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- Joyce Carol Oates examines 'tabloid hell' in novel inspired by ... - International Herald Tribune
NEW YORK : Some of Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest. Oates sets out to solve a fictionalized version of the JonBenet Ramsey murder, with skating prodigy "Bliss" Rampike replacing ...
- 'Educational' side of MySpace, Facebook and Orkut revealed - Economic Times
'Educational' side of MySpace, Facebook and Orkut revealedEconomic Times, India - 1 hour ago... editing and customizing content and thinking about online design and layout. They're also sharing creative original work like poetry and film and ...
- Former AP Haiti correspondent Michael Norton dies - FOX News
Michael Norton _ who spent nearly two decades covering Haiti's coups, rebellions and disasters for The Associated Press _ died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He was 66. Norton chronicled the turmoil that followed former dictator Jean-Claude ...
- The Art of James Salter - Aspen Daily News
The Art of James SalterAspen Daily News, CO - 3 hours agoHis prose doesn't exactly explode in your mouth, but rather, it seeps like a drug slowly into your bloodstream, into your consciousness, leaving you in a ...
- LA Phil guest conductor Bramwell Tovey at the Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesLA Phil guest conductor Bramwell Tovey at the Hollywood BowlLos Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour agoWhat with the earthy nature of "Carmina Burana" -- its Latin and old German love poetry given gung-ho music for chorus, orchestra and vocal soloists ...
- Afterglow of CCM opera lingers (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
On Friday, the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music mounted "Rappaccini's Daughter," an opera in two acts by Daniel Catán, in the intimate Cohen Family Studio Theater. Although it was a stripped-down, studio series production (there was no orchestra or lavish set), it had an irresistibly seductive quality. Its afterglow lingered, whether for its poetic libretto or its ...
- Queenstown Extravaganza Supports Prostate Research (Scoop.co.nz)
A car lover’s weekend in Queenstown is set to be just what the doctor ordered for the Prostate Cancer Foundation when it takes place over the last weekend of February next year.
- From a book, little gems about the process of poetry (The Oregonian)
I was intending to write this month about the sensual poems of the Lebanese-born poet Venus Khoury-Ghata when -- poof! -- the dang thing got eaten by the dog of Microsoft Word. Forgive me: I couldn't face re-creating it. I'll return to her in a month or so when I've recovered.
- Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang-ke takes new approach with '24 City.' - Los Angeles Times
CANNES, France -- By necessity, Jia Zhang-ke is a filmmaker who responds to current events with the instincts of a newshound. Not only is the 38-year-old director the most prominent Chinese filmmaker of his generation, he also has come to assume the ...
- 200th anniversary of the birth of Norway's National Poet - Norway Post
Norway Post200th anniversary of the birth of Norway's National PoetNorway Post, Norway - 2 hours ago... including concerts and poetry readings. Wergeland was a child of the European Enlightenment and grew up in a time of momentous change for Norway. ...
- Hannon Hoping For Super Gift - Yahoo! Eurosport
Hannon Hoping For Super GiftYahoo! Eurosport, UK - Jul 18, 2008Pure Poetry is quick too but he might find it tough giving all of that weight away. "I have six runners in all and they are all owned by different people. ...
- Beauty among the battlefields - Mirror.co.uk
Beauty among the battlefieldsMirror.co.uk, UK - 7 hours agoHis poetry remains as a testament to the futility and barbarism of war. Which brings me to why I have taken a Leger Holidays battlefields tour of the last ...
- In Nairobi’s slums, EC Glass teacher finds hope - Lynchburg News and Advance
Lynchburg News and AdvanceIn Nairobi’s slums, EC Glass teacher finds hopeLynchburg News and Advance, VA - 1 hour agoWhile there, she worked with children at the Mercy Care Centre, a Christian school located in the two square miles that make up the slum. ...
- Drinking iced tea and getting beat up at ep altelier - Twin Cities Planet
Drinking iced tea and getting beat up at ep altelierTwin Cities Planet, Minnesota - 1 hour agoSeveral evenings a week you also can take in live music, poetry, spoken word, and stuff like that. For example, they offer an acoustic music open stage on ...
- Ed Harcourt: The Beautiful Lie (Pitchfork)
No, the host of "Morning Becomes Eclectic" hasn't started writing his own songs; it's the latest album from that dude who used to get compared to Elliott Smith and Rufus Wainwright but now gets bracketed with Tom McRae and Damien Rice. read more
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