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- Report Finds Racial Disparities in the Severity of Punishment (Washington Post)
The nation's juvenile justice system metes out harsher punishment to black and Latino youths, locks up thousands of children for relatively minor offenses and ultimately makes them more dangerous, according to a national study released yesterday.
- WWII couples' love bloomed at former Sunrise resort - Hartford Courant
WWII couples' love bloomed at former Sunrise resortHartford Courant, United States - 3 hours agoAs the story goes, the couple corresponded faithfully with love letters, poetry and photographs until Angelo came home from the war in 1946. ...
- A flight attendant went after the Osteens in court, bringing on trials ... - Houston Press
The world is a bleak place in Mac Wellman's hilarious invective A Murder of Crows , now in the hands of Mildred's Umbrella. The apocalyptic tale imagines a landscape ravished by pollution and the empty desires of man. The ocean is "like a big bowl of ...
- Zimbabwe: Poet Gwariwa Set to Scale Loftier Heights (AllAfrica.com)
GIFT Gwariwa, a Chitungwiza-based performance poet popular for his tribute poem Tamirira Mharidzo dedicated to and featured on sungura musician Cephas Mashakada's album, Zita Rine Zvarinoreva, has done it again.
- Writers Notebook: Group plans open-mike on Tuesday - Winston-Salem Journal
Writers Notebook: Group plans open-mike on TuesdayWinston-Salem Journal, NC - 3 hours ago... Writers will have an open-mike night at 7 pm Tuesday at Billy Bob's Silver Diner, 1650 Hanes Mall Blvd. Writers may read aloud their poetry and prose. ...
- A genteel affair in 'city of poets and singers' - Irish Times
A genteel affair in 'city of poets and singers'Irish Times, Ireland - 1 hour agoHe recites the lines of A Thousand Kisses Deep , then tells us what a privilege it is to read poetry "in this city of poets and singers". ...
- Who will wear the Miss Crookston crown? (Crookston Daily Times)
Under the theme "What a Wonderful World," this year's Miss Crookston Scholarship Pageant will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, in the Crookston High School Auditorium. Thirteen young women are vying for the Miss Crookston 2008 title.
- SoCo Music Experience: San Diego - Paste Magazine
Paste MagazineSoCo Music Experience: San DiegoPaste Magazine, GA - 5 hours agoAs is his form, Williams offered up beat poetry and industrial hip-hop with a masquerade in tow. His keyboard player donned a vampiric cloak, his guitarist ...
- Silent success: Peace rally to stop violence in city (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
The purpose of the rally 'Silence the Violence' was "to create hope for those who have suffered the effects of violence." It followed a night of shootings in Pittsburgh and McKees Rocks.
- By: Nicky Lipartito, The Bulletin - The Bulletin
This fall, more than 26,000 schools and public libraries across the nation are getting the picture - or in this case, pictures. The National Endowment for the Humanities has created the program Picturing America, which uses art to teach American ...
- Rock for the ages - China Daily
China DailyRock for the agesChina Daily, China - 16 minutes agoWe also employ ancient Chinese poetry." For rockers with unruly hair, band members are extremely studious. "Each member tries to cultivate himself in ...
- New season of African Footprint opens - ArtslinkNews
ArtslinkNewsNew season of African Footprint opensArtslinkNews, South Africa - 1 hour agoThe non-stop, 90-minute musical story of Africaā€™s emergence onto the world stage is linked by the poetry of Sophiatown legend Don Mattera. ...
- Famed Authors to Participate in Eighth Annual National Book Festival (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The 2008 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by Mrs. Laura Bush, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27, rain or shine, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between 3rd and 7th streets.
- South Africa: Mandela is the Epitome of Struggle And Aspiration of Humanity - George Ngwane (AllAfrica.com)
On Friday, July 18, the people of Buea and beyond shall be thrilled to a cultural evening in honour of Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday. Mwalimu George Ngwane , the Coordinator of this occasion, has described Mandela as the epitome of the dreams, struggles and aspirations of humanity.
- Intimacy of festival appeals to all - Moose Jaw Times-Herald
Intimacy of festival appeals to allMoose Jaw Times-Herald, Canada - 39 minutes agoWe try to make sure we have a balance of poetry, fiction, non-fiction . . . we really just focus on all aspects of the word.ā€¯ Howes also has authors calling ...
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