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- Professor and Indian Advocate Allen Dies at 68 - Daily Herald
In the 1960s, when some in academia still denied the existence of American Indian literature, Paula Gunn Allen embarked on a career that proved them wrong -- and altered the required reading lists of literature classes on U.S. college campuses. Allen ...
- Carnegie Hall: Hearing Voices- Jessye Norman and Bryn Terfel (Playbill Arts)
Nick Romeo interviews soprano Jessye Norman and baritone Bryn Terfel, both of whom will be appearing on the Carnegie Hall stage in the coming weeks.
- Howard Jacobson: What makes everyone believe that they have an ... - Independent
Howard Jacobson: What makes everyone believe that they have an ...Independent, UK - 3 hours agoEvery child deserves to pass, every student must have a first, every woman is an unparalleled beauty, every man a Sir Alan-in-waiting. ...
- Profile of a newsmaker: Griswold High senior receives award for ... - Norwich Bulletin
In the news: Nicholas R. Jamrock, 17, received a 2008 award in student leadership from the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education. Background: Jamrock, a senior at Griswold High School, has received numerous academic honors and volunteered in ...
- Choir and garden are talk of the Old Town - Edinburgh News
AN American gospel choir and the opening of a secret garden are among the highlights of a festival celebrating Edinburgh's Old Town. One year on from its revival, the Old Town Festival is set to feature a range of events designed to celebrate the ...
- Bringing beauty to all through surprisingly unrefined language (The Japan Times)
Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) is not only Japan's most revered poet, he is also the one most translated into other languages. Yet, until now, no one has gathered into one volume, translated into English, the complete works. Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) is not only Japan's most revered poet, he is also the... Read the full story.
- In 'Riding Shotgun,' 21 of Minnesota's most accomplished women writers remember their mothers (Pioneer Press)
What does it mean to be a mother? A daughter? How do we relate to one another? How do we go on after a mother's death? How do we survive a childhood with a sad/unhappy/discontented mother? How do we celebrate happiness with Mom?
- The Larkin Principle at work - Daily Telegraph
There was a time, less than a generation ago, when family secrets, especially about sex, were kept under wraps, and writers addressed them, if at all, obliquely, through poetry or fiction. Since then, first biography, then autobiography, have opened ...
- Without a Trace - Egypt Today
MA HMOUD AHMED MOHAMED and Omm Ahmed live in Warraq, a low-income district near Mohandiseen packed with families, each with its own little joys and miseries. But Abu Ahmed’s home has seen little joy since Ahmed went missing almost four years ago ...
- Tattoos Are Like Heart On Chest - The Ledger
Tattoos Are Like Heart On ChestThe Ledger, FL - 5 hours agoI really like this poem by Sharmila Voorakkara of Ohio. across your chest, a flare of indelible script. up the braid of your backbone, cuff your wrists. ...
- More of today's best - Detroit Free Press
More of today's bestDetroit Free Press, United States - 2 hours agoSaul Williams as Niggy Tardust: The Tar-Spangled Banner Tour with the Dragons of Zynth, music and poetry, 8-11 pm MSU Auditorium, 149 Auditorium Dr., ...
- When Free Speech Doesn’t Come Free - Middle East Online
The attacks against Carter, Finkelstein, Walt and Mearsheimer serve as a few well-known examples of the consequences writers and intellectuals face when they breach the line and criticize Israel, says Remi Kanazi . Free speech is not without ...
- Novalis and Philo-Sophie - Times Online
Novalis and Philo-SophieTimes Online, UK - 1 hour agoThe Hymns to the Night brilliantly exemplify the turn: the poem’s success stems in no small part from the way it illumines the poet’s grief and mystically ...
- Camping Out for a Cause - BU Today
BU TodayCamping Out for a CauseBU Today, MA - Apr 23, 2008A performance by the slam poetry group Speak for Yourself will be held today, April 24, at 6 pm “We wanted to get the word out about raising money for our ...
- The Best of Liquid Dreams: Omnibus, Darude - Malibu Arts Journal
The Best of Liquid Dreams: Omnibus, DarudeMalibu Arts Journal, CA - 2 hours agoThe song also uses a spoken word style mixed with sound poetry. Other than “Liquid Dreams,†it seems there is only one other place to find this unique ...
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