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- Elders to showcase talent in Elderly Month - SKNVibes.com
Elders to showcase talent in Elderly MonthSKNVibes.com, St. Kitts and Nevis - 7 hours agoThere will be a Concert on October 26, where the old and the young will together display their talent in skits, songs, poetry, among other activities. ...
- Marxist 'mentor' sold drugs with Obama (WorldNetDaily)
HONOLULU, Hawaii – The late Marxist activist Frank Marshall Davis, frequently accompanied by young Barack Obama and his grandfather Stanley Armour Dunham, sold marijuana and cocaine from a "Chicago style" hot dog cart Davis operated near his home on Kuhio Avenue in Waikiki in the early 1970s, WND has established.
- Authors grieve over Wallace's apparent suicide (AP via Yahoo! 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. Readers are seeking out his work, including his 1,000-page novel "Infinite Jest" and the essay collection "Consider the Lobster."
- Painter John Motian surprises himself as he sees where the paintbrush ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
John Motian works on "Karen's New Dress," a painting he made over an old junk-shop canvas. Behind him are some of the hundreds of paintings he has done since the mid-1980s. An e-mail went out to Cleveland artists several years ago from a young woman ...
- "The Lucky Ones": When soldiers return home - Seattle Times
In "The Lucky Ones," Michael Peña and Rachel McAdams play soldiers who return from Iraq and come to rely on each other. "The Lucky Ones," with Michael Peña, Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams. Directed by Neil Burger, from a screenplay by Burger and Dirk ...
- Event to support veterans - This is Dorset
AN EVENING planned to help veterans' combat stress will be a tribute to Commander Geoff Hunt. The Echoes of Combat evening will be held on Saturday, October 4, in Cerne Abbas Village Hall in aid of veterans' mental health charity Combat Stress. The ...
- Poet Kooser, musicians to perform in Omaha bar (Daily Nebraskan)
Ted Kooser, who served as the U.S. Poet Laureate from 2004-2006, made about 200 public appearances during his term. Nowadays, he doesn't do nearly as many poetry readings. "It really is slowing down now, and I'm glad," Kooser said. The reduced pace gives him the opportunity to fix things up on his farm in Garland, Neb.
- WKU Faculty Member's Poem To Be Read By Garrison Keillor - Amplifier
WKU Faculty Member's Poem To Be Read By Garrison KeillorAmplifier, KY - 15 minutes agoThe poem and program also will be available online at http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/. Hunley’s publishing house, Steel Toe Books, ...
- Poet inspires seniors at Williams convocation (North Adams Transcript)
WILLIAMSTOWN -- Several hundred attendees of the Williams College convocation ceremony, the formal start of senior year for the Class of 2009, got all the tradition one might expect for such an important observance.
- Capsule Reviews Of Current Films - Cleveland Free Times
Capsule Reviews Of Current FilmsCleveland Free Times, OH - 17 hours agoThe movie tries to parody too many things, including inspirational-teacher movies like Mr. Holland's Opus and Dead Poets Society. ...
- Chamber joins opposition to ballot Question 1 (Gloucester Daily Times)
Question 1, the statewide ballot question that would bring about a repeal of the income tax, is drawing opposition from virtually every public board and agency. Now, Cape Ann's leading business organization has joined in the opposition as well.
- Nimrod workshop attracts writers (University of Tulsa Collegian)
Writing enthusiasts should take note that the annual Nimrod Writing Conference and Workshop is fast approaching. In its 30th year, the conference will feature one-on-one writing workshops, master classes, panel discussions and readings by a host of nationally acclaimed writers and editors.
- “Victory of the Songâ€: John Taggart and Roger Snell - Bookslut
“Victory of the Songâ€: John Taggart and Roger SnellBookslut, IL - 7 minutes agoLike those seminal schools of modernist poetry, Taggart contributes to an ongoing sense of discovery in the poem. By making he calls “sound objects†he ...
- Matthiessen, Robinson among finalists for National Book Awards - Jam! Showbiz
NEW YORK - Talk about second chances: Peter Matthiessen, 81, received a National Book Award nomination Wednesday for "Shadow Country," an 890-page revision of a trilogy of novels he released in the 1990s. Others in the fiction category included ...
- Free water, sewer facilities may end - Tribune
The free water and sewerage facilities announced by the previous Congress government for the owners of five-marla houses in the holy city would soon be withdrawn if the comprehensive plan submitted by the local bodies department to the Punjab ...
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