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- Celebration caps poetry unit at Crab Orchard School (Marion Daily Republican)
MARION — From Shakespeare to Silverstein, Crab Orchard fifth-graders spent the last few weeks learning the poetic craft. On Friday, the students captured an attentive audience — which included local celebrities from CIL-FM — with their eloquence.
- Pope Calls Irish Monk a Father of Europe (Zenit News Agency)
VATICAN CITY, JUNE 11, 2008 ( Zenit.org ).- An Irish monk -- "a tireless builder of monasteries" -- became one of the true fathers of Europe through his work of nourishing the Christian roots of the Continent, says Benedict XVI.
- Calendar (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
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- Lost Hendrix Guitar To Be Auctioned - Showbizspy.com
The first guitar famously burned by rock legend JIMI HENDRIX is be auctioned off in London. The late rocker appeared on stage at the city's Astoria venue in 1967 holding a flaming Fender Stratocaster - and the moment has gone down in rock and roll ...
- Harry Potter ‘is too boring and grown-up for young readers’ - Times Online
They may have sold more than 375 million copies in 65 countries around the world, but J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books are boring and inappropriate for young readers, according to the Children’s Laureate. Michael Rosen, 62, the poet and author ...
- USA (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled Tuesday that more interest-rate cuts are unlikely, telling a monetary conference that "for now, policy seems well positioned to promote moderate growth and price stability over time." The Fed dropped its key interest rate to 2 percent last month, a nearly four-year low.
- River Forest - Hartford Courant
Most first-time writers get nothing but a rejection slip after they submit a novel to a publisher. Stephanie Kuehnert got an advance. It was a shock for the Forest Park resident who concedes her early writing was mainly bad poetry about unrequited ...
- Hundreds mourn 'beautiful angel' - Canada.com
Hundreds mourn 'beautiful angel'Canada.com, Canada - Apr 27, 2008Her mother, Deborah Chevalier read some of her daughter's poetry during the one-hour service, including a poem written three months before the teen ...
- Book Review: The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie - Blogcritics.org
Book Review: The Enchantress of Florence by Salman RushdieBlogcritics.org, OH - 1 hour agoBut there’s still a lot of poetry in motion, and we’re talking about more than Bekin’s man prosody as Rushdie plops his unrushed plots in two tantalizing ...
- Weasels, planes and an African adventure - Hampstead and Highgate Express
Weasels, planes and an African adventureHampstead and Highgate Express, UK - 2 hours agoThere is even some decent poetry - Tennyson's The Mermaid. It is best read with a real friend, but it's also fun for the temporarily friendless. ...
- Kay Ryan named U.S. poet laureate - The Money Times
Washington -- U.S. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington named Kay Ryan as the library's 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-09. Ryan, a 63-year-old California native, is to begin her duties in the fall, opening the library's annual ...
- 'Freakish' online searches inspire play (CNN.com)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- They are an unquestionably bizarre set of Internet search terms: Mange. Human mold. White camellia. Dying Elmo.
- Readings and Talks - New Yorker
Readings and TalksNew Yorker, United States - Jun 22, 2008Frank McCourt, Paul Muldoon (the poetry editor of this magazine), Fintan O’Toole, and others honor the Irish writer, who died earlier this year. ...
- St. Joseph Church has new pastor (The Standard-Times)
St. Joseph Church has new pastor
- Never forget - Centre Daily Times
Never forgetCentre Daily Times, PA - 8 hours agoNine students in State College Area School District’s middle schools were honored Tuesday for their works of poetry, fiction and nonfiction essays all ...
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