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- Lest we forget - Times and Democrat
Someone once wrote that the Irish suffered themselves into being the world’s greatest poets. England’s climate was so frequently unpleasant that when they surprised themselves with a sunny, dry day, a Britisher sat himself down and wrote a poem ...
- Why the Expats Left Paris - Wall Street Journal
In a picture taken in 1954 in front of the Café Tournon in Paris's chic sixth arrondissement, the writers and editors of the recently founded Paris Review are arranged in a human pyramid, with a row of casually dressed women sitting in chairs at the ...
- Arthur Gardner - Guardian Unlimited
I first met my husband, Arthur Gardner, who has died of motor neurone disease aged 65, in the mid-1980s when we sat next to each other at a public meeting about a proposed bypass in Barrow-upon-Soar in Leicestershire. He had no memory of the ...
- Chilean Poet Wins Pablo Neruda Award - La Prensa Latina
Santiago de Chile, Jul 30 (Prensa Latina) President Michelle Bachelet handed on Wednesday the 2008 Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Award to Chilean poet Carmen Berenguer. This award is the highest cultural distinction given by the State, and was ...
- The Renaissance Portrait Presented at The Museo Nacional Del Prado - Art Daily
The Renaissance Portrait Presented at The Museo Nacional Del PradoArt Daily - 2 hours ago... to justify the superiority of painting over poetry: “If the poet says he that can inflame men with love, which is the central aim in all animal species, ...
- Black History: The Second Klan - Bits of News
Black History: The Second KlanBits of News - 18 minutes agoIts imagery was based on Dixon’s romanticized concept of old Scotland, as portrayed in the novels and poetry of Sir Walter Scott. The film’s influence and ...
- Is it worth it? Artists weigh in on the Ann Arbor Art Fairs - The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com
Is it worth it? Artists weigh in on the Ann Arbor Art FairsThe Ann Arbor News - MLive.com, MI - 57 minutes agoBruce Shields | The Ann Arbor NewsArtist Kevin Liang paints original oil paintings and incribes poetry in Chinese characters on the matting. ...
- Cleveland Browns Humor: 2 Limericks for Tuesday afternoon - Bleacherreport.com
As part of a contest being run by one of my favorite sites, Footballguys.com, I recently composed the following two limericks. Before you throw me to the wolves for posting poetry—have a look and let me know what you think. If you are a Browns fan ...
- Movie review: A victory for the 'Dark Knight' (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Wrong vs. right, the individual vs. society, id vs. superego, action vs. reason, the Joker vs. Batman. There's a two-faced pleasure to be had in watching "The Dark Knight."
- Shepherd Bliss: Oil, Food and Agrotherapy (UN Observer)
2008-05-22 | Petroleum supplies slowly dwindle as demand rapidly soars. So the prices of gasoline and oil that supply modern societies with their industrial production of food will go up, up, and away. A radically different future than the oil-energized twentieth century is dawning.
- Escape from Sydney 'rage' (Sydney Morning Herald)
Policewoman whose children died in axe attack wrote of escaping the "rage" of Sydney.
- Jasper native named Indiana poet laureate (WTHR Indianapolis)
An author who writes about his youth in the southern Indiana city of Jasper and his German heritage has been named the state's second poet laureate.
- Quick Flicks - Shrewsbury Chronicle
Quick FlicksShrewsbury Chronicle, USA - 12 hours agoAMERICAN TEEN (PG-13) Lightweight documentary focuses on a group of high school seniors as they struggle against angst, anxiety and acne. ...
- Composer combines classical with the folkloric - San Jose Mercury News
Composer combines classical with the folkloricSan Jose Mercury News, USA - 13 minutes agoOne of her works-in-progress is "Cifar and the Sweet Sea," a bounteous song cycle with texts from Nicaraguan poetry and myth: tales of seafaring adventure, ...
- Robert Redford Fights Global Warming With Poetry - NPR
Robert Redford Fights Global Warming With PoetryNPR - 3 hours agoThese days, he has a new venue for environmental activism: slam poetry. Sponsored by Redford's Sundance Preserve, in collaboration with Youth Speaks, ...
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