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- Wis. college to honor banned Shel Silverstein book (Freedom Forum Online)
JANESVILLE, Wis. — A children's book that was banned from elementary school libraries in the 1980s will be honored with a special reading in Janesville this week as part of Banned Books Week.
- Poet who gave identity to Palestinians dies (CNN.com)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Mahmoud Darwish, whose prose gave voice to the Palestinian experience of exile, occupation and infighting, died Saturday in Houston, Texas. He was 67.
- It’s not your father’s library - Jacksonville Daily Record
The concept “build it and they will come” worked for Kevin Costner in the film “Field of Dreams” and it’s working for the Teen Services department of the Jacksonville Public Library (JPL). Every branch library in the system has an area ...
- Playwright Harold Pinter wins literature prize - MSNBC
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - In honoring British playwright Harold Pinter on Thursday, Nobel Prize judges have again chosen an artist of literary achievement and political contention. The 75-year-old Pinter, the most influential British playwright of his ...
- Fall's full of fun - Thecalifornian.com
The pumpkins are ripe and ready and so are your entertainment options this month. Tonight and Saturday night, for instance, you can take in live music at Café du Jour, formerly the Pajaro Street Grill, near the corner of John and Pajaro streets in ...
- A home for the heart, in a small frame (The Oregonian)
I' ve been going up to my aunt and uncle's second house at Black Butte Ranch in central Oregon for 16 years. It is my childhood home. My aunt and uncle don't know that. They think it is their vacation investment property.
- A dogwood's roots extend to Updike - Philadelphia Inquirer
A dogwood's roots extend to UpdikePhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - 1 hour agoOver a distinguished literary career spanning a half-century, Updike has produced 50 books of fiction, short stories, poetry, and assorted nonfiction. ...
- The Society of Jesuits and Journalists - KELOLAND TV
The Society of Jesuits and JournalistsKELOLAND TV, SD - 2 hours agoWe no sooner get through this and several other items on the napkin agenda when Woster pops back over, telling us that his lawyer/friend’s credit card has ...
- Poetry In The Naughties - Online International Poetry Competition - PR-USA.net (press release)
Poetry In The Naughties - Online International Poetry CompetitionPR-USA.net (press release), Bulgaria - 3 hours agoBookhabit.com and the New Zealand Poetry Society announced today that they will host an online international poetry competition celebrating written and ...
- Youth attend Outdoors Natural Resource Camp - Prairie Star
The 2nd Annual Marias Natural Resource Camp was held at the Whitlash Campground in the Sweet Grass Hills. Eleven youth from the Blackfeet Reservation, Pondera and Toole County attended. Youth attending the camp were Calle Monroe, Skylar Stenson ...
- Fun family picks for the week - Detroit News
Have some live culture, kiddie-style this week. Stagecrafters' summer play, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is playing at the Baldwin Theatre in an all-kids cast for five performances. Or catch Bill Harley - singer, poet and storyteller - who is ...
- World vs. US Blockade of Cuba - Prensa Latina
World vs. US Blockade of CubaPrensa Latina, Cuba - 1 hour agoAmong signers of the document spread online are Colombian bard Fernando Rendon, director of the Medellin Poetry Festival, laureate French playwright Jean ...
- ‘Prize winner’ is a prize to read - Columbus Telegram
‘Prize winner’ is a prize to readColumbus Telegram, NE - 2 hours agoShe was the author of two books of poetry, and the writing half of TO Sylvester, a long-running cartoon in the San Francisco Chronicle. ...
- Cross-border slamming (The Globe and Mail)
When Canadians compete in Wisconsin, it will be more about verse than versus
- Our Daily Bleg: What Are the Best Corporate Mottoes? - New York Times Blogs
Our Daily Bleg: What Are the Best Corporate Mottoes?New York Times Blogs, NY - 2 hours ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
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