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- Eerie McCain, weird Bill (Arkansas News Bureau)
Let me warn you that today's topics are not substantive. We're not going to extend health insurance or lower oil prices today. We're going to talk style and sex. Criticize if you must. Read if you please.
- Young poet wins prestigious prize - Oxford Mail
Young poet wins prestigious prizeOxford Mail, UK - 38 minutes agoBy Fran Bardsley A poem inscribed on a tiny scrap of paper has won the regional round of a prestigious human rights poetry competition. ...
- Animal whisperers help you communicate with your pets (AP via Yahoo! News)
Ears twitching wildly, Nikki and Lucy hovered near the telephone, aroused by the caller on the other end. He was their "whisperer," and the girls had something to tell me: "Their food tastes like sawdust."
- Alicia Keys expands her repertoire beyond music (The Providence Journal)
When we first heard Alicia Keys’ velvet voice and masterful piano strokes in 2001, she was a beautiful tomboy singing about falling in and out of love. Hers was a pure, unapologetic sound — authentic, magical, enriched by yesterday — that returned vintage soul to its place in the pantheon of music.
- Prose, poetry and wine tasting - Lompoc Record
Prose, poetry and wine tastingLompoc Record, CA - 9 hours agoBy Marell Brooks Retired educator and local author Rick Schmidt will discuss his young adult fiction at 6:30 pm Thursday, May 29, as part of the Village ...
- Reason and intellect: Christianity's friends - WorldNetDaily
WorldNetDailyReason and intellect: Christianity's friendsWorldNetDaily, OR - 19 minutes agoI've read and recommended many excellent books on the subject but want to call your special attention to one I've most recently read because of the ...
- Christ, Come Quickly - America Magazine (subscription)
America Magazine (subscription)Christ, Come QuicklyAmerica Magazine (subscription), NY - 18 minutes agoIn Exiles, Hopkins needs nothing more than a Jesuit superior’s gentle prodding to inspire a return to poetry. Hansen intersperses his tale of Hopkins’s ...
- Education's not finished, BC grads told - Boston Globe
In a heartfelt ode to the power and joys of education, acclaimed historian David McCullough exhorted Boston College graduates yesterday to "make the love of learning central to your life." In his keynote address at the college's commencement on its ...
- What happens when actors wax lyrical - Guardian Blogs
Mark Rylance is a great actor whose distinctive presence and delicate, introspective, musical speaking voice have made him unique. Despite many outstanding film roles, he has made his name on the stage more than the screen, which is a pity as far as ...
- Music Review: Yusa - Haiku - Blogcritics.org
Music Review: Yusa - HaikuBlogcritics.org, OH - 4 hours agoIn the liner notes of the disc, Yusa quotes Mexican poet Octavia Paz's definition of a haiku as "a poetic experience re-created as lived poetry". ...
- 'Breath' by Tim Winton - Los Angeles Times
'Breath' by Tim WintonLos Angeles Times, CA - 47 minutes agoIt achieves that essential quality of a short novel: Its poetry becomes its imperative, its motivating and most risky venture. "Breath" is a coming-of-age ...
- Editor confronts genocide in 'Senselessness' - San Francisco Chronicle
Editor confronts genocide in 'Senselessness'San Francisco Chronicle, USA - 6 minutes agoBy Horacio Castellanos Moya; translated by Katherine Silver One approach to discovering exciting new Latin American writers is to scout for contemporary ...
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- Poetry in motion - Winnipeg Sun
Poetry in motionWinnipeg Sun, Canada - 1 hour agoBy STEPHEN RIPLEY Since I don't see any hands in the air, I'll fill you in. Ashley Harkleroad is the 72nd-ranked player on the WTA tour. ...
- McPartland May Writer of Month - South Fork Tines
McPartland May Writer of MonthSouth Fork Tines, CO - 4 hours ago... McPartland received $50 for winning the contest. McPartland enjoys writing both poetry and narrative, and her favorite piece she’s written is a poem ...
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