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- God's Word on Sex - Time
Article Tools To assure the goodwill of the Egyptians, the patriarch Abraham appears to give over his wife Sarai to the Pharaoh. Whether they engage in sex is unclear, although Abraham subsequently attempts the same ploy with another king ...
- On being down in the mouth - Turkish Daily News (subscription)
On being down in the mouthTurkish Daily News (subscription), Turkey - 3 hours agoMany know it as poetry slamming. Inan is asking me if we can go to Apache again this trip. On slam nights, anybody can get up there. It seems scary as hell. ...
- My Point of View - Powhatan Today
My Point of ViewPowhatan Today, VA - 13 hours agoThe preparations for the joint prayer bespoke of the heritage of these grounds, both African-American and Native American, as the women stood side by side. ...
- Backstage With Pierre-Laurent Aimard Finding Life in Precision - Wall Street Journal
Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard is a key figure in contemporary music, able to bring the most complex scores to life with his breathtakingly precise playing. The French pianist, born in 1957, works with major orchestras under conductors including ...
- Now Miami's hotels cater for every vice - guardian.co.uk
Now Miami's hotels cater for every viceguardian.co.uk, UK - 14 minutes agoMiami is like no other American city: here the outrageously wealthy and a sizable homeless population co-exist on the same stretch of golden sand. ...
- St. John's students show at-risk youngsters another side of life (The Capital)
At left, Bryanna Greene, a participant in the Epigenesis Program at St. John’s College, talks with St John's Joshua Becker. A group of Annapolis youngsters spent much of yesterday discussing Booker T. Washington's commandment to live life to the fullest.
- Jidariyya, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh (Independent)
The words "Live your days not your dreams" take on an additional poignancy in Jidariyya ("the mural"), a meditation on life, language and death by the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, who died from complications after heart surgery earlier this month. Darwish wrote his 100-page poem when he almost died from a heart attack in 1999.
- Barbara Gowdy, Rachel Zolf win Ontario's Trillium Book Awards - Jam! Showbiz
TORONTO - Authors Barbara Gowdy and Rachel Zolf were named winners Thursday of the 21st annual Trillium Book Awards, Ontario's top literary prize. Gowdy won for her novel "Helpless" (HarperCollins) while Zolf won the poetry award for her collection ...
- Iredell officials are hoping creative arts can keep at-risk youth out of gangs (Statesville Record & Landmark)
Instead of just warning kids about the evils of gang activity, organizers of a new program hope to channel at-risk youth in a different direction. The Iredell County Sheriff's Office is teaming up with Appropriate Placement Options and the Boys & Girls Club of the Piedmont to offer a chance to explore arts and music. The program, Capt. Mike Phillips said, will be funded by a grant from the ...
- BILL MCGRAW: Calif. woman pens a rant and a rave for the D (Detroit Free Press)
"The Straits" is essentially an epic poem about Detroit. It's perhaps the first epic poem about Detroit, or at least the first of the 21st Century. Kristin Palm describes it as a "docu-poem," as in documentary. The book has two pages of sources, which is unusual for a poem, and she acknowledges: "I don't think of it solely as poetry."
- Rizzi takes poetry contest - Auburn Reporter
Rizzi takes poetry contestAuburn Reporter, CA - 15 minutes agoFriends decided to name a poetry contest after Lohmann on her 80th birthday. Rizzi, author of “Vibrant City of Bones” and a regular facilitator of the ...
- Compiled by SHEELA CHANDRAN - Star-ecentral.com
THE Sunrise Jazz & Rhythm Fest 2008 returns for the ninth consecutive year featuring various sub-genres of jazz, such as neo jazz, folk jazz, modern, ethnic and blues, performed by established and new local artistes. The festival, traditionally held ...
- Byronic Burlesque Comes to Brooklyn—The Madame's Poetry Brothel (New York Press)
Some time ago, the New York Press received a small wooden box in the mail—a board game with a few poker chips in gold and silver, a pair of dice, small cards seemingly pulled at random out of a deck, some tarot cards, and a CD compilation of turn of the century boudoir music with "Play Me First!" written across the top.
- Church party expresses appreciation for community - Florida Today
Church party expresses appreciation for communityFlorida Today, FL - 11 hours agoJulia was also an art presenter with poetry and photography (including self-portraiture) in the art exhibit. “This was a lot of fun,” Julia said. ...
- The Poems of Lois Brown Klein and Rebecca Foust (Santa Barbara Independent)
With summer comes fire: fires of raging destruction, and fires that ignite growth and renewal.
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