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- An appreciation of Pixar's Wall-E (rediff.com)
On the whole, Wall-E works in the same way that Charlie Chaplin does: an unlikely trampy hero embarks on a silent-movie romance with an elegant, far more attractive female. The odds are stacked against them, the protagonist is klutzy beyond repair, and the poetry found in their impossible dalliance is banal, slapstick -- and, quite simply, timeless.
- WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: Hinemoana Baker (NZ) (Scoop.co.nz)
Hinemoana Baker is a published poet, fiction writer and playwright. She is also a song and spoken word performer with a voice some have compared to Joan Baez and Cleo Laine. Those who love language - in particular Te Reo - and the impactful, no-waste language of poetry love her performances.
- Exhibit kicks off Mongolian celebration in Middletown (Middletown Journal)
Middfest International will mark the official opening of its exhibits with an event from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, in Middletown's Donham Plaza that reflects Mongolian culture and life leading up to Middfest's weekend celebration of Mongolia Oct. 3-5.
- Brian Hooks is sentenced to life in prison for attack on homeless man - Miami Herald
A third Broward teen involved in a brutal and fatal beating of a homeless man in 2006 was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday. Brian Hooks, 21, seemed resigned to his fate, knowing only a day earlier his best friend, Thomas Daugherty, was ...
- Basinski To Be Featured at Eclectic, Offbeat 2008 UNC Greensboro ... - UB News Center
Basinski To Be Featured at Eclectic, Offbeat 2008 UNC Greensboro ...UB News Center, NY - 6 hours agoBasinski has long been involved in writing experimental literary work, including visual poetry and performance art that weaves literature, visual art and ...
- Mike Harden commentary: Violence of nature, city held off by words - Columbus Dispatch
Columbus DispatchMike Harden commentary: Violence of nature, city held off by wordsColumbus Dispatch, OH - 3 hours agoIts periodical compendium of poetry and fiction, The Evening Street Review, goes on sale this fall. When the police were trying to locate the shallow grave ...
- 'Bees' warm, a bit gooey (The Argus Leader)
The thing about honey is that it's not just sweet, but awfully gooey. That goes for the new film "The Secret Life of Bees," too. Is the sweetness worth the stickiness in this maudlin "American Sisterhood of the Traveling Green Tomatoes"? It's a writerly coming-of-age piece set in the Civil Rights summer in South Carolina. But it's also precious, self-conscious, a hug you give at arm's length.
- Peter Avery - Guardian Unlimited
Imagine a Sunday morning a year or so ago, a book-lined study in an old university, where an elderly academic long past retirement age sits at his desk. Around him are about a dozen students, or rather seekers of knowledge - men and women of ...
- What The "Subprime Poetry Crisis" Means For The Overheated Metapor ... - Gawker
Last night at a poetry reading marking the release of the 2008 Best American Poetry anthology the distinguished poet and Finding Forrester star Charles Bernstein delivered a stirring plea for swift intervention to stave off the subprime poetry crisis ...
- FMU presents poetry reading (Florence Morning News)
Francis Marion University’s literary journal, Snow Island Review, presented a night of readings by FMU students and professors at Florence Museum on Wednesday night.
- Executive Q&A - Judith Laitman: Knowledge Unlimited head aims to help ... - WKOW TV
Judith Laitman is passionate about children and about helping them learn about the world. Laitman is founder, president and publisher of Knowledge Unlimited, 2310 Darwin Road, a company that creates educational materials. Established in 1983 ...
- Amanda Palmer Who Killed Amanda Palmer - PopMatters
PopMattersAmanda Palmer Who Killed Amanda PalmerPopMatters, IL - 8 hours agoWhen Palmer strikes that balance between ostentatiousness, wry poetry, and genuine hooks, as on past gems like “The Jeep Songâ€, “Coin Operated Boyâ€, ...
- ITV doc marks WWI's 90th anniversary - Broadcastnow
ITV doc marks WWI's 90th anniversaryBroadcastnow, UK - 10 hours agoITV Productions' Words of War (working title) will mark the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I with stories, newspaper accounts, poetry and ...
- He-man ‘n handbag - Bongani has us guessing ‘n gawking - Sunday World
Sunday WorldHe-man ‘n handbag - Bongani has us guessing ‘n gawkingSunday World, South Africa - 13 minutes agoStarted writing poetry and reciting on the pathway of revolution – at UDF and Cosatu rallies and at night vigils for fallen fighters. ...
- From Inner City Chicago Kid to Creative Inspirational Writer - Earthtimes
Author who once started college at age 16 to get out of inner city publishes poetry of real-life experiences and emotions from a unique perspective CHANDLER, Ariz., Sept. 22 CHANDLER, Ariz. , Sept. 22 -- Chicago native Aaron J. Dowdell has done what ...
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