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- Movie review: A victory for the 'Dark Knight' (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Wrong vs. right, the individual vs. society, id vs. superego, action vs. reason, the Joker vs. Batman. There's a two-faced pleasure to be had in watching "The Dark Knight."
- Bruce Bond arrested in NYC - Patriot-News
Maybe Bruce Bond's ratings have finally hit rock bottom. New York City prosecutors have accused the former midstate radio host of running a $4.3 million international check-forging scheme out of his Manhattan apartment. Bond, 49, is jailed in Rikers ...
- Camp Ayandeh 2008 Report From Emory - Radio Javan
Radio JavanCamp Ayandeh 2008 Report From EmoryRadio Javan, GA - 5 hours agoThe rest of the week included group building activities, learning about Iranian geography and poetry, a Ta'arof Tournament, playing "vasati", ...
- William Buchan - Liverpool Daily Post
William BuchanLiverpool Daily Post, UK - 1 hour agoOther novels, including the Blue Pavilion (1966), and volumes of poetry followed. The memoir of his father (1982) was regarded as his best book, ...
- On the Bright Side - Daily Star
ONEONTA _ The love of the spoken word was evident Friday as 10 students read their works during the finals of the 12th annual Share the Words high school poetry competition. The event, held in Oneonta at the Foothills Performing Arts Center by Word ...
- Katy Guest: A Week in Books (Independent)
As May ticks over into June, three things are predictable in the literary calendar. There will be apocalyptic downpours at the Hay Festival. Someone will say that the Orange Prize isn't fair on men. Then someone will say no, it probably isn't, but never mind, because it encourages people to read.
- Man with the Golden Tongue - New City Chicago
Man with the Golden TongueNew City Chicago, IL - 4 hours agoAlgren weaves verse and poetry into a narrative that whisks you joyfully through what could easily crumble into dry schoolbook style history. ...
- Last Comic Standing: Meet the 12 Finalists - BuddyTV
BuddyTVLast Comic Standing: Meet the 12 FinalistsBuddyTV, WA - 3 hours agoGod's Poetry, who once worked at the beach as lifeguard assistants, say they've always been able to make each other laugh, especially when they "cut loose" ...
- Students bring diversity to CSU (Colorado State Collegian)
"Let's not kill ourselves with gangs and drugs, 'cause not only can we survive, but we can do it well," said Faith Goins to an enthusiastic audience of her peers from across the nation.
- St. Louis Opera takes minimalist approach with 'Madame Butterfly' - Dallas Morning News
St. Louis Opera takes minimalist approach with 'Madame Butterfly'Dallas Morning News, TX - 7 hours agoBut a more experienced baton would find more poetry in the score and wouldn't allow singers to over-sing and bog down in the middle of phrases. ...
- Culture Calendar - Bolingbrook Sun
Culture CalendarBolingbrook Sun, IL - 13 minutes ago1 to 2 fest at Butterfield and Batavia roads has a car show, live entertainment, crafts, bingo, poetry slam, kids area and more. ...
- Painting Istanbul red-pink in spring - Turkish Daily News
It is time for summer to begin. The Judas trees (erguvan) have begun blooming in Istanbul. The trees' beautiful pink-red blossoms lighten the hearts of residents and symbolize the better weather the city is now enjoying. Last year the municipality of ...
- Not Dead Yet: The Novel as Lifeline - Los Angeles Weekly
I read and I read and I read. I read like Forrest Gump ran, because I didn’t know what else to do or where else to go. He went running. I went reading. Novels mostly. The supposedly dead form. The only thing deader than poetry, or so the joke goes ...
- Robert Macfarlane's 'The Wild Places' - International Herald Tribune
Robert Macfarlane is looking for his wild in England, Ireland and Wales, territory that for most of us evokes words like "manicured," "turf" or, at the very least, "domesticated." His book about a series of pilgrimages to the moors, islands, lochs ...
- Synopses of 2008 IMPAC finalist novels and list of previous year's winners (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
The finalists for this year's IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, with synopses from the Web site, are: ...
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