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- Iraqis celebrate culture at festival (Mississauga News)
For many members of the Iraqi community taking part in the fifth annual Mesopotamian Festival, it was a lot like coming home. “We miss our family we had to leave behind,†says artist Ahmad Nasir, whose many paintings inspired by his home country were on display Saturday at the Iraqi Canadian Society of Ontario's event at St. Joseph Secondary School.
- The Enchanter of Words (Deccan Herald)
Readers have voted Salman Rushdies 1981 novel Midnights Children their favourite Booker prize-winner of all time. He talks to Stuart Jeffries about surviving a fatwa, and why free speech is as important as ever.
- Poster poems: autumn leaves - guardian.co.uk
Poster poems: autumn leavesguardian.co.uk, UK - 8 minutes agoAnd Browning isn't the only poet to take a less romantic view of the season. TE Hulme's proto-Imagist moonlit Autumn may be colder than Browning's, ...
- Southern California book events calendar for August 10-17 - Los Angeles Times
Southern California book events calendar for August 10-17Los Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour agoFern Rouintree A poetry reading with live music by Joey Sirko and Peter Mariscal. Alta Coffee Co., 506 31st St., Newport Beach. 8 pm Free. (949) 675-0233. ...
- Writing It Downtown: A Word and Heart Primer - University of British Columbia
University of British ColumbiaWriting It Downtown: A Word and Heart PrimerUniversity of British Columbia, Canada - 2 hours agoFor their CSL projects, the UBC students taught workshops in fiction, poetry, life-writing (also known as creative non-fiction), and even blogging. ...
- Michigan State grad's physics rap is a YouTube hit - Grand Rapids Press
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Kate McAlpine is a viral sensation thanks to her unlikely skill: rapping about high-level physics. The 23-year-old Michigan State University graduate and science writer's particle physics rap is a hit on YouTube with half ...
- Family Digest - HometownAnnapolis.com
Counselors will be available to enroll new students at Arundel High School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday. In addition, an orientation session will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. Aug. 26 for parents who have students entering Arundel High School for the ...
- Governor Schwarzenegger Applauds Appointment of Kay Ryan as Poet ... - Imperial Valley News
Governor Schwarzenegger Applauds Appointment of Kay Ryan as Poet ...Imperial Valley News, CA - Jul 18, 2008... serves from October to May and seeks to raise the national consciousness to a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry. ...
- Paris is enchanted by some northern lights - International Herald Tribune
Paris is enchanted by some northern lightsInternational Herald Tribune, France - 4 hours ago"We Finnish people, we are a bit romantic and classical; joyous, closer to poetry in a way than to commercial fashion, and I think that it's time for that, ...
- Colleges Explore Alternative Revenue Streams (BusinessWeek)
To supplement tuition income, colleges are looking at everything from high-demand graduate courses to real estate deals
- Texas Leads Nation in Drunk Driving; MADD Advocates Gather in Dallas ... - Forbes
DALLAS, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) supporters convened in Dallas to kick off their annual national conference today at the Hilton Anatole Hotel, located at 2201 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas. The focus ...
- Brace Yourself: New Films from Korea Are Here - Firefox News
Brace Yourself: New Films from Korea Are HereFirefox News, AZ - 3 hours agoBy Peter Gutiérrez Over the past fifteen years, Peter's work in horror and other genres, in the form of short fiction, poetry, criticism, and comics, ...Tech and Gadgetry Going to the Dogs Firefox Newsall 4 news articles
- Robust Pathan with delicate verse - Daily News & Analysis
Robust Pathan with delicate verseDaily News & Analysis, India - 3 hours agoHe was the last bridge between the traditional aesthetics of Urdu poetry and modern thought. He was the huge tree, which had its roots deep in the Urdu soil ...
- Charles King (The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register)
KING, Charles "Bud" William, 79, of Paden City, W.Va., died Tuesday, August 26, 2008, in St. Joseph Hospital, Parkersburg, W.Va. Bud was born November 16, 1928, in Jacksonburg, W.Va., the son of the late Daniel W. and Blanche Myers King.
- A song a day keeps the doc away (China Daily)
Singing might be fun, joyful, and more importantly, might be good for your body and soul. Feng Haijun "The only thing better than singing is more singing," Ella Fitzgerald once said.
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