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- Stage Set for Obama (Fox News)
Dems aim to mark a new era as Obama accepts presidential nomination before a crowd of more than 70,000 | PHOTOS • McCain Makes VP Pick, Will Hold Rally Friday • FOX FORUM: Dr. King Would Be Proud • WATCH LIVE: Invesco Field | Strategy Room
- Blogging day two of National Poetry Slam 2008 in Madison (Isthmus)
As was the case on Tuesday, members of National Poetry Slam teams and spectators published online reports about theirs and others' bouts. Joining in the commentary for the second night of the slam was a pair of judges, who are drawn from the crowd watching the slam.
- Stepping Out - Johnson City Press
Today and Saturday, Gentleman Jim’s Restaurant, 2102 Highway 81S, Jonesborough, today, Scott and Robin; Saturday, Cherokee Mountain Boys, 6 p.m. (913-1007) Today, Saturday and Sunday, The Acoustic Coffeehouse, 415 W. Walnut St., today, Shape Note ...
- Club Penguin gets it right - Denver Post
Club Penguin gets it rightDenver Post, CO - 6 hours agoThe "newspaper" attracts 30000 daily submission from subscribers ranging from Dear Abby-like questions to jokes and poetry. (Photo courtesy of Disney ) The ...
- "Ballistics:" A Poetic Blast (Vermont Cynic)
Ballistics Billy Collins (Random House) 4 Stars Published in September 2008, "Ballistics" associates the reader with universal themes - love, death, solitude, youth and aging. These subjects guide the reader through the various nuances of Collins' imagination.
- New poet laureate built a career far from the literary mainstream - Contra Costa Times
More than a decade and a half ago, despairing that her poems would ever find an audience, Kay Ryan found herself writing one about a turtle. It was about as personal as a Kay Ryan poem ever gets. Ryan's appointment as the nation's new poet laureate ...
- Column: Scholarships, art and the village sibs of Gloucester - Wicked Local Manchester
Column: Scholarships, art and the village sibs of GloucesterWicked Local Manchester, MA - 1 hour agoLes’s affection for Gloucester goes further, spanning Gloucester’s sibling spectrum and even reaching into other art forms – namely, poetry. ...
- Books: AJC Decatur Book Festival (Creative Loafing Atlanta)
Sun., Aug. 31... By Sean Dettman The AJC DECATUR BOOK FESTIVAL, now in its third year, will deliver about 225 national and local best-selling authors to the city's historic downtown area, continuing Sun., AUG. 31. Events will include book signings, readings, live music and poetry, and – every writer's favorite – beer and wine vendors. It's worth mentioning that former beat poet and New Jersey ...
- Poet Imlah wins £10000 prize - BBC News
BBC NewsPoet Imlah wins £10000 prizeBBC News, UK - 4 hours ago"I believe that good poetry finds ways to make us look differently at old things, and look at new things that we might otherwise have ignored," said Ms ...
- Bostonist Books: Edna St. Vincent Millay (Bostonist)
With the recent events of economic crisis, feminist derision and political collision, globalization and every other celebrity being carted off to rehab, whose voice from the past can guide us through the darkness, help us find solace and inspiration in this time of terror and turpitude? How about a jazz-age poet from New England with lesbian tendencies and a pretty serious drug habit? Kind ...
- Kloefkorn to speak at Writers Guild fall conference - North Platte Bulletin
Kloefkorn to speak at Writers Guild fall conferenceNorth Platte Bulletin, NE - 14 hours agoHe has written 22 books of poetry, two short story collections, a collection of children's Christmas stories and three memoirs. ...State poet to speak at Guild conference North Platte Telegraphall 2 news articles
- Sibal finds his mobile muse, turns poet - The Statesman
Sibal finds his mobile muse, turns poetThe Statesman, India - 6 hours ago24: Poetry is generally penned, but Mr Kapil Sibal, the trendy technology minister, has found his muse in a mobile, a BlackBerry to be precise, ...Kapil Syllable Chandigarh Newslineall 2 news articles
- A rather whacky chat (Boston Globe)
I didn't think it was possible, but it turns out the con man formerly known as Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter is barmier than I thought.
- Leafing through (Al-Ahram Weekly)
"I like to come here during the afternoons between shifts at the mechanic's workshop where I work. It is nice, peaceful and quiet and there are enough interesting books. The most important thing is that it is free.
- Berbatov is not yet working for Fergie (Daily Mail)
Sir Alex Ferguson already has plenty of silverware on the mantelpiece, which makes it all the more puzzling to see him fork out £30.75million for an ornament.
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