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- A rare slice of NZ railway history now online - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A rare slice of NZ railway history now onlineScoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand - 31 minutes agoAll issues of the magazine, an official publication by the New Zealand Government Railways Department from May 1926 to June 1940, have been launched online ...
- Galgut delivers the goods (Mail and Guardian)
The Impostor Damon Galgut (Penguin) Jane Rosenthal Damon Galgut's last novel, The Good Doctor , was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2003 and won the Commonwealth Writer's Prize.His new novel, easily as good, is set in some nameless dorp within easy reach of Port Elizabeth, which conforms to the usual pattern of such places with a farmer's co-op and a coloured/black woongebied (location).
- Kay Ryan Is Named New U.S. Poet Laureate (The Online NewsHour)
The Library of Congress announced Thursday the appointment of Kay Ryan as the 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-2009.
- Blunt–and brave, and brilliant (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines - Promoter Vince del Rosario of Viva Concerts said he was a bit sad about the low audience turnout. But the lucky ones who got to watch James Blunt’s live performance Monday night at the Araneta Coliseum walked away in high spirits.
- Who Writes This Crap? lives up to its name - Metro
MetroWho Writes This Crap? lives up to its nameMetro, UK - 2 hours agoFringe staple Luke Wright and poetry cohort Joel Stickley must have a masochistic streak, electing not only to ingest such verbiage but to write their own ...
- Theater review: 'Twelfth Night' a multicultural, lively romp in ... - San Jose Mercury News
Theater review: 'Twelfth Night' a multicultural, lively romp in ...San Jose Mercury News, USA - 1 hour agoLawson soon proves herself to be a saucy and intelligent interpreter of the poetry of the play. Her facility with the text buoys the staging through some ...
- Conejo Players celebrates troupe's 50th anniversary - Thousand Oaks Acorn
Conejo Players celebrates troupe's 50th anniversaryThousand Oaks Acorn, USA - 22 hours agoIt opened in May 1958, and since that time 347 plays, musicals, poetry productions and children's shows have been presented, first at the old Glazier barn ...
- Posted By SEAN CHASE - Pembroke Daily Observer
Posted By SEAN CHASEPembroke Daily Observer, Canada - 3 hours agoHe drew on the symbolism in his poetry to lift him up. One such image was the eagle soaring above the mountains - pain and stress free. ...
- The 10 most popular misconceptions about Oscar Wilde - guardian.co.uk
The 10 most popular misconceptions about Oscar Wildeguardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours ago... pose of an effete young man, but he went up as a scholar to Magdalen and came down with a double first in classics and the Newdigate prize for poetry. ...
- Sunken Garden Poetry & Music Festival - Boston Globe
Sunken Garden Poetry & Music FestivalBoston Globe, United States - 53 minutes agoSunken Garden Poetry & Music Festival Three-time US poet laureate Robert Pinsky kicks off the 2008 Sunken Garden Poetry & Music Festival with poetic musical ...
- Sonia Gordon (Baltimore Sun)
Age 87 Artist and teacher helped found the local Potters Guild. S onia Gordon, a Baltimore artist, educator and anti-war activist, died Saturday of respiratory failure at Roland Park Place. The former Mount Washington resident was 87.
- Anne d’Harnoncourt dies (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Anne d’Harnoncourt, leader of the Philadelphia Museum of Art since 1982, died unexpectedly this morning at age 64.
- Chaucer, Beowulf pay off for OU English prof in teaching award - Athens News
Each year, the Ohio University student body rewards four to five university faculty for their teaching excellence and overall contributions to higher education with the title of University Professor. Associate professor of English Josephine ...
- Marathi actor Vihang Nayak dies in car accident (Calcutta News)
Veteran Marathi film and television actor Vihang Nayak died in a car accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway Monday. He was 58.
- One of Montserrat's elite showcased in St Martin - Caribbean Net News
One of Montserrat's elite showcased in St MartinCaribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 1 hour agoFergus, knighted and well respected in Montserrat, has published more than 20 books in varied genres that include poetry and history. ...
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