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- A Spring Bouquet of Poetry (NPR)
All Things Considered , April 28, 2008 · As National Poetry Month draws to a close, we recognize five new volumes that celebrate the form, including verse probing the darkness at the edge of everyday life from U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Simic and hard questions posed in comic fashion from Jane Shore.
- Hundreds mourn 'beautiful angel' - Ottawa Citizen
BRAMPTON, Ont. - There were hundreds of mourners gathered at a funeral home yesterday to share their grief over the death of Nadia Kajouji, 18, the Carleton University student who disappeared March 9. Tears poured freely as those closest to the teen ...
- Of a Certain Age: Library not quite what I imagined - The State
Of a Certain Age: Library not quite what I imaginedThe State, SC - 44 minutes agoIrish and African-American works are on their own shelves, as are poetry and books signed by their authors. Reference and religion stand side by side: the ...
- Former Press Secretary Late Correcting Story - Washington Post
In an interview three years ago, when he was waging daily warfare against the White House press corps, Scott McClellan told me: "The media's trying to get under our skin and get us off-message." Now it's McClellan who's gone way off-message -- and ...
- Animal whisperers help you communicate with your pets - Forbes
Ears twitching wildly, Nikki and Lucy hovered near the telephone, aroused by the caller on the other end. He was their "whisperer," and the girls had something to tell me: "Their food tastes like sawdust." Nikki and Lucy are my 10-year-old cats. They ...
- Rise and fall of boxing champion Michael Nunn - Des Moines Register
Sandstone, Minn. - He shakes your hand with the kind of grip that would make a brick cry. FCI Sandstone inmate No. 11172-030, the quiet man with the shaved head and easy smile, tells you he's a grandfather, yet he doesn't look a day over 35. "If I ...
- Obama Does Not Understand Nuremberg - Canada Free Press
One of the obvious implications of last week’s Supreme Court decision, which granted inmates at Guantanamo Bay the right of habeas corpus to appeal their detention, is that if Osama bin Laden were captured alive by U.S. forces, the al Qaeda founder ...
- Homeless children get academic help from volunteer tutors - Enterprise News
Homeless children get academic help from volunteer tutorsEnterprise News, MA - 9 hours agoDiya, who writes poetry in her spare time, clearly appreciates Capps. ``She helps me so I can understand things more,'' said Diya, who entered Sharon Middle ...
- Charles Cobb, Jr - AllAfrica.com
Charles Cobb, JrAllAfrica.com, Washington - 41 minutes agoIn Chenjerai Hove’s novels and poetry one finds deep passion for ordinary people under the lash of oppression and struggling against poverty. ...
- Padma Lakshmi: The anti-Martha Stewart (Los Angeles Times)
- Ooooh, aaaah, Opels - Tacoma News Tribune
Don’t say it could have been. The ode to his favorite car is just one way Boespflug shows his enthusiasm for the GT. Organizing an annual get-together for Opel fans of all stripes is another. Boespflug’s 18th Annual Opel Gathering takes place ...
- X's music is letter-perfect - The Washington Times
The seminal Los Angeles punk band X doesn't rehearse anymore — and no, says founding member Exene Cervenka, it has nothing to do with laziness or unforgiving schedules. She, John Doe, Billy Zoom and D.J. Bonebrake have scrapped practice time ...
- Meghan O'Rourke: The real Miley Cyrus tragedy - Dallas Morning News
Meghan O'Rourke: The real Miley Cyrus tragedyDallas Morning News, TX - 46 minutes agoMeghan O'Rourke is literary editor at Slate, where a longer version of this essay appeared, and author of "Halflife," a collection of poetry. ...
- A different kind of film school - Inquirer.net
MANILA, Philippines - What is unique about the Marilou Diaz-Abaya Film Institute and Arts Center in Antipolo is that film students are exposed not just to the basics of filmmaking but to the other forms of art as well. Its summer arts festival ...
- Shakespeare in the Limelight - findingDulcinea
Shakespeare in the LimelightfindingDulcinea, New York - 4 hours agoBorn in England in the 16th century, Shakespeare’s poetry and plays are still published, produced, discussed, translated and analyzed in the 21 st century. ...
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