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- Author's book examines 2012 as Armageddon (Connecticut Post)
Mark Borax tends to go wherever his creative muse takes him. So far, his artistic spirit has spurred him to live in more than 70 places around the globe, including Tuscany, Italy; Sedona, Ariz.
- The Myths of Red and Blue States - New York Times Blogs
Readers of this blog might be interested in a new book on electoral politics set to arrive in bookstores at the end of summer. Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State by Andrew Gelman — my colleague in Columbia University’s political ...
- Sex and the Metropolitan: Linda Wolk-Simon Reveals All - Arts Journal
At Metropolitan Museum press lunches , I always manage to find someone at my table who's interesting to talk to. That's because everyone who works at the Met is, by definition, interesting. On Monday, I had the good fortune to enjoy an animated ...
- Gadsden native keeps promise, returns home to live - Gadsden Times
“He’s just a down-home, feet-on-the-ground kind of person,” said Annie Guyton about her brother. “When he left home, he made a promise to our mother that he would return.” And Buster Porch, 65, has returned to Gadsden and kept his promise ...
- Kenya: 'We Have Had Enough of Foreign Plays' (AllAfrica.com)
For a very long time, plays that dominated Kenya's theatre scene were all foreign adaptations. Theatre powerhouses such as Mbalamwezi, Phoenix Players and Heartstrings Ensemble barely had a Kenyan production worth writing home about.
- Popularity punctuates poetry slam; Fans fill local brewery for energetic events (The Bulletin)
Don‘t go to the Bend Poetry Slam expecting to hear tender love sonnets or haikus about the beauty of flowers.Go expecting to hear a lot language that would get bleeped out on network television; go expecting to hear frank talk about the joys and awkwardness of sex; go expecting to hear about the potent powers of alcohol. But above all, go expecting to have fun and to listen (for the most part, ...
- A holy card for Chicago - Chicago Sun-Times
A holy card for ChicagoChicago Sun-Times, United States - 1 hour agoThe third major component of the pieces is Fitzpatrick's slender lines of tough-and-tender poetry, often strung down one side of the image like a fire ...
- Let disabled vets get Social Security - La Crosse Tribune
I’m 65 years old, having served in the U.S Army from 1962-66. I served during the Vietnam war, was stationed in Korea at the end of the “armed ceasefire” and in the Dominican Republic during the uprising in the Spring of ’65. I was decorated ...
- Local peers honour visiting poet (Gulf Times)
IDARA-e-Khayal-o-Fun, a local organisation of Pakistani poets and writers, recently held a literary evening in honour of UK-based Pakistani poet and educator, Safi Hassan.
- Poetry at the Beach reading set May 8 in Ocean View - Cape Gazette
Poetry at the Beach reading set May 8 in Ocean ViewCape Gazette, DE - 1 hour agoThe next Poetry At The Beach reading will take place at 7 pm, Thursday, May 8, at the Ocean View Church of God at the corner of Route 26 and West Avenue, ...
- Nigeria: Inside Kano's Ancient Gurasa Neighbourhood (AllAfrica.com)
Virtually every house in Jakara Quarters in the ancient city of Kano is a small factory of staple food known in Hausa as gurasa, but in English as pita and in Arabic Khubz. A visit to this area gives an insight as to how gurasa is manufactured and sold.
- Iranian institute calls world literati for peace poetry festival - Tehran Times
Iranian institute calls world literati for peace poetry festivalTehran Times, Iran - 2 hours agoTEHRAN -- The Rira Abi Institute is planning for the Second International Festival of Peace Poetry, which will be held in Tehran on May 15, 2009. ...
- State Historical Library brings NEA’s The Big Read to Newton today (Newton Daily News)
Special to Daily News DES MOINES - The State Historical Library is bringing The Big Read to Newton today for a discussion about Jack London’s classic novel, “The Call of the Wild.”
- No monkey business - Tribune
A hundred and fifty years after Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species, there is no certainty about the ‘Heavenly Father’ not having had a role in Creation, writes A.J. Philip W HILE promenading at the Sydney harbour, I accidentally stepped on ...
- Gambian 9th Roots Festival Commemorates Enslaved Africans (PRWeb)
Today descendants of enslaved Africans begin a week-long pilgramage through The Gambia in memory of their enslaved ancestors. The journey is part of the "9th International Roots Festival" which opened in the Gambia on Saturday May 31, 2008 with a carnival of jubilant ethnic groups sharing their cultural heritage through song and dance. The festival ends on June 7, 2008. (PRWeb Jun 2, 2008) ...
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