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- September 23, 2008 (Arts Journal)
Typewriters knew things. Long before the word-processor actually stored information, many writers felt that their Remingtons, or Smith-Coronas, or Adlers contained the sum of their knowledge of eastern Europe, or the plot of their novel.
- Short Takes (The Charlotte Observer)
POETRY POSTMODERN BOURGEOUS POETASTER BLUES By David Poston. N.C. Writers Network. 23 pages. $10. **** This mouthful of a title by Gastonia's David Poston is winner of the 2007 Randall Jarrell/Harperprints Poetry Chapbook Competition from the N.C. Writers Network. And a deserving winner it is. It seems as if Poston, who teaches at the Highland School of Technology, has stored up an entire ...
- This brave little heart beats thanks to celeb link - Daily Pioneer
The route to little eight-year-old Mita Mondal's ailing heart has been rather a roundabout one. It began from a tea-stall, moved through a medical college, an NGO, TV channels, a superstar and finally reached its destination at the Narayana ...
- Wilcoxens carve winning pumpkin - Altus Times
Leon and Nadine Bailey, left, pose with their purchase of the winning pumpkin in Mangum's pumpkin carving contest that was held Friday during Mangum's Art & Antique Stroll. The winning carver was Joan Wilcoxen and husband Eddie, right. Eddie also ...
- Jackman: 'Love scenes were like poetry' - Digital Spy
Hugh Jackman has claimed that his loves scenes with Nicole Kidman in Australia are "like poetry". Jackman said his partner Deborra-Lee Furness and Kidman's husband Keith Urban were not on set during filming, but insisted there was no jealousy from ...
- Craig Lucas gets 2off-Broadway shows (Asbury Park Press)
Off-Broadway is having a mini-festival of Craig Lucas plays this season. The author of "Prelude to a Kiss" and the book for the musical "The Light in the Piazza," will have works done at both Playwrights Horizons and the Public Theater.
- Good Christians challenge religion, says author - Boston Globe (registration)
Boston Globe (registration)Good Christians challenge religion, says authorBoston Globe (registration), United States - Nov 15, 2008It hosts "gatherings that employ a rich cocktail of music, poetry, prose, imagery, soundscapes, theater, ritual, and reflection," he writes. ...
- Huron High School's musical postponed - MLive.com
Due to a cast member's injury, the performance dates for Huron High School's "Return to the Forbidden Planet" have been pushed back. The new performance dates are November 13-15 at 7:30 p.m., and November 16 at 2 p.m. Patrons who reserved tickets for ...
- Daughter inspires his poetry (State Hornet)
First ultrasound, night time feedings, first steps - these are just a few of the joys a baby brings to new parents. Some parents take a lot of pictures and videos to keep track of these precious moments or even fill out baby books.
- Five Questions: Mary Novik - Walrus Magazine
Walrus MagazineFive Questions: Mary NovikWalrus Magazine, Canada - 1 hour agoIt’s not as well-known as some of Donne’s other poems and offers an erotic twist on platonism that we can all connect to: “Love’s mysteries in souls do grow ...
- Paging Arthur Schlesinger - National Review Online
Paging Arthur SchlesingerNational Review Online, NY - 1 hour agoWhat is interesting in it is lost in deserts of tedious prose; you sense that a bunch of research memos prepared by the staff were reworked by the author ...
- Take novels seriously, urge poverty experts - Media Newswire (press release)
Take novels seriously, urge poverty expertsMedia Newswire (press release), NY - 8 hours agoWhat the report said: “The Kite Runner, has arguably done more to educate Western readers about the realities of daily life in Afghanistan under the Taliban ...
- Greece to mark anniversary of Byron's death - San Diego Union-Tribune
ATHENS – Greece has declared the anniversary of the death of Lord Byron, the British Romantic poet who fought in its 19th century war of independence, as a day of celebration to hail Greek culture. Byron died of pneumonia fighting Ottoman rule on ...
- Movie, music, giveaways and a ski swap - MLive.com
Sun and Snow Sports in Ann Arbor is sponsoring a pair of film screenings in the next month, beginning with Teton Gravity Research's "Under The Influence" Friday at 8 p.m. at the Blind Pig, 208 S. First St. The event will include gear giveaways and ...
- Keith Gessen: Watching the Rouble Go Down - London Review of Books (subscription)
Keith Gessen: Watching the Rouble Go DownLondon Review of Books (subscription), UK - 1 hour agoHis new book, The Scientific Life: A Moral History of a Late Modern Vocation, was published in October. Charles Simic’s latest book of poems is That Little ...
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