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- 'Wit' makes deadly affair liberating, joyous - News-Press
Vivian Bearing has stage four ovarian cancer. There is no stage five. She's doomed. And all the jokes and all the wit in the world can't change that. "It's not my intent to give away the plot," Bearing (Janina Birtolo) drolly tells the audience at ...
- "The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man ... - guardian.co.uk
"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man ...guardian.co.uk, UK - 47 minutes agoIt also helped to do for the novel what Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass did for poetry: namely, to create of it something identifiably American, ...
- Why William Shatner Can Save Gaelic - Cape Breton
Although I have a Scottish name, I do not claim to have any of the Gaelic in me. If I also profess no desire to learn Gaelic, it is not because it is not a poetically expressive tongue with a rich, long history (which it is), it's only because I ...
- Mr Snoop - Scotsman
Mr SnoopScotsman, United Kingdom - 30 minutes agoIn terms of looking at all these style icons and the other pictures, I know you'd rather go to a poetry reading than to Butlins." So far, so unsurprising ...
- Worst Person I Know (New York Times)
A novel about mothers-in-law, including the one in the mirror.
- 50 best ever summer holiday books - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk50 best ever summer holiday booksTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 41 minutes agoTC Byatt's Booker-winning potboiler (a term I use in praise) tells a double love-story: between two Victorian poets (a sort of nearly Browning and a sort of ...
- Poverello to celebrate serving 2 million meals - The Missoulian
Poverello to celebrate serving 2 million mealsThe Missoulian, MT - 3 hours agoDo you have a specific comment or addition to this story? (This form will send your opinion directly to the Newsdesk. To send this story to a friend, ...
- Magazine Preview - New York Times
M atthew Weiner stood on the set of his hit show, “Mad Men,” ready for his close-up in extreme anxiety. He was watching the rehearsal of a scene that seemed fine to me, better than fine, but his staccato commentary was a scene in itself. “He ...
- Variety is the spice at Westmoreland Festival (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
From a "Making Music Tent" to graffiti artists to Pittsburgh Pirates alumni Bob Friend and Frank Thomas, the Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival is ...
- June 20, 2008 (The Barnstable Patriot)
Perhaps the country’s most important friendship, as well as her greatest love story, involve the same unlikely individual – John Adams. Adams’s friendship with Thomas Jefferson was legendary. Adams was a lawyer/gentleman farmer from Braintree, struggling to make ends meet.
- Sex and the City: A trainwreck. - Feministing
FeministingSex and the City: A trainwreck.Feministing, NY - 57 minutes agoThe movie starts with them in love, a love that is so final and real they are even reading love poetry together. So Carrie plans a big fancy wedding ...
- A Dangerous Time For Critics - Financial Times
These are hard times for journalism in America. Newspapers are at best shrinking, at worst folding. Fewer than 10 cities still support more than a single daily. Writers face buy-outs, lay-offs or firing. The papers that survive are making do with ...
- Literary Buffalo Event Listings - Artvoice
Literary Buffalo Event ListingsArtvoice, NY - 3 hours agoTalking Leaves Books (3158 Main St., Buffalo, 837-8554) EM Tea Coffee Cup Open Mic Poetry Series. Meets every Tuesday, 7-9:30pm . EM Tea Coffee Cup Café, ...
- Young poets gear up for 'slam' contest - Bolton News
Young poets gear up for 'slam' contestBolton News, UK - 1 hour agoBy Nick Lakeman » Originating in the United States, poetry slams are fun and dynamic poetry competitions that have become a global phenomenon. ...
- Succeeding in her brother's memory - Salt Lake Tribune
Succeeding in her brother's memorySalt Lake Tribune, United States - 1 hour agoThomas loves poetry and has received some scholarship money for a poem she wrote. She was also crowned Senior Ball Queen this year. ...
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