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- Travel briefs - Times and Democrat
WASHINGTON -- Salman Rushdie and Tiki Barber are among 70 authors scheduled to participate in the 2008 National Book Festival. The Library of Congress is organizing the festival for Sept. 27 on the National Mall. The event was started by first lady ...
- Verse from three perspectives - Times Online
Verse from three perspectivesTimes Online, UK - 8 hours agoThe sonnet sequence Vicious Circle tells the story of a film-noir love triangle. The story has plenty of intrigue and betrayal, but the sequence is marred ...
- Unique kid biography brings Abraham Lincoln alive (Post-Bulletin)
"LINCOLN SHOT," screams the headline! "Condition Considered Hopeless. Will Not Live Through the Night." So begins a gripping read for middle-graders ahead of the February bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, a b
- SUMMER READING - South China Morning Post
I'm taking notes for a novel. This is a period when I read a lot. When I get deeper into writing my novel, I'll probably end up reading less. I read Old School (Knopf) by Tobias Wolff. I liked it a lot. I'm reading a short collection called Lucky ...
- Wartime Work Forged Love of Japanese Culture - Washington Post
Barely two years out of Sidwell Friends School, Bryan M. Battey was sent to Colorado to learn to speak and read Japanese. He was one of a select group of college students asked to undertake an intensive program during World War II to learn the ...
- IRAQ: Marine convicted of murder sent to Leavenworth prison - Los Angeles Times
IRAQ: Marine convicted of murder sent to Leavenworth prisonLos Angeles Times, CA - 49 minutes agoHutchins' transfer was first reported on a MySpace page devoted to his defense, including pictures, poetry, country-Western music and a plea for donations ...
- Alberta dancers step lively to anti-war beats of Joni's drummer (Toronto Star)
Popular music doesn't suffer poets gladly. There are exceptions, Joni Mitchell being one of the most exceptional. The Alberta-born Los Angelino, always pushing beyond safe territory, has put her poetry into motion.
- Educational Benefits Of Social Networking Sites Uncovered - Science Daily
ScienceDaily (June 21, 2008) — In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered the educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook. The same study found that low-income students ...
- Stuff to Do - Journal & Sunday Journal
Walker Performing Arts, 141 S. Potomac St., will host an open house for fall classes from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today. Classes are offered in theater, vocal and instrumental music, theatrical performance, homeschool day classes and more. For more ...
- Renew vision for education - San Angelo Standard Times
Renew vision for educationSan Angelo Standard Times, tx - 1 hour agoModern dance, poetry, neighborhood history and other creative subjects round out the school's curriculum. The result: Students do better on tests and ...
- Smashing Pumpkins - Conde Nast Portfolio
Smashing PumpkinsConde Nast Portfolio, NY - 2 hours agoVeteran chunkers called the sport "poetry in commotion." The ingenious contraptions included outsize crossbows, pneumatic cannons, three-story slingshots, ...
- MUN's new writer-in-residence preparing for enriching experience - St. John's Telegram
St. John's TelegramMUN's new writer-in-residence preparing for enriching experienceSt. John's Telegram, Canada - 42 minutes agoHunter is an acclaimed writer of short fiction, poetry, and novels, and she's held residencies in England and Australia. She said she enjoys the role, ...
- Sobering tales at Hopatcong anti-drug rally - Dailyrecord.com
Sobering tales at Hopatcong anti-drug rallyDailyrecord.com, NJ - 11 hours agoReading aloud from a poem she penned for Breanna, Nutto reflected on the despair, hurt, determination and love she felt after discovering her daughter had ...
- Rollergirl of the week: SmasHer - The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.comRollergirl of the week: SmasHerThe Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA - 4 hours agoNotable tattoos: Three: two visible on my shoulder, and one in a place that only a select few see (although I did name my first book of poetry after it). ...
- Here are some famous people you may not know - Cheboygan Daily Tribune (subscription)
Here are some famous people you may not knowCheboygan Daily Tribune (subscription), MI - 1 hour agoHe started out as a lawyer, gave up his practice to write poetry and ended up editor of the New York Evening Post. I recognized some of his poems, ...
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