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- Prince working on book to be published in the fall (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Prince the musical auteur is becoming an author. "21 Nights," a "photographic essay" that offers "a rare glimpse into the life, lyrics, and mystique" of the maker of such hits as "1999" and "Purple Rain," will be published worldwide come fall, according to Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
- South Africa: We Are Not Like Them (AllAfrica.com)
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- After hit-and-run, victim's kin urge driver to give up - NewsOK.com (subscription)
NewsOK.com (subscription)After hit-and-run, victim's kin urge driver to give upNewsOK.com (subscription), OK - 2 hours agoGerald Lee said his sister wrote poetry and music and was an aspiring rapper and radio broadcaster. Her stage name was Proverb, he said. ...
- The War On Emo Continues... - BBC Brasil
Forgive the sudden lapse from light-hearted buffoonery to more serious matters, but something happened last week, and in all the fizz and frill of the Big Weekend, I couldn't really get around to having a good hard think about it until now. That's ...
- Drive to make Duffy next Poet Laureate - First Post
First PostDrive to make Duffy next Poet LaureateFirst Post, UK - 2 hours agoAs part of a well-orchestrated campaign, Chloe Garner, director of the Ledbury Poetry Festival, has written an open letter to the Queen, Gordon Brown, ...
- 'Musings of One Thousand and One Nights of Solitude': Author ... - Earthtimes (press release)
'Musings of One Thousand and One Nights of Solitude': Author ...Earthtimes (press release), UK - May 9, 2008A small amount of poetry is sprinkled throughout the book, each poem expressing an idea or particular aspect of life without sacrificing rhyme and rhythm: ...
- On approaching 'Geezer' status - Leader Vindicator
On approaching 'Geezer' statusLeader Vindicator, PA - 37 minutes agoIt was for a book of poetry by Rod McKuen, "Stanyon Street and Other Sorrows." My initial reaction was, "What was I thinking?" But, as I read the last poem, ...
- Students' national contest could revive poetry-reading tradition - USA Today
WASHINGTON — Allison Strong had long ago memorized poet Sylvia Plath's visceral Fever 103 and was reciting it to enthusiastic reception at a state competition in New Jersey. In fact, the poem ("I am a pure acetylene/Virgin/Attended by roses ...
- We can make a difference - The Cheers
We can make a differenceThe Cheers, Estonia - 51 minutes agoWhether it was singing, dancing, poetry recital, drumming, recitation of multiplication tables or the 3 R’s, they were pretty good. ...
- Local authors attend book-signing in Roswell (Revue & News)
Six local authors will gather May 17 to sign their books and meet the public.
- 2008 Kansas Notable Books Eagle staff (The Wichita Eagle)
Fifteen books have a place on the third annual Kansas Notable Book List, announced by the State Library of Kansas. The list, which includes fiction, nonfiction and children's books, honors books released in the preceding year either by Kansas authors or about Kansas. For this year's list, 122 books were considered, state librarian Roy Bird said in a news release. The books, listed ...
- Vidal takes aim and why the web makes us dumb (Canberra Times)
Welcome, to a hopefully weekly blog which will take a wide global view of the books and information worlds.
- New on the Net: Fourth of July edition - Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Fourth of July weekend seems like a good time to stay close, save gas and take an online visit to the National Archives, maybe for an exploration of the Declaration of Independence. You can find a scanned copy of the original, the text ...
- Books in the works (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
July 4th parades, rescued animals, abortion politics and the Republican National Convention give these Minnesota authors material aplenty for upcoming books.
- Not resting on his laurels (Amesbury News)
This weekend, John Greenleaf Whittier fans will follow the poet’s lead and head out in horse-drawn carts to the thick patches of mountain laurel in Maudslay State Park. Like Whittier and his crew, they’ll celebrate the flowers with poetry, companionship and some free refreshments at a Feast of the Laurels Poetry Celebration.
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