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- Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at 89 - Boston Globe
Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at 89Boston Globe, United States - 16 minutes agoEnvisioning a postwar literary career, he began writing both poetry and fiction about his military experiences. Mr. Solzhenitsyn, who had been a member of ...
- Mary Peccolo; original owner of Blue Door Bookstore, arts supporter (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Hillcrest wasn't Hillcrest yet when Mary Peccolo and her husband opened the Blue Door Bookstore on Fifth Avenue in 1961. The tiny shop came to be known as a literary center for Bohemians, intellectuals, artists and activists.
- Author Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope' (The Standard-Times)
It's only 9:33 a.m., but already Danielle Steel is having a lousy morning.
- A dream comes to life - St. Cloud Times
Author Bill Meissner’s blue manuscript folder has seen years of use and abuse. Its seams are held together with various types of clear tape — some packaging tape and some “magic” tape, as 3M prefers to call it. But the real magical part of ...
- Poets from region pay rich tribute to Palestinian icon - Gulf News
Dubai: Prominent literary figures gathered here to express their gratitude to their mentor and grieve his death, saying no other Arab poet will measure up to Mahmoud Darwish. Darwish was a respected Palestinian poet and author who won numerous awards ...
- I Is Another - New York Times
I Is AnotherNew York Times, United States - 1 hour agoBy RICHARD HELL More aspects of Rimbaud are known than can be assimilated: his vastly various, influential and innovative poetry itself; his expressive ...
- Special Events - Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Open Mic Poetry, 9 p.m. today; $3; Seven*Studioz, 147 Millsaps Ave., Jackson; (601) 316-5074. Operation Shoestring's 40th Anniversary Dinner, 6:30 p.m. today; $30; Mississippi TelCom Center,105 E. Pascagoula St., Jackson; (601) 353-6336. Hyphenated ...
- Writer offered young Obama life advice - Politico.com
HONOLULU (AP) — 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 ...
- Pray silence for Bin Laden the wedding poet (Times Online)
POETRY by Osama Bin Laden is to be published next week by an Oxford-educated academic, who has discovered that the world’s most hated terrorist was once in great demand as an after-dinner speaker.
- Chalk Talk: San Mateo County teen poet makes anthology (San Mateo County Times)
Justine Drennan's parents often read stories to her as a young child."So it seemed natural to think of my own stories to write," said Drennan, 19, a graduate of Crystal Springs Uplands School in Hillsborough going into her second year at Princeton University.
- Grand opening of Petaluma Arts Center is this weekend - Petaluma Argus Courier
Grand opening of Petaluma Arts Center is this weekendPetaluma Argus Courier, CA - 7 hours agoIn addition, the Petaluma Poetry Walk will be holding an author event beginning at 10 am Sept. 21 in celebration of the arts center opening. ...
- 'Billy Elliot,' 'Shrek' head list of fall musicals - The Associated Press
The Associated Press'Billy Elliot,' 'Shrek' head list of fall musicalsThe Associated Press - 12 hours agoNow he has teamed with John Patrick Shanley, author of "Doubt" and the screenplay for "Moonstruck," to create "Romantic Poetry" for Manhattan Theatre Club's ...
- Teacher's book chronicles life of poet's muse - Pine Plains Register Herald
Teacher's book chronicles life of poet's musePine Plains Register Herald, NY - 16 minutes agoAfter arriving in Florence, she went to the library and asked to speak to the director, Eugenio Montale, the author of a much-loved book of poetry. ...
- Review: "Twilight" series - Daily Republic
Review: "Twilight" seriesDaily Republic, SD - 14 minutes agoThis is a good time to add that the writer adds literary references throughout her books and even starts each with a piece of poetry or prose that ...
- Words bring order to a chaotic world - Philadelphia Inquirer
Words bring order to a chaotic worldPhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - 1 hour ago... my darlings, and agonizing as this mess can be, there's poetry in it, too, as long as you can find the words to express it, assuming those words exist. ...
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