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- A Palestinian poet's final words (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
When he passed away last month, Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish still had plenty to say.
- Review: ‘Stevie’ nails complex character (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
“Stevie,†Hugh Whitemore’s 1978 film about British poet Stevie Smith, finally made it to New York in 1981 — as part of a double bill scheduled for two days — and to Milwaukee in 1983. Whitemore’s 1977 play of the same name is now rarely perform...
- Missionary to be honored at dinner (Erie Times-News)
Mother Mary Beth "Betty" Kennedy has wrapped her world in love. That world has included helping students in need of immunizations or a nurturing educational environment, and providing for families and individuals here and overseas who are hungry or lack shelter.
- The Press Gang - End of an Error - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
The Press Gang - End of an ErrorNorfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK - 6 hours agoTheir recipe for success has changed little over that time - comedy, folk song, poetry, prose, all doused with dialect and taking a Norfolkman's wry ...
- Dallas activists in 1960s struggled against status quo in a time ... - Dallas Morning News
Dallas Morning NewsDallas activists in 1960s struggled against status quo in a time ...Dallas Morning News, TX - 49 minutes agoThe paper covered the area music scene and printed reviews, letters, cartoons, short stories and poetry. It kept tabs on the local drug trade, from arrests ...
- Botswana: Fakier's Poems Are Emotional, Engaging - AllAfrica.com
Botswana: Fakier's Poems Are Emotional, EngagingAllAfrica.com, Washington - Nov 7, 2008But then, others will tell you it is expensive to get your poems published into a book. They argue that poetry; especially one compressed into a book, ...
- Men Uplifting (Metro Weekly)
Resurrection , Daniel Beaty's ode to the lives, hearts and souls of five African-American men and a son, is both everything you would expect it to be and everything you wouldn't.
- Local Authors Work On Book Series For Kids - Tampa Tribune
Local Authors Work On Book Series For KidsTampa Tribune, FL - 3 hours agoSandusky realized she had a flair for poetry. Anyone who meets Hill for a few seconds knows she has a lot of flair. Her personality comes through ...
- Arts Calendar: (Berkeley Daily Planet)
“Bay Area Landscape†Works by Vladimir Berberov, Francesca Giorgi, Michael Grove, Britt Marie Pazdirek, David Platford, opens at the Giorgi Gallery, 2911 Claremont Ave. 848-1228.
- Irish poet Liddy was 'classic Bohemian' - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Last of the Rovers", performed by McTavish. Written by Mark Shurilla and "Dedicated to the great Irish poet living much of his life in the U.S.A., and especially Milwaukee. James Liddy is his name and the pubs are where you'll find him." "Hey, ho ...
- A jarring look at an earlier entertainment era in Los Angeles (Los Angeles Times)
Two minstrel pairs, one of them black, drew enthusiastic local crowds and lavish praise in the press. Seventy years ago, on Aug. 20, 1938, The Times published an editorial mourning the death of Thomas K. Heath, one of vaudeville's biggest stars in what is now the largely vanished phenomenon of the minstrel show.
- Prof. Ian Jack: Literary scholar who moved from Butler and the Brontës to the definitive edition of Browning (Independent)
Ian Jack, Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Cambridge, was the author of a series of masterly studies and editions of English writers between 1660 and 1860. His critical discussion was careful and decisive, his editing learned and lucid. There is no reader of Keats, or of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, or of Robert Browning, but must reckon a debt to Ian Jack.
- Singer strips at Jazz - Sowetan
Singer strips at JazzSowetan, South Africa - 7 hours agoYesterday was the start of the much-loved Arts Alive festival that features a spectacular mix of dance, visual art, poetry and music at venues in the city. ...
- The Tsarina's Daughter - Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Tsarina's DaughterMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 4 hours agoMore than 100 years ago, African-American poet WEB Du Bois asked that bitter, ironic question in "The Souls of Black Folk. ...
- 'Dostana' a bit of Bollywood daring - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times'Dostana' a bit of Bollywood daringLos Angeles Times, CA - 10 hours agoPredictably, both fall in love with her but are forced to keep up the charade of being lovers themselves. The film, set in Miami, is a breezy romantic ...
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