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- 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.
- "The Lucky Ones": When soldiers return home - Seattle Times
In "The Lucky Ones," Michael Peña and Rachel McAdams play soldiers who return from Iraq and come to rely on each other. "The Lucky Ones," with Michael Peña, Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams. Directed by Neil Burger, from a screenplay by Burger and Dirk ...
- Learning to rock with Baraka - Daily News Egypt
Learning to rock with BarakaDaily News Egypt, Egypt - 9 hours agoHowever, when poetry is at the heart of a band’s repertoire, Yasser explained, the music often suffers. Baraka opened with a grungy, distortion-laden number ...
- The Cambridge Introduction to Modernism - Fabula
The Cambridge Introduction to ModernismFabula, France - 9 hours agoGenres: 4. Poetry; 5. Prose fiction; 6. Drama; Part III. Fate: 7. Literature and politics; Conclusion: after modernism?; Chronology.
- Face Time: Rijah Newell - Sun-Journal
One woman's trash is. ... This Oxford native is wearing 'art' to make a statement and open minds. You may have met Rijah before and not known it. The Oxford resident can be found at different events, hidden beneath large papier-mache masks and ...
- ‘NAFEST Meant to Showcase Nigeria’s Culture’ (This Day)
Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode (SAN) has said that this year’s National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) would be used to showcase the nation’s rich cultural heritage.
- Poetry Foundation names children's laureate, humor winner (Seattle Times)
"When I grow up," begins a poem by Mary Ann Hoberman, "I want to be/A grown-up who remembers me/And what it felt like to be small. ... " Hoberman is that...
- Built on Stilts at Union Chapel - Vineyard Gazette
In many ways they are polar opposites, as different as North and South, their lives divided by the Mason Dixon Line. One is the consummate mother, wife and gardener, her laundry done, hair parted straight, thoughts quiet and ordered. The other is a ...
- Outspoken, widely famous South Asian poet - Chicago Tribune
The revolutionary Pakistani poet Ahmed Faraz, whose name is synonymous in South Asia with modern Urdu poetry, died Aug. 25 in Islamabad. He was 77. The cause was kidney failure, said his son Shibli Faraz. Mr. Faraz was earlier reported to have died ...
- Zimbabwe Arts Experience - ArtslinkNews
ArtslinkNewsZimbabwe Arts ExperienceArtslinkNews, South Africa - 5 hours agoDoors open at 1pm and the event kicks off with the ‘House of Hunger’ poetry slam, a movement of outstanding young poets that has changed the way people ...
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at 89 (Boston Globe)
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Russian novelist whose unyielding opposition to Soviet dictatorship made him one of the heroic figures of the 20th century, died late yesterday. The cause of death was heart failure, his son, Stepan, was quoted as saying. He was 89.
- Kentucky Repertory Theatre among Governor's Awards for the Arts - Evening News and Tribune
Kentucky Repertory Theatre among Governor's Awards for the ArtsEvening News and Tribune, IN - 1 hour ago... Susan-Lori Parks, a Ft. Knox native, the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for her play, “Topdog/Underdog;†Vince DiMartino, ...
- An Interview with Bernard Avishai - Bookslut
An Interview with Bernard AvishaiBookslut, IL - 2 hours agoYou seem to believe that Israeli Arabs will fall into a situation similar to African-Americans in places like South Central Los Angeles? ...
- Orange County-based group helps children cope with parents' cancer - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesOrange County-based group helps children cope with parents' cancerLos Angeles Times, CA - 8 hours ago"By writing about it, I found healthier ways to cope," Murphy said of his contribution to "Love Sick: Teens Reflect on Growing Up With a Parent Who Has ...
- Deaths elsewhere - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Erik Darling, 74, the reedy-voiced guitarist and banjo player who deftly stepped in when Pete Seeger left the pioneering folk music group the Weavers, died of lymphoma Sunday in Chapel Hill, N.C. Darling was perhaps best known for his hit "Walk Right ...
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