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- Del Martin, 87, pioneering lesbian activist (San Jose Mercury News)
Del Martin, a strident and eloquent voice in the early gay and lesbian civil rights movement in America, died Wednesday in San Francisco not long after enjoying perhaps the hardest-won prize of her lifelong cause -- legal marriage to Phyllis Lyon, her longtime partner. Martin was 87.
- Iran's expatriate poets speak out, in English and Farsi - Daily Star - Lebanon
Iran's expatriate poets speak out, in English and FarsiDaily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon - 40 minutes agoNot surprisingly perhaps, Talebi says the 1979 Iranian Revolution is an integral part of today's expat Iranian poetry. "The poets in 'Belonging' left their ...
- Schieffer: Can Biden Be Obama's Spear Chucker? - NewsBusters
Schieffer: Can Biden Be Obama's Spear Chucker?NewsBusters - 9 hours agoIt's somehow perfect that a Jesse Jackson would demand poetry. Schieffer then shifted to spear analogies: Is it going to be hard, though, for Joe Biden? ...
- Control : The fate of Joy Division's Ian Curtis - World Socialist Web Site
Directed by Anton Corbijn, written by Matt Greenhalgh, based on Touching from a distance by Deborah Curtis Premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007, Control is Anton Corbijn’s first feature film, based on the life and death of Ian Kevin Curtis ...
- LITERARY DATEBOOK (The Kansas City Star)
MURDER IN THE AFTERNOON BOOK GROUP: Garnethill, by Denise Mina. 1 p.m. Sept. 9, I Love A Mystery Bookstore, 6114 Johnson Drive, Mission. (913-432-2583)
- East Texas Author Pens Novel Speaking Out Against Abuse - Tyler Morning Telegraph
East Texas Author Pens Novel Speaking Out Against AbuseTyler Morning Telegraph, TX - 6 hours ago“The African American girl is a composite of two kids I taught in Mesquite,” she said. “The stepmother in the book is an English teacher. ...
- Letters to the Editor (Advance Titan)
Recently there was a Letter to the Editor criticizing the LGBTQ Lavender Graduation ceremony on campus, accusing the LGBTQ community of separating itself and declaring it a “trap” that special interest groups fall into, which only serves to harm our cause.
- Soldier Boy - New York Times
Soldier BoyNew York Times, United States - 50 minutes agoThe point, of course, is that the news we get from poetry isn’t like the news we get from newspapers. Nor is it like the news we get from memoirs, ...
- Iraquis celebrate culture at Mesopotamian Festival (Mississauga News)
For many members of the Iraqi community taking part in the fifth annual Mesopotamian Festival, it was a lot like coming home. “We miss our family we had to leave behind,” says artist Ahmad Nasir, whose many paintings inspired by his home country, were on display at the Iraqi Canadian Society of Ontario's Oct. 4 event at St. Joseph Secondary School. “When we come to this festival each year, it ...
- Hottie of the week - iAfrica.com
iAfrica.comHottie of the weekiAfrica.com, South Africa - 5 hours agoIt's kind of like having a large bottom, sometimes it gets in the way, but it's mine so I love it. I want to uplift and encourage my audience by being ...
- Obama Candidacy Reminiscent of Civil Rights Struggles - NPR
Obama Candidacy Reminiscent of Civil Rights StrugglesNPR - 10 hours agoI never thought I would live to see the day when an African-American would be accepting the nomination of one of our two major parties to be President of ...
- Combat rock - Guardian Unlimited
A gleaming black-and-white Fender Stratocaster is an unusual item to find in a soldier's kit bag, but for Sergeant John Dobbins it is one of his most treasured possessions. This isn't just any shop-bought axe. Dobbins built his guitar from scratch ...
- September 2008 - Town Hall
Chad Pegram, who covers the House for Fox News, just reported House conservative are calling the bailout vote a "legacy vote" akin to the one on President Clinton's impeachment and Medicare prescription drug. President Bush is scheduled to make a ...
- Award-winning poet set to speak at ACC - Post-Star
When people go to an art gallery, they expect to be challenged by the work they see. Although they may not understand the meaning behind the mix of colors and brushstrokes, they accept the paintings for their aesthetic value. Poems, however, are ...
- The Count of St. Germain: A brief history of an immortal (The Epoch Times)
Who was the Count of St. Germain, the gifted and charismatic figure of the 18th century?
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