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- Poets in the spring - OSU - The Lantern
Poets in the springOSU - The Lantern, OH - 1 hour agoPoetry doesn't have to be something you recite only to yourself in your room. Tonight, The Pen's Influence will give students a chance to express themselves ...
- Summer reads - Raleigh News & Observer
Kathryn Stripling Byer Throughout the summer, we will share reader's picks for their summer reading. Share your pick at share.triangle.com/bookclub . Kathryn Stripling Byer, North Carolina's poet laureate, offers her picks for summer reads. Catch up ...
- Poetry, myth and symbolism work together - Naples Sun TImes
Poetry, myth and symbolism work togetherNaples Sun TImes, FL - 3 hours agoAs a form of poetry, it tells us as a people, that we have meaning. A poem told in the form of myth is an attempt to try to explain, poetically, ...
- Remember when: 25th anniversary on cruise ship was a memorable moment (Stuart News)
Our 25th wedding anniversary was March 26.
- How Much Do Looks Matter? A Freakonomics Quorum - New York Times Blogs
We’ve written before about various “beauty premiums†: the advantages gained in the marketplace by people who are better looking, taller, or have better teeth than the average person. Empiricism and theory have their place, of course, but we ...
- Gary Snyder Wins 2008 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize - Forbes
$100,000 lifetime achievement award is one of largest to poets CHICAGO, April 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --- Poet Gary Snyder is the winner of the 2008 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Established in 1986 and presented annually by the Poetry Foundation, the ...
- Poets Speak out for Parkinson’s - Scoop
In a show of support for Parkinson’s, six of New Zealand’s most well known and awarded poets will read a selection of their work at ‘Poetry for Parkinson’s’, to be held in Wellington in June. This unique event, which aims to raise awareness ...
- 60 Years of Nakba, 41 Years of Occupation ... - CounterPunch
60 Years of Nakba, 41 Years of Occupation ...CounterPunch, CA - 6 hours agoFrom the prominent Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe, to the Jewish minister in the South African government, Ronnie Kasrils, to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, ...
- TV's 'Laugh-in' comic Dick Martin dies at 86 (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it to me!" has died.
- Decoration Day big deal in Carroll long after Civil War (Carroll County Online)
Westminster's two newspapers, the American Sentinel and Democratic Advocate, were filled with details about the observance of Decoration Day May 30, 1887. A heartfelt speech was reproduced verbatim and the grave-decorating ceremonies in various towns were meticulously reported.
- Young poets on parade... - Halifax Today
POETS were on parade at a schools festival. Children from 30 schools across Calderdale got together at the Viaduct Theatre, Dean Clough, Halifax, to perform their poems and show off anthologies of work they completed throughout the year. They also ...
- 'Persepolis' out on DVD, Sigur Ros drops a new CD: It's the Pop Ten ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
The graphic novel turned animated film about a girl coming of age in Iran during the Islamic Revolution who bucks her fundamentalist chaperones by consuming ABBA and Iron Maiden. Bad idea. Seems Ayatollah Khomeini was a Manilow fan. DVD drops Tuesday ...
- Steady Dates (The Milan News-Leader)
File of Life is offered for free by the Saline Area Senior Center and Saline Fire Department. The file is a mini-medical history that's placed in a red plastic folder and secured to your refrigerator with a magnet. Emergency responders are trained to look for it.
- Rhyme with reason - Boston Globe
Rhyme with reasonBoston Globe, United States - 15 minutes agoThoroughly filthy now, the pigs are herded by grown-up supervisors through a series of showers, baths, brushings, until finally, cleaned up and free of soap ...
- Region briefs - 06/13 (The Press-Enterprise)
Residents interested in the upcoming Perris Valley Line extension of local Metrolink service have a chance to speak at two public meetings Monday and Tuesday.
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