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- Funny prize from Rosen - guardian.co.uk
Funny prize from Rosenguardian.co.uk, UK - 35 minutes agoThe prize aims to reward those authors and artists who usehumour in their stories, poetry and fiction. Books will be judged in two categories: for children ...
- Rambling Introduction to Upcoming Impeachment Column - OpEdNews
OpEdNewsRambling Introduction to Upcoming Impeachment ColumnOpEdNews, PA - 1 hour ago... publish hundreds of freelance magazine and newspaper articles and political commentary columns along with 7 books of poetry and short fiction. ...
- ‘Lagos is like a science fiction’ - The Punch
‘Lagos is like a science fiction’The Punch, Nigeria - 5 hours agoBy Akeem Lasisi Chicago-born African American writer, Jeffery Allen, used to believe that New York is the hottest spot for traffic notoriety. ...
- Bill Blanko - Guardian Unlimited
The closest most lobby correspondents get to Scotland these days is a TBL (three bottle lunch) at the excellent Boisdale restaurant in Ecclestone Street or a snifter or 12 at Scotch Whisky Association receptions in Dover House in Whitehall. But ...
- Lawrence Lessig's Supreme Showdown - Wired
What's left of a dream is stored at the Stanford Law School library in 12 fat green loose-leaf binders and several legal boxes of supporting documents and briefs. They chronicle the 54 days that Lawrence Lessig, the Elvis of cyberlaw, helped Judge ...
- Can Art Be Rated From 1 to 1,000? - Wall Street Journal
James Surowiecki’s best-selling book, “The Wisdom of Crowds,” made a case for the power of numbers in decisionmaking: A large group of independent, nonexpert thinkers can, when aggregated, often beat a single expert. But the book focuses on ...
- Seamus Heaney - guardian.co.uk
Seamus Heaneyguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoHe wrote a few lines to explain his objection to inclusion in the 1982 Penguin Book of Contemporary British Poetry: 'Be advised, my passport's green/ No ...
- 'Earth' takes a giant leap back to the space race (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
For all but a few select humans, the way to outer space -- the real outer space, not the one where the Cylons live -- has been through a TV screen. You can climb to the top of Mount Everest, or trek to the South Pole or go down under the sea and see it for yourself, but space is still the province of professionals: We know it only by the pictures they take.
- Happiness: An Olympic Sport - Beliefnet.com
Happiness: An Olympic SportBeliefnet.com, NY - 5 hours agoPure poetry.) 6. Smile and Oxygenate. Smiling brings oxygen to the brain and it sends out a clear message that you are a kind, happy and open person. ...
- Heartaches as monster hits (Philstar.com)
Turn heartaches into monster hits. That’s Ogie Alcasid’s biggest contribution to humanity’s fight against global warming. Believe me his songs can make flowers bloom!
- American vocalist to perform Iranian tunes in White Plains today (The Journal News)
WHITE PLAINS - Hartsdale resident Monika Jalili will share what she calls the beauty and nostalgia of Iranian music with the Westchester Arts Council today.
- 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 ...
- See Edwin McCain Sunday at People’s (Juice)
You probably know him best for late ’90s hits like "I’ll Be" and "I Could Not Ask for More," but Edwin McCain is asking his fans to turn their ears...
- Out and About: July 16 - 27 - Avon Messenger
Out and About: July 16 - 27Avon Messenger, MA - 1 hour agoOpen mic signup, 8 pm Open mic followed by featured poet, concludes with poetry slam. The Trinity Church Flea Market every Saturday. ...
- China beach - Baltimore Sun
I had been trying to learn Mandarin at Beijing Language and Culture University and still had about 3,500 Chinese characters to memorize with two months left in the semester. It was going slowly and, often, not well. So, taking a note from American ...
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