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- First Year Experience classes more than just the basics (University of Connecticut Daily Campus)
First Year Experience (FYE) courses are designed to help freshmen adjust to college life, but they extend far beyond a basic college-survival class. Since the program started in 1996, many topical classes have been added. These include classes like UCan Cook at UConn, Creative Thinking, Performance Poetry, Pirates of the Caribbean and Dancing with Jane Austen.
- 'Warhorses,' by Yusef Komunyakaa - San Francisco Gate
War is perhaps the great subject for poetry, and love is its nearly equal partner. Pulitzer winner Yusef Komunyakaa has written devastatingly about both, and he opens his 13th collection of poems with a sequence of sonnets called "Love in the Time of ...
- Why don't women write 'Big Ideas Books?' - The Independent
Greer says women are "more interested in understanding than explaining, in describing rather than accounting for." An important issue has been preoccupying the transatlantic blogosphere in this post-Obama world, and it concerns the question: What do ...
- Winonans celebrate Capital for a Day again, enjoy several activities - Winona Daily News
Kirsten Connor, 6, dabbed some glue on her mask Saturday at Lake Park and paused for a moment. She grabbed a lime green fuzzy ball from a plastic bag in front of her and placed it on the spot of glue. Winona Parks and Recreation staff member Lydia ...
- Legion urges peace theme for this year's poetry contest (The Truro Daily News)
TRURO — Joe Saxton would like the adults of tomorrow to borrow a line from the legendary words of John Lennon and give peace a chance.
- Saint Nicolas has arrived in the Netherlands - Radio Netherlands
Saint Nicolas has arrived in the NetherlandsRadio Netherlands, Netherlands - 10 hours agoOn 5 December, the eve of Saint Nicolas' birthday, Dutch families exchange gifts, poems and chocolate letters. In the weeks leading up to the celebration ...
- Mets' future looks bright with B-Mets - Press & Sun-Bulletin
The last regular-season game is scheduled for the Mets home park today. The closing hasn't inspired the kind of poetry and nostalgia that the final game of Yankee Stadium did across town last week, but it's a sad time for many Mets fans. When you ...
- The joy of comfort - San Diego Union Tribune
San Diego Union TribuneThe joy of comfortSan Diego Union Tribune, United States - 53 minutes agoFor poetry that comforts, Billy Collins has no peers among contemporaries. He personalizes the notion of an angel without a trace of pretentiousness and ...
- Pastor Publishes New Book: Just Jesus - A Praise In Poetry - Christian News Wire (press release)
Pastor Publishes New Book: Just Jesus - A Praise In PoetryChristian News Wire (press release), DC - 5 hours ago7 /Christian Newswire/ -- Pastor Haywood Nicholas Williams I has walked some difficult roads in his life, but he credits his victory-filled outlook on life ...
- Stories that celebrate reading - The Gazette (Montreal)
Stories that celebrate readingThe Gazette (Montreal), Canada - 30 minutes agoMy Letter to the World, by Emily Dickinson (Kids Can Press, 48 pages, $18.95), is a stunningly beautiful collection of poetry - thanks to the remarkable ...
- Ryan Adams Flies, Writes And Tours - CMJ.com
Ryan Adams Flies, Writes And ToursCMJ.com - 2 hours agoBut it can be pre-ordered online at http://www.akashicbooks.com/ryanadamspreorder.htm starting October 6. Those who pre-order will receive a signed ...
- Gang prevention talk planned by Def Poetry Jam co-creator (The Bakersfield Californian)
The co-creator of Def Poetry Jam will speak about gang prevention next Thursday at the Beale Memorial Library. Bruce George is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Ebony Counseling Center-sponsored program called "Developing Meaningful Change Through Neighborhood Action." The forum will start at 6 p.m. Nov. 20 at the library located at 701 Truxtun Ave. George will discuss how communities battle ...
- Riding the Arc - Ottawa Citizen
When Geppetto died, Pinocchio -- only 12 at the time -- inherited the old man's shop, but soon discovered he had no talent for woodcarving. Recognizing the virtue in "steady, glamourless work," he instead took up whaling. By 30, though, there was ...
- Toronto Wowed by 'Spectacular' - The Epoch Times
Toronto Wowed by 'Spectacular'The Epoch Times, NY - 2 hours agoMs Lozano owns her own magazine, is also a writer, and covers everything related to art and poetry, she said. “We are enjoying it big time,” she said. ...
- One minute with... Alexander McCall Smith - Independent
One minute with... Alexander McCall SmithIndependent, UK - 18 minutes agoThere is a wonderful humane intelligence in his poetry. It's a room in our Victorian house with two large windows. It has a grandfather clock and a table I ...
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