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- Juneteenth celebrated locally - Daily Iberian
Juneteenth celebrated locallyDaily Iberian, LA - 4 hours agoBY MARY CATHARINE MARTIN THE DAILY IBERIAN It might be tempting to answer “The Emancipation Proclamation,” but it wasn’t until two years later, ...
- Hillary deserves vice presidency - La Crosse Tribune
Sen. Obama, I am one of the 18 million Hillary voters who feel it is only right and fitting for you to select Hillary as your running mate. Many voters, as I am, are having a tough time getting over how poorly she was treated in the primaries ...
- Unique kid biography brings Abraham Lincoln alive - Citizen
"LINCOLN SHOT," screams the headline! "Condition Considered Hopeless. Will Not Live Through the Night." So begins a gripping read for middle-graders ahead of the February bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, a big event in publishing for grown ...
- Classy back-to-school books for kids - ScrippsNews
-- In "Off to First Grade" (McElderry/Simon & Schuster, $16.99), author Louise Borden uses poetry to capture the joy and nerves of heading into a new school year. Borden's free-verse poems are wonderfully readable, offering just the right touch of ...
- The Role Of The Writer In Troubled Times—Kole Omotoso - TheNews
The Role Of The Writer In Troubled Times—Kole OmotosoTheNews, Nigeria - 2 hours agoAnother writer to annoy another apartheid ruler was Opperman who had written a long epic poem at the end of the 1948 elections that saw the victory of the ...
- An Afternoon With Don Mattera - Moneyweb
An Afternoon With Don MatteraMoneyweb, South Africa - 10 hours agoMiller is the author of the poetry anthology Hintsa's Ghost and will be releasing a book of essays - Getting Up: Thoughts on Falling - in October 2008. ...
- Def Poetry Jam Artist in West Palm Tonight - Palm Beach Interactive
Award winning spoken word artist Queen Sheba, who has performed on Def Poetry Jam among other venues, will be the headliner tonight at The Stage at the C &N Cafe. I saw Sheba perform in Norfolk, Va when I lived in Hampton Roads several years ago and ...
- 31 dog days: Blame it on the Roman emperor - New Haven Register (subscription)
31 dog days: Blame it on the Roman emperorNew Haven Register (subscription), CT - 5 hours agoAccording to one Web site I found, today is National Thriftshop Day, Monday is Bad Poetry Day, Tuesday is Potato Day, Wednesday is National Radio Day, ...
- Former Valley resident named United States poet laureate - Antelope Valley Press
WASHINGTON - The dry, sandy landscape of the Mojave Desert might appear as total contrast to the rainy climate and lush green backdrop of Amherst, Mass., yet to writers with a poet's soul the difference seems negligible. At least it doesn't matter ...
- Fat Man's lives on - Augusta Chronicle
He's the thin man behind Fat Man's. Although he has acted in a few of his son's short films, Brad Usry's most notable role may be that of the son of the Fat Man. Along with his sister Jan Stuntz, they reign over a realm that is nearly gone. One icon ...
- Bhanu Jayanti marked in Tanahu - Gorkhapatra
Bhanu Jayanti marked in TanahuGorkhapatra, Nepal - 4 hours agoIn Tikapur, Academic’s Society, Kailali, honoured poet Karna Bahatur Thapa amid a poetry symposium here yesterday. Society chairmal Dhabindra Dhakal said ...
- Worth the Drive: Steely Dan, "2001: A Space Odyssey," JVC Jazz ... - Times Herald-Record
Worth the Drive: Steely Dan, "2001: A Space Odyssey," JVC Jazz ...Times Herald-Record, NY - 4 hours agoJazz singer Phoebe Snow, known for her song "Poetry Man," gets all jazzed up for her gig at Birdland, 315 W 44th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues, NYC, ...
- Riley County barn nominated as historic site - Manhattan Mercury
Riley County barn nominated as historic siteManhattan Mercury, KS - 8 hours ago... will be open for agritourism opportunities such as hayrack rides, chuckwagon suppers, farm animal petting, and cowboy poetry and western entertainment. ...
- Glossing over it: homoeroticism in Shakespeare's sonnets - Guardian Unlimited
Shakespeare's lyrical poetry has long been considered marginal to his plays - is it because he addressed his poems to a man? In the latest exclusive online essay from the London Review of Books, Stephen Orgel examines how scholars over the centuries ...
- `I don`t leave decision-making to others` - Business Standard
Business Standard`I don`t leave decision-making to others`Business Standard, India - 3 hours agoMakhan Singh was poetry in motion. Milkha beat him at the trials and went on to represent India. Makhan was equally good but he disappeared after that. ...
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