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- Arcadia: tangling with Lord Byron among the chandeliers - Daily Telegraph
Tom Stoppard's 1993 play Arcadia is, in many ways, perfect for the Pitlochry Festival Theatre summer season (during which one can famously "stay six days, see six plays"). For a start, as it is set in a grand country house in Derbyshire (in 1809 and ...
- Frost home vandals taken to class (The Burlington Free Press)
Using "The Road Not Taken" and another poem as jumping-off points, Frost biographer Jay Parini hopes to show the vandals the error of their ways -- and the redemptive power of poetry.
- The Reader - Austin American-Statesman
Jeff Salamon is the Austin American-Statesman's books editor and writer, which is somewhat ironic, given that he is a self-described "slow reader." He also has the dubious distinction of being perhaps the only American Literature major in history to ...
- One can't remember, the other can't forget - Globe and Mail
One can't remember, the other can't forgetGlobe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour agoAuthor of more than 40 books - novels, poetry, non-fiction - and known for his dazzling felicity with language, not to mention his jaw-dropping vocabulary, ...
- Nigeria: Inside Kano's Ancient Gurasa Neighbourhood (AllAfrica.com)
Virtually every house in Jakara Quarters in the ancient city of Kano is a small factory of staple food known in Hausa as gurasa, but in English as pita and in Arabic Khubz. A visit to this area gives an insight as to how gurasa is manufactured and sold.
- Tracking a Mass. murder mystery - Boston Globe
In 2005, a 20-year quest to track down one of Massachusetts's longest-wanted criminals, Norman Porter Jr., came to an end. As ends often do, it opened a new chapter - the "now what?" phase - that gets a careful investigation in Rowley director ...
- Remember when: It was worth skipping school to shake President Truman's hand (Vero Press Journal)
"Harry Truman is coming to town!" The entire student body of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs School was excited at this news.
- MSPSBS students try their hands in poetry writing (Borneo Bulletin)
Students of Maktab Sains Paduka Seri Begawan Sultan (MSPSBS) proved their literary prowess in yet another English-themed competition - this time in the form of an Inter-class English Poetry Writing Competition 2008.
- Tod A of Firewater - PopMatters
PopMattersTod A of FirewaterPopMatters, IL - 1 hour agoI admire Hunter S. Thompson for his punk rock attitude and hyped-up hyperbole, Charles Bukowski for his brutal honesty and dark poetry, and Milan Kundera ...
- Fighting for more life for Tarrant County HIV patients - Fort Worth Star Telegram
Fighting for more life for Tarrant County HIV patientsFort Worth Star Telegram, TX - 37 minutes agoIt's called "More Life: The Art & Science of AIDS," and it is designed to put the issue in our faces -- not rub it in our faces -- so that we are forced to ...
- Around Town - BlueRidgeNow.com
Around TownBlueRidgeNow.com, NC - 46 minutes ago'Evening of Dark and Light,' poetry reading, 7 pm Saturday, Black Bear, Main Street, Hendersonville. Info: 692-6333. Southeastern Time for Our Power! ...
- Gulzar's anthology of poems steeped in nostalgia - Indiainfo.com
Gulzar's anthology of poems steeped in nostalgiaIndiainfo.com, India - 8 minutes ago"Let us just talk about the book," he insisted. A poet first and a filmmaker later, Gulzar vows that he will continue to write poetry as long as he lives. ...
- Potty patrol: We review the best restrooms on the Cleveland nightlife ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Chris Stephens/The Plain Dealer The ladies room at Wild Mango. Guys don't care. The bar is low when it comes to what they find acceptable in bathroom accommodations. There's nothing a guy likes better than avoiding using a toilet at all. Hydrating a ...
- Sheraton Grand Bahama Island Tops Parents Magazine's Best Beach ... - Search By Headlines (press release)
Sheraton Grand Bahama Island Tops Parents Magazine's Best Beach ...Search By Headlines (press release), NV - 10 hours ago... has long been a family favorite. Kids ages three through 12 head out on Bahamian nature adventures and learn local folklore and poetry at Camp Lucaya, ...
- An Post man Jack ?post-paid? after 46 years - The Corkman
An Post man Jack ?post-paid? after 46 yearsThe Corkman, Ireland - 15 hours agoBealtaine Notes on Wednesday, May 28 at 12noon is a pleasant hour of music, poetry and stories with members of the Mallow library group Writers group. ...
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