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- Authorities: Woman died of overdose - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Authorities said that that Terry Learn, whose body was found in her Belleville apartment Saturday night, died of a drug overdose. Learn's body was badly decomposed, and she had probably been dead for about a week. The Major Case Squad was activated ...
- Anthology traces lines of contemporary poets from across the sea (The Kansas City Star)
This spring I had the opportunity to visit Paris bookstores, where I searched for contemporary French poets.
- Local poets reach back to their roots (The News & Observer)
North Carolina has produced many fine bards to sing of the Old North State's lush and beautiful landscapes -- Robert Morgan, Fred Chappell, James Applewhite and Michael McFee come immediately to mind.
- Regarding the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize - The Union of Grass Valley
Regarding the Ruth Lilly Poetry PrizeThe Union of Grass Valley, CA - 1 hour agoMy latest book of poetry is "Danger on Peaks, Counterpoint 2004," dealing with volcanoes, love, death and 9/11 in a Buddhist light. ...
- Brought stage magic to city - Joliet Herald News
Brought stage magic to cityJoliet Herald News, IL - 27 minutes agoShe also wrote poetry--very private poetry--that she would share with friends." It was Goodson's artist eye that turned the ordinary into the sublime, ...
- Abject intellectual surrender - East African
Abject intellectual surrenderEast African, Kenya - 12 minutes agoShorn of its intellectual wrapping — such as Aime Cesaire’s sublime poetry — Negritude was no more than self-degradation, self-denigration, self-surrender ...
- McGuinty defends Ont. tax credits for racy film; politicians are not ... - 680 News
TORONTO - Politicians should not engage in censorship of movies, art, literature or architecture, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said Wednesday as he defended the use of provincial tax credits to help fund a controversial new movie about the sex ...
- A rare slice of NZ railway history now online - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A rare slice of NZ railway history now onlineScoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand - 31 minutes agoAll issues of the magazine, an official publication by the New Zealand Government Railways Department from May 1926 to June 1940, have been launched online ...
- High School (DVD Talk)
Like many of Frederick Wiseman's documentaries, High School (1968) makes for fascinating viewing even if when it's over you're not entirely sure what the sum of all its parts add up to.
- Celebrating the gift of art - Victorville Daily Press
VICTORVILLE - Trinity Lutheran Church recently hosted a Spring Festival of Arts featuring paintings, photographs, wood and needle crafts. A highlight for many of the 150 attendees included a cupcake tree and dother culinary arts. In addition to these ...
- Priceless gifts for Mother's Day (Dayton Daily News)
Sunday, May 11, is Mother's Day, and if you're lucky enough to have a mother still living, you should be thinking about what would be meaningful to her.
- Librarian notes ‘best picks’ - South Carolina Now
Librarian notes ‘best picks’South Carolina Now, South Carolina - 4 hours agoThe deaths of his children were forms of his own death from which he resurrected himself through poetry, for him the finest symbol of man’s form-giving ...
- Mushaira: Charting a new tradition - Saudi Gazette
Some people gather, and that is it. In this couplet, almost a century ago, Meer Taqi Meer, one of the legends of Urdu Poetry, was complaining about the changing state of Mushairas. At Meer’s time Mushairas were exclusive gatherings for literary ...
- 2500 students take part in talent search contest - Khaleej Times
2500 students take part in talent search contestKhaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - 1 hour agoPoetry and elocution competitions were held for the senior students. Dr Maryam Al Ali, Director of Private Schools Education, Ministry of Education, ...
- Books help teens understand Army, war McClatchy-Tribune May 20, 2008 (Wilson County News)
By Rebecca Young - For today's teens, the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have stretched on for half their lives or more. Most second-graders can't remember a time when there wasn't an Iraq war.
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