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- Study of the history of words beats Man Booker winner in John Llewellyn Rhys prize (Daily Telegraph)
A book which charts the unlikely origins of some of most common words in the English language has beaten the winner of this year's Man Booker Prize to a prominent literary award.
- Michael Miles, musician, banjo player and storyteller, to reveal ... - Chicago Tribune
"When I retire from the Presidency, I will take a trip over it," Abraham Lincoln said of the first transcontinental railroad. "And it will be the proudest thing of my life, that I signed the bill in aid of its construction." Today, of course, we ...
- 'Playing With Words' - OhmyNews International
'Playing With Words'OhmyNews International, South Korea - 37 minutes agoIf I had a true poetic sensibility, I would love to write poetry. Though I have termed my first novel a young adult fantasy, it's a category I'm ...
- Charter school fifth-graders find inspiration for poetry - Villages Daily Sun
Charter school fifth-graders find inspiration for poetryVillages Daily Sun, FL - 37 minutes agoCaryssa Torre, a fifth-grade pupil, wrote about her younger sister’s book on bubbles. “I think it could inspire people if they write about it,†she said. ...
- Blind children in Baghdad gain a feel for their world - International Herald Tribune
BAGHDAD : Imagine being near a bomb blast but being unable to see it. Or hearing gunfire but not knowing whether the gunman is shooting at you. That is the world of the blind in Baghdad. An explosion's size and nearness are judged by sound - a boom ...
- The many faces of Chicanos: Collection doesn't pretend everyone ... - El Paso Times
The many faces of Chicanos: Collection doesn't pretend everyone ...El Paso Times, TX - 7 hours agoThe stories of these fallen angels, such as the tender-hearted murderer Rolando in "Cactus Flower," are the stuff of poetry in González's masterful hands. ...
- Resurrected and Brand New - Valley Advocate
Valley AdvocateResurrected and Brand NewValley Advocate, MA - 4 hours agoBy Chris Rohmann Six black menâ€â€well, five men and a young boyâ€â€share the stage and interlocking lives in Daniel Beaty's Resurrection, the new play currently ...
- Jamie Cohen's Final Wrap - Santa Fe Reporter
A 1976 graduate of the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University, Jamie worked in the A&R departments of labels such as A&M, Dark Horse, Arista, Slash, EMI and Private Music. Just a few of the artists he worked with included George ...
- TONIGHT @ Powell's on Hawthorne: Let's get Sinister...and sober? - Willamette Week
TONIGHT @ Powell's on Hawthorne: Let's get Sinister...and sober?Willamette Week, OR - 20 hours agoHis poems are, in essence, verbal photographs which, when put together, chronicle his long, rough descent to the bottom. And they are pretty fucking funny, ...
- The sabanero’s shout was heard again - Guanacaste Journal
The sabanero’s shout was heard againGuanacaste Journal, Costa Rica - 12 hours agoHe is a straight talker and dreams of the beautiful dark-skinned girl with long, braided hair, black and gracious eyes, who gives flirting looks that gnaw ...
- Sculptor creates treehouse-like tent (CNN)
It is probably the most unusual tent you'll ever see.
- Celebrating a catastrophe - Saudi Gazette
Celebrating a catastropheSaudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia - 5 hours ago... the civilian population of Sderot in Israel, who live under a daily barrage of indiscriminate Palestinian rockets – any opinion or concert for them? ...
- Befuddled and confused - The Tribune
Befuddled and confusedThe Tribune, TX - 15 hours agoMy immediate guess was he was learning some new descriptive language skills in the Poetry class he was takin’ this semester. His favorite poet was Emily ...
- Retired Air Force nurse turns to verse (The Gallup Independent)
GALLUP  On the surface, the solitary life of a poet would seem to have not much in common with the life of a nurse or the life of a military servicewoman.
- Queen Elizabeth I: Looking at the Virgin Queen’s Accomplishments 450 Years Later (US News & World Report)
450 years ago today, Elizabeth I ushered in England's Elizabethan age.
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