stealing ideas, literary criticism and poetry from his one-time American mistress and passing them off as his own.
- Orchestra and Chorale Pops Concert celebrates 100 years of Leroy Anderson (Journal Inquirer)
The Manchester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale’s annual Pops concert on Saturday, June 7, at 7:30 p.m., “A Tribute to Leroy Anderson,†marks the centennial of the birth of the composer of such favorites as “Sleigh Ride†and “The Syncopated Clock.â€
- Report: Taliban media network projects power, but also exposes militant weaknesses (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Using everything from Internet postings to poetry, the Taliban have created a sophisticated media network that undermines support for the Afghan government by projecting the militia's power as greater than it really is, a new report says.
- 400-year-old Shakespeare book back a decade later (The Arizona Republic)
Many in custody after asking to have $30 million book authenticated.
- Sunday Focus | In the running for Beijing - Miami Herald
From left, Sanya Richards, Monique Henderson, Monique Hennagan and DeeDee Trotter show their gold medals after winning the 1,600-meter relay at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. WACO, Texas -- The ulcers on her gums and lips were so painful that Sanya ...
- Kay Ryan named U.S. poet laureate (UPI)
WASHINGTON, July 17 (UPI) -- U.S. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington named Kay Ryan as the library's 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-09.
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