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- Faber & Faber to offer writing classes in Toronto - CBC News
British publishing house Faber & Faber said it's setting up its first creative writing school in Canada. The Faber Academy Toronto is set to open its doors in October, according to a report in the Globe and Mail. It will offer long and short fiction ...
- Black nature poets find their voice in Oakland woman's anthology - Inside Bay Area
Black nature poets find their voice in Oakland woman's anthologyInside Bay AreaAnthologies contained not only the same few African-American poets, they contained the same works. It was as if, Dungy says, black poets who write and wrote ...and more »
- Competition! Mad Lib your favourite site’s sign up page for fame ... - TechCrunch
Yesterday, Luke Wroblewski – Chief design architect at Yahoo! – wrote a blog post singing the praises of audiosharing site Huffduffer. But it wasn’t Huffduffer’s service that got Luke W animated, so much as their sign-up page . While most ...
- Sexy, mischievous and Middle Eastern (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Forugh Farrokhzad, whose life came to a tragic end in a traffic accident in 1967, when she was only 32, was one of the great modern rebels of Middle Eastern literature – a scandalous figure who dared to write openly and provocatively of her sexual longings.
- What women want - News & Review
A bright, shiny new decade is always a good time to take stock of where we’ve come from and where we’re going. So when SN&R decided to take an informal look at the state of the women’s movement, that’s the question we posed to a handful of ...
- 'Love Story' author Erich Segal dies aged 72 - San Luis Obispo Tribune
'Love Story' author Erich Segal dies aged 72San Luis Obispo TribuneSanLuisObispo.com is happy to provide a forum for reader interaction, discussion, feedback and reaction to our stories. However, we reserve the right to ...and more »
- Create a hardcopy of this page - Kearney Hub
KEARNEY — Nearly 60 businesses, graduate schools and medical groups will attend the University of Nebraska at Kearney Spring Career Fair Wednesday. The free, public event will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the second floor of the Nebraskan Student ...
- Punch Out Poetry: An All-Women's Slam - City Pages
It's been an oft-repeated complaint from all corners of the local slam-poetry scene that we don't see enough of the ladies —and we're not talking about flashing skin. Though plenty of women show up to slam—often with a reluctant boyfriend in tow ...
- EAC: Ordinary people appreciating art - Echo Press
The organization is comprised of ordinary people from all walks of life who enjoy the arts and appreciate how art enhances the quality ... EAC hosted its first “Coffeehouse Poetry Night†at this location in 1998 and has continued to do Poetry ...
- Last-day jitters - Inquirer.net
The place is full of people, but I hear no sound. My heart is pounding and my hands are trembling. Today, I have made my decision final and official. This is the biggest decision I have ever made in my whole existence. I am sure that at least once in ...
- Quick Takes - Los Angeles Times
The Miss America pageant broadcast over the weekend attracted 4.5 million viewers, TLC said Tuesday, the largest audience since the show migrated to cable in 2006. Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron won the crown Saturday night. Viewership was a million ...
- Carl Kaysen, 89, MIT professor, economist, and JFK adviser - Boston Globe
Twenty years ago, as the crumbling of the Berlin Wall signaled the end of the Cold War, Carl Kaysen wrote an essay whose title asked: “Is War Obsolete?’’ Coming from someone else, the question might have seemed rhetorical or whimsical, but Dr ...
- Saoirse Ronan Has Tokyo Bones - Just Jared Jr.
Just Jared Jr.Saoirse Ronan Has Tokyo BonesJust Jared Jr.WHAT YOU'LL GET: A special edition hoodie, t-shirt, the “To Save a Life†novel, plus a poster, pens and magnetic poetry. HOW TO WIN: Tell us how you asked ...and more »
- Google should lower the Jolly Roger - The Guardian
The GuardianGoogle should lower the Jolly RogerThe GuardianSo it should come as no surprise that the publishing business, a slave to real time and long lunches, should have been so slow to adapt. ...
- Three Apples: Armenia’s Road to the European Union is Paved with ... - Asbarez News
It’s 1980 in the Tower District of Fresno, and what kids do in this neighborhood is get into gang fights, smoke cigarettes, and skip school. What I used to do was listen to the radio and hand write my own newspapers. Like many of you, I developed a ...
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