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- The truth about life after 80 (Guardian Unlimited)
Life & style: Wat's life like in your ninth decade? Katharine Whitehorn and others shares their experiences
- Poetry class helping break down walls in McLoud - Daily Oklahoman
McLOUD — If not for the black block lettering across the back of their gray shirts saying "INMATE,” the women in the poetry workshop could be mistaken for creative writing students at any local university. Heads down and hands feverishly writing ...
- New poet Eric Watts opens 'Cellar Door' of his past - New York Daily News
Eirc Watts, who wrote the poetry book 'Cellar Door,' will be at Sunday's 2008 Brooklyn Book Festival as one of its 150 vendors. If ever there was a young Brooklyn author who has learned how to make lemonade from life's lemons, it's likely to be Eric ...
- O Come Let Us Adore Him (Nashville Scene)
For over a decade, Silver Jews founder/frontman David Berman produced critically acclaimed albums and poetry that garnered a substantial fan base—even though they only weeks ago embarked on their first-ever national tour. That makes the brief tour of Israel documented in Michael Tully's ...
- Fictional city has parallels to Worcester - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
“It’s where all the important things in my life happened — my first adventure, my first girlfriend,” Mr. Dufresne said. “When I go back I just drive around and I’m reminded of people. The landscape of the imagination, that’s what ...
- CDs of the week - Evening Standard
Understandably dumped by their label after 2005's almost unlistenable Odditorium Or Warlords Of Mars, The Dandy Warhols have wisely refocused and have mostly ditched the doodling and childish shouting. The spiralling Wasp in the Lotus is their most ...
- Home schooling for seniors - Washington Times
Kathy Leeds grows animated as she describes the courses she is taking this fall, including classes in current events, art and literature. But Mrs. Leeds will never step foot on a campus or in a classroom. The 79-year-old widow has multiple sclerosis ...
- Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra (All About Jazz)
This is a free jazz album. Still reading? Congratulations. A few short years ago, I would have already hit the 'back' button and moved onto show reviews. Those two words in succession - free and jazz - have the power to make even experienced listener turn a cold shoulder.
- First 2008-09 meeting of Enid Writer’s Club is scheduled today at ... - Enid News & Eagle
First 2008-09 meeting of Enid Writer’s Club is scheduled today at ...Enid News & Eagle, OK - 13 hours agoClub members write poetry, flash fiction, short stories, freelance articles and books, and members are given the opportunity to present their writing for ...
- Bulletin board: Sept. 11, 2008 (The Charleston Gazette)
Charleston Poetry Group will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Dunbar Public Library, 12th Street and Myers Avenue, Dunbar. The program will focus on the ode as a form of poetry. Dues are payable at this meeting. Bring an ode.
- Prose watch: Obama acceptance speech (Politico via Yahoo! News)
As a record 38 million tuned in to watch Barack Obama accept his party’s nomination on Friday and 85,000 more saw the speech live from Mile High Stadium, the nominee seemed determined to disprove Mario Cuomo’s adage that “You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.”
- Principal’s Office: Rammokane Mosesi - The Times
Principal’s Office: Rammokane MosesiThe Times, South Africa - 4 hours agoOne of our pupils recently represented the school at a poetry festival and won a certificate. It does not have a science laboratory or a library, ...
- Community In Brief: 10/08/2008 - Grand Traverse Herald
Community In Brief: 10/08/2008Grand Traverse Herald, MI - 4 hours agoEady is the author of six books of poetry and the recipient of the 1985 Lamont Prize from the Academy of American Poets. He has been nominated for the ...
- The art of being Juliette - Guardian Unlimited
Her eyes are gazing off into the distance, anguished and fretful despite the resignation that clings to her mouth and the unyielding angularity of those oddly expressive cheekbones. The ears are unflatteringly jug-like but the forehead radiates calm ...
- Analyzing Alliterations Affect (Psych Central)
The poetic or literary style using several words that begin with the same or similar consonants is an ageless method to communicate in a format that fosters memory while being fun to read. In several experiments, researchers R. Brooke Lea of Macalester College, David N. Rapp of Northwestern University, Andrew Elfenbein and Russell [...]
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