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- Posted by Josh Lowensohn Post a comment - CNET News
If you're one of the many waiting for Apple to get its act together and offer a copy/paste feature on the iPhone there's a promising development called MagicPad from software creators Proximi. It's an application similar to the notes tool that ships ...
- CSU, Stanislaus program helps students learn to succeed in college (Modesto Bee)
TURLOCK -- Prisma Lisbeth Soria's high school friends didn't like that she wanted to take honors classes. They ignored her on campus for months and accused her of leaving them behind. So, the 17-year-old threw away her poetry collection and hunkered down in her basic classes to be accepted again.
- Crown quest - Shelbyville News
Crown questShelbyville News, IN - 7 hours agoThe contest is scheduled to begin at 7 pm on Aug. 16 at Shelbyville Middle School, and admission is free for audience members. The 2008 Bears of Blue River ...
- Furstenfeld calls the events 'a really classy kind of thing ... - MTV.com
Furstenfeld calls the events 'a really classy kind of thing ...MTV.com - 1 hour agoIt'll be some question-and-answer stuff about creative writing, how I write my poetry and how she writes her books. And I'll play a few songs, ...
- Tens of thousands mourn Palestinian poet Darwish (Middle East Times)
Family and friends of late Palestinian poet Mahmud Darwish mourn outside his family house in the Arab village of Jadaida in northern Israel on August 11. Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered for the equivalent of a state funeral for Darwish, the towering Arabic poet who gave voice to their bitter decades-old struggle.
- CD reviews: The Hold Steady, Nas, John Mellencamp, Billy Joel (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
When bands like Hinder, Buckcherry or 3 Doors Down are heralded by pop culture pundits as being saviors of rock, returning the genre to prominence after a dominant run of pop starlets and hip-hop acts, you can’t help but wonder if the pundits ever venture outside the Top 40. Case in point: Brooklyn-based The Hold Steady might be one of the best American rock bands hardly anyone knows. The ...
- Obama's Biden balancing act (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Barack Obama's call to political bruiser Joseph Biden is an admission that his own meteoric rise and crusade for change are undercut by inexperience and fragile bonds with blue-collar Democrats.
- Kay Ryan goes to Washington -- as poet laureate (Miami Herald)
Kay Ryan, award-winning poet, mountain-bike enthusiast and self-described ''modern hermit,'' will soon be going to Washington. The Library of Congress announced Thursday that the lifelong Californian, whose compressed, metaphysical poetry has been compared to Emily Dickinson's, will succeed Charles Simic as the 16th U.S. poet laureate starting in the fall. The appointment lasts a year and comes ...
- In Our Neighborhood - Journal & Sunday Journal
Athens on the Opequon, Society for the Appreciation of Traditional Rhyming Poetry, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the appreciation and promulgation of traditional poetry, literature and fine arts. Athens on the Opequon was founded in the ...
- Asian connection (The Star)
HERE’S a trick question for the fashionista: What do Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent and John Galliano all have in common? Well, yes, they all have ties with the House of Dior, but the answer this time is that their designs have been inspired by Asia at one time or another.
- 'Bartholomew Fair, NJ,' hits home - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com'Bartholomew Fair, NJ,' hits homeThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - 3 hours ago"I guess I'm a masochist," Mitchell says, joking, before adding, "No, I love poetry, and love the challenge of getting actors to speak in verse without its ...
- Rahsaan Patterson doesn't do labels - San Francisco Gate
Among R&B's legions of preening crooners, Rahsaan Patterson is the rare singer who eschews affected bravado for an eclectic style inspired by both his difficult past and his journey of self-discovery. Yet even a fan or close listener of Patterson ...
- Literally Salem: Schedule of events - Salem Gazette
Literally Salem: Schedule of eventsSalem Gazette, USA - 7 minutes agoWinner of the 2006 New Criterion Poetry Prize, Bill Coyle’s “The God of This World to His Prophet” offers poems translated from the Swedish that blend ...
- Faith schools 'are being subjected to a Government witch-hunt to win favour with the left' (Evening Standard)
Faith schools are being subjected to a vicious Government witch-hunt which is undermining their independence, a report claims today.
- FACTBOX: A glimpse of Chinese ancient literature - Xinhua
FACTBOX: A glimpse of Chinese ancient literatureXinhua, China - 1 hour agoSHI: A kind of poetry that usually has five or seven characters in a line. The form peaked in the Tang Dynasty (581-907 AD). ...
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