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- Lincoln comes to life (Bradenton Herald)
"Lincoln Shot: A President's Life Remembered," by Barry Denenberg; Feiwel and Friends, $24.95
- Clark County Judge Halverson headed to defeat (Las Vegas Sun)
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 (8:21 p.m.) Clark County District Court Judge Elizabeth Halverson is headed to a lopsided defeat in Nevada's primary election.
- A haunting look into humanity's dark corners - Globe and Mail
Scorched , Linda Gaboriau's deft English translation of Lebanese-Québécois playwright Wajdi Mouawad's Incendies , is back at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto. From there, director Richard Rose's Dora-winning production embarks on a tour to Montreal ...
- New works of poetry inspired by Katrina (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Don't miss this fine collection, which comes accompanied by a CD of performances by the New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, featuring special guests such as Harry Shearer and John Boutte. That spooky, mystical klezmer music is perfect for these poems, such acerbic and witty portraits of post-Katrina life.
- The Barnes & Noble Review Celebrates One Year As Top Literary Destination (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Barnes & Noble , the world’s largest bookseller, today announced that the Barnes & Noble Review , an online literary destination for readers, featuring industry-heralded book reviews, columns, features, and interviews from a wide range of established critics, reviewers, and authors, is celebrating its first anniversary.
- Uist children explore their creativity - Stornoway Gazette
Uist children explore their creativityStornoway Gazette, UK - 24 minutes agoTessa, the founder of the Scottish Poetry Library, was also able to do an evening Poetry Reading at Taigh Chearsabhagh, sharing her recent poems inspired by ...
- The Winchester Star - The Winchester Star
The Winchester StarThe Winchester Star, VA - 4 hours agoAngelou’s honors include a National Book Award nomination for “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings;” a Pulitzer Prize nomination for her book of poetry “Just ...
- Elizabeth Bartlett: Poet of the lonely and vulnerable (Independent)
Although her poems were first published when she was only 19, in Tambimuttu's Poetry London, Elizabeth Bartlett did not publish again until her mid-fifties. However, she claimed that she was "not so much a neglected poet as neglectful of the kind of ways to get published at all . . . it suited me to write without an audience, so I could do what I wanted without an editor or a publisher". As she ...
- Notes on a small island: The things that really make Britain great - The Independent
The discarded condoms, the crushed cans of lager and the remains of a joint on the floor: nothing says relic of an age gone by quite like a bandstand Although originally an Australian import, the alcopop became very much a part of the British way of ...
- DCist Interview: Sarah Vowell (DCist)
You don't need to be told who Sarah Vowell is anymore. You can immediately recognize her voice from years and years of This American Life appearances, her role in The Incredibles , and her road-trip ready audio books, especially Assassination Vacation . Maybe you find her nasal tone irritating, maybe you don't, but you know that she has an uncanny ability to nail down the unique ...
- Poetry showcase part of First Friday - Canton Repository (subscription)
Poetry showcase part of First FridayCanton Repository (subscription), OH - 8 hours agoYou must be a registered user to post comments. Your comment will be published at the bottom of the story. Once a comment is submitted, you will not be able ...
- Hot-ticket item: Mac the Chip Cookie - Kalamazoo Gazette
Before I tasted the Mac the Chip Cookie, I'd look at vegan pastries and say, "No butter? What's the point?" What a surprise -- a vegan cookie that actually tastes good. A friend recently shared a Mac the Chip Cookie from Something's Brewing . It didn ...
- An interview with Timothy Gager: A “Dire” Reader in Somerville - Somerville News
An interview with Timothy Gager: A “Dire” Reader in SomervilleSomerville News, MA - 31 minutes agoHe has a new poetry collection out from Somerville's Cervena Barva Press: “This Is Where You Go When You Are Gone.” In 2007 alone Gager had 32 works of ...
- Sri Lankan Representative mourns the death of Palestinian Poet ... - Asian Tribune
Sri Lankan Representative mourns the death of Palestinian Poet ...Asian Tribune, Thailand - Aug 12, 2008A book about Palestinian poem was edited and published by the Representative Dr. T.Jayasinghe in the year 1989, and it also included Mahmoud Darwish’s poems ...
- Being John Lennon (Boulder Weekly)
I always knew I was going to make it, but I wasn’t sure in what manifestation,” said John Lennon in a 1980 Playboy interview.
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