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- Our friends electric: Wall.E & family (Independent)
Look around you: the future's here. Robots build our cars. They save our lives, defusing terrorist bombs. They go to war, flying pilotless over enemy territory. And now comes a robot with the conscience of Al Gore and the comic timing of Charlie Chaplin, to save the planet and make everyone laugh.
- Finding challenge in verse - Whittlesea Leader
Whittlesea LeaderFinding challenge in verseWhittlesea Leader, Australia - 8 hours ago... it's just talking free-flow emotion and that's not very challenging, really," Albiston said. "For every rule in formal poetry, a creative window opens. ...
- Musharraf's turbulent 9 years in power (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Pervez Musharraf dominated Pakistan after taking power in a high-altitude coup nearly nine years ago and led a reluctant Islamic nation into the U.S.-led war on terror _ a step that earned him plaudits in the West but hatred at home.
- Waiter tipped to land £60,000 literary prize - Metro.co.uk
Restaurant workers more commonly write bills than award-winning novels - but in Ross Raisin's case he didn't have to wait long for literary success. The 27-year-old has been longlisted for a major book prize at his first attempt. The waiter-turned ...
- Literary events for the week beginning Sunday, July 27 (The Olympian)
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- Dorival Caymmi: Leading figure in Brazilian song (Independent)
In February 1939 a young, unknown singer-songwriter got the most fabulous break of his life by recording a duet of his swinging samba "O Que É Que A Bahiana Tem?" ("What is it about Bahian Women?") with Brazil's biggest ever vocal star. The song became one of Carmen Miranda's signature pieces just before she took Hollywood by storm, and launched Dorival Caymmi as a leading figure in Brazilian ...
- Artist just keeps rollin' on the river - London Free Press
Artist just keeps rollin' on the riverLondon Free Press, Canada - 44 minutes agoThey have responded to the Thames in a variety of media including painting, sculpture, prints, and poetry. As it happens, Helmut Becker's name comes first ...
- Slam poets deliver powerful performances in spoken word documentary - Insight News
Slam poets deliver powerful performances in spoken word documentaryInsight News, MN - 2 hours agoI found his contribution to be particularly of value since the AIDS epidemic is hitting the African-American community the hardest, yet the voices of the ...
- Rock the Mullahs - Slate
In the predictable universe of the illness memoir, doctors save by diagnosis and fail by misdiagnosis, alleviate symptoms or unintentionally increase them, order too many tests or refuse to test enough. Patients are the authors of these accounts, but ...
- Mumbai mélange - Daily News & Analysis
Mumbai mélangeDaily News & Analysis, India - 3 hours agoPerhaps it is the format — of mixing stories with essays and even an interview where we are twice informed of Sudeep Sen’s website and his poetry collection ...
- What Is Happening Today On Gather - Friday August 1 2008 - Gather.com
What Is Happening Today On Gather - Friday August 1 2008Gather.com, MA - 3 hours agoWhatever the reason you love trains, we want to give you the chance to share your affections in the All Aboard group and the "Next Stop" Poetry Contest. ...
- [Best Bets] Monday, August 11 (Jackson Free Press)
Poets from the Magnolia State can start working on new pieces to submit to the Mississippi Arts Commission ’s annual poetry anthology. The deadline is Oct. 15, and early submissions are welcome. E-mail for more information.
- Music Will Ignite World Premiere of Beaty's Resurrection Aug. 29 ... - Playbill.com
Playbill.comMusic Will Ignite World Premiere of Beaty's Resurrection Aug. 29 ...Playbill.com, NY - 1 hour agoBy Kenneth Jones Casting has been announced for the Arena Stage's production of Daniel Beaty's Resurrection, a music, dance and poetry-filled new work ...
- Pulitzer Prize winner named Va.'s poet laureate (WTOP Radio Network)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gov. Tim Kaine appoints University of Mary Washington professor Claudia Emerson as Virginia 's new poet laureate. Emerson won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry called "Late Wife." The book uses a collection of handwritten letters to reflect on her failed marriage of 19 years and her blossoming relationship with her second husband.
- War poet Robert Graves 'stole work from his mistress' - Independent
War poet Robert Graves 'stole work from his mistress'Independent, UK - 36 minutes agoBut one academic has accused the poet of stealing ideas, literary criticism and poetry from his one-time American mistress and passing them off as his own. ...
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