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- Poet aided Obama's search for black identity in Hawaii - Los Angeles Daily News
HONOLULU - At key moments in his adolescence, Barack Obama could not turn to a father he hardly knew. Instead, he looked to a left-leaning black journalist and poet for advice on living in a world of black and white. Frank Marshall Davis had his ...
- The race to succeed Gordon Brown - Economist
EconomistThe race to succeed Gordon BrownEconomist, UK - 11 hours agoTHE poetry of Alfred Tennyson is the kind of thing Gordon Brown, perhaps Britain’s most literate prime minister since Winston Churchill, takes with him on ...
- War and Love in the Glen (Metro Santa Cruz)
Last Saturday night we sat spellbound as two attractive young people fell madly, crazily in love right before our eyes.
- Salt 'N' Pepper - Times of India
Salt 'N' PepperTimes of India, India - 5 hours agoAt a recent event where a collection of his poetry was released, the Union minister was asked to explain his poem, Nano. When asked if nanotechnology was ...
- Great poet's grave stokes Civil War dispute (AP via Yahoo! News)
The tranquil, pine-carpeted hills in this patch of southern Spain hold awful secrets. Now, one of them has been thrust into the spotlight of a still painful accounting of atrocities committed in the Spanish Civil War.
- Jeremy Paxman ridicules Robert Burns as king of doggerel - Times Online
Jeremy Paxman, for whom teasing the Scots is an irresistible temptation, has crossed what many will see as the final barrier of good taste by mocking the national bard. The Newsnight presenter, who once complained that Britain was run by “a sort of ...
- Moja Calendar (The Post and Courier)
ONE-DAY JUNIOR TENNIS TOURNAMENT: 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Charleston Tennis Center, 19 Farmfield Ave., Charleston. $8. A one-day tournament showcasing youth from the Inner-city Youth Tennis Program and other area programs.
- Editor and Online Program Manager - Mediabistro.com
Job Requirements Poetryfoundation.org is one of the leading websites for poetry in America. Its goal is to provide a major poetry resource on the Internet—a site unique on the Web for its breadth, depth, and quality of poetry and poetry-related ...
- Feats on film: Get real for high drama (Independent)
It can be said with reasonable certainty that Philippe Petit is the only tightrope walker to have appeared on Desert Island Discs. In 2005, while recounting an extraordinary life spent with his head in the clouds, the French high-wire artist also became the first "islander" to cue up works by Morricone and Dvorak alongside obscure Jewish chants. His luxury: "An object found by my father that ...
- Of Coffee and Capitalism - Foreign Policy In Focus
Of Coffee and CapitalismForeign Policy In Focus - 17 minutes agoFinally, as part of our Fiesta! feature, FPIF poetry editor Melissa Tuckey interviews the fabulous poet Naomi Shihab Nye. "As my father kept saying toward ...
- This may be of NO interest to most of you but ... - Hartford Courant
This may be of NO interest to most of you but ...Hartford Courant, United States - 9 minutes agoThe world's only regular poetry-induced traffic jam at the Sunken Garden in Farmington. Richard's incredible Connecticut Forum series, which has brought ...
- Quiet in the library? Shhh! - Chicago Tribune
Quiet in the library? Shhh!Chicago Tribune, United States - 23 minutes agoYoga and wine-tasting sessions supplement story hour, poetry readings and lectures. Some libraries have become de facto senior centers, resource labs for ...
- Cristina, Barcelona, and Scarlett Johansson - Deadbolt
DeadboltCristina, Barcelona, and Scarlett JohanssonDeadbolt - 57 minutes agoThey can't appreciate what that means, there's a poetry in that, obviously, and people are so, I think, obsessed with discovering the secret of everything ...
- Yes - Park(ing) on Friday - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Yes - Park(ing) on FridaySeattle Post Intelligencer - 3 hours agoWe'd also like to thank SDOT and City Peoples for all the free plants. www.unpavingparadise.blogspot.com The Berger Partnership PS is teaming with Weber ...
- The Week in Preview: August 18 - Nashua Telegraph
The Week in Preview: August 18Nashua Telegraph, NH - 1 hour agoA year has passed since we last celebrated Bad Poetry Day and, as part of that celebration, inaugurated the office of TWiP poet laureate. ...
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