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- Origins of festival; (The North Bay Nugget)
The Duanwu Festival originated in ancient China. There are a number of theories about its origins. Today, the most commonly accepted version relates to the death of poet Qu Yuan in 278 BC despite a number of competing theories. Qu Yuan The traditional story holds the festival [...]
- Is Your Child in Trouble? - American Chronicle
Is Your Child in Trouble?American Chronicle, CA - 7 hours agoThe Orlando, Florida native is currently writing a collection of original poetry, a novel, short stories, and various articles for news media, ...
- PMA student wins national religious contest of the arts - The Broadcaster
HUDSON -- Family Rosary has selected Presentation of Mary Academy's Melissa Fitzgerald as the first-place winner in the Grade 7 Division of the U.S. "Try Prayer! It Works!" contest, a national competition that encourages students to express their ...
- Spring in his step, swing in vote? - Daily News and Analysis
NEW DELHI: Prime minister Manmohan Singh is not normally given to expansive gestures. He is at the best of times camera-shy and timid. But Monday it was a very different Manmohan Singh on view. His body language oozed confidence; there was a spring ...
- Poet Kay Ryan named next laureate - Houston Chronicle
NEW YORK — Kay Ryan, award-winning poet, mountain bike rider and self-described "modern hermit," will be the nation's 16th poet laureate. The Library of Congress announced today that the lifelong Californian, whose compressed, metaphysical poetry ...
- LitTO: June 3–June 11 - Torontoist
TorontoistLitTO: June 3–June 11Torontoist, Canada - 43 minutes agoTonight the seven finalists for the prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize will be reading at the MacMillan Theatre at 7:30 pm Tickets for the reading are ...
- like nothing else in art - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uklike nothing else in artTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 2 hours agoWith hindsight, it is obvious that it was the only city in the world where an artist so temperamentally attuned to the art and poetry of the ancient world ...
- City Stages review: Ford Turrell - The Birmingham News - al.com
City Stages review: Ford TurrellThe Birmingham News - al.com, AL - 12 hours ago... Heartbeat," "Roll Away the Stone" and "Something to Believe In" had emotional heft, and they included intelligent lyrics that hinted at romantic poetry. ...
- Sidway creates sesquicentennial buzz - EastOregonian.info (subscription)
Sidway creates sesquicentennial buzzEastOregonian.info (subscription), OR - 8 hours agoBut even if that's too difficult to pronounce, she at least wants to get Oregonians thinking about their state's 150th birthday - which officially is Feb. ...
- Plenty of Hot Latin Albums Just Released - The Ledger
Sitting on a beach or by the pool with a guide to summer reading, but no advice on what's rocking the Latin music world? Look no further. Here are a few albums that could make this a summer to remember. Alla, "Es Tiempo" (Crammed Discs) - Whether you ...
- There once was a bagel from… - Time Out New York
There once was a bagel from…Time Out New York, NY - 1 hour agoThe 31 entries included a sassy, Atkins-eschewing love note to the doughy wonder, but guest judge David Lehman, series editor of The Best American Poetry, ...
- 'Voice of my ancestors' guided N. Scott Momaday, keynote speaker ... - Quick DFW
'Voice of my ancestors' guided N. Scott Momaday, keynote speaker ...Quick DFW, TX - Jul 16, 2008"I regard poetry as the highest form of literature," he says, "the best possible way of expressing something in words. There is no waste at all in the ...
- The 'Footprints' walk in the sand and mist winds up in court - The Wenatchee World Online
The 'Footprints' walk in the sand and mist winds up in courtThe Wenatchee World Online, WA - 7 hours agoLast fall, in an online article for the Poetry Foundation, a Brooklyn journalist and literary sleuth named Rachel Aviv traced elements of "Footprints" to a ...
- Youth movement alive and well (The Taunton Gazette)
Representatives from local agencies, Taunton schools, and organizations rallied around city youth Friday
- Key dates in Radovan Karadzic's life - Tri-City Herald
- June 19, 1945: Born in Savnik, Yugoslavia, in what is now the Republic of Montenegro. - July 12, 1990: A founding member of the Serbian Democratic Party in Bosnia-Herzegovina. - March 27, 1992: Becomes president of Serbia's National Security ...
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