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- Poets slam down their rhymes in Brink Lounge bout (The Capital Times)
Their words didn't float down out of the rafters and land on our shoulders. Instead, they slapped listeners across the face and begged for an explanation. This wasn't a flowery, Shakespearean sonnet exhibition with pentameters and rhymes and professions of romantic love. Instead, Wednesday night was the second night of first bouts -- or rounds -- of the National Poetry Slam for four teams of ...
- Doctor finds his healing through words - Cleveland Plain Dealer
There may come a day when Dr. Jason Eubanks will look at an old man who needs help clipping his toenails and think, "I've seen him plenty of times." He might gaze upon the burn patient or the gunshot victim and think, "Oh, this again." But Eubanks ...
- Snowbombing 2008 - NME
It might only take an hour and a half to get there by plane, but Mayrhofen is a mighty long way from home. When NME arrives at the ski resort – which doesn’t seem to have had a makeover since 1972 – the town is awash with dark tales of girls ...
- How 'Butcher of Bosnia' used bearded medicine man disguise to evade capture for a decade (Daily Mail: World News)
This is the extraordinary disguise which allowed one of the world’s most wanted men to escape justice for years.
- Osama bin Laden's poetry woos urban youth (News Interactive)
OSAMA bin Laden's poetry is wooing young people "like pop music", with extracts soon to be published in an English journal.
- Scotland Festival: Cady's artwork lives on - Greene County Daily World
Greene County Daily WorldScotland Festival: Cady's artwork lives onGreene County Daily World, In - 12 minutes agoShe combines watercolors with poetry and calligraphy. She painstakingly applies her poetry in calligraphy to original art work -- a technique few artists in ...
- 'Jesus was a Palestinian,' claims U.S. history text (WorldNetDaily)
A new study reveals that if Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wanted to criticize the nation of Israel before the United Nations, he could use American public school textbooks to do so.
- Road to revolution traced - Billings Gazette
Ernesto "Che" Guevara's transformation from adventurer to revolutionary is chronicled by his first wife in the intimate portrait, "My Life With Che." The book picks up where his own book, "The Motorcycle Diaries" left off. This revised and updated ...
- 2008 National Book Festival - Associated Content
Washington D.C. -- On a humid early fall day, the 2008 National Book Festival took place on the expanse of the National Mall. The Library of Congress sponsors the yearly event. The purpose is to promote reading by showcasing authors and programs that ...
- Black & white - Deccan Herald
For the first time ever, the revised form of Karnataka Bhagawatha is published in full. The man behind this achievement is Holalkere R Chandrasekhar, writes Krishna Vattam. An epic composed five centuries ago, scribed on palm leaves two centuries ago ...
- Political Islam and Muslim hip hop - Zaman
There is much talk about political Islam and its future these days. The ascendancy of political movements with clear Islamic agendas is being watched closely from Egypt and Lebanon to North Africa. While many see Islamic political parties as a threat ...
- He's San Francisco's pugilistic poet, for better or verse (Los Angeles Times)
August Kleinzahler has made a name for himself -- as the bad boy of American poetry -- with his fighting words, and ways. August Kleinzahler gets into fights at poetry readings.
- Writing program increases in popularity (Student Life)
The writing program at Washington University thrives off student interest, acclaimed faculty and the desire to keep expanding the program into the future.
- What Is Happening Today On Gather - Friday August 8 2008 - Gather.com
Gather.comWhat Is Happening Today On Gather - Friday August 8 2008Gather.com, MA - 3 hours agoWhatever the reason you love trains, we want to give you the chance to share your affections in the All Aboard group and the "Next Stop" Poetry Contest. ...
- Directing history: Alison Carey guides commissioning of new ... - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
The Oregonian - OregonLive.comDirecting history: Alison Carey guides commissioning of new ...The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - 4 hours ago"We wanted to create, over 10 years, a kind of poetry of the history of the US, not a survey of that history." Within the "American Revolutions" theme, ...
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