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- What are your plans for fall? (Tallahassee Democrat)
If your band, bar, concert hall, acting troupe, poetry cabal, school, theater, merry band of revelers, art collective or you-name-it has anything planned for the late summer and fall, we want to hear all about it so we can include that information in the Welcome Back issue.
- It's no surprise 'Nights in Rodanthe' is a tear-jerker - MLive.com
If you need a good cry, "Nights in Rodanthe" is preferable over pounding your thumb with a hammer. All right -- to be fair, this adaptation of a weepy romantic novel by Nicholas Sparks ("The Notebook," "A Walk to Remember") features beautiful people ...
- Plot captures JonBenet Ramsay murder case - London Free Press
Plot captures JonBenet Ramsay murder caseLondon Free Press, Canada - 15 minutes agoThe way to handle broken narrators, perhaps, is to try to find poetry in their plain speech. But Oates has already done that -- her "Zombie" is a brilliant ...
- Dylan Thomas Prize Finalists Announced (The New York Sun)
The 14 finalists for the Dylan Thomas literary prize were announced yesterday, the BBC reported. The award honors English-language works by authors under 30, and is one of the largest literary purses an author can receive. At a press conference in Swansea, Wales, the late poet's hometown, actor Michael Sheen read the names of works of fiction and poetry that will vie for the $115,000 prize, to ...
- Subtract and divide - World Magazine
Subtract and divideWorld Magazine, NC - 2 hours agoEight out of nine African-American parents, according to a Yankelovich survey, say, "There's too much attention paid these days to what separates different ...
- Shirley MacLaine reflects on her life - MSNBC
Shirley MacLaine reflects on her lifeMSNBC - 3 hours agoMother was an artist, an actress, and loved to read poetry. Her mother was the Dean of Women at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. ...
- Cowboy up at these 7 events - AZ Central.com
AZ Central.comCowboy up at these 7 eventsAZ Central.com, AZ - 4 hours agoPinetop-Lakeside: The third annual White Mountains Roundup of Cowboy Poetry, Music & Art will be held at Blue Ridge High School July 25-27. ...
- New Bloc Party album explores new sonic territory - Northern Star Online
New Bloc Party album explores new sonic territoryNorthern Star Online, IL - 9 hours agoBy NYSSA BULKES More a poetry recitation than a music album, Bloc Party delves deep, deep, deeper into its melancholic side with the band’s third album. ...
- Arts & Leisure: Murder mystery bags Palanca English novel prize (BusinessWorld Online)
"When the author's life of literature and exile reached its unscheduled terminus that anonymous February morning, he had been completing a controversial book. His was an apt end, considering the circumstances, for he'd long been drowning in renewed obscurity." -- Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco
- The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa - guardian.co.uk
The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawaguardian.co.uk, UK - 5 minutes agoNot a word is wasted, yet each resonates with a blend of poetry and tension. In the mesmerising title novella, teenage Aya is secretly entranced by Jun, ...
- 'Personalised', 'talking' books draw crowds in Delhi bookfair - Hindustan Times
Want to turn the attention of your internet-crazy kid to books? Gift him a "custom-made" one that tells the story of his adventure with the Spiderman. Feel like reading a book but not ready to tire your eyes? Buy a "talking book" that reads out the ...
- Students Inspired to Take Part in National Literacy and Numeracy Week - Tasmanian Government Media Releases (press release)
Students Inspired to Take Part in National Literacy and Numeracy WeekTasmanian Government Media Releases (press release), Australia - 11 hours ago“Special national events include a national numeracy activity Reach for the Stars, the Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Award and National Reading Day. ...
- Special night to Beat racism - Birmingham Post
Special night to Beat racismBirmingham Post, UK - 3 hours agoWith a style which mixes dub and hip hop, Dreadlock Alien was Birmingham Poet Laureate in 2005-06, host of Radio 4’s Poetry Slam in 2007, and is founder of ...
- 'On a Day Like This' is oddly compelling - Deseret News
'On a Day Like This' is oddly compellingDeseret News, UT - 15 hours agoMichael Hofmann has written several of his own books of poetry and essays and has translated the works of a number of German writers, including Franz Kafka, ...
- A 'legend' passes on (Kingston Whig-Standard)
When retired Gananoque postman John Nalon heard that his old friend Hal (Moose) McCarney was laid up in hospital with a broken leg, his first [...]
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