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- Potato madness has gripped at least one man - Anchorage Daily News
The phone rang rather late the other night. “Did you know this is the Year of the Potato?” the guy on the other end wanted to know. That voice. … That vegetable. … This had to be Palmer potato guru Bill Campbell, a guy with a head stuffed ...
- Bomber strikes U.S. convoy in Afghanistan - Globe and Mail
Misery No one from Toronto, Canada writes: And the fight goes on. We kill their civilians at random and they attack at random. When will it sink in that we're simply not welcome in that country.? Can you imagine them invading Canada? That is the ...
- Cultural groups celebrating funding boost from state - MetroWest Daily News
Cultural groups celebrating funding boost from stateMetroWest Daily News, MA - 11 hours agoBy Kelsey Abbruzzese/Daily News correspondent The state's cultural community, including MetroWest area museums and art programs, celebrated the news this ...
- Pulitzer-prize winning poet Hayden Carruth dies at 87 - Brattleboro Reformer
MUNNSVILLE, N.Y. - Hayden Carruth, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who wrote about the ordinary folks who inhabited his world, has died. He was 87. Carruth, who lived in Vermont in the 1960s and 1970s, died Monday at his home in Munnsville, about 30 ...
- The First Person and Other Stories, By Ali Smith - The Independent
Short stories and love affairs, as this collection shows, have certain inescapable similarities. Each has a beginning, a middle and an end - though they don’t always appear in that order. Both contain multitudes of fictions. Some stories, like some ...
- Human mindfulness takes root in book on trees - Bellingham Herald
When I was a little girl, one of my favorite books was "A Tree Is Nice" by Janice May Udry. I didn't care that it had won the Caldecott Medal, although the charming illustrations by Marc Simont still stand the test of time. What really appealed to me ...
- Oakland teens win state, national awards for writing (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier)
OAKLAND — Writing is therapeutic for Oakland High School students Jessica Beam and Amber Davis.
- Local writer wins in creative writing contest (The Mississippi Press)
Dorothy E. Rogers of Lucedale, a member of the Mississippi Poetry Society and MPS South Branch, won two awards in the Word and Sound Creative Writing 2008 Contest, sponsored by P.O.E.T.S. Newsletter and the Albert Anthony Foundation for Cultural Arts.
- Strong campaign slogans do it with poetry, imagery - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Strong campaign slogans do it with poetry, imageryAtlanta Journal Constitution, USA - 2 hours ago“It’s the economy, stupid,” began life as a note at Bill Clinton’s campaign headquarters and was adopted as a rallying cry. “The unofficial slogans can have ...
- Book-review: Chicken of India Unite - American Chronicle
Book-review: Chicken of India UniteAmerican Chronicle, CA - 10 minutes agoHis lyrical works have been published in literary poetry sites: Slow Trains, International Zeitschrift, World Poetry Society (WPS), New Writing North, ...
- jmww's fall edition - Weblogs.baltimoresun.com
jmww, the Baltimore-based online literary journal, has just released its fall edition . You'll find poetry, stories and the "hell boxes" of featured artist Rachel Bradley , a Towson University alum who lives in Brooklyn. There's also criticism ...
- Ode to a great city (Bennington Banner)
Writers from Robert Lowellto Edwin O'Connor have long celebrated Boston's rich heritage in poetry and in prose.
- October's contributors - The Australian
October's contributorsThe Australian, Australia - 4 hours ago... and PhD in creative writing from Adelaide University. Her second novel, Holmwood, is due next year. JEAN KENT has published three collections of poetry. ...
- Ali Al Shaali Named CEO Of Dubai International Poetry Festival - Dubai City Guide
Ali Al Shaali Named CEO Of Dubai International Poetry FestivalDubai City Guide, United Arab Emirates - 3 hours agoThe Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation today announced the appointment of Ali Al Shaali as Chief Executive Officer for the Dubai International Poetry ...Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation Announces Senior ... Dubai City Guideall 3 news articles
- Maya Angelou writing a poem about Obama (The New Sabah Times)
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.
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