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- Iraqis celebrate culture at festival (Mississauga News)
For many members of the Iraqi community taking part in the fifth annual Mesopotamian Festival, it was a lot like coming home. “We miss our family we had to leave behind,” says artist Ahmad Nasir, whose many paintings inspired by his home country were on display Saturday at the Iraqi Canadian Society of Ontario's event at St. Joseph Secondary School.
- Beats and bad rhymes at Bloody Awful Poetry - Evening Standard
Poetry recitals rarely make for wild nights out. I've only been to two in my life, both by mistake. There was a lot of poetry-speak - words like "alas" and "thrice" - and impenetrable jokes about iambs and trochees. I swore I'd never go to another ...
- 'The Writer as Migrant,' by Ha Jin (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Writer as Migrant By Ha Jin University of Chicago Press; 112 pages; $14 paperback In the preface to "Between Silences," his first book of poetry, published in 1990, Ha Jin proclaimed that he spoke for those who suffered and endured, those fooled or ruined...
- Sex and Gasoline - Starpulse.com
Sex and Gasoline is Rodney Crowell's first record in three years, where he goes further inside but pulls out accessible and jagged observations on the conflicting poles in what it means to be a conscious human being who struggles with unconscious ...
- Chapters Bookstore Poetry Reading - iBerkshires.com
Chapters Bookstore Poetry ReadingiBerkshires.com, MA - 1 hour agoFor six years Elliott taught the craft of poetry in the Gallatin Division of NYU, NYC, concentrating on a system of scansion employing fourteen ideograms. ...
- Dufferin centenarian Bea Moore marks milestone (Orangeville Citizen)
She has seen 100 Septembers, but Bea Moore still looks the picture of grace and competence. "She has spent her life as a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend to many," says her granddaughter, Nancy Nancekivell.
- Suffrage movement recalled in wake of Nov. 4 election - Niles Daily Star
Suffrage movement recalled in wake of Nov. 4 electionNiles Daily Star, USA - 4 hours agoJudging from a number of printed sources published in the late 1800s in advice columns, poetry, sermons, literature and medical text, "Americans in general ...
- Working man - Star News Online
The documentary filmmaker - who lived in Wilmington in the late '90s and early this decade, working as a cameraman for a local TV station, writing movie reviews for a weekly newspaper and starting his filmmaking career - seeks out the seemingly ...
- A Birthday Chronicle: Ray Bradbury and the State of the Public Library (Blogcritics.org)
Science fiction author Ray Bradbury speaks out about the importance of preserving our libraries. While in Long Beach, California, I had the opportunity to see one of my personal heroes, Ray Bradbury, speak at the Long Beach Main Library. As part of a campaign to save the main branch of the Long Beach Public Library system from being closed down due to lack of funding, Bradbury made a personal ...
- After Dark: Summer over? Not at Red Eye's, The Jetty - HometownAnnapolis.com
Although Labor Day Weekend has come and gone, summer is not yet officially over and this weekend is the perfect time to check out two establishments that epitomize summer sun and fun. Red Eye's Dock Bar (428 Kent Narrows Way North, Grasonville) and ...
- An In-Depth Conversation with the Makers of CREATURE FEATURE - Firefox News
An In-Depth Conversation with the Makers of CREATURE FEATUREFirefox News, AZ - 17 hours agoBy Peter Gutiérrez Over the past fifteen years, Peter's criticism, non-fiction, short fiction, poetry, and comics have appeared in numerous publications. ...
- McComb High to induct 5 into Hall (McComb Enterprise-Journal)
McComb High School will induct five graduates into the 2008 MHS Hall of Fame during ceremonies Thursday night at the MHS cafeteria.
- Not Mao’s cultural revolution - The National
Not Mao’s cultural revolutionThe National, United Arab Emirates - 17 hours agoPeople are looking for support elsewhere for their daily challenges and turn to the Christian community to look for help and answers,” Mr Heinke said. ...
- Rhyming cookbook perfect for kids — and adults - Summit Daily News
Rhyming cookbook perfect for kids — and adultsSummit Daily News, CO - 2 hours agoCopper Mountain resident Diana Etheridge has written a cookbook for partents with poetry — and nutrition lessons — for kids. She will be signing her book ...
- The Nightmare Before Christmas: Collector’s Edition review - Den Of Geek
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Collector’s Edition reviewDen Of Geek, UK - 12 hours ago... Before Christmas introduced stop-motion animation to brand new audiences and managed to be creepy, funny and rollicking good fun in the process. ...
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