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- Renowned poet opens up to crowd (Middlebury Campus)
Say what you will about the word "networking," but sometimes it really is about who you know. In this case, it was Melissa Hammerle who proved to be a useful connection; this local resident put D.E. Axinn Professor of English & Creative Writing Jay Parini in contact with her a friend of hers, none other than Breyten Breytenbach, the world-famous poet, fiction writer, painter and activist.
- Robert Burns poetry to be Twittered (UPI)
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The works of Robert Burns are being Twittered as part of the celebration of the Scottish poet's 250th birthday.
- An open letter to the man who raped my wife (City Pages)
At about 10 a.m. on a weekday in mid-November, Bill sat down to write a letter. A steady rage had been burning inside him for a week, and this was the only way he could think to get it out. Bill's mind was clear. He'd had his customary five cups of morning coffee, black. The kids were pla...
- Used Book Donation Drive Helps Uganda Kids (R News)
The Student in Free Enterprise Team (SIFE) at Roberts Wesleyan College is hosting a used book drive to help kids learn to read in Uganda. So far, RWC students and staff have donated 500 books with all kinds of titles--from fiction to textbooks. Better World Books then sells the books on-line.
- Farhang Foundation Short-Film Festival Winner to Be Featured at LACMA (Payvand Iran News)
Farhang Foundation, a recently established non-profit organization focused on celebrating Iranian art and culture in Southern California, today announced that the screening of the winning film in their first Short-Film Festival Film Festival will take place during the Farhang Foundation Nowruz (Persian New Year) Celebration events at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) on March 14 and ...
- With Road Safety Like This, Who Needs Drunk Drivers? - New York Times Blogs
New York Times BlogsWith Road Safety Like This, Who Needs Drunk Drivers?New York Times Blogs, NY - 17 minutes ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- Villa What? - Egypt Today
W hy are the Lebanese so charming? I found myself wondering this (again) as I sat across the desk from Gerard Avedissian in his office — a high-ceilinged room in the beautifully refurbished Villa Grey, née Villa Hendawi, the petite Ottoman palace ...
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- United we stand - Asian Pacific Post
The recent terror attack on the financial capital of India has shocked not only the Indian, but also the Pakistani community settled in Canada. The Mumbai attack, according to Indian authorities, was carried out by gunmen who came by boat from ...
- Support important to breast cancer survivors (Palladium-Item)
Talking about her feelings and fears while undergoing breast cancer treatment helped Wanda Willis of Richmond.
- "Enrich Yourself in the Poetic Heritage" -- Revel in a Collection ... - MarketWatch
"Enrich Yourself in the Poetic Heritage" -- Revel in a Collection ...MarketWatch - 4 hours agoThese stories, prose and poetry, are products of the author's soul-searching -- retrieved from insights gained from the inevitable journey called life. ...
- U of T chemist wins top prize - Toronto Star
U of T chemist wins top prizeToronto Star, Canada - 14 hours agoNot surprising then that as a teenager in Russia, she was interested in literature and poetry. "Until I was 16, I wanted to study literature. ...
- The professors of rock, faithfully celebrating Milton - Philadelphia Inquirer
The professors of rock, faithfully celebrating MiltonPhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - 4 hours ago"I love poetry," Robinson says. "It's everything to me. But I think of songwriting as a separate thing. I don't think lyrics should be poetry. ...
- Manhattan Project: New Staging - Wall Street Journal
A new production can usefully illuminate aspects of an opera that were originally obscure. By giving John Adams's "Doctor Atomic" to the film director Penny Woolcock, the Metropolitan Opera divorced the work from the inscrutable staging of Peter ...
- Turkey restores citizenship of celebrated poet - Idaho Statesman
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey restored the citizenship of its most famous poet Monday in a symbolic step meant to show it was addressing criticism of its human rights record in hopes of joining the European Union. Turkey stripped Nazim Hikmet of his ...
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