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- Happy birthday Ray Bradbury! - Los Angeles Times Blogs
Ray Bradbury , who has made Southern California his home since 1934, turns 88 today. He's the author of more than 30 books, countless short stories, screenplays, poetry, plays and books for children. Not only did he write "Fahrenheit 451" and "The ...
- Joyce Carol Oates explores JonBenet Ramsey-style case (The Standard-Times)
"My Sister, My Love" (Ecco. 562 pages. $25.95), by Joyce Carol Oates
- A beautiful noise in the neighborhood - New Orleans Times-Picayune
In the bloated portfolio of dreamy, over-romanticized depictions of life in New Orleans, certainly one of the most overplayed notions is that of music being everywhere and inescapable; that it permeates our very atmosphere, is in the air we breathe ...
- "The Lucky Ones": When soldiers return home (Seattle Times)
"The Lucky Ones": This attempt to create an Iraq-war home-front classic like "The Best Years of Our Lives" has its moments, but the story line about three returning veterans (played by Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams and Michael Peña) is predictable.
- Match book to young reader for success story - Tampabay.com
Match book to young reader for success storyTampabay.com, FL - 5 hours agoBesides many short stories and poetry, I mix up the novels every year, but there are a few, like The Outsiders, that are guaranteed winners. ...
- 'Ironic Iconic America' gets lost along the way (New York Daily News)
Because designer Tommy Hilfiger loves iconic America, he's helped assemble a high-speed tour through culture, style, politics, brand names, famous places and other things that collectively, in their weird and quirky ways, define the country.
- The 2008 Book & Author Festival Poetry Reading (Santa Barbara Independent)
Sights and sounds from the 2008 Book & Author Festival’s Poetry Reading
- Poet in motion (The Australian)
"DYLAN called it his 'ugly, lovely, town'," Pat Hughes tells me in her sonorous South Wales lilt, "and from here you can see why."
- Young teacher uses art to help youths tap own voices - Marin Independent-Journal
Young teacher uses art to help youths tap own voicesMarin Independent-Journal, CA - 48 minutes ago"I was always interested in poetry and spoken word, but there weren't that many outlets for it in Marin," Bissell recalls. ...
- Nashville's newest star: Texas mom - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Nashville's newest star: Texas momFort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - 1 hour agoAngelou, 80, has written a dozen best-sellers as well as three Grammy-winning spoken-word albums, poetry and children’s books. Lear, 76, was creator, ...
- Fantasy world of drag emerges as dramatic, dazzling - Danbury News-Times
One of the magical powers of childhood is the ability to create an imaginary, fantasy land in which to escape the increasingly scary aspects of real life. When older that escape may depend on addiction to drugs or alcohol or even a retreat into a ...
- Alex Gray loved all things tartan and green (The Sudbury Star)
Alex Gray has been described as unfailingly energetic, passionate about community service and always up for a good Robbie Burns dinner party -- with Haggis, of course. The former Inco gardener, CBC radio show host, scout leader and Scottish dance teacher passed away at the age of 80 [...]
- "Or Did You Report?" - Atlantic Online
"Or Did You Report?"Atlantic Online - 8 hours agoInstead, I went to the poetry section and quietly read aloud a couple of Hektor's speeches in the Iliad -- something oddly reassuring about them to me. ...
- CHANDLER: Art shows make political statement - Rocky Mountain News
CHANDLER: Art shows make political statementRocky Mountain News, CO - 22 minutes agoLoughlin has visited Iran several times and in this project will include banners with faces of Iranian citizens, verses of Iranian poetry, ambient sound ...
- Critics: are we just loudmouths? - Guardian Blogs
Are critics dead? They still stagger on, course, and always will. Everyone has an opinion about the film they just saw , the book they read . Some people will always get so heated up in their critical opinions that they become ... critics, and so ...
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