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- An inspiring poet - Guardian Unlimited
Adrian Mitchell died at four in the morning of 20 December. He had been suffering from pneumonia and while in care in hospital had a heart attack from which he didn't recover. He was 76. Adrian was a socialist and a pacifist who believed, like ...
- Miriam’s Well’ digs deep into interreligious spirituality - Jewish News Weekly
When Miriam Peretz lived in Jerusalem, near the walls of the Old City, each day she heard a symphony of religious sounds from close by: the Muslim call to prayer, chanting at a monastery and a minyan at a Moroccan synagogue. “The most beautiful ...
- Sahityagee Pao released - E-Pao.net
Sahityagee Pao releasedE-Pao.net, India - 2 hours agoKangjam released the 63rd edition of Sahityagi Pao today at the office of the forum. The Book contains 100th birth anniversary of reknown Manipuri ...
- Carson 5k raises more than $23K - Daily Tar Heel
Runners walk to the starting line on Cameron Avenue for the start of the Eve Carson Memorial 5k on Saturday morning. Runners said they could feel Eve Carson’s presence at the Memorial 5k for Education on Saturday morning, held in honor of the ...
- Are pals Brad Pitt and David Fincher Oscar contenders? - Detroit Free Press
Are pals Brad Pitt and David Fincher Oscar contenders?Detroit Free Press, United States - 2 hours agoFincher is able to make the movies he wants, glum endings and all, thanks in part to his friendship with the most famous actor on the planet. ...
- Fakier's poems are emotional, engaging (Mmegi)
Poetry is an art form that one uses to give their emotions and opinions a voice. A poet unleashes emotions gathered in time, letting them gush out as he or she tries to make statements about an issue, be it of national or personal concern. Sharief Fakier, a 17-year-old student, is a poet. Unlike most Botswana poets who go as far as taking the microphone and harping their poems in public before ...
- American Music Awards: Performances as they happen - Los Angeles Times Blogs
Alicia Keys, Queen Latifah and Kathleen Battle: "Superwoman": And that brings the show to close with a lackluster bang. The AMAs would have been better to end with Kayne and his giant neon pin-ball machine. But the final performance kept in with the ...
- Once: The way people live: close to the bone - National Post
National PostOnce: The way people live: close to the boneNational Post, Canada - 1 hour agoOften, it results in a knife-edge-thin difference between banality and a kind of poetry in plain dress. "Days are like days are like days," she writes at ...
- Department seeks laureate suggestions (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs is accepting nominations through Jan. 30 for Iowa Poet Laureate, a two-year renewable appointment intended to recognize the importance of poetry in Iowans' everyday life.
- Beatnik vibe (The Columbus Dispatch)
What's an English major to do after graduation? Open a coffee shop, of course. But not just any coffee shop. When he conceived Kafe Kerouac -- named for a famous Jack of the writing trade -- Ohio State University student Mike Heslop had more novel plans in mind.
- TTBOOK: Re-considering Craft - KUAR
TTBOOK: Re-considering CraftKUAR, AR - 19 hours agoLeonard Todd tells the story of Slave Potter Dave's pots and poetry. Sociologist Richard Sennett's latest book is "the Craftsman" in which he makes the case ...
- How to Judge a Book By Its Cover - Financial Times
How to Judge a Book By Its CoverFinancial Times, UK - 9 hours agoBy Jonathan Gibbs Poetry must be one of the most difficult of literary forms to design for. Perhaps it's the common perception that it's somehow precious ...
- Keeping the Gotham Book Mart alive - Los Angeles Times
Keeping the Gotham Book Mart aliveLos Angeles Times, CA - 3 hours ago... near the front door, looking through the rows of small-press poetry, where I once found an obscure book from the 1960s by the father of a friend. ...
- A new Iraq, haunted by fear - News & Observer
A new Iraq, haunted by fearNews & Observer, NC - 1 hour agoHe had realized his dream of building a gathering place for intellectuals to discuss poetry and philosophy -- and a place where tourists could learn about ...
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