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- John Burrows - Daily Telegraph
John Burrows, who died on August 28 aged 96, was a Japanese military expert at Bletchley Park, the wartime code-breaking organisation, and went on to become Chief Inspector of Schools during the 1970s. Before being sent to Bletchley, Burrows had been ...
- Local poet shares wisdom through rhyme and verse - News Courier
Local poet shares wisdom through rhyme and verseNews Courier, AL - 9 hours agoWhile not exactly in the vein of beat poet Allen Ginsberg, Gary Malone of Athens reads his poetry aloud at several bookstores and coffee shops in Huntsville ...
- Services mark Remembrance - Redditch Advertiser
Services mark RemembranceRedditch Advertiser, UK - 4 hours agoForge Mill Museum will be commemorating with an afternoon of war poetry reading on Sunday, November 9. The readings will be in the atmospheric surroundings ...PROCESSIONS and services take place next Sunday as follows: Huddersfield Examinerall 2 news articles
- NONFICTION: Account of overcoming writer's 'noonday demon' (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
The early Christian monks, who lived in the desert, knew the condition of acedia all too well. Familiar with what they called the "noonday demon," who tempted them to torpor and despair, they advised how to vanquish the tormentor.
- Self-Help's Sinister Underside - East Bay Express
Poet Bucky Sinister has a few favorite haunts in San Francisco's Mission district, some up-and-running, some long-defunct, even if they represent a long period of self-immolation. In the early '90s, Bucky hung out in warehouse spaces like Klub ...
- Strong parallels between Rays, '69 Mets - Major League Baseball
"It's a nice story, a great story -- young guys with talent who believe in themselves and have a strong manager," said Tom Seaver. (Getty) Chances are no one in New York enjoyed Pete Rose's 44-game hitting streak in 1978 more than a member of the ...
- Expert Buyers at Borders Recommend Hottest Gifts for Kids - StreetInsider.com (subscription)
Expert Buyers at Borders Recommend Hottest Gifts for KidsStreetInsider.com (subscription), MI - 35 minutes agoWhat's interesting about them is that they are completely written in free verse. Teens -especially teen girls -love them. This isn't poetry that you would ...
- Poet and philanthropist blooms in Grade 3 - Almaguin News
An ode to spring brings good things to Makayla Metcalf who is now in Grade 4. She displays the book that features her winning poem along with Kim Cousins, the Grade 3 teacher of Sundridge Centennial Public School. The teacher and student formed a ...
- Vancouver Symphony Features Festival Of Remembrance - HULIQ (press release)
Vancouver Symphony Features Festival Of RemembranceHULIQ (press release), NC - 5 hours agoUnique amongst Requiem masses, the War Requiem blends the traditional Latin Mass with the poetry of Wilfred Owen, foremost amongst Britain’s “war poets. ...
- Tim Minchin, Ready for This, Durham Gala Theatre - Journal Live
Tim Minchin, Ready for This, Durham Gala TheatreJournal Live, UK - 6 hours agoIF you’re a Christian, feminist rock star who is into holistic therapies, you’ll probably hate Tim Minchin’s show. Thankfully I’m not and I loved it. ...
- Some poetry contests - Listen & Be Heard
Some poetry contestsListen & Be Heard, CA - 2 hours agoContest winners in the categories of fiction and poetry will have their work published in Fence, as well as the participating literary journals in Canada, ...
- Writers, Awards and Confidence — Oh WOW - Daily Citizen-News
Ask a group of typical grade-schoolers what they want to be when they grow up, and the answers will probably follow a few well-known favorites: doctors, firefighters, rock stars and the like. But at Dalton’s City Park Elementary School, students ...
- Images of the soul (The News Journal)
WILMINGTON -- A photograph at the Delaware Art Museum shows a little girl and a little boy, both black, sitting on the floor, their backs against a wall. The girl has slung her arm around a doll, which is white.
- Requiescat in Pace (Fernandina Beach News-Leader)
I have always felt quite erudite in knowing this Latin phrase and that the ubiquitous RIP is its proper abbreviation. I have come to reserve the majesty of these words for the extraordinarily special circumstances that require a more profound expression of sad farewell.
- Learning to Speak Baboon - Washington Post
Learning to Speak BaboonWashington Post, United States - 9 hours agoThough my adult life has been something of a bad imitation of such lawyer-poets as Wallace Stevens and Archibald MacLeish, my dreams have been of lives like ...
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