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- National recognition for teenage poet - Gloucestershire Gazette
National recognition for teenage poetGloucestershire Gazette, UK - 3 hours agoBy Jayne Bennett » A SIXTH former in her final year at Katharine Lady Berkeley’s School is one of just a few winners of a national poetry competition. ...Chester Literature Festival gets under way ChesterChronicle.co.ukHeather Halliwell: Armley sixth former win prestigious writing prize Armley Todayall 4 news articles
- Teaching writing skills (Times of Malta)
In as much the same way as we write e-mails, shopping lists or personal memos, children use their writing skills not only during Maltese and English lessons, but also during their science, mathematics and social studies.
- Afro DZ ak inspires a fight for the cause - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
Afro DZ ak inspires a fight for the causeUniversity at Buffalo The Spectrum, NY - 2 hours ago... combining a sound of hip-hop, jazz, soul and poetry. Shungu's elevated inspiration is dispersed throughout the album's 12 laid-back, love-laden tracks. ...
- Teen Prostitute Describes Life On The Streets - KTVU.com
Teen Prostitute Describes Life On The StreetsKTVU.com, CA - 1 hour agoShe told KTVU that she will turn 18 next week, but her life on the streets started when she was only eleven years old. Tajanik was a student with a 4.0 ...
- DEATH PENALTY-JAPAN: Killing Suspense - Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Feb 27 (IPS) - Last Christmas Day is etched into the memory of Kaoru Okashita, 60, a Japanese prisoner on death row. In the distance he heard the footfall of guards marching steadily towards his cell early in the morning -- and then ...
- Karaoke Night - The Vail Trail
Karaoke NightThe Vail Trail, CO - 1 hour agoLet your creativity flow on this fantastic five-day writing and canoeing retreat with acclaimed author of fiction, memoir, essay and poetry Page Lambert. ...
- Things Fall Apart now a US bestseller - Punch
Chunua Achebe’s widely celebrated novel, Things Fall Apart, has again confirmed its classical status as it has been named as a US national bestseller along with its author, the Empowered Newswire has reported. The book, whose golden jubilee ...
- Classy back-to-school books for kids - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Classy back-to-school books for kidsPittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 25 minutes agoBy Karen MacPherson, Scripps Howard News Service • In "Off to First Grade" (McElderry/Simon & Schuster, $16.99), author Louise Borden uses poetry to capture ...
- 'Latino Music Festival' Spans Time, Borders (HispanicBusiness.com)
It is good to see Chicago's Latino composers coming into their own.
- Forecasters warn of more flooding (icWales)
HOUSEHOLDERS are being warned to be on their guard to avert flooding over the next 24 hours, as forecasters warn that more heavy rain is expected to sweep into Wales.
- Glorious mud and music (Stuff)
It's a long journey. We're packed into the train carriage and police sniffer-dogs nuzzle our legs and bags at the station, looking for drugs. When we arrive the sky is axe-grey and the ground sludge. As a man ahead with bare calves and Italian loafers sinks into the mud, we pull on Wellington boots.
- Revisit times that inspired Key's 'Star-Spangled Banner' (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Aug. 1 was Francis Scott Key's birthday, making this an ideal time to visit Fort McHenry in Maryland and learn about the battle that inspired Key to write the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner."
- Star power meets philanthropy with celeb charities (The Charlotte Observer)
Bono battles the AIDS epidemic. Leonardo tries to make the world a greener place, and Martha has a soft spot for animals. For today's celebs, charity work is almost as much a part of the job as walking the red carpet. Famous names have become affiliated with preventing domestic violence, curing breast cancer, fixing smiles and saving farms from development. "You have to care about something ...
- Aug 10 - Aug 16 (116) - Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
Mukasey insists that the process of partisan entrenchment has been checked following his arrival. A measure of skepticism on this point is warranted. In fact, the problem is far broader than the two probes undertaken by the Justice Department’s ...
- Columnist/Young-Adult Novelist Jeannette Eyerly Dies at 100 - Editor & Publisher
Columnist/Young-Adult Novelist Jeannette Eyerly Dies at 100Editor & Publisher - 1 hour agoThe award-winning Eyerly wrote 18 young-adult novels and two books of poetry in addition to co-writing a nationally syndicated column. ...
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