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- Iraqi translators have the deadliest job - San Francisco Gate
Neither his parents nor his siblings know he works for the U.S. Army. It's bad enough that he wakes up each night around 2 a.m., the hour his armored convoy was hit by a roadside bomb several months ago. He doesn't want his family to have the same ...
- Creative writing workshops held at Fall Brook - Leominster Champion
Creative writing workshops held at Fall BrookLeominster Champion, USA - 4 hours agoEach week, the students were exposed to a different type of writing format from poetry to short stories. Participants have both individual and group ...
- Families battle over who owns 'Footprints' poem - Salt Lake Tribune
''Author Unknown'' once asked Jesus why there was only one set of footprints in the sand during life's most perilous moments. Now a federal court on Long Island is trying to decide just whose footprints those were. Basil Zangare of Shirley, N.Y ...
- Writing program gives kids a creative start - Aiken Standard (subscription)
Writing program gives kids a creative startAiken Standard (subscription), SC - 3 hours agoBut just imagine, poet Starkey Flythe of North Augusta suggested, that the process could be personalized, say like poetry in motion. ...
- The art world discovers Sand City (The Monterey County Herald)
The Professor has been on vacation for a couple of weeks of well-deserved rest and nearly jumped for joy when she sorted through her accumulated mail and found the latest issue of Via, the AAA Traveler's Companion for Northern California.
- Ballerina getting deeper into 'Swan Lake' - Newark Star-Ledger
JOSEPH SCHEMBRI Mari Sugawa is the Swan Queen in the New Jersey Ballet production of "Swan Lake." New Jersey Ballet . Where: Community Theatre at Mayo Center for the Performing Arts, 100 South St., Morristown. When: 8 p.m. Saturday. How much: $20-$40 ...
- Book shops and troglodytes - Daily Telegraph Blogs
I have worked part-time in the second-hand book trade for eight years. My bibliomania began in Paris, overheated in Greece and has finished with cold hands and heaters in the insalubrious West Port, in Edinburgh. You would think that working in close ...
- American Christians Detained In China - The Bulletin
These words, sprawled across a banner being displayed in Tiananmen Square in Beijing yesterday, brought about the detention of a local man and his two companions. Michael McMonagle, a national Catholic pro-life activist and founder of Generation Life ...
- Russia's literary light who illuminated dark world of Soviet regime - Guardian Unlimited
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who has died aged 89, was a prolific novelist and memoirist, whose life's work, in the best traditions of Russian literature, transcended the realm of pure letters. He was a moral and spiritual leader, whose books were noted ...
- Report finds racial gap in student suspensions in Minnesota (Post-Bulletin)
MINNEAPOLIS -- Keenan Hooper likes to joke around and admits he has a motormouth. He also admits to getting into trouble again and again with teachers weary of his antics
- Listen to poetry online (Midland Daily News)
Hear poetry by Midlanders John Palen, left, and Jeff Vande Zande. A new poem will be featured today, Friday, Monday and Wednesday. The poets will read their work at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 26, at Midland United Church of Christ, 4100Â Chestnut Hill. The public is invited.
- Rise and fall of boxing champion Michael Nunn (The Des Moines Register)
Iowa native goes from unknown to champ to inmate.
- Flying through life's regrets - San Jose Mercury News
Talk about timing: In April, American Airlines grounded more than 1,000 flights, many of them out of Chicago, to check electrical connections on its fleet of MD-80s. Two months later, Jonathan Miles published his first novel, "Dear American Airlines ...
- Breakfast at Mona's worth the wait - Rocky Mountain News
By 11:30 a.m. Sunday, every table, booth, counter stool and spare chair is occupied. In the back parking lot, there's a traffic jam of SUVs jockeying for a space, including a black Hummer that selfishly takes two. A toddler is guarding the front door ...
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We are proud to announce that Walter Mosley will be joining our editorial board. Mosley is the author of twenty-nine critically acclaimed books, which have been translated into twenty-one languages. His popular mysteries featuring Easy Rawlins began ...
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