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- Harper plays populist tune on arts cuts - Globe and Mail
Harper plays populist tune on arts cutsGlobe and Mail, Canada - 3 hours agoI've always had that problem with the artistic things I've enjoyed doing – I've played piano, I've sung a bit, I used to write poetry – I've always found ...
- Fledgling gangs brutal and rash (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
During the first eight months of 2008, gang gunplay in the Seattle area killed at least a half-dozen young men, injured scores more and left police scrambling to find new ways of addressing a problem that is decades old.
- Lush Life by Richard Price - Times Online
Times OnlineLush Life by Richard PriceTimes Online, UK - 1 hour agoThere is also bittersweet romance and poetry out of Walt Whitman, who in his prime was certainly “Of Manhattan the sonâ€. The main character is Eric Cash, ...
- Lara Feigel's top 10 smelly books - guardian.co.uk
Lara Feigel's top 10 smelly booksguardian.co.uk, UK - 46 minutes agoBaudelaire's poetry was dominated by the sensual and this collection is peppered with paeans to smell. He extols the odours of 'promises, perfumes, ...
- Seiberling's legacy still poignant at memorial - Akron Beacon Journal
Seiberling's legacy still poignant at memorialAkron Beacon Journal, OH - 2 hours agoHe conjured sounds of whistling tunes, quoting poetry — small things that the boy said he will never forget as he carries on the Seiberling name. ...
- The Big Necessity, By Rose George (Independent)
Anyone who can invest the ugly, all-too-common, carping crow with romance, history and a personality deserves an award, but possibly simply being allowed to observe these birds unimpeded is reward enough for Mark Cocker. Like so many naturalists, Cocker was introduced to the landscape around him during long walks as a child with his father, and the human aspect to his love of nature serves to ...
- Academics unearth UK's oldest joke - New Kerala
They found it in the Codex Exoniensis, a 10th century book of Anglo-Saxon poetry held at Exeter Cathedral. It reads: "What hangs at a man's thigh and wants to poke the hole that it's often poked before?' Answer: A key." Going through ancient texts ...
- Report: Taliban media network projects power, but also exposes militant weaknesses (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Using everything from Internet postings to poetry, the Taliban have created a sophisticated media network that undermines support for the Afghan government by projecting the militia's power as greater than it really is, a new report says.
- Best entertainment bets for Sept. 26-Oct. 3 (Pioneer Press)
The Pioneer Press entertainment staff makes its picks for the best in music and theater for the week ahead.
- Religion Page Announcements (The Indiana Gazette)
Indiana County area churches are listed according to geographic areas. Seventh Day Adventist Church. Worship, 11 a.m. Sabbath school, 9:30 a.m.Saturday evening services
- New Orleans poet is crossing Over the Transom - Gulf Coast Newspapers
New Orleans poet is crossing Over the TransomGulf Coast Newspapers, AL - 13 hours agoHer poems have appeared in numerous journals across the country including, Poetry East, The Tulane Review, Callaloo and The Coe Review. ...
- Award-winning Poet to Speak at KU on African-American Literature - Kansas City infoZine
Award-winning Poet to Speak at KU on African-American LiteratureKansas City infoZine, MO - 1 minute ago... volumes of poetry, "How I Figure: Poems" and "Poemographies," and is editor of "Spirit and Flame: An Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry. ...
- Make Way for the Trucker†- Nation
In these times, when the number of women in Congress has leveled off , it is great to see Diane Benson waging a spirited fight for Congress in traditionally Republican Alaska. In 2006, Benson ran an impressive race against Republican Representative ...
- America Back on Track... for Thursday, July 31st - OpEdNews.com
Our Quote of the Day is from Dwight D. Eisenhower who said, "Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political ...
- War of the Words (Idaho Press-Tribune)
BOISE -- "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never" -- ouch!Poets throughout the Treasure Valley showed how versatile words could be at the Poetry Slam DeLux, hosted by local poetry organization Big Tree Arts, in downtown Boise Monday. "A poetry slam is the competitive sport of performance poetry. Performance poetry is poetry written with the intent to perform it," said David ...
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