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- Column: Back to Beirut (The Daily Review)
My heart started thumping when my parents told us we were going to Lebanon. They were beaming with excitement — my dad hasn't gone back to his homeland in nearly 20 years and it has been 14 years since my mom and I went there.
- This poet is well versed in having fun (Miami Herald)
There are myriad reasons to study poetry -- it encourages careful observation of the world, it's a healthy outlet for emotions, it builds vocabulary, it teaches rhythm and cadence, it inspires the imagination. But Jack Prelutsky, America's first-ever children's poet laureate, has done a better job than possibly anyone at persuading children that poetry is worth their while. How?
- Entertainment Calendar: 06/20/2008 - Traverse City Record Eagle
Entertainment Calendar: 06/20/2008Traverse City Record Eagle, MI - 1 hour agoStone Circle 25th anniversary celebration, 9 pm, family-friendly poetry, storytelling and music around a fire, $4 adults, $2 children; US 31, 10 miles north ...
- Ian Hunter on William Topaz McGonagall, the world's worst poet - National Post
Ian Hunter on William Topaz McGonagall, the world's worst poetNational Post, Canada - 3 hours agoMcGonagall would be sad to learn that perhaps his most famous poem, Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silver Tay, is used in schools as an object lesson in ...
- Tribeca Review: Bart Got a Room - Cinematical
Tribeca Review: Bart Got a RoomCinematical, CA - 7 hours agoLike the pretty, flirtatious blonde cheerleader he carpools with, or the reserved Asian classmate who writes exotic, pornographic poetry. ...
- Three Days To Hone Craft, Meet Agents And Talk Shop - Evening Bulletin
Three Days To Hone Craft, Meet Agents And Talk ShopEvening Bulletin, PA - 27 minutes agoParticipants will have the opportunity to explore many topics including novel, magazine, poetry, memoir, nonfiction books, short story and juvenile writing. ...
- Dirty Pretty Things choose Bestival–On-Ice for their live return ... - NME.com
NME.comDirty Pretty Things choose Bestival–On-Ice for their live return ...NME.com, UK - 32 minutes ago‘Plastic Hearts’ sees Carl take on a role that’s closer to narrator than rock singer; he could just as easily be fronting a slightly debauched poetry ...
- Derek Walcott attacks Sir VS Naipaul in verse - Hindu
Derek Walcott attacks Sir VS Naipaul in verseHindu, India - 6 hours agoNow, he has upped the ante by slamming his old sparring partner in a poem that mocked the Indian-origin author as a "mongoose". ...
- Three Charged in Hazing Incident (R News)
LOCKPORT, N.Y (AP) – Three Lockport baseball players are charged with abusing a teammate after an alleged hazing incident.
- The Stark Reality - Cleveland Free Times
The Stark RealityCleveland Free Times, OH - 59 minutes agoDialogue is lyrical, often elliptical and cryptic, and it at least partially derives from the poetry of Rumi and other bards and balladeers in the Sufi ...
- On radio: Prescott joins the workers' revolution - Daily Telegraph
Alf the plumber first drew my family's attention to Robert Tressell's The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists back in 1946. Alf, more given to pinching me than plumbing, was attempting to engage my mother in the workers' revolution. My mother, who had ...
- Idealism, refashioned - Los Angeles Times
It's hard not to notice that we're suddenly in the grip of what might be called "Kennedy chic," triggered in part by the enthusiasm for Sen. Barack Obama's presidential candidacy. Just this month, major books on John and Robert Kennedy have hit the ...
- The every man - StarNewsOnline.com
The every manStarNewsOnline.com, NC - 1 hour ago“The amazing thing about John is he reminds me of Robert Frost poetry,” said Hirchak, the Ghost Walk co-founder, “and when you read it, it’s so simple, ...
- Voice of the Reader - The Southern
Voice of the ReaderThe Southern, IL - 31 minutes agoI write today to congratulate the talented students of Southern Illinois who participated in this year's Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest. ...
- Sadly, what we have here is a failure to be happy (News Transcript)
A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson - a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist - and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of GreaterMedia Newspapers. Let us know what you think.
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