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- Angelou writing a poem about Obama (AP via Yahoo! News)
Upon his election in 1992, Bill Clinton — affectionately referred to as the nation's first black president — asked Maya Angelou to compose a poem and read it at his inauguration. Angelou feels a new poem welling up inside her following Barack Obama's election, but she does not expect another command performance.
- Letters to the Editor: Sept. 20 - State Journal-Register
I am sometimes amazed at the convenient amnesia of professional opinion writers. Though not surprised that Ted Rall would malign a pair of Alaskan teenagers to further his agenda (let’s face it: Ann Coulter can be just as snarky), his liberal tidal ...
- New Genre in Music: Spoken Rhythm - NewsBlaze
New Genre in Music: Spoken RhythmNewsBlaze, CA - 1 hour agoPete proves to be poetry in motion. He made his acting debut starring in Ruffin's No More Sheets earlier this year. An intriguing writer and actor, ...
- Heather McNaugher poetry reading set at Pitt-Greensburg (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Poet Heather McNaugher, will give a free reading Thursday the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg as part of the Written/Spoken Series.
- Early Oil Baron and Prominent Cattlemen Estate Auction Promises to Sell Thousands of Museum Quality Antiques Including ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
For book collectors across the globe, having the opportunity to own what is considered to be the largest Bible ever printed in English would be more than just an exquisite addition to their collection, it would mean owning a piece of Christianity history.
- From palette to palate - Age
It takes an artist to turn a recipe for risotto into a discourse about the nature of love. Each of the people featured in The Artist's Lunch, a sumptuous new book about Australian artists and their appetites, was asked to contribute a recipe. Paris ...
- My space: John Squire, artist (Guardian Unlimited)
When I was in the band in the Nineties I lived in Chorlton, Manchester. I went to more parties then because I was younger (I'm 45 now), but I've gone right off them. So I spend a lot of time at home on the farm near Sutton, a village outside Macclesfield.
- MUSIC: Enter the new - Staten Island Advance
AWE Photo/Hilton Flores Part of the sprawling Psyclonus Open Mic crew, during a recent visit to the AWE office. S.I.'s hottest hip-hop showcase in years arrives in the form of an open mic -- will open minds follow? It's not often you see rappers ...
- Barker retires as volunteer at GW Carver - Neosho Daily News
Barker retires as volunteer at GW CarverNeosho Daily News, MO - 2 hours agoOr writing a little poetry himself. Or sometimes just stepping back and laughing at it all. “When you’re interviewing prospective volunteers, ...
- Children she got that she did not get: After abortion - NCR Conversation Cafe
Children she got that she did not get: After abortionNCR Conversation Cafe, MO - 24 minutes agoThere’sa reason poets often say, ‘Poetry saved my life,’ for often the blank page is the only one listening to the soul’s suffering, ...
- Learning to make sense - The Australian
Learning to make senseThe Australian, Australia - 47 minutes agoMark Tredinnick, a poet and essayist, recently won the Blake Poetry Prize and is the author of The Little Green Grammar Book.
- Older People's Day offers scores of activities for pensioners - Bexhill Observer
Older People's Day offers scores of activities for pensionersBexhill Observer, UK - 12 hours agoIf culture is more your thing then head to St Leonards Gardens between 11am and 3pm where there will be poetry hanging from the trees and guided tours of ...
- The Aligarh Spirit Lives on in the San Francisco Bay Area - Pakistani Newspaper
October 17th of the year 1817 was the birthday of a remarkable individual from South Asia. Today his legacy lives on in many parts of the world, far beyond the countries of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, as pockets of the populations worldwide look ...
- The Write Stuff - Wall Street Journal
Singer-songwriter Ryan Adams hates being called prolific. This despite the fact that he's released 10 albums in nine years -- and wrote and recorded rough versions of 70 songs before choosing the 12 tracks that made it onto his album "Cardinology ...
- Cadbury recalls Chinese-made chocolate - Globe and Mail
PC Montreal from Canada writes: Okay, first it was the lead paint on toys, then poisoned pet food, contaminated baby's milk, and now chocolate. They're prolific counterfeiters and refuse to accept the concept of trademarks and patents. Bottom line ...
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