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- Bulgarian poet Konstantin Pavlov dies at 75 - Associated Press
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) -- Poet and screenwriter Konstantin Pavlov, who became one of Bulgaria's most prominent intellectuals with his rare defiance of the country's communist regime, has died, a filmmakers union said. He was 75. Pavlov died Sunday ...
- Author’s top ten of towering Welsh castles - WalesOnline
Author’s top ten of towering Welsh castlesWalesOnline, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoWe know more of Dinas Bran in legend, poetry and art than in history, for despite its lofty site it was quickly seized by the English in 1277 and again in ...
- Inmates show their patriotism (The New Straits Times)
THE inmates of the Air Molek Prison clearly showed the spirit of patriotism during a singing contest and poetry recital recently. Each presentation was creatively prepared and judges had a hard time choosing the winner.
- Deaths & Funerals (Victoria Times Colonist)
BAILEY, Lawrence Irvine July 20, 1923 - September 6, 2008 Larry left us suddenly on September 6, 2008 leaving a huge hole in the lives of those who knew and loved him. Left to mourn are his loving wife of 60 years, Iona, his daughter-in-law, Suzanne, and grandchildren Katherine and Tyson. His only son, Rick, predeceased him in 2007. Larry proudly served his country in the Merchant Marines and, ...
- Kudos: S.F. chowder house takes home prize for creative crab recipe (The San Francisco Examiner)
Hats - or should we say toques - off to San Francisco's Blue Mermaid Chowder House for earning honors in the 27th Annual Great Chowder Cook-off, held this summer in Newport, R.I.
- The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing - The Age
The Oxford Book of Modern Science WritingThe Age, Australia - 1 hour agoAlso included is a smattering of poetry. "Science should inspire great poetry, but scientists have published disappointingly few poems," laments Dawkins. ...
- The Pathetic Monster - OpEdNews
The Pathetic MonsterOpEdNews, PA - 6 hours ago... and a foundling of mysterious breed named Alfalfa -- all collectively known as Our Gang -- he spends his time "productively: writing poetry, ...
- Bumbershoot: Braggadocio rules at T.I. concert - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Generally, these kinds of stage effects add a theatrical quality to the performance but in this case the effect was intended to loosen the tightly wound mental strings, unwinding the yarn as it were, so that the pastiche nature of a hip-hop show ...
- Friends recall Crumley's life, writing - Missoulian
Missoula author James Crumley was considered one of the finest hard-boiled crime novelists of his time. Photo by MICHAEL GALLACHER/Missoulian “When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an alcoholic bulldog named ...
- Sanctuary hosts open house to show off brood - Record Searchlight
SHINGLETOWN -- Once again, the home of an elusive equine celebrity is throwing down the welcome mat. The Wild Horse Sanctuary -- refuge for some 300 wild burros and horses, including a white stallion named Phantom -- will hold its annual open house ...
- Darwish: 'Identity and humanity' - BBC News
BBC NewsDarwish: 'Identity and humanity'BBC News, UK - Aug 13, 2008You rarely find a poet that can bring out thousands of people to his poetry readings. His lyrics were set to music, people sang his poems, ...
- Love: The great tradition - The Independent
Love and sex may come naturally to us, but our attitudes towards them have been shaped by centuries of erotic cultural outpouring. The result, argues Boyd Tonkin, is a curious ambivalence I'm standing half-crushed against a wall in a Mayfair old ...
- Listen, Obamaphiles! - Slate
a) MSM outrage doesn't sway voters anymore. It didn't even back in 1988, when the press tried to make a stink about George H.W. Bush's use of "flag factories," etc. After this year's failed MSM Palin assault , it certainly won't work; b) When Dems ...
- Famed Palestinian poet critical after surgery: friend - AFP
AFPFamed Palestinian poet critical after surgery: friendAFP - 54 minutes agoDarwish has published more than two dozen books of poetry and prose rooted in his experience of Palestinian exile and the bitter Middle East conflict in a ...
- Authors grieve over Wallace's apparent suicide (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
The literary world is in grief for David Foster Wallace, an author of seemingly unstoppable curiosity, imagination and ambition who apparently killed himself last week.
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