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- In Town: Kevin Henkes & Lynne Rae Perkins (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Two Newbery winners come to the Milwaukee Public Library for an event for middle readers this moth. Kevin Henkes, author of "Olive Ocean," will discuss his new novel, "Bird Lake Moon,"a story about friendship and family and...
- Clubs, crafts and hobbies (Daily Herald)
Register by July 7 for Dance Upon a Star Pom and Dance Camp offered from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 15-18 at Montini Catholic High School, 19W070 16th St., Lombard.
- Book Review: Last Evenings On Earth Roberto Bolano (Blogcritics.org)
Last Evenings On Earth is as haunting a collection of short stories that you're liable to read today anywhere. Like most English speaking North Americans, South America - or more truthfully, Spanish speaking America - is somewhat of a mystery to me. I'm sure for us up in Canada, where we sometimes forget that Mexico is even part of North America, it's even more of a closed book than for ...
- Juneteenth Revisited (Houston Press)
From the 1970s to the early '90s, Juneteenth at Miller Outdoor Theatre was the largest free blues festival in the world and one of the city's marquee live music events. Thousands of people, young and old, black, white and brown, would come to the park and drag coolers and blankets up Hippie Hill to ...
- Crossing the line from gutsy to reckless - Blue Mountains Courier-Herald
Crossing the line from gutsy to recklessBlue Mountains Courier-Herald, Canada - 8 minutes agoHe was beautiful, poetry in motion. But I didn't really get to appreciate that because I was busy hanging on for dear life. You see, he was so powerful that ...
- Gowdy, Lee up for Trillium prize - CBC News
Barbara Gowdy and Dennis Lee are among the finalists for this year's Trillium Book Award, Ontario's premier literary prize. The winners will be announced on June 12. Gowdy, winner of the Marian Engel Award in 1996, which recognizes the complete body ...
- Waupun and Dodge County News & Notes - The Reporter
Waupun and Dodge County News & NotesThe Reporter, WI - 21 hours agoCentral Wisconsin Christian Elementary School invites parents and their 4-year-olds to an open house from 6 to 8 pm Monday, April 21, at the elementary ...
- Forget Tantra. My mantra is ‘13 minutes or less' - Times Online
Forget Tantra. My mantra is ‘13 minutes or less'Times Online, UK - 50 minutes agoAt a recent party everyone was discussing their sexual experiences and fantasies, to which I was contributing some of my “razzier†true-life stories. ...
- PNE Book Review - Waiting For Glory - Vitalfootball
PNE Book Review - Waiting For GloryVitalfootball, UK - 2 hours agoThe book periodically uses song lyrics to put chapters and events into context. This ingenious technique uses working man`s poetry to give the read an extra ...
- Gaining insights from others' lives (Miami Herald)
I used to love reading biographies and autobiographies when I was younger, but maybe I'm a little jaded now. Everyone seems to have an ax to grind, an angle to play, a story to spin and a point to make. Understand, though I still find it instructive to read of other's lives and gain insight from their tales, and reading with a slightly jaundiced eye may actually be a bit of an advantage, like ...
- Happy Birthday, Maya Angelou - Atlanta Daily World
Happy Birthday, Maya AngelouAtlanta Daily World, GA - 13 hours agoAngelou has written five memoirs, published volumes of poetry and crafted music, plays and screenplays. She's been in movies and on television, ...
- Why Poetry Is More Than Mere Words -- New Anthology is a Profound Expression of the Inner Self (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
MIDLOTHIAN, Ill., July 7, 2008 -- Everyone has his own way of self-expression -- a creative outlet where one can hone his skills. Poetry is one of the most common and creative mediums of self-expression.
- Life's lessons hard - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldLife's lessons hardSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 56 minutes ago"So I'm quite happy to remember her through her poetry and not reality. In reality, she was quite hard to love and live with as far as I've been able to ...
- Talking Books hits the road with Spiral Jetta, Erin Hogan’s account ... - CBC News
The title says a lot: Spiral Jetta: A Road Trip through the Land Art of the American West (University of Chicago Press). What it doesn’t say is that when Erin Hogan, decided to go on her 3,000-mile solo car trip, she was daunted by the thought of ...
- Bombardier's look at autism has dramatic poetry and strong dance ... - The Gazette (Montreal)
Bombardier's look at autism has dramatic poetry and strong dance ...The Gazette (Montreal), Canada - 4 hours agoBédard intercedes as a maternal angel for this one, offering spectral gestures that wrench the heart as she reaches out to her child. ...
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