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- Organic food for thought - Financial Times
An explosion in the brain. A reek of cordite. A reeling of the senses. Isn’t there something ballistic about great art? Isn’t it a little frightening – at best – as it comes out of the barrel? Couscous is a prizewinning new movie from a ...
- Soldier expresses feelings on war through writing (Rexburg Standard Journal)
REXBURG-U.S. Army Spc. Flint Christensen of Rexburg wrote the following words in a poem to his son Levi, who was born just before Christensen left for Iraq seven months ago:
- Teacher sentenced for texting student thousands of times - KSL-TV
Teacher sentenced for texting student thousands of timesKSL-TV, UT - 4 hours agoThe 26-year-old man was charged with stalking after the girl's parents said he not only texted the girl but also sent her poetry. ...
- Samurai Blues (Anime News Network)
Most of the notes ran the typical fannish gamut—"I love your series," " Bleach is the greatest," "Ichigo is hot!"—but there was one note in particular that I think really said it all.
- War hero, 90, in hospital for routine knee operation died after ... - Mail on Sunday
War hero, 90, in hospital for routine knee operation died after ...Mail on Sunday, UK - 23 hours agoNewham Hospital Trust now uses different bags following the tragedy, which the coroner ruled was accidental death. His distraught daughter Josie Mills and ...
- Nightlife Calendar: 07/18/2008 - Traverse City Record Eagle
Nightlife Calendar: 07/18/2008Traverse City Record Eagle, MI - 2 hours agoMon. open mic, music and poetry third Thurs. of month; 1121 E. Front, TC; 946-4476; www.jacobswell.info. Kilkenny's Irish Public House, live music 9:30 ...
- The Wild Man At The Center Of The World (Washington Post)
SITTING ON A BENCH IN MERIDIAN HILL PARK ON A BRISK AFTERNOON, I look south over rooftops to where the Washington Monument's needle is poised to pop the blue sky. The rising breeze brings a whiff of cigar smoke from the guy on the terrace below. A young couple pushing a stroller pauses at the Joan of Arc statue.
- Masterful Sculptures, Formed of Clay (New York Times)
?Masters in Clay? at Grounds for Sculpture is a thoughtful two-part exhibition of contemporary American clay artists.
- Creators of cool (Boston Globe)
REYKJAVĂŤK - The Thursday before last, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, president of Iceland, welcomed artists, organizers, and others to his tidy residence on a narrow peninsula to shake hands and sip wine. Outdoors, terns darted above a calm bay and the tilting headstones of a cemetery. Inside, the white-haired head of state stood in a salon beneath a large canvas in ...
- In praise of ... bad lyrics - Guardian Unlimited
In praise of ... bad lyricsGuardian Unlimited, UK - 5 hours agoThere are also songs that sacrifice poetry for rhyme, such as the Supremes' tragic news: "Got a telegram / Momma passed away while making home-made jam. ...
- Haitian Heritage Month - Boston Globe
It happens to be Haitian Heritage Month , and tonight the First Parish in Malden is celebrating. You'll hear from Cambridge resident Eddy Toussaint, who will read from his new book "Critique de la Francophonie HaĂŻtienne"; singer Rebecca Noelle Zama ...
- Sample Walt Whitman - Rocky Mountain News
Sample Walt WhitmanRocky Mountain News, CO - 3 hours ago... and why does he still matter more than a century after his death? The Brooklyn native spent 30 years refining and expanding one book of poems, poetry ...
- Abilene author publishes his 20th book - Abilene Reporter-News
Abilene author publishes his 20th bookAbilene Reporter-News, TX - 4 hours ago“I have written poetry from time to time all my life, but about three years ago I got more serious about it. The 64 poems in this book were selected from ...
- Al-Jazeera makes waves in Vermont - OpEdNews.com
An unusual controversy has erupted in Burlington, Vermont and hopefully other U.S. cities will grapple with the same issue in the not too distant future. I write hopefully, because it started when our municipally owned cable system, Burlington ...
- Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha - Feministing
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-SamarasinhaFeministing, NY - 58 minutes agoCan you explain what your process was for getting this collection of poetry together? Did you write poems to fit the theme of the title, or did the poems ...
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