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- Mr Former President Václav Havel - Daily Telegraph
To the Castle and Back is unlike any other political memoir. It is a wonderfully complicated, quintessentially Czech book that could only have been written by Václav Havel: political and philosophical, personal and self-reflective, concrete and ...
- Thomas M. Disch | Praised sci-fi author, 68 - Philadelphia Daily News
Thomas M. Disch, 68, who has been called one of the most important science-fiction writers of his generation, died Saturday in New York. Friends said Mr. Disch was found dead in his apartment. He had shot himself in the head, according to the New ...
- New writers bring fresh perspective to everyday life - Times Colonist
New writers bring fresh perspective to everyday lifeTimes Colonist, Canada - May 11, 2008Students can experiment with poetry, fiction, drama and creative non-fiction in a department that has a stable of acclaimed writers, including poets Lorna ...
- Dick Martin, half of "Laugh-in" comedy team, dies - Chicago Tribune
LOS ANGELES - Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it to me!" has died ...
- West Michigan events and happenings - The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
West Michigan events and happeningsThe Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com, MI - 3 hours agoFlow: Spoken Word and Poetry with Greg Bliss, 6:30 pm Wednesday, Koning Micro-Cinema, 1130 Wealthy St. SE, free, 459-4788, grcmc.org. ...
- Live alone and prosper - Louisville Courier-Journal
Live alone and prosperLouisville Courier-Journal, KY - 45 minutes agoEither it becomes a baby room if we decide we want to have a child, or the husband might want to make it his little sports-cave retreat. ...
- Library may bear publisher's name (The Clarion-Ledger)
When Charles Tisdale was a young boy, he became so frustrated about his older siblings being able to read that he climbed a tree and refused to come down until he caught up.
- Firemen's Ball & other boogie-fests - OurayNews.com
Firemen's Ball & other boogie-festsOurayNews.com, CO - 2 hours agoThe show's creator, Bill Fries, captures the poetry and grandeur of this place and its people in a way that nobody else ever has. ...
- America Back on Track... for Wednesday, July 16th - OpEdNews.com
Our Quote of the Day is from John F. Kennedy who said, "The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence." Some observations on the news... The International Criminal Court has charged Sudan's ...
- Author ‘not very creative’ with uni students’ marks (Wandsworth Guardian)
Kingston Uni's creative writing course is at the centre of controversy following the revelation that leading novelist Hanif Kureishi, a research fellow on the course, awards all his students distinctions regardless of the work they produce.
- News in brief: SF center hosts queer prom - Bay Area Reporter
News in brief: SF center hosts queer promBay Area Reporter, CA - 5 hours agoThe evening will include fun, camaraderie, poetry, story-telling, music, and song led by Andrew Ramer and Andrea Guerra. Wine and juice will be provided. ...
- Stolen $30M Shakespeare book found; man arrested (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A 400-year-old volume of Shakespeare stolen in England a decade ago and valued $30 million has been recovered after a man walked into a library in Washington and asked to have it authenticated.
- New York City Ballet: The Triple Threat - PlaybillArts
PlaybillArtsNew York City Ballet: The Triple ThreatPlaybillArts, NY - 3 hours ago... cowboy in Western Symphony? He digs deep to come up with a searing portrayal in Prodigal Son, and in pure classical style, he can breathe poetry and ...
- The Nuyorican celebrates poets aloud (The Villager)
Wanting to give a platform to underrepresented artists, writer Miguel Algarin co-founded the Nuyorican Poets Café in the living room of his East Village apartment in 1973. On May 3, the Nuyorican, the name of which refers to Puerto Ricans living in New York, will celebrate 35 years of poetry, theater, music, film, and visual arts innovation with a lineup of performers who launched their careers ...
- Man Asian longlist strong on Filipino writers (Guardian Unlimited)
The longlist for the second Man Asian literary prize features a strong showing from Filipino writers
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