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- 5 to Try - Daily 49er
5 to TryDaily 49er, CA - Apr 29, 2008"Elizabeth Bishop: Poems, Prose and Letters" is a nice enough reason to further celebrate National Poetry Month. Chocolate, peanut butter, chai latte ? what ...
- End-of-year school obligations drive parents batty - Las Vegas Sun
My son's baseball teacher scheduled an end-of-year, mother-son game the other day, and it was a blast. The 5-year-old boys "won" (wink wink), but not before us moms got to hit a few grounders and run the bases in Central Park in the middle of a work ...
- Is a slow-witted person an oxymoron? - Jackson Clarion Ledger
Is a slow-witted person an oxymoron?Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS - 55 minutes agoA troubadour was to poetry what a raconteur [rak-uhn-TUR] is to An oxymoron is a combination of contradictory words. Examples: jumbo shrimp (jumbo is large, ...
- Driver in Fatal Ashwaubenon Crash Battled Bipolar Disorder - WBAY Green Bay
Through Web sites, we're learning more about the woman cited for killing two women while driving drunk. Witnesses tell police a Porsche Boxster was going as fast as 110 miles an hour on Oneida Street when it ran headlong into the side of a Buick ...
- Angelou celebrating 80th birthday in Atlanta - Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Maya Angelou may be 80, but she doesn't party like it. The author-poet-dancer-singer-activist will celebrate her birthday in Atlanta Sunday with a star-studded gala including a red carpet and a celebrity guest list. The soiree will benefit a YMCA ...
- Seattle's Bumbershoot is about books, too - Everett Herald
William Gibson and Sherman Alexie lead the list of authors who will appear at Bumbershoot at the end of August. The music draws the most attention at the annual festival. But the official name is "Bumbershoot: Seattle's Music and Arts Festival," and ...
- Mountain Town News - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
Mountain Town NewsIdaho Mountain Express and Guide, ID - 42 minutes agoNow, in a similar spirit, Aspen is holding a poetry contest about unclaimed dog poop. Aspen residents, in a survey last October, found that Aspen residents ...
- Review: Forbidden love is at heart of 'Pearl' (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
The Pearl: A True Tale of Forbidden Love in Catherine the Great's Russia. By Douglas Smith. Yale University Press. 284 pages. $35. A love story between the richest nobleman in Imperial Russia and a young serf with a spellbindi...
- Writers@Jordan House Sponsoring Spring Writing Workshop - Rockbridge Weekly
Writers@Jordan House Sponsoring Spring Writing WorkshopRockbridge Weekly, VA - 13 hours agoParticipants in the workshop will work in the genres of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Critical examination of participants’ work will involve a ...
- As freedoms wane in ex-Soviet bloc, Ukraine fills the gap (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
A gloomy Vladimir Putin wears a Czarist crown, clutching a bag full of dollars and a miniature television tower. Filipp Pishchik says this and similar cartoons, depicting the former president as a corrupt leader who stifles free speech, got him in trouble with authorities and forced him to leave Moscow last year for neighboring Ukraine. "Ukraine is just great," said the ...
- Review by Tony O'Brien - Metapsychology
Review by Tony O'BrienMetapsychology, NY - 36 minutes agoThe setting is Windsor, Ontario; the subject is in his sixties; the mood is both dark and comic, and there's poetry in the air.
- The 'sins' of the father don't sit well with the son - Toronto Sun
Boston GlobeThe 'sins' of the father don't sit well with the sonToronto Sun, Canada - 4 hours ago(There are a few "adult" flashbacks as well, one in which Arthur chooses the occasion of a poetry award gala to publicly scoff at his son's career -- "All I ...When Did You Last See Your Father? Toronto Starall 20 news articles
- Jacksonville poetry artists look forward to international slam (The Florida Times-Union)
Lucie Roberts is enthusiastic about spitting - the hip-hop term that has found its way to spoken-word poetry.
- Executive Director - Seattle Times
Executive DirectorSeattle Times, United States - 2 hours agoThe components: soccer, literacy (primarily through the use of poetry and creative writing), and community service, are bound together by the principles of ...
- How a ballerina commits fraud - Globe and Mail
The Word Play files are near to bursting, and must be winnowed. Beware the casual metaphor. The Canadian Press's report on a fire that destroyed much of a military armoury this spring included this sentence: "Lt.-Col. [Eric] Gosselin said Quebec City ...
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