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- Juneteenth to be celebrated Saturday (The Yuma Sun)
Juneteenth is a celebration of the ending of slavery in the United States. President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was official Jan. 1, 1863, but the news did not reach Texas until June 1865.
- Poetry Night internship looking for more applicants - The California Aggie Online
Poetry Night internship looking for more applicantsThe California Aggie Online, CA - 44 minutes ago"We really do this out of the love of poetry and a desire to reach out to the community and give poets recognition - we don't take in any salary," Jones ...
- The best club in the world? - guardian.co.uk
The best club in the world?guardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoWhen not laying on international DJs, Mercati Generali hosts poetry slams, art exhibitions, and, occasionally, theatre. Getting there involves a 20 minute ...
- Giving Foster Teens a Place to Call Home - Gotham Gazette
Gotham GazetteGiving Foster Teens a Place to Call HomeGotham Gazette, NY - 15 minutes agoBut on a March day, Juan, clutching his black poetry journal, was about to move to a permanent foster home in Parkchester. "It's awesome," he said. ...
- Hey Woody, lose the muse - Globe and Mail
Hey Woody, lose the museGlobe and Mail, Canada - 52 minutes agoThis compulsion asserted itself in 1986's Hannah and Her Sisters, where the protagonist, played by Michael Caine, used mawkish ee cummings poetry to win ...
- The Structure of Somali Mentality and Its Critique - Garowe Online
The Structure of Somali Mentality and Its CritiqueGarowe Online, Somalia - 3 hours agoAccording to Mohamed Sh Xassan in his book Gurmad Volum 5aad (2006), this is how he described those major areas of poetry chant. ...
- Darwish: 'Identity and humanity' (BBC News)
Palestinian lawmaker Hanan Ashrawi, a close friend of the late writer Mahmoud Darwish, pays tribute to the man seen as the Palestinian national poet who died on Saturday.
- Teacher makes National Eisteddfod history - Daily Post
Teacher makes National Eisteddfod historyDaily Post, UK - 1 hour agoShe said it is the first time she has written a novel, having previous won major awards for poetry. “The novel is about reaching the end of a journey. ...
- Columbus-born boxer to be honored with marker - Commercial Dispatch
Once a month, Joe Lee Tuggle has been driving to Old Frierson’s Place, with his two sons, Frederick and Henry, to clean up trash and mow the grass. Joe Lee Tuggle’s mother, Laura Mae Tuggle, is buried in the old black cemetery. He had no idea he ...
- Bulletin Board, Aug. 21 - Norwich Bulletin
Bulletin Board, Aug. 21Norwich Bulletin, CT - 2 hours agoSinging, dancing, piano, guitar, poetry readings and skits. Proceeds benefit the South East Connecticut Community Center of the Blind. ...
- Los Gatos youth group performs 'As You Like It' - San Jose Mercury News
Los Gatos youth group performs 'As You Like It'San Jose Mercury News, USA - 4 hours agoThose looking for a decidedly different interpretation of The Bard's poetry will want to check out the Youth Shakespeare San Jose production of "As You Like ...
- Apres-breakfast with Canadian author Margaret Atwood - Prague Post
Prague PostApres-breakfast with Canadian author Margaret AtwoodPrague Post, Czech Republic - 2 hours agoMA: That era of the poetry readings was also the folk era. So our intermission would be a folk singer, usually playing the auto harp. ...
- Ruth Graham Speaks At Scenic City Women's Praise Breakfast - Chattanoogan
Life is made up of choices, both good and bad, said Ruth Graham, author, founder and president of Ruth Graham & Friends and the daughter of Ruth and Billy Graham. She was the featured speaker at the fourth annual Scenic City Women's Network praise ...
- Marquez on my mind - Livemint
Marquez on my mindLivemint, India - 24 minutes agoAs coffee hissed on her percolator, she said: “You foreigners can think of poetry. We live with explosions.” Then she expertly poured out the coffee, ...
- Jordanian Bloggers Mourn Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish - Global Voices Online
Global Voices OnlineJordanian Bloggers Mourn Palestinian Poet Mahmoud DarwishGlobal Voices Online, MA - 7 hours agoAsoom is forced to recall her college Arabic professor who opened her eyes to the works poetry of Mahmoud Darwish, while Iman recalls attending what would ...
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