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- Madison author doesn't let cancer take away her edge (The Capital Times)
Gail Konop Baker, a 45-year-old mother of three in Shorewood Hills, had just finished writing her second unsold novel in 2006 about a woman diagnosed with breast cancer. Then she got her own breast cancer diagnosis. Soon after, Baker begin writing about her personal experience with cancer in a column called "Bare-Breasted Mama" for the online magazine Literary Mama. She parlayed those personal ...
- On the right track - Gulf Weekly
On the right trackGulf Weekly, Bahrain - 17 hours agoWhen she is in action, the sport of pole vault is like outdoor gymnastics - to borrow another overused clichŽ, it is poetry in motion. ...
- Maria Christina Armore - South Lincoln County News
Maria Christina ArmoreSouth Lincoln County News, OR - 4 hours agoMaria loved fashion and poetry. She enjoyed reading and was looking forward to learning how to sew. Maria was preceded in death by her father, ...
- The Bard of the bush - Brisbane Times
I first heard the poems of Banjo Paterson as a schoolboy. In the 1940s, along with Dorothea McKellar's I Love A Sunburnt Country and Henry Lawson's The Ballad Of The Drover, they were considered to be an important part of our education as young ...
- Words, Mountains, Architecture Form Unique City of Books (Bloomberg)
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Koreans are both whimsical and triumphantly hi-tech. Nowhere is this clearer than in Paju Book City , a reader's sweetest dream.
- Beat poets: 40 years of letters (The Oregonian)
Gary Snyder and Allen Ginsberg exchanged letters for more than 40 years.
- Patti Smith documentary powerful (Jam! Showbiz)
In November 1994, punk-poet-rocker Patti Smith lost her husband Fred "Sonic" Smith, the famed MC5 guitarist, to a heart attack at age 45.
- What Did Everyone Do on Halloween? - New York Observer
New York ObserverWhat Did Everyone Do on Halloween?New York Observer, NY - 9 hours agoHere's the Daily Transom's roundup of who went where, as what, and with whom, based on some careful perusal of the Patrick McMullan website. ...
- A UI sudent's do-it-yourself gallery (The Daily Iowan)
UI senior Elias Simpson, 22, is humble with a keen eye and a boundless empathy for artistic talent. With a few blank walls in his bedroom and a $300 budget, Simpson set out to host a homespun student-art gallery at 21 N. Dodge St. Sunday.
- Bottling poetry - Quill & Quire
Bottling poetryQuill & Quire, Canada - 1 hour agoJust when you thought the combination of poetry and public transit couldn’t be topped, along comes a new pairing to shake things up all over again: poetry ...
- Volunteer opportunities - Savannah Morning News
Volunteer opportunitiesSavannah Morning News, GA - 15 hours agoContact the African-American Health Information and Resource Center at 447-6605. Volunteers are needed a few hours a week in the mornings to assist adults ...
- Rising Star - Winnipeg Sun
Rising StarWinnipeg Sun, Canada - 1 hour agoSeriously enough, in fact, that he plans to publish a volume of poetry next year. "I'd kind of like to call it The Writings of BL Cummings because that ...
- Governor’s Gold Cup: Mr. Pradhan’s Woes - Goal.com
Goal.comGovernor’s Gold Cup: Mr. Pradhan’s WoesGoal.com, Switzerland - 3 hours agoMr. Pradhan underlines the lack of nationwide coverage of the Gold Cup and says that even a daily short news report on the competition would be very much ...
- Three years ago, our correspondent David Usborne travelled to ... - Independent
Three years ago, our correspondent David Usborne travelled to ...Independent, UK - 12 minutes ago"Political poetry", gushed one CNN commentator. One line rang in the hall the longest. It was the one about the hope "of a skinny kid with a funny name who ...
- Loose Lips Daily: As Much Local Politics as Humanly Possible - Washington City Paper
Loose Lips Daily: As Much Local Politics as Humanly PossibleWashington City Paper, DC - 58 minutes agoAgain as in 2006, Ben Soto, a Fenty friend, developer, and member of the DC Sports and Entertainment Commission, will serve as the committee’s treasurer. ...
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