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- News In Brief - July 29, 2008 (The Rock Hill Herald)
Man charged in road rage incident
- Collection of Rilke's letters has pride of place beside bed (The Standard-Times)
I always thought "The White Album" was my favorite Beatles album, but last weekend I rediscovered "Let it Be."
- Teen Prostitute Describes Life On The Streets (KRXI-TV Reno)
As police continue to crack down on suspected prostitutes in Fruitvale, one young woman spoke candidly to KTVU reporter Amber Lee about how her young life as a top student fell into a downward spiral of sex and drugs.
- Supreme Leader urges poets to focus on justice, spirituality (Islamic Republic News Agency)
Iran - Supreme Leader - Poets Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei here on Monday called on poets to focus on message of justice and spirituality of the Islamic Revolution and express its genuine essence in the form of poetry.
- Saginaw arts community reacts to the death of its "vibrant" orchestra ... - MLive.com
Patrick Flynn, since fall of 2004 the conductor of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, died early Wednesday morning of a coronary thrombosis, announced executive director Daniel McGee. "I had just talked to him," McGee said, "and he said had the flu ...
- 'Billy Elliot,' 'Shrek' head list of fall musicals - Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) -- Not since the heyday of the '80s British musical invasion - which brought "Cats," "The Phantom of Opera" and "Les Miserables" - has Broadway anticipated such a big, critically lauded musical from across the Atlantic as "Billy Elliot ...
- Love, politics and economy collide in "Trestle" - Kenyon Collegian
Love, politics and economy collide in "Trestle"Kenyon Collegian, OH - 4 hours agoThere is a certain poetry to the collaboration between Balaban, Ross and Adams, as the trio worked together on a Renegade Theater show, "The Complete Works ...
- Authors grieve over Wallace's death (MSNBC)
The literary world is in grief for David Foster Wallace, a writer who apparently killed himself last week. Readers are seeking out his work, including his 1,000-page novel "Infinite Jest" and the essay collection "Consider the Lobster."
- Tennant in Hamlet: Your reviews (BBC News)
Dr Who actor David Tennant took to the stage as Hamlet in Stratford-upon-Avon - and the BBC News readers sent us their reviews.
- Poet laureate invites public to reception, reading this Sunday - North Andover Citizen
Poet laureate invites public to reception, reading this SundayNorth Andover Citizen, MA - 4 minutes agoBy Sally Applegate / Correspondent Always on the lookout for opportunities to use poetry to bring people together, North Andover’s new poet laureate Gayle ...
- New Biography Takes 'Heat' Off Dickinson Editor - NPR News
Read an excerpt . Brenda Wineapple is also the author of Hawthorne: A Life. Fresh Air from WHYY , September 3, 2008 · Conventional wisdom has it you can tell a lot about a person by the company he or she keeps. But, what if posterity makes a big ...
- This may be of NO interest to most of you but ... - Hartford Courant
This may be of NO interest to most of you but ...Hartford Courant, United States - 9 minutes agoThe world's only regular poetry-induced traffic jam at the Sunken Garden in Farmington. Richard's incredible Connecticut Forum series, which has brought ...
- Cyberspace Casts Light on the Lives of Death Row Inmates - Inter Press Service
LUSAKA, Jul 29 (IPS) - "Can governments solve urgent social or political problems by executing a few or even hundreds of their prisoners?" asks Benjamin Mawaya, sweltering on death row in Zambia’s Mukobeko high security prison in Kabwe, 150 ...
- Poet laureate to address writers' club - Moorpark Acorn
Poet laureate to address writers' clubMoorpark Acorn, USA - 7 hours agoHer presentation is titled "Poetry: From Inspiration to Publication." Topics include idea gathering, how to craft a poem, how to get published and what ...
- Poet accused of being enemy of Islam - EuropeNews
Poet accused of being enemy of IslamEuropeNews, Denmark - 49 minutes agoNow there are calls for the poet to be detained, his collection of poetry banned and the publishing house penalised. He is even receiving threatening phone ...
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