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- Librarians Are 'Media Specialists' (The Lakeland Ledger)
Whatever happened to the school librarians' Well, they've changed their title, adapted to the ever-challenging environment of our schools, and brought their expertise to bear to help our schools be the best they can be.
- Kidman keen to concentrate on motherhood - ninemsn
Nicole Kidman says Australia may be her final film as she concentrates on motherhood. Speaking at a press conference in Sydney with director Baz Luhrmann and the cast of Australia, Kidman said she may decide to extend her family instead. "I'm in a ...
- This band of brothers - Al-Ahram Weekly
This band of brothersAl-Ahram Weekly, Egypt - 1 hour ago"I was told by the organisers of the event that I would have to play oud while Darwish recited his poetry. It was my first encounter with the poet I loved ...
- Poet donates prize as reminder of award namesake's legacy (CBC)
An Ottawa man has given a First Nations health centre half of a $1,500 poetry prize named for a 19th-century civil servant who advocated sending aboriginal children to residential schools.
- Kurds in the way - Village Voice
The poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell met in 1947 at a New York dinner party held by Randall Jarrell. She was 36 and had just published her first book of poems. He was 30 and had just won a Pulitzer Prize. Later, she wrote that she'd gone to ...
- Families Lament Barrier Plan - Washington Post
BORDER FIELD STATE PARK, Calif. -- Each face would be overlaid with the rusted chain links of the U.S.-Mexico border fence, but Jorge Ibarra snapped the photos anyway. There was his cousin, holding up her baby boy for the family to see. There, his ...
- Poetry, photos produce winners - Reporter-Times
Reporter-TimesPoetry, photos produce winnersReporter-Times, IN - 11 hours agoTop: Doug Bass, who won third place in the adult poetry contest, reads his entry to an audience. See page A3 for photos of the winners of both contests.Fall Folliage Festival Photography, poetry winners Reporter-Timesall 2 news articles
- Greece to mark anniversary of Byron's death (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Greece has declared the anniversary of the death of Lord Byron, the Romantic poet who fought in its 19th century war of independence, as a day of celebration to hail Greek culture.
- Lay down that quiver of arrows (Denver Post)
I was never particularly enamored of the sharp-sword and flung-cannonball poetry I had to read as an English major. Heroes and anti-heroes, armies, shields, fighting, thrusting, blood, dust, fallen horses and the like.
- Wednesday, October 1 (Princeton Town Topics)
2 and 8 p.m.: Phantom of the Opera ; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. Also Thursday at 2 and 8 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.
- At least this year, men have the write stuff for state book awards (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Six male writers from around the state are winners of the 2008 Washington State Book Awards. The winners and finalists will be feted at a festive ceremony at Seattle Central Library on Oct. 22.
- A brainy book about reading skills - guardian.co.uk
A brainy book about reading skillsguardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours ago(Read them poetry. It helps them distinguish phonemes.) Is the internet stunting their intellectual growth? (Probably not, but let us be vigilant. ...
- The migration artist - The National
The migration artistThe National, United Arab Emirates - 2 hours agoShe has always excelled in her composition classes and devoured the poetry of CP Cavafy. Nidaly’s coming-of-age journey, or at least one stage of it, ...
- Frost had deep roots in Merrimack Valley, Southern NH - Eagle Tribune
Frost had deep roots in Merrimack Valley, Southern NHEagle Tribune, MA - 29 minutes agoHis high school teacher had a friend on the school's board of trustees. The trustees were so impressed by Frost's poetry that they hired him almost ...
- The legacy of Alfred Nobel - Rwanda New Times
Champagne corks will pop, phones will ring wildly, and once obscure academics will suddenly find themselves the object of a two-day media frenzy. That is how The Time Magazine summarised how it is when the calls go out from Stockholm for the winners ...
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