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- Author, poet to speak at women's business dinner (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
A self-published poet and author will be the keynote speaker tomorrow at a dinner celebrating the 37th anniversary of the Richmond chapter of the American Business Women's Association.
- Columbus Symphony fights on - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Orchestra musicians are strong-willed folks. They need to be. They make few artistic decisions. They put up with too many conductors who are ill-equipped to deliver the musical goods. Their fate often is determined by board members who have scant ...
- AP Interview: Afghan journalist demands justice after death sentence for insulting Islam (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
The prison uniform Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh wears is emblazoned with crudely painted black scales of justice, but the young journalist insists on the eve of his appeal that he has yet to see justice done.
- NLT calls for more poetry in schools - ATL Education News
NLT calls for more poetry in schoolsATL Education News, UK - 1 hour agoFurthermore, that NLT has identified that there are low levels of children reading poetry outside of the classroom. Director of Poetry Book Society Chris ...Poetry summit to raise profile The Bookseller (subscription)all 2 news articles
- Ancient Grudge (San Diego Reader)
The Old Globe Theatre’s staging three of Shakespeare’s plays about love: star-crossed Romeo and Juliet, gender-crossed All’s Well That Ends Well (in which the woman gets to choose her husband), and double-crossed Merry Wives of Windsor (in which Falstaff undergoes a triple comeuppance).
- Write your memoir in six words (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
"I love you" holds such power. A few words can distill lifetimes. We're proving that to you here. This story's in six-word phrases.
- Obama's place in American history - Stamford Advocate
It was our 16th president who called the United States "the last best hope of Earth." If that phrase sounds a little fresher in your mind of late, it's because Barack Obama used it after becoming the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee for ...
- 'Laugh-In' co-star had later success as a TV director (Miami Herald)
No funeral services will be held for Dick Martin, the goofy half of a comedy team whose Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In television show in the late 1960s made stars out of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and created such national catch-phrases as ``Sock it to me!''
- Inside the Beltway (Guardian Unlimited)
The British have long cast a bemused eye on America - the stateside adventures of Mrs Trollope and Dickens in the 19th century prefigured Alistair Cooke's genial Letter from America, which delighted millions on both sides of the Atlantic for more than half a century.
- Grailville hosts 'Art of Family Exhibit' - Community Press & Recorder
Grailville hosts 'Art of Family Exhibit'Community Press & Recorder, KY - 1 hour agoThose attending the opening reception also enjoyed the poetry and readings of author Judith Blackburn ("My Soul to Keep - A Mother and Daughter Memoir"). ...
- Fight with Tools - Starpulse.com
When listening to the Flobots debut album, Fight with Tools, there's a feeling that all the destruction and injustice this politically motivated alt rap crew speak of has been seen through CNN and /YouTube. There's a certain grit missing, a certain ...
- Indexed: All Mixed Up - New York Times Blogs
New York Times BlogsIndexed: All Mixed UpNew York Times Blogs, NY - 1 hour ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- The masochistic joys of festivals - Daily Telegraph
Now that we all have central heating, televisions and roofs over our heads, where can the old-fashioned British masochist - lover of queues, rain, crowds - go at weekends? The British love of queuing and discomfort and being bossed around seems to ...
- May, and the mixing of memories - Economic Times
May, and the mixing of memoriesEconomic Times, India - 14 minutes ago... charges at the police, retreating into rooms to talk poetry and philosophy. Later, they said, love was in the air. The summer of love and revolution. ...
- An honest ‘Outing’ - Washington Blade
All too often, gay readers only hear the side of the story that reflects their own experience, rarely getting the chance to hear the other side in a way that’s honest and effectual. Luckily, straight author Troy Johnson has written “Family Outing ...
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