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- Literary Happenings: 3 Vietnam War books geared to young people (Ventura County Star)
Although much has been written about the Vietnam War and its aftermath, few books have been geared toward children or young adults. Here are three excellent titles for young people: "Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam," "When Heaven Fell" and "Escape From Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy."
- Pit saga capped with guilty plea - University of North Carolina The Daily Tar Heel
Pit saga capped with guilty pleaUniversity of North Carolina The Daily Tar Heel, NC - 5 hours agoTaheri-Azar sent two notebooks of abstract poetry to Marchbanks from jail. "It's tempting to forget the human in somebody who would do this," Marchbanks ...
- Radio free you - Meganmcardle.theatlantic.com
I accidentally wandered into an open mike night yesterday. You can be sure that I wandered back out just as fast as my little feet could carry me, but not before witnessing the girl on the stage finishing her horrendous poem, and the audience ...
- Larry Wilson: Witnessing history with my father - Pasadena Star-News
Larry Wilson: Witnessing history with my fatherPasadena Star-News, CA - 4 hours agoThe nomination this week of an African American as a major party presidential candidate marks an indelible moment in American history. ...
- Hot spots: Coffee houses offer relaxing atmosphere (Asbury Park Press)
With music playing softly in the background and the aroma of freshly brewed coffee in the air, there are many coffee houses in Monmouth and Ocean counties where people can gather and chat, enjoy open mic nights and eat in a relaxing atmosphere.
- The Early Word: McCain to Deliver Underdog Speech - New York Times Blogs
Senators John McCain, seeking to both acknowledge and change the narrative that has begun to dominate the presidential campaign, plans to unveil a retooled stump speech today. He and his running mate will be in Virginia, a state that has been leaning ...
- Culture explosion at Independence gala - Sun St.Kitts/Nevis
Culture explosion at Independence galaSun St.Kitts/Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis - 8 hours agoHe also free styled a tribute to St. Kitts/Nevis in commemoration of its silver jubilee Independence. Also carded on the programme was popular radio ...
- Del Martin, 87, pioneering lesbian activist (San Jose Mercury News)
Del Martin, a strident and eloquent voice in the early gay and lesbian civil rights movement in America, died Wednesday in San Francisco not long after enjoying perhaps the hardest-won prize of her lifelong cause -- legal marriage to Phyllis Lyon, her longtime partner. Martin was 87.
- A Cup of Joe closes due to rent dispute - Salt Lake Tribune
A Cup of Joe closes due to rent disputeSalt Lake Tribune, United States - 40 minutes agoClose to four-dozen poets, artists and coffee lovers staged a small protest and poetry reading Saturday night outside the shop's doors at 353 W. 200 South. ...
- Bleeding on the Page in the Middle of a Nervous Breakdown: Willy ... - Popmatters.com
“I didn’t like myself at all back then,” Willy Vlautin confesses. “I like myself now, but then it was much worse.” The year was 1989: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played his last game as an L.A. Laker, thousands of Chinese crowded into Beijing’s ...
- Flaubert's Overcoat: James Wood's 'How Fiction Works' - New York Sun
Flaubert's Overcoat: James Wood's 'How Fiction Works'New York Sun, United States - Aug 12, 2008A novelist, "to achieve his lightest wish," must "Become the whole of boredom, subject to / Vulgar complaints like love." Among the just, the novelist must ...
- Haiku Writers Know … - New York Times Blogs
Haiku Writers Know …New York Times Blogs, NY - 1 hour ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- School Board fires English instructor - Schenectady Gazette
School Board fires English instructorSchenectady Gazette, NY - 3 hours agoThe two discussed a wide variety of topics, from poetry to their emotions and feelings about each other. “We are grateful that the due process procedures ...
- Youth Activism: TAKE ACTION PACK - MediaRights
MediaRightsYouth Activism: TAKE ACTION PACKMediaRights - 41 minutes agoStart a slam-poetry club and encourage students to start one themselves. Check out sites for poets such as WelfarePoets.com who incorporate spoken word, ...
- 20 questions for … singer-songwriter Nellie McKay - Miami Herald
Singer, songwriter, actor and activist Nellie McKay calls her music "schizophrenic voodoo." Schizophrenic because she jumps genres - from Tin Pan Alley pop and cabaret to reggae, rap and jazz - voodoo because these elements mysteriously gel with her ...
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