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- A Case of Exploding Mangoes, by Mohammed Hanif (Independent)
On 17 August 1988, a plane carrying General Zia ul-Haq, the military ruler of Pakistan since 1977 and America's staunchest ally in the first Afghan war, went down in flames, killing everybody on board. Zia was accompanied by some of his senior generals, the US ambassador to Pakistan and the head of the US military aid mission to Pakistan, all of whom died. There was no real investigation and no ...
- Belonging: New Poetry by Iranians Around the World (Payvand Iran News)
Recent political developments, including the shadow of a new war, have obscured the fact that Iran has a long and splendid artistic tradition ranging from the visual arts to literature. Belonging, edited by Niloufar Talebi, offers a glimpse at a complex culture through some of its finest literary talents.
- No plea from NH child-sex fugitive on FBI's most-wanted list - Houston Chronicle
No plea from NH child-sex fugitive on FBI's most-wanted listHouston Chronicle, United States - 1 hour agoThey said Schillaci, who was born in Oklahoma, became pen pals with one of the boy's parents through a college poetry magazine. "They corresponded back and ...
- Help the Goodrich family (Santa Paula Times)
“Celebrate the Good,” a fundraising event for the family of Charles Goodrich, will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 28 at the Santa Paula High School Auditorium.
- Microphones, guitars & warm weather - St. Croix Valley Press
Microphones, guitars & warm weatherSt. Croix Valley Press, MN - 34 minutes ago"I tell funny stories, not jokes, stories, and there's some cowboy poetry too that's mostly humorous," he said. Like most of his past performance, ...
- I hit my sister in the head with my purse when I drink - Salon
You might recall I mentioned recently that I had been offered an opportunity whose full allure I was not at liberty to disclose but whose possibilities enlivened the heart and the imagination, an opportunity above which I stood poised like a diver on ...
- Nixon and Moore Join Fiennes, McGovern and Neeson July 26-27 in Gate|Beckett (Playbill)
A starry line-up has been assembled for the July 26-27 readings of the poetry and prose of Samuel Beckett, part of the current Gate|Beckett production presented by the Lincoln Center Festival.
- Key dates in Radovan Karadzic's life (AP via Yahoo! News)
Key dates in the life of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, arrested Monday on U.N. genocide charges:
- This Weekend - Towson Times
This WeekendTowson Times, MD - 35 minutes agoA cast of singers, instrumentalists, actors and dancers will present the musical drama about a dragon that would rather write poetry than fight, ...
- Hometown homage - guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.ukHometown homageguardian.co.uk, UK - 15 hours agoBut unlike so many film-makers whose films are like love letters (or in John Waters' case, pornographic poems) to their hometowns, Maddin seems too ...
- McGrath retires after 27 years - Lemoore Advance
McGrath retires after 27 yearsLemoore Advance, CA - 5 hours agoMcGrath also recently resigned as "Poet Laureate for Life" in the city of Lemoore, a position that required him to write and recite poems for numerous city ...
- Edith Derby Williams, 1917-2008: President's granddaughter championed ... - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Edith Derby Williams, the granddaughter of Theodore Roosevelt who became a well-known local champion of Republican and environmental causes, died Sunday, nearly a week before her 91st birthday. She died at her Vashon Island home after breaking her ...
- Murder suspect has son, owned a business (The Arizona Republic)
Trent Christopher Benson is being held without bond in Maricopa County Jail on the suspicion of two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of violent sexual assault, three counts of kidnapping and one count of sexual assault.
- 'Take criticism, ignore spite': Luke Kennard. Photograph: Esther ... - guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk'Take criticism, ignore spite': Luke Kennard. Photograph: Esther ...guardian.co.uk, UK - 7 hours agoHis second book, The Harbour Beyond The Movie (Salt Publishing) was nominated for the 2007 Forward Poetry Prize. At 26, he was the youngest poet to receive ...
- Poetry of Ireland, The - DVDTOWN.com
Poetry of Ireland, TheDVDTOWN.com - 11 hours agoThere's something magical that happens when you hear an author perform his or her own poem. You feel a connection. You get a sense of how they intended the ...
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