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- Quillblog exclusive: Summer reading picks from Lawrence Hill ... - Quillblog
Quillblog exclusive: Summer reading picks from Lawrence Hill ...Quillblog, Canada - 4 hours agoBetween these meals, I’ll snack on three books of American poetry: Time and Materials by Robert Hass, Nomina by Karen Volkman, and Azores by David Yezzi. ...
- Central Valley briefs - Lemoore Advance
Central Valley briefsLemoore Advance, CA - 36 minutes agoSacramento Rainbow Poets is offering a $1000 grand prize in a new poetry contest. The deadline is Sept. 20. There are 50 prizes totaling $5000. ...
- iPO Free on iTunes - AtomTV, Black In America, Strange Days on Planet Earth, & More (The Mac Observer)
Vern Seward brings us another week of free offerings on iTunes, including some Atom.com material being presented by Comedy Central, a preview of a CNN special called "Black in America," and an interesting environmental piece hosted by Ed Norton called "Strange Days on Planet Earth."
- Guest column: Lesson for teachers: To care and not to care - Des Moines Register
One morning last fall I found a line from T. S. Eliot's poem "Ash Wednesday" swirled in purple marker across the front whiteboard of my classroom: "Teach us to care and not to care." The elegant penmanship told me it was Trudy, my friend and fellow ...
- Dead author's estate snatches child's domain (The Register)
Nar-nar-nar-nar-nar(nia) A British couple has lost the battle to keep the narnia.mobi domain name which they claimed was only registered so that their son could have a Narnia-related email address. The address will transfer to a company representing CS Lewis's estate.…
- View all headlines - Recorder
HEATH -- To celebrate the town center's recent inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, the town's Historical Commission and Historical Society have put together a daylong event that focuses on the town's history this Saturday, from 10 ...
- Writing Outside The Margins hits Toronto's streets - Inside Toronto
Canada's Festival of Queer Literary Arts returns to the city on Sunday, Aug. 24. The all-day festival, Writing Outside The Margins, features an array of activities for everyone, including panel discussions, an open-mic stage, a poetry slam, children ...
- A National Dog Adoption Event so Exciting that Even "Socks", the Former Presidential Cat Can't Miss it! (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
National Dog Day 2008 is coming to the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons Island, Maryland on August 23, 2008 from 10am to 5pm. This event will also include The Great American Dog Show, the Animal Miracle Film Festival and The FURocious Concert from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. This is a free concert to benefit animals in domestic violence situations.
- Poetry integral part of life in hamlet (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge - For generations, both the young and the old in the hamlet of Hoang Duong in Ung Hoa town in the northern province of Ha Tay have communicated by poetry.
- Monday, August 11, 2008 - Democracy Now
Monday, August 11, 2008Democracy Now, NY - Aug 12, 2008The poetry of Mahmoud Darwish is well known and loved across the Arab world by people from all walks of life. [includes rush transcript]
- Colleges Explore Alternative Revenue Streams - KGTV, 10News.com
Colleges Explore Alternative Revenue StreamsKGTV, 10News.com, CA - 9 hours agoA case in point: New England College in Henniker, NH, which added a masters in management with a health care specialization and an MFA program in poetry, ...
- The satisfying compromises of collaboration - Daily Star - Lebanon
Daily Star - LebanonThe satisfying compromises of collaborationDaily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon - 19 hours ago"But this project started when a mutual friend suggested I work with Jacques poetry. "I worked with Jacques for about eight months on the adaptation. ...
- Jen 2.0 - Tech for Today: Make Teens the Stars in Your Next Slide Show - School Library Journal
Jen 2.0 - Tech for Today: Make Teens the Stars in Your Next Slide ShowSchool Library Journal - 4 hours agoDoing a poetry slam? Get photos of the teens reading their poems, post ‘em to Flickr along with their poetry. Having a craft or art program for teens? ...
- FACTBOX: Facts about Palestinian poet Darwish - Reuters
FACTBOX: Facts about Palestinian poet DarwishReuters - Aug 10, 2008Darwish, 67, won admirers in the Arab world and beyond for award-winning poetry and prose that was translated into more than 20 languages. ...
- What Maliki Didn't Say - Slate
Here's Spiegel 's transcript of Prime Minister al-Maliki's comments on when U.S. troops might withdraw from Iraq: As soon as possible, as far as we're concerned. U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama talks about 16 months. That, we think, would be ...
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