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- Thought Criminal Wins Appeal - Londonist
LondonistThought Criminal Wins AppealLondonist, UK - 3 hours ago... sobriquet "lyrical terrorist", applied not because of a love for rap rabble-rouser MIA but due to her penchant for writing extremist "poetry". ...
- Rare collection of recordings preserved after decades (Knoxville News Sentinel)
In 1946, a radio repairman named Latham Wyrick purchased a home disc recorder and began roaming the hills of Union County. Electricity was still a newcomer to rural East Tennessee, and Wyrick was one of the first to plug in. He loved gadgets, and although he didn't play an instrument, he loved music, especially the old-time gospel singing of the Holiness church.
- NEA grants $2.8 million for 'The Big Read' - San Francisco Gate
The National Endowment for the Arts announced Monday that more than 200 organizations nationwide will receive grants totaling $2.8 million to host "The Big Read," an initiative meant to restore book reading in American culture. In 2004, the NEA ...
- Regional arts and entertainment events (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Sunday Some kind of clown There are clowns. There are actors. There are dancers. There are acrobats. And then there is Bill Irwin, who combines it all to inhabit a corner of the theatrical world all his own. In his work The Happiness Lecture, commissioned by the
- Remember When: PSL resident recalls time in ‘Old Stuart’ (Fort Pierce Tribune)
I was born here in Stuart in 1957 and lived here all my life.
- The poetry-film connection - San Diego Union Tribune
The poetry-film connectionSan Diego Union Tribune, United States - 20 minutes ago“A Raisin in the Sunâ€: One of the African-American poet Langston Hughes' most famous works, “Harlem,†provided this searing image of hopes that shrivel and ...
- Barnesville cemetery walk will shed - Martins Ferry Times Leader
Barnesville cemetery walk will shedMartins Ferry Times Leader, OH - 8 hours agoHis daughters, Nettie and Patsie, are known for their oil paintings and poetry, respectively. Linda Bradfield Evans, Bethesda, Md. — Joseph and John ...
- Austin literary events for April 2008 - Austin American-Statesman
For the past 16 years, the Austin International Poetry Festival has been held every April. During an extended weekend, poets from across the country and around the world — but mostly from around Texas — get up and share their work with the public ...
- BAFTA Goes to the Arab World on Tour - Alarab online
Alarab onlineBAFTA Goes to the Arab World on TourAlarab online, UK - 3 hours agoCurated by Leila Ingrams this series of five, free documentary and fiction works from the Yemen explore poetry, grief, romance, justice and bravery. ...
- Debut novel shortlisted for Montana - Stuff
Mary McCallum is a finalist in the fiction category with her first book, The Blue . She is up against Laurence Fearnley, for Edwin & Matilda , Alice Tawhai, for Luminous , and Charlotte Grimshaw, for Opportunity . McCallum has been a broadcast ...
- Marking Caribbean American Ties (Washington Post)
Since 2000 the Institute of Caribbean Studies in Washington has celebrated Caribbean American heritage, highlighting contributions made to the United States.
- Paige Donner: Greening Hollywood: Arianna on The Green Carpet at The Millennium Awards (HuffingtonPost)
Arianna was chosen to present the California Environmental Leadership Award to the LA Unified School District at Global Green's annual Millennium Awards held in Santa Monica June 14th.
- Now, get your blogs published - Hindustan Times
Here's some good news for all you bloggers. If you want your blog writings to be published then here's an opportunity by Sulekha.com, a web portal. An initiative meant to encourage creative writing and give writers a platform to showcase their work ...
- Rare books and manuscripts now shared online - Houston Chronicle
From Timbuktu to here, to reverse the expression, the written words of the legendary African oasis are being delivered by electronic caravan. A lode of books and manuscripts, some only recently rescued from decay, is being digitized for the Internet ...
- Lesbos islanders want to stop homosexual women calling themselves ... - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukLesbos islanders want to stop homosexual women calling themselves ...Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 9 hours ago... meaning female homosexual comes from the island's most famous inhabitant Sappho, the Greek poetess well-know for her love poetry directed at women. ...
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