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- Widower’s tale wins poet Abse book prize - WalesOnline
Widower’s tale wins poet Abse book prizeWalesOnline, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoMr Abse’s wife died in June 2005 after the couple’s Nissan Sunny was in collision with a Mini Cooper on the M4 as they drove home from a poetry reading. ...Tribute to lost wife is the Book of the Year WalesOnlineDannie Abse: The Presence Hutchinson, hardback £15.99 WalesOnlineall 7 news articles
- Richard Wright: black first - Times Online
By the time he sailed to France from New York in 1947, Richard Wright was a star, fixed in the literary firmament. Two of his books – Native Son (1940) and Black Boy (1945) – had risen high in the US best-seller lists, and were being translated ...
- May 7, 2008 (Picayune-Times)
Some 33 years ago, Alice Cottingham and her family moved to Arkansas from Colorado. There was nothing exceptional about the move – except that Cottingham had left behind a Bible.
- Preparing for departure - The Columbus Dispatch
SEVILLE, Ohio -- When the nights get warm in this northeastern Ohio town, Lawrence Bartter sleeps on his screened-in back porch, cozying up beside his coffin. He started laboring on the wooden box years ago. The lid lies off to the side, the hinges ...
- How Much Do Looks Matter? A Freakonomics Quorum - New York Times Blogs
We’ve written before about various “beauty premiums” : the advantages gained in the marketplace by people who are better looking, taller, or have better teeth than the average person. Empiricism and theory have their place, of course, but we ...
- Slide Show: Heritage Fest fosters unity (The Lantern)
Brooklyn Wilkinson and Stephane Lewis-White thought the question - "Why do you think the Heritage Festival is important?" - was funny. To these festival volunteers, the answer is a no-brainer. "People come from many different areas where there are no African-Americans at all," said Wilkinson, a sophomore in pre-nursing. "This is a chance to learn about our heritage." "It's not ...
- Excerpt from 'The Uncertain Art' (USA Today)
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- Dave Wood’s Book Report, July 2, 2008 - Pierce County Herald
Dave Wood’s Book Report, July 2, 2008Pierce County Herald, WI - 8 minutes agoYears after my mother died, I discovered in her suede-bound book of love poetry, a flower pressed by her many decades ago. Hasse’s “Found in My Mother’s ...
- 'Hittin' the Town' for July 7 - 13, 2008 - New Orleans Times-Picayune Blogs
Professional wrestling, Stephen Seagall, two free shows at Tipitina's, five French Films at the Prytania, a tribute to the Tango, running bulls in the French Quarter, K-Doe releases a hit-record and Bastille Day make for quite the celebratory week ...
- Kids take career cues from Mom - Atlanta Journal Constitution
She reads to us, sings to us and shuttles us to soccer practice. She juggles jobs and family life and listens to our troubles. We love our mother, whether she be an artist, a doctor or a stay-at-home mom. We admire her, and sometimes we even follow ...
- Death in Breslau, By Marek Krajewski trs Danusia Stok - Independent
Death in Breslau, By Marek Krajewski trs Danusia StokIndependent, UK - 2 hours agoThe Polish-German streets, surnames, buildings and menus aspire to poetry, while also providing us with some relief from this Baedeker of Breslau's brutal ...
- Sculpture of poet Al Purdy ready after six-year delay - CBC News
Al Purdy near his home in B.C. The poet died in 2000. A sculpture of Al Purdy, often referred to as Canada's greatest poet, is finally ready and will be unveiled Tuesday at Queen's Park in Toronto, just steps from the Ontario Legislature. Purdy, who ...
- PBS documentary features Shands Arts in Medicine program (Independent Florida Alligator)
Documentary airs on WUFT–TV/DT at 1:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. While poetry, dance and performance serve as recreation for some, the activities can also serve as creative steps toward recovery for patients involved in the Shands Arts in Medicine program.
- GO Calendar - Monterey County Herald
GO CalendarMonterey County Herald, CA - 2 hours agoPoetry Walk at Point Lobos. 11a.m. at Point Lobos State Reserve, off Highway 1, south of Carmel. Walk (1-2 miles) while reading poetry by Central Coast ...
- Book note: - Twin Cities Planet
Book note:Twin Cities Planet, Minnesota - 1 hour agoBy Dwight Hobbes , TC Daily Planet Jealous Witness, the new collection of poems by Andrei Codrescu (This Was Today)—published by Minneapolis’s Coffee House ...
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