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- BBC banned but pornography for sale in Beijing Olympics village - Beijing News
BBC banned but pornography for sale in Beijing Olympics villageBeijing News, China - Jul 29, 2008The ban is in contrast to the more liberal attitude of the Games village bookshop, which sells erotic books featuring provocative pictures of naked women ...
- Prop 8 Debate Hits YouTube (The Advocate)
Along with the major organizations urging residents to support their causes, voters in California and elsewhere are getting in on the action.
- Osage alumnus finds success as poet (Mitchell County Press-News)
Story created Oct 06, 2008 - 17:11:24 CDT. Osage alumnus Mike Meyerhofer feels several experiences have contributed to his success as a poet and creative writer.
- John Henry, Myth Made Flesh (Nashville Scene)
There's not much reliable and detailed evidence, but in Steel Drivin' Man (Oxford University Press, 214 pp., $14.95) Scott Reynolds Nelson makes a good case that the mythical John Henry was a short (5'1") black man from New Jersey. A boy, really: He was only 19 when he was convicted, on qu...
- Together We Read picks Morgan's 'Boone' for '08 - Asheville Citizen-Times
Together We Read has selected Morgan's latest work, "Boone: A Biography" as the book that all of Western North Carolina will be reading this summer and fall.
- Madison hosts National Poetry Slam (Wisconsin State Journal)
Eighteen has been good to Danez Smith. It's the age that he's come into his own, he says. And the age he was named Madison's Grand Slam Poetry Champion. It gets even better: Later this week, Smith (still 18), will perform his poetry in the national spotlight -- right on a Madison stage. Smith's local title win in May gave him a berth on the city's five-poet team, which will compete in the ...
- Morrissey ends Laugharne connection - WalesOnline
Morrissey ends Laugharne connectionWalesOnline, United Kingdom - 9 hours agoMen Behaving Badly star Morrissey, a big fan of Thomas poetry, had ambitions of establishing a hotel and country club group across the UK starting with his ...
- Art Hop bites: Greek mythology and punk rock are Kalamazoo painter's ... - Kalamazoo Gazette
Brandi Read's twin sister, Brooke, is one of 11 muses in the "Capital Women" series. The origins of local painter Brandi Read's appreciation for Greek mythology and the nine muses can be traced to WMU professor Joyce Kubiski's art history class. Read ...
- Helter Skelter Advertising - Rake
Helter Skelter AdvertisingRake, MN - 25 minutes agoI don't think it's too much of a reach to say that this same approach could work for fiction, and maybe even poetry, so long as marketers don't just tap ...
- Torres, Timberlake make splash at NY Fashion Week - Grand Rapids Press
AP Photo Justin Timberlake and Beyonce perform on stage during Conde Nast's Fashion Rocks show, Friday in New York. NEW YORK -- The stars descended on New York Fashion Week on Sunday, with Olympian Dara Torres hitting the catwalk, Justin Timberlake ...
- Potato madness has gripped at least one man - Anchorage Daily News (subscription)
Potato madness has gripped at least one manAnchorage Daily News (subscription), AK - 32 minutes agoThink of it as a community show-and-tell: potato recipes, potato jokes, potato outfits, potato accessories, potato toys, potato poetry, potato haiku, ...
- Davye shares poetry with high school students - Newnan Times-Herald
Davye shares poetry with high school studentsNewnan Times-Herald, GA - 1 hour ago19, Davye came to Coweta County to share her gifts in presenting poetry to high school students. She spoke to groups at all three of Coweta County's public ...
- Poet helps kids see it's about more than rhyme (Northbrook Star)
Educator and poet Bill Buczinsky says kids can write a three-page essay but if there's no poetry in it, or it's not interesting to them, it won't live on in their minds and they won't remember the subject matter. "Poetry helps kids learn not just what to say but how to say it so it means something," Buczinsky said. Buczinsky is a former English teacher from North Carolina who founded the company ...
- Power of poetry - Southwest Virginia Today
Southwest Virginia TodayPower of poetrySouthwest Virginia Today, VA - 30 minutes agoAlthough Aunt Ruth’s life story is one of the daily triumphs and tragedies of an everyday person, she notably had an extraordinary facial disfigurement ...
- Dorothy West’s Highlands Home is Landmark on Heritage Trail (Vineyard Gazette)
Longtime friends and followers of the late Dorothy West gathered on Saturday afternoon in the shade on a hot August day to pay tribute to the writer, who was the last surviving member of the Harlem renaissance, and to share memories. A new stone was unveiled at her former home on Myrtle avenue in an area of Oak Bluffs known as the Highlands, where the cottages are brushed with dappled sunlight ...
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