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- Michael Rosen: 'Give children books, not SATs' - Independent
Michael Rosen: 'Give children books, not SATs'Independent, UK - 15 minutes agoHis everyday speech, you notice, has the same lively stream of consciousness as his poetry. But by far his biggest concern is what testing has done to his ...
- Bring Your Questions for the CEO of Digg - New York Times Blogs
New York Times BlogsBring Your Questions for the CEO of DiggNew York Times Blogs, NY - 2 hours 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 ...
- Blitz The Ambassador - CNET Asia
Close listeners will hear a spate of NYC-centric influences in this Brooklyn MC's stellar rhymes. The urgent, conscious-is-cool flows of Black Star (especially Kweli) and the punchy grunts of KRS-One meet amid a maze of classic keyboards, live drums ...
- 'Darkness' cast is up to grave challenge - Theater Loop - Chicago Tribune Blog
'Darkness' cast is up to grave challengeTheater Loop - Chicago Tribune Blog, IL - 6 hours agoAt times, the connective tissue falls lax as the dialogue turns to poetry devoid of passion. Thankfully, however, the material isn't played for ...
- New Bloc Party album explores new sonic territory - Northern Star Online
New Bloc Party album explores new sonic territoryNorthern Star Online, IL - 9 hours agoBy NYSSA BULKES More a poetry recitation than a music album, Bloc Party delves deep, deep, deeper into its melancholic side with the band’s third album. ...
- TV newsman Bob Schieffer talks to the Star-Telegram about his new book, the conventions and his hometown of Fort Worth (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By ROBERT PHILPOT Bob Schieffer calls in early for his phone interview with the Star-Telegram, and you can’t blame him: His boss has just invited him to attend the men’s finals of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, which took place on a Monday because of a weekend rain delay. It’s the Face the Nation host’s first tennis match, where he’ll eventually get to see the great Roger Federer beat ...
- College maintenance worker honored for his poetry (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul)
Larry Schug always has something to write about. It's how he knows he's alive. "People say, 'I don't know what to write about,'
- Wayman Chapel A.M.E. to mark 175 years Sunday - Dayton Daily News
The first black congregation to plant roots in Dayton soil was Wayman Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, now at 3317 Hoover Ave. It was the first A.M.E. connectional church in the district and the place where Dayton's most celebrated bard ...
- Great poet's grave stokes Civil War dispute - San Diego Union-Tribune
VIZNAR, Spain – The tranquil, pine-carpeted hills in this patch of southern Spain hold awful secrets. Now, one of them has been thrust into the spotlight of a still painful accounting of atrocities committed in the Spanish Civil War. The dispute ...
- Columbia Records Set to Release Actor Terrence - All About Jazz
Columbia Records Set to Release Actor TerrenceAll About Jazz, PA - 4 hours ago“I wanted him to recite some great Spanish poetry from 200 years ago over this beautiful music, but I couldn't get in touch with him," says Terrence. ...
- Our picks for this week's top events (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Marengo Cave in Southern Indiana will celebrate the 125th anniversary of its discovery tomorrow. Also this week: Louisville Improvisors improvise; Jazz Record Collectors hold meeting; Rudyard Kipling hosts "Homegrown," a double-nighter of local drama, music, poetry and comedy; and more.
- ‘Karachi was a replica of Paris’ - The News - International
‘Karachi was a replica of Paris’The News - International, Pakistan - 1 hour agoAs far as poetry is concerned, there is one major difference. He believes poetry comes from land. “It grows from earth like flowers,†he says, adding as the ...
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux - New York Observer
Elizabeth Sifton, a veteran editor at the boutique publishing house Farrar, Straus & Giroux, has found herself at the center of a controversy surrounding the authorial origins of a prayer--“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot ...
- Artistic ancestry - Barnstable Patriot
Barnstable PatriotArtistic ancestryBarnstable Patriot, MA - 2 hours agoFor the tribal and ethnic artists in Cahoon Museum of American Art’s “Trend Meets Tradition†show in Cotuit, the half-this/half-that is a more essential ...
- Local students, staff compete in National Poetry Slam Festival - University of Wisconsin-Madison University Communications
Local students, staff compete in National Poetry Slam FestivalUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison University Communications, WI - 8 hours ago3-9 for National Poetry Slam 2008. The poet-performers are members of some 75 teams that will compete at several downtown venues for a chance to advance to ...
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