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- Writers focus on Midwest Latinos (The Wichita Eagle)
Contributors to the new anthology "Primera Pagina: Poetry from the Latino Heartland" -- including one with ties to Wichita -- say they want to express and draw attention to the Hispanic experience in the middle of the country. "I don't think Hispanics in the Midwest have really been able to have a voice," said Marcelo Xavier Trillo, 30, who was raised in Wichita and participates in the Kansas ...
- Jim Morrison On This Day: Jim Morrison Dies - findingDulcinea
Jim Morrison On This Day: Jim Morrison DiesfindingDulcinea, New York - 13 hours agoHis journals included poetry and song lyrics but also contained repeated scribblings of the phrase “God help me.” Morrison had a strict authoritarian ...
- Together We Read picks Morgan's 'Boone' for '08 - Asheville Citizen-Times
Together We Read has selected Morgan's latest work, "Boone: A Biography" as the book that all of Western North Carolina will be reading this summer and fall.
- Languages and music: natural partners in education - On Line Opinion
Of course students in Australian schools should be learning languages other than English (LOTE). Other writers have presented a number of excellent reasons for making it mandatory. But it seems that nobody has raised another crucial point: languages ...
- Love's labor’s lost in post-invasion Iraq - Middle East Online
As statistics go, at least 655,000 Iraqis have died as a result of the occupation, now in its fifth year. Every one of them has left behind once loved ones to mourn the loss and to think of what might have been. This is the land of the Arabian Nights ...
- This week a calendar for the bibliophile - The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.comThis week a calendar for the bibliophileThe Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA - 2 hours agoThe Greater New Orleans Fleur de Lis Chapter of the Louisiana State Poetry Society meets Saturday, 2-4 pm, at the Metairie Library, 2350 Metairie Road. ...
- Iran's Kiarostami to stage Mozart opera - Presstv
Iranian artist Abbas Kiarostami is slated to stage Mozart's 'Cosi Fan Tutte' at the Festival of Lyric Art in Aix-en-provence, France. In an interview with the Paris daily Le Monde, Kiarostami said his engagement in opera was accidental and he had ...
- Romesh Gunesekera's top 10 island books - guardian.co.uk
Romesh Gunesekera's top 10 island booksguardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoHis books of poetry and prose are extraordinarily free and witty: full of invention, autobiography and the real world of Montserrat, England and France. ...
- Artspace: Theatre helps youth bridge cultural gap - Morden Times
Artspace: Theatre helps youth bridge cultural gapMorden Times, Canada - 6 hours agoThe production was a mix of visual art and slam poetry by 15 teenagers and four adults. A student from Winnipeg painted an original piece during each show ...
- Poetry can be true without being True (The Oregonian)
"T his Dirty Little Heart" is poet B.T. Shaw's first book, published by the Eastern Washington University Press as the winner of its Blue Lynx Prize. Shaw edits the poetry column for The Oregonian and teaches literature and writing. She talked about her book in an e-mail conversation.
- Abu Dhabi 2008 to kick off in October - Middle East Online
Middle East OnlineAbu Dhabi 2008 to kick off in OctoberMiddle East Online, UK - 4 hours ago... including falcon and dog beauty contests, horse and camel auctions, competitions for research and inventions, poetry, painting and photography. ...
- No Sweat(er): Tommy and Amanda Win 'Beauty and the Geek' - Zap2it.com
No Sweat(er): Tommy and Amanda Win 'Beauty and the Geek'Zap2it.com - 3 hours agoAnd while Matt's poetry was rather atrocious, I felt he grew. Also, I give them props for locking lips in the soap opera challenge. ...
- Determined young woman killed in possible gang crossfire (Chicago Sun-Times)
As a child, Ishma Stewart liked to park her kid-sized rocking chair in the middle of a family gathering, where she'd spin a tale about a girl named Wendy who lived within the colored bands of a rainbow.
- Latitude 2008: DiS's festival picks - Drowned In Sound
Drowned In SoundLatitude 2008: DiS's festival picksDrowned In Sound, UK - 1 hour agoToday, he stitches his delicately crafted songs together with threads of poetry, whilst members of his band, The Sussex Wit, grant both sparse accompaniment ...
- Bourne Graduation: High spirits stand up to high winds (Cape Cod Times)
The 2008 senior class at Bourne High School had one more challenge to face before graduation yesterday: a stiff wind and a potential downpour.
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