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- The Impostor, by Damon Galgut - The Independent
A ramshackle farmhouse in the hinterland of South Africa, a mysterious silent neighbour and a town where corruption has become a way of life. These ingredients go into making Damon Galgut's follow-up to The Good Doctor. It's a spine-chilling read ...
- Even the Most Romantic of Poets Can Sometimes Be Awfully Hard of Heart (New York Times)
The great German Romantic Heinrich Heine was a ?torn poet,? allergic to beauty even as he produced so much of it.
- Scalding Water Injuries Topic of Hearing (R News)
ALBANY, N.Y. A hearing Wednesday takes on the increasing number of burns due to hot tap water. Proposals calls for a 120-degree maximum water temperature in multi-family and tenant-occupied buildings.
- Youth cultural restoration tour kicks off - Indian Country Today
LOS ANGELES - A group of music-minded Natives who grew up in urban areas of the U.S. is embarking on a nationwide tour to promote healthy living and wellness among Native youth. The endeavor, called the Awakening the Warrior Spirit Tour, is aimed at ...
- Volver Café Culturel - Hour.ca
Hour.caVolver Café CulturelHour.ca, Canada - 7 hours agoAdvertising itself first and foremost as a spot to enjoy, revel and participate in local cultural happenings, from poetry readings to art exhibits, ...
- Glenrock hosts cowboy poets Tuesday - Caspar Star-Tribune
Five cowboy poets and a chuckwagon dinner served on white linen are on the menu in Glenrock on Tuesday as Open Range magazine and its publisher, Amanda Smith, host the first (sure to be annual) Cowboy Poetry Dinner Show. The magazine celebrates its ...
- The Natchez Democrat (The Natchez Democrat)
NATCHEZ — The Judge Armstrong Library hosted its first annual Poetry Slam this past April in celebration of National Library Week and National Poetry Month.
- Mimi White shares 'the gift you give back for being alive' (Portsmouth Herald)
Mimi White of Rye writes love poems, or maybe poems on the subject of love, if there's a difference — and there probably is.
- TFA @ 50: Abuja, Ibadan stand up for Chinua Achebe - Vanguard
Daily SunTFA @ 50: Abuja, Ibadan stand up for Chinua AchebeVanguard, Nigeria - 1 hour agoThe memorable night was flagged off with paying of glowing tributes to the great masquerade, either in dance, songs or in poetry recitation. ...Day Achebe danced on Abuja stage Daily Sunall 5 news articles
- Afghan journalist appeals death sentence - Hampton Roads Daily Press
PUL-E CHARKHI, Afghanistan - The prison uniform Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh wears is emblazoned with crudely painted black scales of justice, but the young journalist insists on the eve of his appeal that he has yet to see justice done. A court in January ...
- Arty facts (Otago Daily Times)
A look at what's happening in the world of art. The Forrester Gallery in Oamaru has been busy with several exhibitions and installations over the past month.
- Ben Zycher of the Manhattan Institute sends this: - National Review Online Blogs
Ben Zycher of the Manhattan Institute sends this:National Review Online Blogs, NY - 5 hours agoIt was a huge bronze statue of Stalin reading from a book of Pushkin's poetry. The express train is running from Warsaw to Legnica (site of a big Soviet ...
- Kay Ryan named U.S. poet laureate (Moldova.org)
U.S. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington named Kay Ryan as the library's 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-09.Ryan, a 63-year-old California native, is to begin her duties in the fall, opening the library's annual literary series Oct. 16 with a reading of her work. She also will be a featured guest at the Library of Congress National Book Festival in the Poetry pavilion ...
- Teaching my girl the very best (China Economic Net)
Liu Hongqing is a special father. After his daughter graduated from elementary school in Beijing last year, he did not send her to a middle school. Instead, he lets her study classic Chinese literature, Kunqu Opera and painting at home with private tutors whom he trusts.
- Alex Boyd, Anne Simpson win $1,000 national poetry prizes - Canada East
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Toronto-born Alex Boyd and Anne Simpson of Antigonish, N.S., have won national poetry prizes. The winners of the 2008 Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards were announced over the weekend at a festival and conference held ...
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