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- Peek at the Week (Park Ridge Herald-Advocate)
Submissions for "Peek at the Week" are required 10 days preceding the date of publication. Send to: Mary Ann Bottari, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026. Information may be faxed to (847) 486-7495.
- 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua' is cute for kids, crummy for grown-ups - MLive.com
AP Photo All about the dog: Piper Perabo, left, and Jamie Lee Curtis fawn over pampered pooch Chloe, (voice of Drew Barrymore), in "Beverly Hills Chihuahua." I always have held the contention that dressing one's pet in human clothing is a form of ...
- Nigeria: Fifth Northern Nigeria Literature Conference - a Pace-Setting Movement (AllAfrica.com)
The Department of English and French, Bayero University, Kano, has recently announced its 5th International Conference on Literature in Northern Nigeria.
- Writing contest open to high school juniors - Portland Press Herald
AUGUSTA -- The Maine Community College System announced today that finalists in this year's Journey Into Writing contest will be chosen by a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and two other distinguished Maine authors. The three -- Richard Ford, Wesley ...
- Dominic Lawson: A simple lesson in humanity - The Independent
It could be described as the ultimate stamp of approval – to be commemorated on the surface of countless letters sent across the country every day. All of us will have our own idea of the sort of person who deserves the immortality of appearing on ...
- NEA Chairman Dana Gioia to leave in 2009 - The Associated Press
NEA Chairman Dana Gioia to leave in 2009The Associated Press - 16 minutes ago"I feel I've earned the right to return to my private life as an artist." Whether worrying about the decline of literacy or advocating the recital of poetry ...
- Pick Your Own Apples In The Region - The Bulletin
Outside, the air is changing to a slight chill, leaves are turning deep red and speckled gold, and children are rising earlier to wave goodbye to their parents as they climb onto school buses. Weekends are filled with sports, fundraisers, school ...
- Marion grad finalist in CMT competition - Seguin Gazette-Enterprise
Marion grad finalist in CMT competitionSeguin Gazette-Enterprise, TX - 1 hour ago“When he first started writing poems as a homework assignment for school, it was so funny, he couldn’t even rhyme,†Diane joked. ...
- Hilton Blogs on the USCL at the Halfway Mark - US Chess Federation (press release)
Hilton Blogs on the USCL at the Halfway MarkUS Chess Federation (press release), TN - 36 minutes agoThere, you’ll be able to find links to League videos, blogs, essays, pictures, polls, and even poetry. From time to time, I wonder what inspires chess ...
- Milton is still relevant on his 400th birthday - Dartmouth News
Dartmouth NewsMilton is still relevant on his 400th birthdayDartmouth News, NH - 2 hours ago"In this country, men like Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams read and re-read Milton's poetry and his pamphlets as they formed their ideas of ...
- Johann Hari: Dare we stand up for Muslim women? - The Independent
It's the smell I remember. Shahnaz's face – what was left of it – reeked of a day-old barbecue, left out in the rain. Her flesh was a mess of charred meat: her skin, the soft flesh of her cheeks, and the bones beneath had been burned away. Her ...
- Daniel Kalbach transforms junk's worth in 'Soft Bombing' - Centre Daily Times
Daniel Kalbach transforms junk's worth in 'Soft Bombing'Centre Daily Times, PA - 3 hours ago“Essentially, ‘Soft Bombing’ is a series of photographs documenting a collection of poetry that happens to be written on condemned vehicles and other ...
- Mat-Su community datebook (10/8/08) - Anchorage Daily News (subscription)
Mat-Su community datebook (10/8/08)Anchorage Daily News (subscription), AK - 3 hours agoSing, rap, poetry, comedy, instrumentals. Very diverse. Free. (376-2818) Cheerleading clinic, 9 am-3 pm, Colony High School, Colony Schools Way, Palmer. ...
- Villa What? - Egypt Today
W hy are the Lebanese so charming? I found myself wondering this (again) as I sat across the desk from Gerard Avedissian in his office  a high-ceilinged room in the beautifully refurbished Villa Grey, née Villa Hendawi, the petite Ottoman palace ...
- UNPACKING THE BOXES - New York Times
New York TimesUNPACKING THE BOXESNew York Times, United States - 19 minutes ago... “poetry was an attitude, not an art,†and where “rudeness was a mating call. If you responded to rudeness with rudeness, you might begin a friendship. ...
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