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- Four authors to read at Cooked and Eaten - Peterborough Examiner
Four authors to read at Cooked and EatenPeterborough Examiner, Canada - 6 hours agoShe has published two volumes of poetry: Lifeline (Guernica, 2001) and Laike and Nahum: A Poem in Two Voices (Inanna, 2007). ...
- Literary luminaries attend unveiling of statue of 'people's poet' Al ... - 680 News
TORONTO - Eurithe Purdy sat at the feet of her late husband, renowned poet Al Purdy, on Tuesday as a statue of him was unveiled at Queen's Park. "His pose to me looks so natural, as if he could almost walk away from where he's reclining," she said ...
- School News & Notes - Falls Church News-Press
Fairfax County Public Schools will modify the admissions test for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology beginning with the December 2008 test session. The test is comprised of standardized mathematics and verbal reasoning questions ...
- Many colors in newly revamped Green Show - Ashland Daily Tidings
The strains of Bach's "Concerto for Two Violins" and Brahms' "Hungarian Dance No. 1" drifted into the hills around the Oregon Shakespeare Festival under an unsettled spring sky, and the crowd in front of the OSF's Elizabethan Stage applauded ...
- Greece's Delphi retains the power to inspire (Miami Herald)
Rain fell in sheets on the broken columns and stone blocks. I stood on the ancient ground where Agamemnon, Socrates and Cicero, among others, had humbly stood, hoping to get answers to their big questions.
- The Behaviour of Moths - Financial Times
If you were to slice open a cocoon in midwinter, all you’d find is a creamy liquid. What was once the caterpillar will eventually reconstitute itself, come spring, as the moth. Clive Stone, one of the characters in Poppy Adams’ striking debut ...
- Condensing Jerusalem - Haaretz.com
"The world is becoming small," says Gilad Meiri. "This country is small and contains two nations, this city is small and has many people who are seeking a means of expression, and poetry is the smallest aesthetic genre that can express so much in a ...
- Gary Snyder inspired by nature - The Union of Grass Valley
Gary Snyder inspired by natureThe Union of Grass Valley, CA - 3 hours agoOn May 1 - one week before the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet turned 78 - he was recognized yet again for his work, with the prestigious Ruth Lilly Poetry ...
- Nigeria: The State of the Arts - AllAfrica.com
Nigeria: The State of the ArtsAllAfrica.com, Washington - 2 hours agoIn poetry, I look forward to the day when and where a national event like the celebration of Nigeria's independence, Children's Day or inauguration of a new ...
- Obama-Clinton ticket pushed, doubted - Owen Sound Sun Times
There's nothing quite like a happy ending - or at least what seems to pass for one. Maybe that's why so many Democrats want to see a Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton ticket this fall. The idea of a dream team is gaining ground again, now that Obama's ...
- Warner Herzog describes his new nature documentary as 'a comedy' - Popmatters.com
The new documentary from the eccentric German director Werner Herzog, “Encounters at the End of the World,” is not your typical nature film. Invited by the National Science Foundation to explore Antarctica, Herzog brought just one cameraman and a ...
- Martin Levin on the 50 Greatest Books series - Globe and Mail
Earlier this year, Globe Books began a series, the 50 Greatest Books. "I know, it's an entirely presumptuous label, and no doubt we'll leave off dozens that readers feel belong," Globe Books Editor Martin Levin wrote at that time. "So why not simply ...
- comments on: One of the Best Athletes of All time May Have Been a ... - East Side Boxing
If Powell had heavier fire power, he would have had greater success .... A great athlete won't necessarily make a great boxer.. You need technical expertise first AND last---and if you have it nothing will stop you.. Occassionally a Dempsey or Tyson ...
- Princeton honors outstanding secondary school teachers - Princeton University
Princeton honors outstanding secondary school teachersPrinceton University, NJ - 2 hours agoIn Smith's classroom, students have danced to the rhythm of poetic meter, acted out plays and read poetry aloud next to a (faux) fireplace. ...
- The Insomniac's Guide to the Best in Late-Night Movies for July 21-26 - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Too hot to sleep? As long as you're up, you might as well watch something. Here's a look at the best late-night movies on basic cable this week: Monday, July 21 "Kiss Me, Stupid" (1964). Dean Martin, Kim Novak, Ray Walston. 11 p.m., TCM. Directed by ...
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