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- Rafe Scobey-Thal (The Ann Arbor News)
Age: He'll be 18 on Thursday. Parents: David Scobey and Denise Thal. School: Senior at Community High School.
- The spice of life - Boston Globe
The spice of lifeBoston Globe, United States - 2 hours ago... for the Arts. About two-dozen folks, ages 13-24, have been working with professional artists to hone their singing, dancing, poetry, and acting skills. ...
- When a movie hurts too much to watch - Chicago Sun-Times
The blog entry "In Search of Redemption" inspired an outpouring of reader comments remarkable not only for their number but for their intelligence and thought. It became obvious that many of us go to the movies seeking some sort of release or healing ...
- Boyd Tonkin: A Week in Books (Independent)
If rhyme doesn't pay, then – when it comes to authorial bank accounts – crime more often does. While picking his way through a tangled domestic life (which included, of course, the childhood of his Oscar-winning son, Daniel), the poet Cecil Day-Lewis needed more ample funds than even a Laureate's career in verse will ever supply. Under the pseudonym "Nicholas Blake", he published 20 popular ...
- Obama dismisses Dobson criticism about Bible - Buffalo News
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., talks during a town hall style meeting at the Springs Preserve, a cultural and historic attraction, in Las Vegas, Nevada Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Barack Obama said Tuesday evangelical leader ...
- Poets offer a taste of the medieval - Lakeland Today
Poets offer a taste of the medievalLakeland Today, UK - 21 minutes agoTWO poets with an interest in Medieval England will be joining forces to read their work at the Summer Poetry readings organised by the Wordsworth Trust in ...
- Jason Collett Is Helped By Ghosts (ChartAttack.com)
It's damn near impossible to capture the easy swagger of Toronto-based singer-songwriter Jason Collett 's voice. That same laid-back lilt you hear on his records comes through in conversation, too.
- Spike in sales for next poet laureate (AP via Yahoo! News)
Kay Ryan is no longer an unknown poet.
- Get your story into print - This is Wiltshire
PEOPLE with a story to tell can learn about the best way to go about getting published at an event being held at a Wiltshire library. Wiltshire County Council has organised the event at Warminster Library on June 26 as part of the National Year of ...
- Fiction review: David Guterson's 'The Other' (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Other By David Guterson Knopf; 256 pages; $24.95 Two 16-year-old runners from opposite sides of Seattle, one descended from bankers, the other from "nail bangers," meet at a high school race. They connect over a shared love of wilderness hiking and...
- Seeking answers: Victim's 13-year-old friend turns to poetry to ... - Killeen Daily Herald
Seeking answers: Victim's 13-year-old friend turns to poetry to ...Killeen Daily Herald, TX - 2 hours agoShe began to imagine what may have happened to Ramos in the moments leading up to her death. She began writing those impressions into poems.
- Hospitality, Hollywood style (Miami Herald)
Jennifer Lopez announced last week that she was closing her beloved Madre's in Pasadena, Calif. The posh diner was inspired by the down home Puerto Rican recipes of her maternal grandmother, who died last year. Lopez gave no reason for the 6-year-old eatery's shutdown but it's been speculated that motherhood keeps her too busy.
- Eugenio Montejo | Venezuelan poet, 70 - Philadelphia Inquirer
Eugenio Montejo, 70, a Venezuelan poet and essayist who won the 2004 Octavio Paz prize, died Thursday, his publishing house in Caracas said. Mr. Montejo's poetry is known for its rich texture and was published in numerous books in Spanish. His work ...
- Anger and handstands (Guardian Unlimited)
Arts & entertainment: Award-winning poet Luke Kennard on the unusual passions that drive his writing
- Shabazz grads celebrate marching to their own drummer - Wisconsin State Journal
Instead of flinging mortar boards into the air, students playfully batted around a beach ball. "Pomp and Circumstance" was replaced by an all-staff rendition of Crosby Stills Nash and Young's "Teach Your Children." One student even replaced the ...
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