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- Poet Natasha Trethewey, Hymning the Native Guard - NPR News
Fresh Air from WHYY, July 16, 2007 · Natasha Trethewey was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Native Guard, her most recent collection of poetry. The title refers to a regiment of African- American soldiers who fought for the Union in the Civil War ...
- Coming soon: Ninoy the brand - ABS-CBN
Move over, Che Guevarra. There's a new icon in Pinoy pop culture and it looks exactly like that guy on the 500-peso bill. Ask any Filipino about the late Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. and you are bound to get a plethora of answers: war ...
- From land to water - how modern architects learnt to love the bridge (Guardian Unlimited)
What makes a great city? One part of any definition almost certainly includes water. And where you have water, human ingenuity insists on spanning it. So, great cities always have bridges and tunnels. It's hilarious, but telling, that Manhattanites stigmatise outsiders as 'bridge and tunnel folk'.
- Diverse Perspectives - New England Blade
Diverse PerspectivesNew England Blade, MA - 1 hour agoHer poetry has been published in Gertrude, The Connecticut Review, and The Emerson Review. She was a 2001 winner of the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival’s ...
- Obama fires up old magic (Arab News)
WASHINGTON: Sen. Barack Obama stormed into the backstretch of his historic race for the White House on Thursday, painting a sweeping vision of his confidence in America’s promise and reinforcing it with details of how he would restore America’s image overseas and the economy at home.
- Television movies for the week of Aug. 17 - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Television movies for the week of Aug. 17Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 23 minutes agoAn American con artist wins a poetry contest staged by residents of a financially strapped Irish town. (PG-13) (1:45) SHO: Wed. ...
- OnMilwaukee.com Weekend Preview: July 25-27 (OnMilwaukee.com)
This weekend, it's Brewers, Bradford Beach Jam, Gallery Night and Day, The Police, German Fest, Armenian Fest, Brady Street Festival, the Great Downer Avenue Bike Race, Washington County Fair and more.
- AWOL recovers after storm to help students - WTOC
AWOL recovers after storm to help studentsWTOC, GA - 5 hours agoAWOL uses hip hop music and poetry to encourage teens to stay in school and get good grades. They're trying to raise at least $10000 to replace their ...
- Byron, ghost and partisans enlisted to save Tuscan villa in ruins (Times Online)
Campaigners are trying to save a ramshackle Tuscan villa where Lord Byron lived towards the end of his life, but which has fallen into ruin despite its rich history.
- Prescription drug abuse rising among youth (The Union Democrat)
There were flowers.
- Guiding Hands Help Immigrant Artists Connect (New York Times)
A mentoring program run by the New York Foundation for the Arts helps artists from abroad gain a toehold in the city’s diverse arts community.
- Popular Authors Sign On For National Book Festival - WJLA
Salman Rushdie and Tiki Barber are among the 70 authors scheduled to participate in the 2008 National Book Festival. The Library of Congress is organizing the festival on September 27th on the National Mall. The event was started by first lady Laura ...
- Scotland ready to celebrate with Homecoming Year - micebtn
Scotland ready to celebrate with Homecoming Yearmicebtn, Australia - 31 minutes agoFrom Celtic Connections to book, film, theatre, golf, comedy, poetry and music festivals, Scotland is expected to be a 2009 ‘must visit’ destination for ...
- How outsiders get a raw deal - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldHow outsiders get a raw dealSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 15 minutes agoHe has written 20 books of poetry and held 33 solo exhibitions. He claims to have visited 74 countries during a decade or more. ...
- Gift of words: Festival of the Written Arts - Coast Reporter
Gift of words: Festival of the Written ArtsCoast Reporter, Canada - 35 minutes agoShe described how the birth of this memoir had been difficult for a writer who was more comfortable with poetry. Her son’s response had been, “Good book, ...
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