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- Joliet woman's tragedy finds photographic outlet (The Herald News)
Four years ago, Molly Snodgrass, now 48, of Joliet, fell down a flight of stairs and injured her brain. This ended her ability to write poetry, short stories or teach creative writing classes. But miraculously, Snodgrass' tragedy also opened up new worlds of creative expression for her, with the help of a camera.
- Great-grandmother Harriet and a woman's right to vote (The Gilroy Dispatch)
This week we celebrate the 88th anniversary of American women winning the right to vote.
- WITNESS: An encounter with Karadzic in the snow (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Giles Elgood is a Reuters journalist based in London. He covered the war in Bosnia from 1992 to 1995, from both sides of the front line. He joined Reuters in 1980 and has reported from countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. In the following story, he describes meeting the now-arrested Bosnian Serb leader in 1994.
- 411’s TNA Impact Report 9.18.08 - 411mania.com
411’s TNA Impact Report 9.18.08411mania.com, TX - 13 hours agoTag to Cage, a whip to the corner and AJ gets some poetry in motion on Sabin, Cage covers for 2. Side kick by Sabin, tag to Shelley and rights to Cage. ...
- Celebs, politicians, best-selling authors at National Book Festival, Sept. 27 (Canoe Travel)
WASHINGTON - Salman Rushdie and Tiki Barber are among 70 authors scheduled to participate in the 2008 National Book Festival.
- German Scholars Reject Claim of Goethe's Secret Romance - Deutsche Welle
Allegations of a secret love affair between a dowager duchess and Germany's greatest writer, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, have been hotly rejected this week by German literary scholars. The claims were advanced in a 2003 book by literary sleuth Ettore ...
- Great River Shakespeare Festival announces sonnet winners - Winona Post
Great River Shakespeare Festival announces sonnet winnersWinona Post, MN - 2 hours agoAfter all, it is a 400-year-old poetry form that may not be as familiar to the community as he’d like fit to be. But Winona had a surprise in store for ...
- San Diego Author Releases Book of Poetry That Reaches Out to Young ... - BlackNews.com
San Diego, CA (BlackNews.com) - A new book has hit the stands at Barnes & Noble and other outlet that promises to be a best seller. The Breaker of the Storms , ISBN #9780595395972, published by iUniverse, retailing for $9.95, has come at a time in ...
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- Buckingham takes his own pathway - Daily Local News
In 2006, Lindsey Buckingham issued a soft-spoken songwriter's disc entitled "Under the Skin." It was all-acoustic, deeply reflective, poignant and drenched in beauty. It was also criminally under-noticed. While doing press interviews for that project ...
- Atlantans flaunt alternative lifestyle choices - AccessAtlanta
FOR MANY, LABOR DAY WEEKEND is the unofficial end of summer, offering one last opportunity to grill out, picnic or catch a fireworks show. But with Atlanta’s Black Gay Pride Celebration taking place Aug. 27-Sept. 1, the holiday weekend also offers ...
- Teen Prostitute Describes Life On The Streets (Bayinsider)
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Tajanik Thompson walks the streets of Oakland to make a living. She told KTVU that she will turn 18 next week, but her life on the streets started when she was only eleven years old.
- Orchestre de Paris/Eschenbach - Guardian Unlimited
We have been waiting for ages to hear Matthias Pintscher's Hérodiade-Fragmente at the Proms. A performance scheduled for 2006, with Christoph Eschenbach conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra, was cancelled after a fire in the Albert Hall. Eschenbach ...
- Worship service at Kingsport Livestock Auction reaches out to cowboys - Kingsport Times News
Kingsport Times NewsWorship service at Kingsport Livestock Auction reaches out to cowboysKingsport Times News, TN - Aug 9, 2008Pastor Dan Peterson started Circle J Cowboy Church. Services are held at the Kingsport Livestock Auction Barn and draw people who enjoy the cowboy lifestyle ...
- War and Love in the Glen (Metro Santa Cruz)
Last Saturday night we sat spellbound as two attractive young people fell madly, crazily in love right before our eyes.
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