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- In search of an authentic Arab self - Daily Telegraph
Sami Traifi enjoys showing off his Arabic heritage: at university he sports the red and white kuffiyeh worn by Syrian farmers (even though a "member of his class in Syria would never wear one"), matched with a T-shirt bearing a Palestinian flag. He ...
- The Assholes of Assus: An Homage - Bookslut
The Assholes of Assus: An HomageBookslut, IL - 2 hours agoThe American practice of poetry is paid for in blood -- literally. And that’s not something people want to hear -- nor is it much under anyone’s control. ...
- Wildflowers on Charlotte Street, 1983. Photos by Lisa Kahane ... - CityLimits.org
Wildflowers on Charlotte Street, 1983. Photos by Lisa Kahane ...CityLimits.org - 2 hours agoWords In Your Face (Soft Skull Press, $17.95) is a delightful journey into the vibrant world of slam poetry. Written by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, ...
- Indulgence to a tea - Age
Drink it, bathe in it or cake it onto your face: there's more to the humble cup of tea than you think. You not only drink copious amounts of it, you also cake it onto your face, rub it into your eyelids and even bathe in it. Tea is said to be the ...
- Listening to Merwin - Idaho Mountain Express
One might expect a writer's notebook to be pristine: sturdy leather binds, beautifully worn pages, if worn at all, with paper fit for a wedding invitation. The notebooks of W.S. Merwin, one of the most eminent poets in the world, are anything but ...
- Cowboy poets make audiences feel pull of open trail (Anchorage Daily News)
PALMER -- Jim Reader and T.J. Casey are the kind of cowboys who still rustle stock, who proclaim their country-folk status with big hats, blue jeans and calloused fingers. Their callouses aren't earned entirely through ranching -- although they say they've got land and livestock in Alberta and Montana, respectively -- but from hours picking out tunes they've crafted on the road or in a pasture ...
- Texas teenager and her family visit North Coast for chance to see ... - The Eureka Reporter
Texas teenager and her family visit North Coast for chance to see ...The Eureka Reporter, CA - 8 minutes agoSarah also plays the cello and was writing her own cello music at the age of 14, her father said, loves volleyball and writes poetry. ...
- New school year, new programs in Minneapolis, St. Paul - Twin Cities Planet
New school year, new programs in Minneapolis, St. PaulTwin Cities Planet, Minnesota - 8 hours agoBy and large, though, Cassellius said the district was moving to an “early college focus,” part of the “every child college ready by 2012” mandate from the ...
- Professor to survey Scandinavian crime novels - Ventura County Star
Professor to survey Scandinavian crime novelsVentura County Star, CA - 7 hours agoPoetry reading 8 pm Monday. Village Jester Restaurant, 139 Ojai Ave., Ojai. 640-8001. Poetry workshop 7 pm Wednesday. Peet's Coffee, 1171 S. Victoria Ave., ...
- A life less precarious for Beverly Hills homeless (The New Zealand Herald)
BEVERLY HILLS - Being homeless in this upper crust enclave is not exactly like living on the street in other places.
- Cover Stories: Jenny Colgan; Alistair Cooke; Booker longlist (Independent)
* At the first Literary Salon at Shoreditch House, London, on Tuesday, Jenny Colgan revealed that she is working on a "secret book" that she will release under a pseudonym in September. "It's for all those people who loved books set in boarding schools as kids and wonder why nobody writes them any more," she said.
- NEWSÂ Mafia 'poet' attacked for being gay - Feature (EARTHtimes.org)
Rome - The Sicilian Mafia's honour code doesn't bar members from being poets, but a jailed suspect's penchant for writing verse led his fellow mobsters to assume he was gay, so as punishment, they gang-raped him. ...
- Books: "Unpacking the Boxes" (The New Yorker)
Most memoirs begin with a birth, but Hall’s starts with another sort of becoming: “At fourteen I decided to spend my life writing poetry, which is what I have done.” Soon Hall moves from suburban Connecticut, where “nothing happened,” to Exeter, Harvard, and Oxford, his time line marked indelibly by . . .
- JOEL: Ellen DeGeneres taping a show in Chicago! 4/8/'08 WNDU Blog ... - WNDU
Hey all... Only a few days after I sit down with Ellen DeGeneres in Los Angeles she is headed to Chicago for a ONE TIME ONLY taping of her show. Details are still being released but if you want to go and be in the audience you better get moving!! The ...
- George is 100 years young - Dorset Echo
George is 100 years youngDorset Echo, UK - 44 minutes agoA cheese and wine party at the Jubilee Hall in Easton for family and friends will be held tonight to mark his birthday.
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