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- The Death of English (LOL) - Newsweek
The most hotly contested controversy sparked by the text-messaging phenomenon of the past eight years is over truant letters. "Textese," a nascent dialect of English that subverts letters and numbers to produce ultra-concise words and sentiments, is ...
- Science fiction's Thomas Disch ends his life - Gay.com
Science fiction's Thomas Disch ends his lifeGay.com, CA - Jul 7, 2008Following the 2004 death of his partner, poet Charles Naylor, Disch reportedly began suffering from depression. (The Advocate)
- Time for Media and Feminists to Penetrate Prostitution: On The Issues ... - Biloxi Sun Herald
Prostitution penetrated the news in a major way in recent months -- from ex-governor Eliot Spitzer of New York and his paid binges with women to the suicide of DC madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey and the Showtime fluff of "Secret Diary of A Call Girl ...
- Magic transcends borders as Lincoln couple bring smiles to ... - Addison County Independent
Addison County IndependentMagic transcends borders as Lincoln couple bring smiles to ...Addison County Independent, VT - 7 hours ago“I’ve had a love of Persian poetry for these last 40 years,” Verner said, and the trip offered a chance to reconnect with that. ...
- Bruni's husky purr hard to resist - Globe and Mail
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is seen waiting for Ingrid Betancourt's arrival at Villacoublay air base, outside Paris. (Michel Euler/Associated Press) As if nothing had happened. As if she hadn't married the President of ...
- Scots wha' hae the Burns badge will make the best of a Bard job - Scotsman
AULD acquaintance is not the only thing to be forgotten when it comes to Scots' knowledge of Robert Burns. Tourism chiefs, aghast at widespread ignorance of the life and works of the Bard, are offering crash courses on the national poet in a bid to ...
- My Father's Hands - Teen Ink
Teen InkMy Father's HandsTeen Ink - 11 minutes agoBy Rachel F., Spokane, WA Teen Ink is a national teen magazine, book and website featuring teen writing, information, art, photos, poetry, teen issues and ...
- Taliban text messaging terror - Salon
KABUL -- The Taliban have created a sophisticated media network to undermine support for the Afghan government, sending threats by text message and spreading the militia's views through songs available as ring tones, according to a report released ...
- Major gift of work by Max Gimblett to Auckland gallery (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News)
Belinda McCammon of NZPA talks to artist Max Gimblett about exhibiting at the Guggenheim and why museums are crucial.
- World premiere documentary tells the story of an unsung Canadian hero - Canada NewsWire (press release)
World premiere documentary tells the story of an unsung Canadian heroCanada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 43 minutes agoTORONTO, June 17 /CNW/ - He waged a public war against fascism and anti-Semitism, published critically acclaimed poetry, dined with movie stars and was ...
- New reading garden brightens up Plumb Library (The Standard-Times)
ROCHESTER — A child's journey to reading is complex, but a "reading garden" could be the perfect place to establish the roots of learning in a lovely garden setting at the Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library in Rochester.
- Hub city writer's workshop accepting registration - Asheville Citizen-Times
Hub city writer's workshop accepting registrationAsheville Citizen-Times, NC - 4 hours agoThe conference is limited to 72 people this year, and registrants must sign up for one of four tracks: poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction or ...
- Rarely Performed Well or at All - Wall Street Journal
Brooklyn, N.Y. Domenico Cimarosa's "Il Matrimonio Segreto" (The Secret Marriage) is one of those pieces that every music student has heard of but probably hasn't seen. It was a hit in Vienna in 1792, two months after the death of Mozart, but today it ...
- No virtual cocktail here, thanks - Modesto Bee
No virtual cocktail here, thanksModesto Bee, CA - 4 hours agoThe monthly spoken-word event is serving up an "Ultimate Soul Food Platter" of open-mike poetry, music and food. The event moves temporarily for the event ...
- A Promising Start - San Francisco Gate
Ron Hansen's best novels, "Mariette in Ecstasy" (1991) and "Atticus" (1996), probe the realms of religion and ethics with uncommon intelligence and deeply felt characterizations of people in crisis. In the former, it's a nun inflamed by love for ...
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