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- Frank Mundus, likely 'Jaws' inspiration, dies at 82 (Pioneer Press)
Frank Mundus, the hulking Long Island shark fisherman who was widely considered the inspiration for Captain Quint, the steely-eyed, grimly obsessed shark hunter in "Jaws," died Sept. 10 in Honolulu. He was 82 and lived on a small lemon-tree farm in Naalehu, on the southern tip of the Big Island of Hawaii, 2,000 feet above shark level.
- An old band's new life (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
If David Berman tells the audience members at First Unitarian Church on Tuesday that he loves them, he won't just be mouthing hollow stage patter.
- Giller Prize long list unveiled (CBC)
New novels from Austin Clarke, David Adams Richards and Rawi Hage are in the running for one of Canada's top literary awards, organizers of the $50,000 Giller Prize revealed Monday.
- Open mic night for city poets - Derby Evening Telegraph
Open mic night for city poetsDerby Evening Telegraph, UK - 14 hours agoWITH the number of performers increasing every month, Tuesday, November 11 sees the next poetry-packed session of Words@CUBE – the open-mic night at Deda, ...
- Dialogue focuses on differences - Joburg
Dialogue focuses on differencesJoburg, South Africa - 15 hours agoThere are two categories - short story and poetry - and entries will be placed in three age groups - 13 to 15 years, 16 to 19 years, and 20 to 25 years. ...
- MySpace profiles send teacher to unemployment line, court - Ars Technica
Every teacher wants to be the cool guy, the Robin-Williams-in-Dead-Poet's-Society friend to students, but a court case from Connecticut offers a lesson to teachers-in-training: be careful when you buddy up to students online. While sites like MySpace ...
- Poster poems: rapid iamb movement - guardian.co.uk
Poster poems: rapid iamb movementguardian.co.uk, UK - 28 minutes agoNow I'm going to try to get to the end without citing any more poems with that title. There is another category of dream poetry, one that is, perhaps, ...
- Scott County mourns (Knoxville News Sentinel)
HUNTSVILLE, Tenn. - The glow of candlelight flooded the football field Monday that just days ago was lit up by the cheers of four Scott High School students who died in an automobile accident Friday. More than 1,000 people filled the bleachers and spilled over onto the football field to remember the cheerleaders as well as Jeweline King, 49, of Jamestown, Tenn., and her unborn grandchild, also ...
- Ron Wallace to debut new book at Second Sunday Poetry Reading Nov. 9 - Norman Transcript
Ron Wallace to debut new book at Second Sunday Poetry Reading Nov. 9Norman Transcript, OK - 26 minutes agoThe author has published two previous volumes of poetry, "Native Son (American Poems from the Heart of Oklahoma)" and "Smoke and Stone. ...
- Robert McNeil: Autumn leaves me with a grin, and an urge to get my ... - Scotsman
Robert McNeil: Autumn leaves me with a grin, and an urge to get my ...Scotsman, United Kingdom - 12 hours agoOH, I DO LOVE A BLUS- tery day. I know they're not much fun if you're at sea or if stuff's blown to smithereens in your gairdin. But, oh, the excitement of ...
- Poetry addressing world's violence - Louisville Courier-Journal
Poetry addressing world's violenceLouisville Courier-Journal, KY - 4 hours agoHer poem "Ruin is Not the End of Anything" is nothing short of a prayer, asking God to hold him in all your arms. At the sword's edge, turn him to water. ...
- Nigeria: How Mum, Media Aided My $50,000 NLNG Award (AllAfrica.com)
Saturday October 11, 2008, would forever leave a joyful mark in the diary of the Agarys, as the only daughter of the Ijaw mother, Kaine Agary, won the prestigious 2008 Nigerian Prize for Literature worth $50,000 (about N5.9 million) with her book, Yellow Yellow.
- Jessica Care Moore among Detroiters in new Wright exhibit - Detroit Free Press
Jessica Care Moore among Detroiters in new Wright exhibitDetroit Free Press, United States - 15 minutes ago"With Jessica, we set up the lighting and she started reciting her poetry. You can't forget meeting her." Moore is pixie-ish and slightly built, ...
- Bampha Jaiteh A Humble Example - The Point
Bampha Jaiteh A Humble ExampleThe Point, Gambia - 15 hours agoBeside my business I have another talent in poetry and I have written a number of poems and articles in the Observer Newspaper in 2005. ...
- The Avant-Funk Visions of pc muñoz - East Bay Express
This guy has no flow!" laughs pc muñoz, imagining what hip-hop audiences must think of his sing-speak vocal delivery. In a sense, the statement and all it implies is at the core of muñoz's avant-funk vision. You see, the San Francisco producer ...
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