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- In China quake, apotheosis of 'Grandpa Wen' - International Herald Tribune
Despite Wen's well-tended image as an apolitical pragmatist, cynics note that he did not earn his lofty post by playing nice. "It takes a considerable amount of political skill and cunning to become premier of China," said Fred Teiwes, a professor of ...
- No to appeasement - Boston Globe
No to appeasementBoston Globe, United States - 6 minutes agoFlesch suspects that the London periodical "just had it wrong, but that the editors of the later collected poetry followed the principle of difficilior ...
- Young poets win contest - Liverpool Echo
Young poets win contestLiverpool Echo, UK - 1 hour agoThey fended off 25000 other children from across the UK and abroad to win the ecologically themed Big Green Poetry Machine competition. ...
- Juneteenth Planning Committee prepares for Big Event - Birmingham Times
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Staff and sponsors for the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s (BCRI) 13th Annual Juneteenth Celebration are hard at work planning for a successful event. On Saturday, June 7, the Institute will host its free daylong street ...
- Summer Travel Must-Do: Edinburgh Comedy Festival - Travel Connect
Summer Travel Must-Do: Edinburgh Comedy FestivalTravel Connect, UK - 22 hours ago... some of the most promising emerging and unknown talent from across the spectrum of sketch, improv, stand up, poetry, musical and comic theatre. ...
- INNOCENT VOICES (Film Journal)
Innocent Voices begins, fittingly enough, in the rain. Soldiers march down a forested trail guarding a column of prisoners who are actually young boys, their hands on top of dripping heads, eyes wide with exhaustion and terror.
- Chairs draw top dollar (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
A crescent-shaped chair at the Contemporary Arts Center's Silk & Spice gala doesn't sell, but nine others do, artists tackle Laughing Brook, and Jack Meanwell is honored.
- Ex-Commissioner proffers solution to corruption - The Tide
Ex-Commissioner proffers solution to corruptionThe Tide, Nigeria - 12 hours agoHighlights of the programme included poetry citation by youngsters and launching of the book by members of the public.
- The hidden face of political Islamism - Times Online
Who says that Islamists can't learn a trick or two from the West when they have to? Take a glance at the glossy brochure of Islam Expo - billed as Europe's “biggest Islamic cultural festival” - which ended at Olympia yesterday. You could be ...
- Changing Skyline: 'Power Fields' surveys architecture of Vito Acconci - Philadelphia Inquirer
He started as a poet, subdividing the blank page with words and typography. But his explorations really took off when he became a fixture of New York's vibrant performance-art scene in the 1960s. In his most celebrated piece, Acconci inserted himself ...
- UW student’s poem selected for literary magazine - UW Daily Online
Lilia Peng’s poem “Migration” was selected for publication in The Collegiate Scholar. Peng’s poem addresses the adversity faced by immigrants to the United States. Although senior Lilia Peng is working toward a double degree in Economics and ...
- Guest opinion: Student praises THS' Raza Studies program - Tucson Citizen
Guest opinion: Student praises THS' Raza Studies programTucson Citizen, AZ - 12 hours agoWe even read and compared American poets with contemporary hip-hop. That may sound odd, but both use imagery, metaphors and assonance to brag about ...
- Spotlight falls on Claremont authors - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Such local works may soon be housed in a dedicated section of the city's library. Friends of the Claremont Library received $50,000 in seed money Tuesday from the City Council to help pay for the task of cataloging local tomes. The group will first ...
- 'Book of hours' has rare female voice - Boston Globe
Mary Dockray-Miller has dug in musty libraries from London to Paris - and now Copley Square. The latter has provided her with surprising research material right in her own backyard. Dockray-Miller, who teaches English literature at Lesley University ...
- Library has a lot planned this summer - Community Press & Recorder
Library has a lot planned this summerCommunity Press & Recorder, KY - 1 hour agoFrom June 1 through July 31, we'll jump-start the minds of kids and teens with a brain-boosting line-up of poetry slams, readers' theater, storytelling, ...
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