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- Sir Murray Halberg elevated to the elite (Otago Daily Times)
Sir Murray Halberg has been elevated on to the podium of greatest living New Zealanders in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Sir Murray was appointed a Member of the Order of New Zealand (ONZ) in recognition of 50 years' dedication to athletics and charity work.
- Alanis and Emmylou deliver discs that look despair in the face (The Buffalo News)
There are two ways to deal with the inevitable emotional and existential crises that become a common part of life once you've left your twenties.
- East Palo Alto to celebrate Juneteenth (Palo Alto Weekly)
East Palo Alto will celebrate Juneteenth this weekend with a parade, music performances, activities and community speakers.
- Faith takes ‘spelling magician’ to the US (Daily Dispatch)
AN NU13 teenager is hoping for gold when she competes in the spelling category of an international schools competition in the United States this week.
- Annie Regan - Mayo News
Annie ReganMayo News, Ireland - 57 minutes agoShe always helped the children with homework, especially poetry, for which she had a great love. Her favourite poem was Joseph Mary Plunkett’s, ...
- Hallgrímur Helgason's top 10 books - guardian.co.uk
Hallgrímur Helgason's top 10 booksguardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoEven though the poetry was new-age awful and the ending science-fiction tacky, this is the last "most important novel" to date. And how surprising it was to ...
- Patti Smith: Dream of Life (New York Times)
You may not learn everything you want to know in “Patti Smith: Dream of Life,” an impressionistic portrait of that punk godhead, but you learn just about everything you need.
- Keen insights but writing is strained - Louisville Courier-Journal
Keen insights but writing is strainedLouisville Courier-Journal, KY - 6 hours agoFrederick Smock chairs the English department at Bellarmine University. His forthcoming book is Craft-talk: On Writing Poetry. By Michel Marriott.
- Gerda’s history to be unveiled? - Fergus Falls Daily Journal
Gerda’s history to be unveiled?Fergus Falls Daily Journal, MN - 2 hours agoThe contest is free, and no registration is necessary. Pieces will be read in an informal discussion setting, and gift certificates donated by local ...
- The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Saul Williams - Blackbookmag.com
You. There it is. Niggy Tardust is everyone, man. Niggy Tardust is the nickname I give to our and the up-and-coming generation, the generation that laughs at the concept at race, that laughs at all the stuff we’re born into, and realizes that we ...
- Black Watch : porn for the theatregoing classes - Spiked
Black Watch is being performed at the Barbican Centre until 26 July and at St Ann’s Warehouse, New York, from 10 October until 30 October. Black Watch is porn. The hit of the Edinburgh Festival in 2006, it is ostensibly an elegy for the famous ...
- In their honor: Belgrade poet hopes to create memorials of all ... - St. Cloud Times
In their honor: Belgrade poet hopes to create memorials of all ...St. Cloud Times, MN - 3 hours agoWhite has used his poetry in the past to create keepsakes for engagements, graduations, Mother’s Day and other events. White knew he wanted to write a poem ...
- Vallejo High seniors beat the odds - Vallejo Times-Herald
Vallejo High seniors beat the oddsVallejo Times-Herald, CA - 1 hour agoShe wrote for our school newspaper, did poetry ... she's just a delightful person." "Vallejo High gives you great opportunities," Quintanilla said. ...
- Black Tuna Gang Leader Gets Out of Jail - Miami New Times
Robert Platshorn was the first big bust of the War on Drugs. Almost 30 years later, he's free and talking. "I have a hard time with modern technology," Brazilian icon Gilberto Gil says, describing the theme of his latest CD, Banda Larga Cordel . "I ...
- Patrick Phillips' "Piano" (Seattle Times)
Poets are especially good at investing objects with meaning, or in drawing meaning from the things of this world. Here Patrick Phillips of...
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