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- Calendar of Events (Plymouth Review)
DEADLINES: REVIEW-Noon on Monday, BEACON-Noon on Thursday. To insure placement and obtain maximun coverage, it is suggested that events be submitted at least 2 weeks in advance.
- Obama mentor: 'Smash on, victory-eating Red Army' (WorldNetDaily)
The man who heavily influenced U.S. Sen. Barack Obama during his growing years wrote poetry praising the aggression of communism, criticizing "Sweet Jesus" and mocking the traditional hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers," according to an advocate for media accuracy.
- Celebrities in the news: March 25 (The Record)
J.K. Rowling said she contemplated suicide as she suffered from depression before her rise to success, according to an interview with a student journalist.
- O STREET FROM THE VAULT: The people were the art (Detroit Free Press)
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the O Street blog, Oneita is running previous entries through Thursday, the day of the O Street Block Party.
- Assessing Niagara's skills; Forum to develop future forecast (Niagara Falls Review)
Niagara needs to know where its economy stands, assess the skills of its workforce and forecast jobs of the future, says the chairman of the Regional Municipality of Niagara. That's the point of a daylong economic forum set for Friday. The event is hosted by the Niagara [...]
- Feeling Burnt Out? Find a Literary Escape From New York - CU Columbia Spectator
Feeling Burnt Out? Find a Literary Escape From New YorkCU Columbia Spectator, NY - 10 hours agoA bit further out, the Bowery Poetry Club on the Bowery and First Street always has something going on, and sells delicious peanut butter cookies. ...
- Sharma-Jensen: State writers hit the right notes (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
It's tulip-and-thaw time in Wisconsin, a definite sign that the state's literary climate is about to bloom with recognitions. And so here we are - awards time, though the bulbs are late. This year, you'll recognize more of the names o...
- Musical at North Park - Brampton Guardian
Musical at North ParkBrampton Guardian, Canada - 11 hours agoThe Peel region now has its own poetry forum. The Canadian Federation of Poets' newest branch covering the Peel region will hold regular meetings on the ...
- Junot Diaz's first novel receives National Book Critics' award
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Junot Diaz's long-awaited first novel, 11 years in the making, received the prize for fiction in the 2008 National Book ... The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer" in biography; and Mary Jo Bang's "Elegy" in poetry.
- Requirements to get tougher for teachers (BizJournals)
After an exhausting day of dealing with Pickerington seventh graders acutely uninterested in learning about poetry, Allison Ricket still has to go home and deal with homework - her students' and her own. Then there's her three-year-old daughter, whom she hasn't seen all day.
- 'Serendipity,' inspired by Three Princes of Serendip, was coined ... - Jackson Clarion Ledger
'Serendipity,' inspired by Three Princes of Serendip, was coined ...Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS - 13 hours agoRecently I was reading about Edna St. Vincent Millay, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in poetry. She lived the bohemian lifestyle. No. ...
- In Flint, mentoring fair discusses the importance of taking a youth ...
MLive.com - FLINT, MICHIGAN -- The Genesee Mentoring Collaborative and Black Men for Social Change partnered to organize a mentoring ... 16, to the same places he likes to go, such as the bookstore, where he said the young man has found a love for reading poetry
- Determined young woman killed in possible gang crossfire (Chicago Sun-Times)
As a child, Ishma Stewart liked to park her kid-sized rocking chair in the middle of a family gathering, where she'd spin a tale about a girl named Wendy who lived within the colored bands of a rainbow.
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Pride Source - Women of the World Poetry Slam-Preliminary Preliminary competition. First bout begins at 7, second bout begins at 9. Tic ... Detroit : Women of the World Poetry Slam-Preliminary Preliminary competition.
- COVER STORY: Class Struggle (Nashville Scene)
The only thing harder than attending Nashville’s worst-performing school is shaking the stigma that goes with it
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