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- It's sad/ world's not glad/ we are bad - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Being a patriotic fellow, I am always saddened to learn that the good ol' USA isn't No. 1 in all fields. That was my reaction last week when I read an Associated Press story from Edinburgh, Scotland, that said a collector had paid $12,840 for 35 ...
- NORM: Elvis fan club will have star its way - Las Vegas Review Journal
A local Elvis fan club isn't feeling a whole lot of love from the Elvis Presley Estate. The cold shoulder includes efforts to obtain a donation for Elvis' celebrity star on Las Vegas Boulevard and silence as far as offering input on where to install ...
- HJ student heads to state for poetry - Hardin County Index
HJ student heads to state for poetryHardin County Index, TX - 1 hour agoThe solo poem is "The Ballad of Pearl May Lee," by Gwendolyn Brooks and the interwoven piece consists of Langston Hughes' "Let America Be America Again," ...
- The Edge Of Love (Evening Standard)
"I sleep with other women because I'm a poet, and poets feed off life," says Matthew Rhys as Dylan Thomas in John Maybury's four-cornered love story. That's a pretty glib statement, even from the not yet totally alcoholic young Thomas, and there's quite a lot of glibness in the film too.
- Teaching my girl the very best - Xinhua
Teaching my girl the very bestXinhua, China - 1 hour agoNow they often compose old-style Chinese poetry together. Last year, Liu compiled a book of her daughter's photos from when she was 8 to 11, and gave it to ...
- Nigeria: Sefi Atta's Swallow Takes Another Pudding (AllAfrica.com)
Sefi Atta, the London-based Nigerian writer who has twice won the BBC's African Performance Competition for plays, has come up with a new novel Swallow, and the paperback edition of the book which has been enjoying scintillating reviews globally can be obtained in Nigeria, courtesy of Kachifo Limited, the publishers of Farafina Magazine and Farafina books.
- Actors Ensemble Stages ‘Uncle Vanya’ (Berkeley Daily Planet)
If I’d had a normal life, I could’ve been a Schopenhauer or a Dostoyevsky!”
- CANNES 2008 Annonces Winners (Payvand Iran News)
The 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival closes on a high note of optimism amidst an often dark and gloomy selection
- Good music you can't hear on FM radio - PennLive.com
Good music you can't hear on FM radioPennLive.com, PA - 4 hours agoAs much as I love "The Shepard's Dog," however, my favorite Iron and Wine song is "Freedom Hangs Like Heaven," found on his "Woman King" EP, and definitely ...
- Jonny Woo: Drag-glam in sequins and beards - Metro
MetroJonny Woo: Drag-glam in sequins and beardsMetro, UK - 9 hours agoWoo tells this personal story via music, poetry and spoken word, and relishes playing with lyrical forms - one euphoric poem about the drag queen at her ...
- STARGAZING | O'Neal arrested, Perrineau upset and MTV Awards show produces photo ops (The Kansas City Star)
Police say Academy Award-winning actress Tatum O’Neal has been arrested after buying crack cocaine near her home in Manhattan. Police say the 44-year-old actress was seen making the illicit purchase about 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
- Theatre group explores culture (Poly Post)
Thursday's production of "Sin Título," meaning "Without Title," by theater group Teatro Nueva Alma - Theatre New Soul - at the Bronco Student Center featured young Latino artists exposing the uniqueness among the different nationalities that make up current Latin culture.
- The paintings from Sadr City - Houston Chronicle
The paintings from Sadr CityHouston Chronicle, United States - 20 minutes agoIn Lebanon, Saib had grown up reading Iraqi poetry, and he hated seeing what had happened to a country that was once at the leading edge of progressive Arab ...
- Getting into the swing of summer in Rifle - Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Getting into the swing of summer in RifleGlenwood Springs Post Independent, CO - 1 hour agoHe organized tonight’s collection of cowpoke performers, showing off at the Cowboy Music & Poetry Show. He went into detail about the “really nice lineup,” ...
- The Drexler diaries - San Antonio Current
San Antonio CurrentThe Drexler diariesSan Antonio Current, tx - 11 hours ago... candombe, and milonga styles) and his poetry (an honest, well-balanced mix of humor, love, heartbreak, and existentialism) that set him apart. ...
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