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- Dire predictions call for traditional approach (CBC)
Scottishness is something you can't outrun. I have spent most of my life trying - and my Scottish-Canadian mother has been patience itself over the years as she watched me lashing at those Calvinist ties that bind - but I concede defeat. Every woman becomes her mother. I give in, ma. I am Scottish.
- 'Infinite Jest' author, 46, an apparent suicide - CNN
CLAREMONT, California (AP) -- David Foster Wallace, the author best known for his 1996 novel "Infinite Jest," was found dead in his home, according to police. He was 46. David Foster Wallace earned a MacArthur "genius grant" in 1997. Wallace's wife ...
- Around Town (Midland Reporter-Telegram)
Today: American Legion: Today: Bingo, 501 Veterans Air Park Road. 7 p.m. 682-5511.
- Thabo Mbeki's downfall: a Shakespearean tragedy - PR Inside
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Thabo Mbeki is fond of packing his speeches with passages from Hamlet and Macbeth, so it is perhaps fitting that his downfall had all the hallmarks of a Shakespearean tragedy. Mbeki devoted his life to the African ...
- Analysing Bin Laden's jihadi poetry - BBC News
The tapes show Osama Bin Laden to be 'an entertainer with an agenda' To many people Osama Bin Laden is the ultimate barbarian, to others an elusive Muslim warrior. Most know him simply as the world's most wanted man. Few would imagine him as a ...
- Young writers inspired by island culture - Virgin Islands Daily News
ST. JOHN - Tales of mocko jumbies, speaking trees and reflections on freedom take center stage in "Words Dancing in the Wind," a 60-page kallaloo of poetry and prose produced by 13 students after three weeks in the Virgin Islands Young Writers Camp.
- Poetry, ferrets, cakes and great music at the innocent village fete - Response Source (press release)
Poetry, ferrets, cakes and great music at the innocent village feteResponse Source (press release), UK - 2 hours ago... performance, poetry and live theatre. Have your say at speaker’s corner or get your creative hat on and add a line to the fete’s very own poem. ...
- Overheard, out and about, Mrs. Grundy sees all, tells all - Andalusia Star-News
Overheard, out and about, Mrs. Grundy sees all, tells allAndalusia Star-News, AL - 58 minutes agoThe Portly Gentleman, who dabbles in poetry and thinks himself a man of letters, attended a poetry workshop July 25 at the Confederate Memorial Park at ...
- Ian Rankin: 'This is my Ocean's Eleven' (Independent)
On the day that I discuss with Ian Rankin his new novel about art, risk and crime, Damien Hirst pulls off what sceptics might consider the steal of the century so far. "The timing is exemplary," chuckles the writer in the top-floor lounge of a West End hotel, fresh off a train from Edinburgh but as razor-witted and clued-up as ever. As venerable banking houses founder, their assets so much ...
- Revealed: the last paintings of a lost genius - Sunday Herald
Revealed: the last paintings of a lost geniusSunday Herald, UK - 1 hour agoHis family hope that a major gallery will stage a large scale retrospective of Campbell's work. His paintings currently hang in the National Galleries of ...
- Ben Folds finds his 'Way to Normal' - Grand Rapids Press
Courtesy photo Ben Folds will play The Fillmore in Detroit on Thursday. For singer-pianist Ben Folds, playing Detroit is like performing in front of thousands of emotional brainiacs. "I've always liked playing Detroit," Folds said during a recent ...
- Catherine Sampson's top 10 books on Beijing - Guardian Unlimited
Catherine Sampson has lived in China for more than 15 years. Her fourth crime novel, The Slaughter Pavilion, is set in Beijing and features private detective Song Ren. It will be published in hardback by Macmillan on September 5. Her third novel, The ...
- Beach Boy's back, but shouldn't be - Chicago Sun-Times
Beach Boy's back, but shouldn't beChicago Sun-Times, United States - 10 hours agoYet while he is certainly the culprit behind the awful poetry, Bennett is the man who should be derided for much of the rest of this mess: An adept student ...
- All-star cast set for Mandela's birthday bash (Mail and Guardian)
The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. A number of Africa's best musicians will perform at a concert in Johannesburg in August, to celebrate Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday, the Minister of Arts and Culture said on Tuesday.
- Need a Dickens expert? He's the man - Mankato Free Press
Need a Dickens expert? He's the manMankato Free Press, MN - 2 hours agoHanna’s contribution focused on the letters, nonfiction and poetry of Dickens, and the exhaustive result is set to be a starting point for future scholars ...
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