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- Why gas is so high... - Manhattan Mercury
All you need to know is the first paragraph. "Almost all is non-operational in nature. What a ridiculous financial mindset. Again, almost all of the $6+ million budget increase is "NON-OPERATIONAL." The proposed 2009 City Budget of $ 95,470,876 ...
- Tennessee Williams Festival praises playwright's flamboyant brother - Clarksdale Press Register
Tennessee Williams Festival praises playwright's flamboyant brotherClarksdale Press Register, MS - 18 minutes agoReciting poetry on front porches, in the Tennessee Williams Park beneath the angel statue reminiscent of his brother's period play "Summer and Smoke," and ...
- John Burnside's top 10 Scottish poetry collections - guardian.co.uk
John Burnside's top 10 Scottish poetry collectionsguardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoHe has published eight previous books of poetry, including The Asylum Dance, which won the 2000 Whitbread Poetry Award, and most recently The Light Trap, ..."I never had the least thought or inclination of turning poet till ... guardian.co.ukall 2 news articles
- event in Lewes returns June 28-29 - Cape Gazette
event in Lewes returns June 28-29Cape Gazette, DE - 1 hour agoThe Clambake will also feature readings from the poetry of the late Gilbert V. Byron by Jacques “Jack” Baker, a longtime friend of Byron who is writing his ...
- Residents share literary arts at Elk Grove - Elk Grove Citizen
Residents share literary arts at Elk GroveElk Grove Citizen, CA - 1 hour agoThe library hosted the 2008 Teen Poetry Slam and the Short-Story Contest and Writers’ Conference. There were 10 entries for the poetry competition, ...
- Honorary doctorate for noted poet - Stuff.co.nz
Honorary doctorate for noted poetStuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 30 minutes agoShe has published 10 volumes of poetry, including several award-winning books. Her first volume won the Jessie MacKay Award and the New Zealand Book Award ...
- Poet Eva Salzman: From Brooklyn to Britain with a side trip to ... - Somerville News
Poet Eva Salzman: From Brooklyn to Britain with a side trip to ...Somerville News, MA - 45 minutes agoHer latest poetry collection is “Double Crossing” (Bloodaxe Books). She has also co-edited an anthology of modern women poets “Women's Work… ...
- That face to watch - This is London
This is LondonThat face to watchThis is London, UK - 30 minutes agoIn his spare time Smith plays the piano and flute and reads a lot of poetry. He raves about Carol Anne Duffy's collection Rapture, which documents the highs ...
- Writer vows to get children reading - expressandstar.com
Writer vows to get children readingexpressandstar.com, UK - 12 hours agoMr Ahlberg, a Baggies fan, has most recently released Collected Poems, a collection of his favourite children’s poetry.
- 'Mad Men': Smart, subtle character study (San Francisco Chronicle)
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE)Mad Men: Drama. 10 p.m. Sundays on AMC. In the first episode of the second season of "Mad Men," there's a great moment - in fact, many great moments - that immediately justify the runaway critical acclaim for this series while...
- Between Nanjing and Chongqing - Asia Media
204 pp: University of California Press, 2008. $39.95. War is hell, none more so than the stymied, enraged, calculated brutishness of the Japanese invasion of China in 1937 and 1938. The Rape of Nanjing is familiar, but less well known is what ...
- A clear-eyed look (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Almost from the start, American literature has exhibited a prophetic streak. For Emerson, Thoreau and the other transcendentalists, literature was no mere entertainment, but a means of changing minds, hearts and behavior.
- AUS Tertiary Update (Scoop.co.nz)
University attempts to avoid payment The University of Auckland is resisting paying dismissed lecturer, Dr Paul Buchanan, the $66,000 recently awarded to him by the Employment Relations Authority in lost remuneration and compensation.
- Doing A Doubletake - Newsweek
Doing A DoubletakeNewsweek - 20 minutes agoDoubleTake's notion of documentation extends to fiction and poetry, but Coles insists that it combine ""the esthetic and the moral,'' and that it be ""about ...
- Technology: It's Where the Jobs Are (Muzi)
Here's a hint for high school graduates or college students still majoring in indecision: Put down that guitar or book of poetry and pick up a laptop. Study computer science or engineering, and plan to move to a big city.
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