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- Art, music, gossip - it's (virtually) all there in my parallel universe (Guardian Unlimited)
It has been quite a week for virtual worlds, the three-dimensional sector of the internet where people can live a parallel existence with their own avatar or alter ego. The world's most profitable virtual game, World of Warcraft, which has more than 11 million paying participants, released a long-awaited expansion that generated midnight queues as enthusiasts vied with each other to steal a ...
- Charlotte Higgins on the literary influences of ancient Greece (Guardian Unlimited)
Its language is now barely known, and only a few of the works produced by its great writers and thinkers survive, but ancient Greece's influence surrounds us. In these extracts from her new book, Charlotte Higgins assesses the culture's legacy
- FEATURE . Garrison Keillor at the Washington National Cathedral - PBS
FEATURE . Garrison Keillor at the Washington National CathedralPBS - 41 minutes agoAs strict as they were, their salvation was their love of language. Somehow poetry saved their souls and gave them some mercy and some kindness. ...PROFILE . Kathleen Norris PBSall 2 news articles
- Photo: Sun News Publishing - Daily Sun
Daily SunPhoto: Sun News PublishingDaily Sun, Nigeria - 21 hours ago... of our national life and make for greater entertainment for spectators, the organizers in 2007 included a poetry night to the retinue of the carnival. ...
- The cuban guru photographer Korda to be recognized - Cuba Headlines
Cuba HeadlinesThe cuban guru photographer Korda to be recognizedCuba Headlines, Cuba - 6 hours agoThe signature of the Studio Korda (it was written like that, in the “American” fashion) became his personal signature, that of Alberto Korda, ...
- Shakespeare's Bootlegger, Dylan's Biographer, Nabokov, and Me - Slate
I believe I've discovered a previously unrecognized genre of contemporary writing that deserves commendation for its distinctiveness and frequent excellence. It's practiced mainly by contemporary poets, but it's not poetry. In fact—at least for me ...
- Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Mary Beard, Classics ... - Independent
Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Mary Beard, Classics ...Independent, UK - 2 hours agoIt was a 1960s radical education: say-and-do, collecting flowers, pond-dipping and loads of poetry. There was a field where appallingly dangerous games were ...
- Teen dies of fall injuries - Owen Sound Sun Times
Nicole Rawn has died in a London hospital of injuries sustained in her fall off the West Rocks on Thanksgiving weekend. Rawn, 17, of Owen Sound, sustained grave injuries, including head injuries, in the Oct. 11 fall. She never regained consciousness ...
- Doraha college excels in yout fest - Indian Express
Doraha college excels in yout festIndian Express, India - 17 hours agoApart from that, the college also got second positions in shabad gayan, classical music (vocal), skit, bhangra, story-writing, poetry-recitation, ...
- Kalaignar Arivalayam opened in Tiruchi - Hindu
HinduKalaignar Arivalayam opened in TiruchiHindu, India - 3 hours agoThe Chief Minister listened with rapt attention the oratorical and poetry recitation skills of a few students who had won the prizes. ...Onus on DMK council, says Karunanidhi News Todayall 5 news articles
- What's the meaning of life? Enrol at the School of Life and you might ... - The Independent
What's the meaning of life? Enrol at the School of Life and you might find the answer... Want to know how to love? Or find a better job? There's a new one-stop philosophical shop which claims it can help.
- Arts in brief - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Arts in briefFairbanks Daily News-Miner, AK - 10 hours agoAfter each loop, runners/walkers stop at the library grounds poetry table, take a handful of magnetic poetry words, and assemble poems or a short prose ...
- The many faces of Mexico - Christian Science Monitor
The many faces of MexicoChristian Science Monitor, MA - 3 hours agoYou can also find live jazz or poetry readings. We gorged on the massive shrimp that the town is famous for: grilled, battered with coconut, breaded, ...
- Dirty Buttons - PW-Philadelphia Weekly
Dirty ButtonsPW-Philadelphia Weekly, PA - 13 hours agoYou can simply make living tags or grafs that eventually spread out and colonize walls, but the possibilities are endless: calligraphy, poetry, stencils, ...
- The Right Chemistry - Sin Chew Jit Poh
Sin Chew Jit PohThe Right ChemistrySin Chew Jit Poh, Malaysia - 4 hours agoPoets, painters and singers have all tried to capture love’s indescribable essence in their art. But love is not all about sonnets and serenades. ...
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