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- Lesbos islanders dispute gay name - BBC Europe
Is it gay women, or the 100,000 people living on Greece's third biggest island - plus another 250,000 expatriates who originate from Lesbos? The man spearheading the case, publisher Dimitris Lambrou, claims that international dominance of the word in ...
- Benefit planned for injured Aurora teen - Beacon News
AURORA — Richard “Tre†Winfrey, who was paralyzed at age 17 in a shooting last year, has the Chicago Bears on his team. Defensive lineman Israel Idonije will join Aurora R&B artist Marlon “Brando†Robinson and state Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia ...
- Interview: Sherman Alexie (Guardian Unlimited)
Sherman Alexie grew up on an Indian reservation and went on to become a bestselling novelist, comic and screenwriter. He hopes to produce 'the great American Indian novel'
- Memorable speech: An interview with David Yezzi - Enter Stage Right
David Yezzi is Executive Editor of The New Criterion and a well-known poet whose published collections include The Hidden Model and Sad Is Eros. His essays have appeared at Poetry, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times Book Review, The New York ...
- Indian River County community connection: June 23 - TCPalm
Indian River County community connection: June 23TCPalm, FL - 1 hour agoCreative Writing, Poetry: Discussion, critiques, encourages budding writers. Indian River County Main Library, 1600 21st St., Vero Beach, 6 pm Adults. ...
- A guide to getting you through that mid-week slump (The Charlotte Observer)
Thursday REVOLUTIONARY ARTIST: Legendary poet-musician-author Gil Scott-Heron appears in Charlotte for the first time. Scott-Heron (“The Revolution Will Not Be Televisedâ€) is widely considered to be one of the founding fathers of rap. He'll perform his music with a full band, as well as some of his poetry. 9 p.m. Neighborhood Theatre. 511 E. 36th St. $20 in advance, $25 day of the show. ...
- El Panderosa: Obama, McCain make play for Hispanic voters - Daily Oklahoman
Oh, perdon . I was just tuning up for an interview with Baracko Obama and Juan McCain . Dog sex tapes lead to arrests Marshals round up 227 fugitives in western... McEntire family remembers McSpadden Mustang man admits to making pornographic... OKC ...
- EATING CONTEST (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
'Gurgitators' race Some call it gross. Some call it down-right ridiculous.
- Robarchek again at the forefront (Creative Loafing Charlotte)
By Matt Brunson.• The scribblings of longtime (and now retired) Charlotte Observer columnist -- and frequent Best of Charlotte CL award winner -- Doug Robarchek can be found in The Best of the World's Worst Poetry: 20 Very Odd Years of Outfrontery. The paperback, published by the local outfit Main Street Rag, is available for $14. For a sample poem from the book, see Quote This, below right....
- "Planting The Sand Cherry" (Seattle Times)
Sometimes I think that people are at their happiest when they're engaged in activities close to the work of the earliest humans: telling...
- Riding The Trail To Hell - Newsweek
Riding The Trail To HellNewsweek - 35 minutes agoI won't pretend that Jarmusch's austere poetry will speak to everyone. His vision of the West's culture of death doesn't pander to the thrill-seeking ...
- Power of Psalms (The Tuscaloosa News)
The collection of essays by 14 contemporary poets in 'Poets on the Psalms' grapples with the magnificent poetry of the Book of Psalms as it speaks to the modern reader. Ranging from scholarly analysis to the deeply personal, the essays show the power of the Word in the creative process as revealed in the Psalms.
- Jensen: Salman Rushdie promotes ‘Enchantress of Florence’ (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Fatehpur Sikri, the old, abandoned capital of India’s Mughal King Akbar, is a somewhat deserted place these days, a bit off the beaten tourist path, outdone by the popularity of the Taj Mahal about an hour away.
- Nam Le's long, literary journey (San Francisco Chronicle)
In the opening story of "The Boat," a remarkable first collection by 29-year-old Nam Le, the main character shares a number of characteristics with the author. Both are writers named Nam, Vietnamese by birth and Australian by upbringing. Both have had a "...
- making hay - ic Wales
making hayic Wales, United Kingdom - 45 minutes ago... Addyman Annexe where rows of books – antiquarian, photography, poetry, literature, cult, wit, travel, children – are testament to its specialist nature. ...
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