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- West Richland teen memorizes the Quran - Tri-City Herald
WEST RICHLAND -- It took Reshad Jalalyar three years to memorize the Quran. He started with a single page, reading the Arabic words over and over again. Then he moved on to the next page, then the next, until he knew all 30 sections and 77,701 words ...
- Things to do - News Virginian
Things to doNews Virginian, VA - 1 hour agoDouthat State Park’s Conference Center, Clifton Forge; 2nd Annual Apple Day Writers’ Workshop; 10 am; 10 am to noon: poetry session with M. Ray Allen; ...
- Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page, Thomas Haden Church - Moviehole
MovieholeDennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page, Thomas Haden ChurchMoviehole, Australia - 2 hours agoHe lives with his daughter Vanessa (Ellen Page), an articulate Young Republican and type-A personality, and he has a poetry-writing son, James (Ashton ...
- At annual literary forum, writers schlep for supper (Rutland Herald)
RIPTON -- It's billed as the oldest writers' conference in the nation, a picturesque mountaintop retreat where literary giants, book editors and up-and-coming novelists have been coming together once a year since the 1920s. ... - By JOHN CURRAN The Associated Press
- White Light, White Heat - Nashville Scene
White Light, White HeatNashville Scene, USA - 2 hours agoAnyone who read it was likely struck by the poem's lack of, well, poetry—especially since White's lyrics are rarely without some measure of it. ...
- Bumbershoot Recommendations: Saturday, Aug. 30 - Seattle Weekly
Bumbershoot Recommendations: Saturday, Aug. 30Seattle Weekly, WA - 57 minutes agoThat's what's so great about Fuck Off and Die, a celebration of teen angst that is part stand-up and part well-curated depressed-adolescent poetry. ...
- Singer Eric Benet's latest work pays homage to R&B - MLive.com
In many ways, R&B singer Eric Benet's latest album, "Love & Life," is a walk down memory lane. Benet wanted to pay tribute to the various eras of R&B on his new project. "I knew that I wanted to make an album that almost felt like an homage to R&B ...
- Thanks for memories, and farewell - Star-Gazette
I am one of those folks who can't get rid of anything even slightly sentimental. I should work in a museum, not a newsroom. As such, I've acquired quite a few mementos from my seven years as the Star-Gazette's Neighbors columnist. I have a postcard ...
- Laughs flow in 'Beer for My Horses' (The Tennessean)
If you could combine Men at Work and Miami Vice, you might have a good starting point for Beer for My Horses, the latest vehicle for star/co-writer/ executive producer Toby Keith. It's a likable (if somewhat predictable) and fairly entertaining movie, best enjoyed with a moonshine slushee at a drive-in.
- Thomas Rain Crowe gets set to rock the boat (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
Published: Sunday, September 21, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, September 21, 2008 at 1:53 a.m. Twenty-five years ago, Thomas Rain Crowe returned to the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina.
- Contenders for this year's surprise TIFF hit - Globe and Mail
Contenders for this year's surprise TIFF hitGlobe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour agoIt's an extension of what he calls "life cinema," showing the simplicity and warmth of the world by mixing naturalism and poetry, sometimes even waiting ...
- Brazilian director swaps Saramago for Shakespeare - Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa CitizenBrazilian director swaps Saramago for ShakespeareOttawa Citizen, Canada - 2 minutes agoEach line has poetry, philosophy, a deep understanding of what we are." Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles attends a news conference for his film ...
- Mahmoud Darwish Dies in Houston - Houstonist
HoustonistMahmoud Darwish Dies in HoustonHoustonist, USA - 4 hours agoDarwish, known for his political activism as well as his poetry, became a symbol of life in exile living in the Soviet Union, Israel, Lebanon, Tunisia, ...
- Homer's Presence in Australian Literature - The Cud
The CudHomer's Presence in Australian LiteratureThe Cud, Australia - 54 minutes agoWithin this wide-ranging area of influence from Greece, a significant and multifaceted source of inspiration is that of Homer and his epic poetry. ...
- Vocalists give Jackson Browne's music wings - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Vocalists give Jackson Browne's music wingsSeattle Post Intelligencer - Sep 30, 2008Considering that the man is known for his insightful and often searing personal poetry, that's saying something. After a topically appropriate encore of ...
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