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- Local notes: Ballina/Killaloe - Nenagh Guardian
Local notes: Ballina/KillaloeNenagh Guardian, Ireland - 5 hours agoA two-hour Revival Poetry Workshop will be held at the Limerick Writers' Centre, 12 Barrington Street on this Saturday from 10am to 12 noon. ...
- Toni Morrison's operatic tragic story, lavishly told - Chicago Sun-Times
The tale couldn't be more gut-wrenching or the underlying issue more compelling. A young slave, fleeing captivity in the South in the 1850s, is cornered by U.S. marshals and a posse, including her owner. She slays her 2-year-old daughter, choosing to ...
- Strolling in Manhattan with Kay, the doomed dream girl who fired my love of America (Times Online)
Why should the blues make you feel so happy? This is what I remember asking myself as the student ship MS Aurelia sailed under the Verrazano-Narrows bridge, on its way from New York back to Britain.
- Eminem helps say goodbye to MTV's 'TRL' - Kalamazoo Gazette
NEW YORK -- Carson Daly chatted with Eminem, Beyonce gave a show-stopping performance, girls shrieked at the sight of Justin Timberlake and hundreds of fans lined up outside in Times Square for a glimpse at superstars. For few hours, it seemed like ...
- Visiting Writers Series hosts lyric poet Toni Blackman - HollandSentinel.com
Visiting Writers Series hosts lyric poet Toni BlackmanHollandSentinel.com, MI - 8 hours agoThe free event, sure to be inspiring, will feature Blackman performing her poetry using a freestyle method, a mixture of hip-hop and poetry. ...
- The Write Stuff - Wall Street Journal
Singer-songwriter Ryan Adams hates being called prolific. This despite the fact that he's released 10 albums in nine years -- and wrote and recorded rough versions of 70 songs before choosing the 12 tracks that made it onto his album "Cardinology ...
- Slam poets not averse to quirky verse - Illawara Mercury
Slam poets not averse to quirky verseIllawara Mercury, Australia - 1 hour agoBY JODIE MINUS Poetry is in such a healthy state that it's given birth to new movements, according to a University of Wollongong lecturer. ...
- Inside the Kennedy presidency - Irish Times
Inside the Kennedy presidencyIrish Times, Ireland - 6 hours agoIN 1960, IT was a "miracle" when a Catholic candidate secured the presidency, Sorensen says, "and it will be an even greater miracle if a black man wins", ...
- Never mind the sex, hear the music - The Times
Never mind the sex, hear the musicThe Times, South Africa - 44 minutes agoUntil a friend told me that he has, in his music collection, about 120 recordings of Abdullah Ibrahim, I didn’t realise how extensive our pianist’s ...
- Helpless, Soucouyant nominated for Toronto Book Award (CBC Toronto)
Barbara Gowdy's novel Helpless, which earlier this year won the Trillium Book Award, and Soucouyant, a debut novel that also was nominated for the Governor General's Award for Literature, are both finalists for the Toronto Book Award.
- Book Marks: October 2008 Reviews - Pride Source
"The 19th Wife," by David Ebershoff. Random House, 514 pages, $26 hardcover. The murky history of the Mormons and the abusive reality of polygamy's dark past and its outlaw present constitute the primary storyline of this compelling collage of a ...
- Dark days for macho men - Financial Times
Night has fallen on Mexico City, it is getting chilly and raindrops are starting to trickle down the windowpane of room 407 of the Hospital Angeles where Alejandro Juarez is visiting Jorge, his boyfriend. Jorge, a 24-year-old Mexican journalist, is ...
- A classical Chinese garden - Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science MonitorA classical Chinese gardenChristian Science Monitor, MA - 4 hours agoAccording to the docents, a classical Chinese garden contains five elements — architecture, plants, stone, water, and poetry. Don’t you love the idea of ...
- South Buffalo Bookstore Offers Free Literacy Programs - WGRZ-TV
South Buffalo Bookstore Offers Free Literacy ProgramsWGRZ-TV, NY - 19 hours agoThe literacy programs also include book clubs and poetry readings all on a sign-up basis. "We're just trying to offer a fun, funky safe place for readers to ...
- 'Not-at-home'-schoolers have lots of activities to choose from - Calgary Herald
'Not-at-home'-schoolers have lots of activities to choose fromCalgary Herald, Canada - 5 hours agoThis online e-mail group facilitates the organization and co-ordination of home-school activities. It is a great source of spontaneous get-togethers, ...
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