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- Havel receives Seifert prize (Prague Daily Monitor)
Prague, Oct 10 (CTK) - Former Czech president Vaclav Havel, playwright and writer, was presented Friday with the Jaroslav Seifert Prize for 2008 that is given by Charter 77 Foundation for excellent poetry or literary work published in the past three years, or exceptionally for life work.
- Noted author, poet visits UHV for book review series (The Victoria Advocate)
A highly decorated American poet, Mark Doty, has a love for another highly regarded poet's work. As the October speaker for the American Book Review reading series, Doty discussed Walt Whitman's work "Leaves of Grass" and the impact it still has today on readers.
- H. Brandt Ayers: Iron Bowl, who cares? - Anniston Star (subscription)
H. Brandt Ayers: Iron Bowl, who cares?Anniston Star (subscription), AL - 1 hour ago... communal values (the huddle and team spirit) with individual skills: think of the power and poetry of wide receiver Julio Jones, Bama's Baryshnikov. ...
- Soul of the Boot: In Southern Italy, little-visited Puglia offers warmth, wine and gloriously fresh food (Miami Herald)
Travelers -- even Italians -- may tell you that the heel of the Italian boot is remote and unhospitable. They haven't been here. Those in-the-know might mention medieval towns spilling from rocky cliffs above Caribbean-blue seas and the mysterious eight-sided Castel del Monte, the cone-topped houses of Valle d'Istria and long stretches of olive groves sweeping across the hills. They will note ...
- EVENTS/ACTIVITIES (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
First Congregational Church annual Dickens' Christmas Arts and Crafts Bazaar, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. today, 6105 Center Road, TC; homemade baked goods, handcrafted gifts, decorations, salad buffet from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. for $6 adults; $4 children.
- SARAH VOWELL (The Wichita Eagle)
Writer Sarah Vowell has almost as many former lives as current ones. But they somehow blend together, rather than clash. This makes her far more interesting than she'd be if she'd either stayed in her native Oklahoma or been born in Manhattan, where she lives now. She grew up working class (her father is a gunsmith) in a tiny town near Muskogee, where she spent her early years as a devout ...
- Report: NBC Universal plans $500 million in cuts - Grand Rapids Press
LOS ANGELES - A trade paper reports that NBC Universal plans to cut $500 million in spending next year to prepare for an expected continuation of the worldwide economic slowdown. Variety says President and CEO Jeff Zucker announced the cuts Friday in ...
- MySpace profiles send teacher to unemployment line, court - Ars Technica
Every teacher wants to be the cool guy, the Robin-Williams-in-Dead-Poet's-Society friend to students, but a court case from Connecticut offers a lesson to teachers-in-training: be careful when you buddy up to students online. While sites like MySpace ...
- President Bush presents National Medals of the Arts Awards - Los Angeles Times Blogs
Mr. and Mrs. Obama aren't the only ones to have visited the White House for a little face time with the president in recent days: George W. Bush announced today the nine recipients of the 2008 National Medal of the Arts, managed by the National ...
- Portland's Wordstock opens a new chapter, heavy on local writers - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
Portland's Wordstock opens a new chapter, heavy on local writersThe Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - 50 minutes ago"I think Jar-Jar Binks is the love child of Stepin Fetchit and a lizard," Perry said as Princess Leia cracked a smile and Lord Vader remained deadpan behind ...
- Outskirts Press Announces Life, the Latest Highly-Anticipated ... - PR-CANADA.net (press release)
Outskirts Press Announces Life, the Latest Highly-Anticipated ...PR-CANADA.net (press release), Montenegro - 23 minutes agoThe 5.5 x 8.5 paperback in the Poetry category is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble for a suggested retail ...
- We’Moon ’09 Astrological Datebook - vision magazine
vision magazineWe’Moon ’09 Astrological Datebookvision magazine, CA - 5 hours agoNow in its 28th year of publication, We’Moon ’09 is filled with poetry and art contributed by women from all over the world. ...
- Thomas Nealon - Mayo News
Thomas NealonMayo News, Ireland - 13 hours agoTommie was a man who loved the land and poetry. Like many others of his generation, he endured considerable hardship, yet his hard work, optimistic spirit ...
- The detrimental health effects of Type-A personalities - Yale Herald
n high school, I had a scholastic advisor who decided to teach us all how to juggle—physically juggle—with two oranges at first, then three oranges, then four—you get the idea. His thinly-veiled rationale for this lesson was to have us compare ...
- Award-winning author at Lawrence Public Library Thursday (The Eagle-Tribune)
LAWRENCE — Junot Diaz's first novel "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. In 1996, his first collection of stories titled, "Drown," became a national best seller.
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