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- SADD has new goals, looks for name to match (Detroit Free Press)
A statewide network of youth groups -- originally named after Mothers Against Drunk Driving -- is broadening its mandate to include fighting teen obesity and plans to get a new name.
- Kurt Vonnegut, anarchist and social critic (November 11, 1922 -- April 11, 2007) (Online Journal)
[Note : After my early enthusiasm about the writer and man Kurt Vonnegut, I became skeptical of his skepticism. Was he a phony, I began to wonder? After I met him, his life style in his sumptuous Manhattan East Side town house bothered me and seemed to belie his satires of that same life.
- Davidson Calendar: May 2-11, 2008 - Nashville Tennessean
Position East: Resurrection: A revival of Position East Artist Collective. The exhibit remains on view through May 25. For more information, visit www.artandinvention.com . 11 a.m.-6 p.m. May 2-3, 9-10; noon-5 p.m. May 4 and 11, Art & Invention ...
- Poetry can be true without being True (The Oregonian)
"T his Dirty Little Heart" is poet B.T. Shaw's first book, published by the Eastern Washington University Press as the winner of its Blue Lynx Prize. Shaw edits the poetry column for The Oregonian and teaches literature and writing. She talked about her book in an e-mail conversation.
- The Wood Brothers play Woodstock tonight - Times Herald-Record
The Wood Brothers play Woodstock tonightTimes Herald-Record, NY - 1 hour agoOur mother was a poet, actually, so it's sort of us coming full circle, through the music, and trying our hand at the poetry in this kind of format. ...
- Awards night features readings - Victoria News
Awards night features readingsVictoria News, Canada - 7 hours agoShortlisted for poetry are Marlene Grand Maitre, Roy Green, Barbara Pelman, DC Reid, Andrea Routley, Chelsea Rushton, Melanie Siebert and Patricia Young. ...
- Classics go digital (Manila Bulletin)
It’s all go on the digital publishing scene in the UK with Penguin launching their first ARG (Alternate Reality Game) called We Tell Stories (http://wetellstories.co.uk), produced by game developer SixToStart.
- The Koran: Words beyond worth - Globe and Mail
Globe and MailThe Koran: Words beyond worthGlobe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour agoPhilosophy, theology and poetry are all sealed intricately in the book. This is not an easy book to read, but sacred territory is never easy. ...
- WAVY News 10 - San Francisco Examiner
A tribute to the military as the summer season kicks off City of Virginia Beach kicks off the summer and honors military heroes. 6 hrs ago (WAVY News 10) "We are going to be looking for you" Before you think about having too much fun this holiday ...
- Book written in '30s is still revelant (Louisville Courier-Journal)
"The chances are that at some time in your life, possibly only now and then between husbands, you will find yourself settling down to a solitary existence," wrote Vogue scribe Marjorie Hillis in the 1936 book "Live Alone and Like It."
- FARC rebels get anthropologist as their chief - Peninsula On-line
FARC rebels get anthropologist as their chiefPeninsula On-line, Qatar - 7 hours ago... the protest songs and the nihilist poetry," said Celis, who works at a centre called Nuevo Arco Iris that specializes in studying armed conflict.
- Verses Come From Her Mind, Heart - Tampa Tribune
Verses Come From Her Mind, HeartTampa Tribune, FL - 33 minutes ago"I love to write," Riane says. "When an idea comes into my head, the words just seem to flow out." In 2005, one of her poems, "Winter Is Coming," was ...
- UTSA Professor Rosalind Horowitz honored for publication - UTSA Today
UTSA TodayUTSA Professor Rosalind Horowitz honored for publicationUTSA Today, TX - 11 minutes agoThe book includes research by Horowitz conducted in the San Antonio area and Toronto. It contains theoretical papers and research representing different ...
- 1 hr 42 mins ago (Examiner.com) - San Francisco Examiner
The poet is the executive director of the nonprofit Youth Speaks, which Saturday at 7 p.m. will host the 12th annual Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam finals in S.F.’s War Memorial Opera House. Tickets are $18 for general admission and can be purchased ...
- Not Dead Yet: The Novel as Lifeline - Los Angeles Weekly
I read and I read and I read. I read like Forrest Gump ran, because I didn’t know what else to do or where else to go. He went running. I went reading. Novels mostly. The supposedly dead form. The only thing deader than poetry, or so the joke goes ...
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