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- I'll Take the Manhattan (Las Cruces Sun-News)
H.L. Mencken famously called the martini "the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet." The sonnet, as anyone who took freshman English may remember, is a poem with a specific meter, a structure of exactly 14 lines and a strict rhyme scheme.
- Myrtle Beach museum hosts Gullah celebration (Island Packet)
MYRTLE BEACH -- Residents and visitors to the Grand Strand will have dozens of reasons to celebrate Gullah culture at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum's free Family Day on Saturday. There will be works of African-American artist Jonathan Green as a backdrop plus a host of notable experts in Gullah art and culture, and lots of hands-on activities for all ages.
- Unofficial greeter - Daily Independent
HUNTINGTON — Traffic flows slow and heavy along Spring Valley Drive’s long curves that hug the mountainside and follow the creek. Many of the cars are heading to the VA Medical Center. Others to Spring Valley High School and some are local ...
- Girl, 12, who hanged herself was obsessed with 'emo' culture (Evening Standard)
A girl of 12 hanged herself in her bedroom after becoming obsessed with the 'emo' culture and suicide, an inquest has heard. Rachel Jarvis was found unconscious in her room by her mother and died in hospital two days later.
- Quote of the day (Salon.com)
Katie Couric says sexism is more common than racism in America.
- NPS2008: Tuesday's National Poetry Slam Results (UPDATED with full ... - Dane101
NPS2008: Tuesday's National Poetry Slam Results (UPDATED with full ...Dane101, WI - 4 hours ago... metaphors throughout) piece about poetry-writing... after the poem was over, Roger BonAir-Agard turned to JohnMark and I and said "I love America. ...A day in the life at the National Poetry Slam in Madison Isthmus Daily Pageall 4 news articles
- Birthplace a ‘complete spectrum’ of Sandburg’s life (The Galesburg Register-Mail)
Sometimes, an interesting tourist attraction can be found in your own backyard. The Carl Sandburg Historic Site, 313 E. Third St., birthplace of the world-famous journalist and poet, is located right here in Galesburg, offering a lot of history collected under one roof. Maintained by the Carl Sandburg Historic Site Association, the exhibit is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through ...
- Heal the World and Look Up to God -- New Book Reflects Deeply With ... - StreetInsider.com
SOUTH HOLLAND, Ill., June 17, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- When any person reaches the twilight of his or her life, reflections and flashbacks begin to move around in the mind. Each person has his own view of the world, and experiences are truly the most ...
- Indian blogger's series to be published in Pak text book - Express India
Islamabad, July 23: An Indian blogger's write-ups on five things Pakistanis love about their country may soon be included in a Pakistani school text book. The Oxford University Press in Karachi, which is working on a Class 11 text book, has sought ...
- 2008 Presidential Election - Chud.com
Political Discourse Pretend you don't see the "Uncle Mitch in '06" stickers and discuss the workings of the political machine. I could type out a long string of "ha ha's" to represent the high comedy on display but why bother? My soul hurts. "The ...
- Soloveitchik’s students preparing series of his work - New Jersey Jewish Standard
Soloveitchik’s students preparing series of his workNew Jersey Jewish Standard, NJ - 15 hours agoPosner said that the Kinot project brings together his interest in Soloveitchik’s insights and in Jewish liturgical poetry. Most of these elegies, ...
- Contemporary Lithuanian poets presented to British readers - The Baltic Course
Contemporary Lithuanian poets presented to British readersThe Baltic Course, Latvia - 23 minutes agoSeveral translated collections of the Lithuanian poetry are being published in the United Kingdom this year, writes ELTA. In spring, the supplement ...
- 12 great madcap British weekends (Times Online)
From kite festivals and coracle races to peashooting and performance poetry, the British summer may not be the sunniest, but we cram an awful lot into it.
- Mill workers, many of them children, pictured in 1878 - Aberdeen Press and Journal
Mill workers, many of them children, pictured in 1878Aberdeen Press and Journal, UK - 58 minutes agoAnother of the exhibition rooms features specially-commissioned poetry from Edinburgh-based poet Aonghas MacNeacail, which tells the story of 18th-century ...
- Louise Erdrich has been listening to 'Plague of Doves' characters ... - Tampabay.com
Tampabay.comLouise Erdrich has been listening to 'Plague of Doves' characters ...Tampabay.com, FL - 2 hours agoSince 1984, the year she debuted with not one, but two books, the Minnesota-born novelist has published more than 20 volumes of poetry, prose, ...
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