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- Multimedia Taliban get their message across (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Taliban have created a sophisticated media network to undermine support for the Afghan government, sending threats by text message and spreading the militia's views through songs available as ring tones, according to a report released Thursday. The...
- Google Should Give You Some of Its Ad Revenue - New York Times Blogs
Here’s a link to a Marketplace radio commentary that aired yesterday in which I argue that search engines should give you a cut of their ad revenue when you click through on an ad. Microsoft’s cashback system pays you if you click through and buy ...
- Barbara Gowdy among finalists for Toronto book award - Toronto Star
TorontoistBarbara Gowdy among finalists for Toronto book awardToronto Star, Canada - 13 hours agoBarbara Gowdy's novel Helpless, winner earlier this year of the Trillium Book Award, is also a finalist for the $16000 Toronto Book Award. ...The Literati: Unsurprising Shortlist Revealed, Going to Bed Early ... Torontoistall 9 news articles
- 'Mad Men' using Frank O'Hara's 'Meditations in an Emergency ... - Los Angeles Times
'Mad Men' using Frank O'Hara's 'Meditations in an Emergency ...Los Angeles Times, CA - 2 hours agoO'Hara rose to prominence during the New American Poetry era alongside Allen Ginsberg, Robert Creeley, Denise Levertov and Gary Snyder. ...
- Why Danielle Steel is 'critic-proof' - CNN International
Why Danielle Steel is 'critic-proof'CNN International - 13 hours agoHer mini-empire also includes 15 children's books, multiple adaptations for TV or DVDs, a volume of poetry and even a perfume from Elizabeth Arden. ...
- SHSU professor to teach ‘Big Read’ workshops (The Hunstville Item)
Aspiring creative writers in Huntsville will have a chance to learn something new as part of the Huntsville Public Library’s participation in The Big Read, a national program geared at promoting a love of reading.
- Ex-wife's book shows Che's transformation - NewsOK.com (subscription)
NewsOK.com (subscription)Ex-wife's book shows Che's transformationNewsOK.com (subscription), OK - 4 hours agoBut the pair's friendship deepened as they discussed books on philosophy, politics and poetry. They also both supported the Guatemalan government of Jacobo ...
- France bids farewell to black pride - Sydney Morning Herald
France bids farewell to black prideSydney Morning Herald, Australia - Apr 20, 2008French President Nicolas Sarkozy was to join mourners on Sunday at the state funeral of Aime Cesaire, a poet and pioneer of the black pride movement who ...
- Brokaw, Hass, Hultin and Voxman to receive honorary UI degrees - Media Newswire (press release)
Brokaw, Hass, Hultin and Voxman to receive honorary UI degreesMedia Newswire (press release), NY - 2 hours agoHe was co-editor of "The Best American Poetry 2001." A professor of English at the University of California-Berkeley since 1989, Hass was named Educator of ...
- A Challenge to Idealistic Progressives - Gather.com
A Challenge to Idealistic ProgressivesGather.com, MA - 19 hours agoLike the poetry of the prophet Amos, this was a bold attack on the illusions of the US population that this nation is basically an innocent and idealistic ...
- Fall into fun at festivals around the state (Austin American-Statesman)
Humans have been doing it since the Druids and probably before: gathering in fall to celebrate the harvest, the change of season, community and culture. This is a beautiful time to travel in Texas: temperatures fit for a convertible under the deep blue sky, endless roads leading to revelry of all sorts.
- Olympic Inspiration for Peace - MorungExpress
Olympic Inspiration for PeaceMorungExpress, India - 4 hours agoThere could be other great festivals and celebrations of human achievement in the areas of music, poetry, dancing and drama. We could celebrate those who ...
- Happy Birthday, Stanley Kunitz - findingDulcinea
findingDulcineaHappy Birthday, Stanley KunitzfindingDulcinea, New York - 28 minutes ago“I think a poem lies submerged in the depths of one’s being. It’s an amalgamation of images, often the key images out of a life. I think there are certain ...
- Del Martin, 87, pioneering lesbian activist - San Jose Mercury News
The Associated PressDel Martin, 87, pioneering lesbian activistSan Jose Mercury News, USA - 2 hours ago... couple and six other women in 1955 founded the Daughters of Bilitis, a social support group named after a 19th-century French book of lesbian poetry. ...Lesbian activist Del Martin dies Gay.comSF: UPDATE: LESBIAN AND FEMINIST PIONEER DEL MARTIN IS MOURNED CBS 5US lesbian activist Del Martin dies at 87 Monsters and Critics.comBgay.com - International Herald Tribuneall 304 news articles
- Scarlett Johansson, Maya Angelou, Kelsey Grammer (International Herald Tribune)
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