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- Ethereal melodies by Turkish harpist - Turkish Daily News
Þirin Pancaroðlu, a Turkish female harp virtuoso, has captivated thousands of ears with the magical melodies of her harp during many years of performing on stages around the world. Pancaroðlu studied music at the Geneva Conservatory and received a ...
- Local educator publishes children's book - Daily News Journal
Dr. Jan Hayes, an award-winning educator and professor emeritus at MTSU, has published her first children's book, "The Split Tongue Sparrow," a traditional Japanese folktale, that is was illustrated by Franklin-based graphic designer Bobby Dawson ...
- English Serenta at Leasowes Bank, Ratlinghope - Birmingham Post
English Serenta at Leasowes Bank, RatlinghopeBirmingham Post, UK - 1 hour ago... on Leasowes Bank Farm nestling amid the Shropshire hills and completing the perfect setting for an evening of Music and Poetry from Shakespeare Country. ...
- I'll Take the Manhattan (Las Cruces Sun-News)
H.L. Mencken famously called the martini "the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet." The sonnet, as anyone who took freshman English may remember, is a poem with a specific meter, a structure of exactly 14 lines and a strict rhyme scheme.
- Sunday Journal: Trip to the morgue scares teen silly - St. Petersburg Times
One of my varied outside duties while working as a 16-year-old copy boy at our local newspaper was the trip to the city morgue to collect the obits and return them to the city editor for the next day's page. I hated making this trip. The morgue was ...
- Palestinian national poet Mahmoud Darwish in critical condition - Canada East
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A senior Palestinian official says the noted Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish, is in critical condition. The official, who spoke anonymously because Darwish's health has not yet been made public, says the 67-year-old poet ...
- US travel memoir wins Age Book of the Year Award - Age
Winners of book awards (from left) Don Watson (book of the year and non-fiction), Jan Harry (poetry) and Tim Winton Photo: Andrew De La Rue IN THE year of one of the most important presidential elections of recent time, a book that takes the reader ...
- Writer Ha Jin says he wants to visit native China but is frustrated by ... - International Herald Tribune
HONG KONG : Award-winning author Ha Jin says he wants to visit his native China after being away for 23 years but is discouraged by the Communist government's censorship of his books. "If I have the chance, I'd like to. I want to at least go back to ...
- 'Better Mus' Come' filled with drama, action - Jamaica Gleaner
Jamaica Gleaner'Better Mus' Come' filled with drama, actionJamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 4 hours agoHe simply thinks too much for a cardboard cut-out of a thug, writing poetry, which Kamala later discovers, and when Flames tells him that he has changed ...
- The enduring magic of Indian film music - Khaleej Times
The enduring magic of Indian film musicKhaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - 31 minutes agoMelody needed poetry; sound needs phonetics. Sahir Ludhianvi, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri, Indeevar: it is good that you died natural ...
- Teenage summit prepares students for the future - Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Teenage summit prepares students for the futureSarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - 3 hours agoTeenagers were also able to express themselves through song, a poetry contest debate and a step show. "The part I liked the most so far was when keynote ...
- David Archuleta's new single! (Entertainment Weekly)
''Idolatry'' host Michael Slezak on the ''Idol'' season 7 runner-up's ''Crush'' -- his rate-a-record verdict is...
- Urbana man saw citizen diplomacy at work on recent travels (The Champaign News-Gazette)
URBANA – Chungliang Al Huang describes himself as Chinese-born and American through and through. Immersed in both cultures, he insists that we Americans, as well as the rest of the world, need not fear China. Rather, we need to understand and accept it in new ways. One of the best, he says, is citizen diplomacy.
- Living slow and other summer vacation resolutions - Baltimore Sun
Living slow and other summer vacation resolutionsBaltimore Sun, United States - 15 minutes agoThe poet said (tongue in cheek) that a poet's way with words is superior to mere prose. Poetry picks up, he said, where prose is simply inadequate. ...
- Zimbabwean Nyathi's poetry for his people - Metro
MetroZimbabwean Nyathi's poetry for his peopleMetro, UK - 1 hour agoKnown as the voice of the people, Nyathi is a larger-than-life character whose passion comes mixed with mischief. 'My work speaks to people about people,' ...
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