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- Maya Angelou writing a poem about first black U.S. president (Whistler Question)
RALEIGH, N.C. - 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.
- Arrested American woman felt the tug of Iran - Los Angeles Times
Arrested American woman felt the tug of IranLos Angeles Times, CA - 4 hours agoEsha Momeni showed an early passion for the arts, learning to play the tar, a traditional string instrument, and delving into poetry and literature. ...
- Ramp maker helps family in Copley (Akron Beacon Journal)
Joe Herr embodies the lyrics from the old spiritual If I Can Help Somebody: If I can do my duty, as a good man ought,If I can bring back beauty, to a world up wrought,If I can spread love's message, as the Master taught,Then my living shall not be in vain.
- Twenty-Six literary journal alive and well - Crusader
Twenty-Six literary journal alive and wellCrusader, MI - 28 minutes agoYet this collection of poetry and fiction written by SAU students and crafted from the twenty six letters in the alphabet never was. ...
- Broken down buses a boon for one North Charleston company - Charleston Post & Courier
A Charleston County school bus is towed Aug. 22 by Ron Smith of Elite Towing after the bus caught fire on Brick Kiln Parkway in Mount Pleasant's Rivertowne subdivision. None of the four students aboard the bus at the time of the fire was injured ...
- Now And Then: 'Che Underground' Scenesters - Wired
Role within the scene : "I was the bassist for Personal Conflict. I went by the names Tobylifehater & Toby Thunderbird. I was often called less complimentary names. Aside from playing bass I was totally into the chaos, getting into trouble and having ...
- Kansas authors gather in Dodge (The Dodge City Daily Globe)
Nearly 100 writers from around the state of Kansas will convene in Dodge City today through Sunday for the 2008 Kansas Authors Club (KAC) Convention at the Dodge House Hotel and Convention Center.    “We have members from every corner of the state attending the convention,†said Lorena Joyce Hermann of Offerle, who has been a member for 16 years.
- Norman photography exhibit offers new look at life after communism (The Oklahoman)
NORMAN — With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992 came a new set of freedoms for Russian photojournalists. No longer slave to the propaganda needs of the state, they were free to cover whatever they wanted. Just months after the collapse, a small group of photographers began documenting life after communism for the Moscow Times, Russia’s first independent, English-language newspaper. A ...
- Tone Loc Headlining Exotic Erotic Ball - allhiphop.com
An event labeled as “the World’s #1 Wildest and Sexiest Party" will feature Tone Loc as the “Funky Cold Medina†rapper has been tapped as one of the headliners for the upcoming 29th Annual Exotic Erotic Ball and Expo. The Expo starts October ...
- Madeline Cámara Betancourt with Fabiola Santiago: Cuban women writers - MiamiHerald.com
Madeline Cámara Betancourt with Fabiola Santiago: Cuban women writersMiamiHerald.com, FL - 15 hours agoI show how Varela's poetry embodies the mystic and the prophetic function and Valdés' prose a parody of the picaresque genre. ...
- Gioia's Success - New York Sun
In January 2003, with the war in Iraq just over the horizon, President Bush faced many more pressing challenges than choosing a new chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts. But when he picked Dana Gioia to lead the once embattled agency, the ...
- Why We're Party Animals - Forbes
At only 42 minutes old, we can mimic our mothers' facial expressions. Few fully grown animals can ever do that. By age four, we are aliens, flamboyantly different from one another, largely by virtue of what may be our most exceptional trait--our ...
- Amnesty to make pinwheels for peace (The Daily Gamecock)
Sunday will mark the International Day of Peace, and to recognize the day Amnesty International of USC will be making pinwheels for peace on Monday.
- Social worker tries to leave tragedy behind - Anchorage Daily News (subscription)
Social worker tries to leave tragedy behindAnchorage Daily News (subscription), AK - 24 minutes agoBy 2004, she was writing poetry constantly. The next year she started a graduate program in creative writing at the University of Alaska Anchorage. ...
- Literary world mourns Wallace's suicide - Biloxi Sun Herald
NEW YORK -- The literary world is in grief for David Foster Wallace, an author of seemingly unstoppable curiosity, imagination and ambition who apparently killed himself. Readers are seeking out his work, including his 1,000-page novel "Infinite Jest ...
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