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- Hundreds gather at funeral for Palestinian poet Darwish (Middle East Times)
Family and friends of late Palestinian poet Mahmud Darwish mourn outside his family house in the Arab village of Jadaida in northern Israel on August 11. Hundreds of Palestinians gathered for the equivalent of a state funeral for Darwish, the towering Arabic poet who gave voice to their bitter decades-old struggle.
- Novelist Michael Redhill named a judge for prestigious Griffin Poetry ... - News1130.com
TORONTO - Michael Redhill, a noted Canadian novelist, poet, and playwright and publisher, will be among the judges for the prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize. The English-language award hands out $50,000 to the best book of Canadian poetry and $50,000 ...
- Carolyn Barber: Gas, Guest and go - Red Bluff Daily News
Carolyn Barber: Gas, Guest and goRed Bluff Daily News, CA - 21 minutes agoA few were anxious to read the whole poem written by Edgar A. Guest I suggested checking at Tehama County Library for Guest's poetry. ...
- First Friday to serve up food, art and entertainment - Canton Repository (subscription)
First Friday to serve up food, art and entertainmentCanton Repository (subscription), OH - 10 minutes agoCANTON With music, art, food, theater, poetry, street performers, a parade, puzzle hunt and more, the First Friday arts celebration will enliven downtown ...
- Look on my works, and despair - guardian.co.uk
Look on my works, and despairguardian.co.uk, UK - 5 hours agoIt as if they were finalists in a Friday-Nite Hyborian Age poetry smackdown, pitting the long of tooth against the short on smarts, where first prize is a ...
- Thomas Dale Vines 1942-2008 (The Toledo Blade)
Thomas Dale Vines, 66, a celebrated photographer who documented the culture and history of Toledo's African-American community, died Monday in St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center. His wife, Katherine, said he had been ill since March with an undiagnosed ailment. The official cause of death was pulmonary edema, she said. Mr. Vines was the fourth generation in his family to pursue photography, a ...
- Legacy of free thinking (The News & Observer)
Black Mountain College, celebrated for its attempt to reform higher education in the United States, will be remembered this weekend in Hickory during "The Spirit of Black Mountain College 75th Anniversary."
- A man of intrinsic worth: A profile of Wally McRae (The Billings Outpost)
Tongue River rancher, poet and environmental activist Wallace McRae is turning to prose for his fifth book.
- HEALTH - Exploring the prisoner within - Fiji Daily Post
HEALTH - Exploring the prisoner withinFiji Daily Post, Fiji - 21 minutes ago“From this course I’ve learnt to strengthen my talent further by writing poetry, short stories and postcards and I plan to publish my work,†he said. ...
- Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks Sept. 20-26: Stories and songs, lectures and films, politics (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
(BOWLING BENEFIT) Even if you can't convert a 7-10-split, you'll at least be able to help Strike Out Hunger. SOVA celebrates its 25th anniversary on the lanes in Tarzana with a food drive and family fun, including bowling, bingo, music, activities for kids, arcade games and kosher food (dairy).
- BRIEF: LITERARY DATEBOOK - Trading Markets (press release)
BRIEF: LITERARY DATEBOOKTrading Markets (press release), CA - 17 hours ago... (913-491-4535) POETRY READING: Chantel C. Guidry reads from her poetry. 4 pm July 26, Crossroads Infoshop and Radical Bookstore, 3109 Troost. Free. ...
- Edwards: I Lied. Can I Go to Denver Now? - Slate
Edwards: 'I Lied. It's Friday. Can I Go to Denver Now?' John Edwards finally confesses, sort of, on ABC News . He admits he lied repeatedly about his affair with Rielle Hunter, but denies he's the father of her child and specifically seems to be ...
- Statistics don't do justice to Dodgers' Manny Ramirez and Angels ... - Los Angeles Times
Statistics don't do justice to Dodgers' Manny Ramirez and Angels ...Los Angeles Times, CA - 4 hours agoAttention John Wooden, lover of baseball and poetry, not necessarily in that order: The Baseball Reliquary presents "Poetry Ball," a celebration of baseball ...
- Emory Professor Natasha Trethewey Named Georgia Woman of the Year (The Weekly)
ATLANTA, GA (July 28, 2008) - Georgia Woman of the Year Committee, Inc. announced today that Natasha Trethewey, Professor of English and Phillis Wheatley Distinguished Chair at Emory University has been confirmed as 2008 Georgia Woman of the Year! Nellie Dunaway Duke, Committee Chair, said that Trethewey was chosen as the 13th honoree by the Committee on their first ballot at their annual ...
- Their crime? Covering the story - City Pages
In our biggest Picked to Click poll yet, more than 100 experts sound off on the best up-and-coming bands Off-Leash Area's Jennifer Ilse served on a jury in a murder trial last year, and the experience was sufficiently vivid that it led to The Jury ...
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