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- Lesbians of Lesvos fed up of being called lesbians - Times Online
Dimitris Lambrou is tired of being called a lesbian. As a magazine publisher on the Greek island of Lesvos — Lesbos according to the classical spelling — he is suing Greece’s biggest gay and lesbian association to get the term (with a small l ...
- Black graduates receive special recognition - UNLV The Rebel Yell
Black graduates receive special recognitionUNLV The Rebel Yell, NV - 12 minutes agoThe event featured spoken word poetry and entertainment by the R&R Jazz Band. Speakers included UNLV Professor and the Dean of the College of Education Dr. ...
- City calendar (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
For the week of June 16
- Margaret Atwood awarded Asturias prize - Euroresidentes
Margaret Atwood awarded Asturias prizeEuroresidentes, Spain - 7 hours ago... Galeano (Urugay), Haruki Murakami (Japan), the poet Alà Ahmad Said (Albania), Ko Un (Korea), Antonio Tabucchi (Italy) and Richard Ford (American). ...
- Librarians promote reading in summer - Alexandria Daily Town Talk
Escape to a world 20,000 leagues under the sea or at the center of the Earth. Visit the land of Whos or sit down for a taste of honey with Winnie the Pooh. They are worlds once visited only by turning the pages of a book. But now they are movies ...
- Kudos: San Francisco’s Mission district lights up with flowers and ... - San Francisco Examiner
SAN FRANCISCO ( Map , News ) - The pen, they say, is mightier than the sword. Wordsmiths will find some choice cuts Thursday through Saturday at this year’s “Flor y Canto en el Barrio: A Celebration of Latino Poetry†in San Francisco’s ...
- Books help teens understand Army, war McClatchy-Tribune May 20, 2008 (Wilson County News)
By Rebecca Young - For today's teens, the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have stretched on for half their lives or more. Most second-graders can't remember a time when there wasn't an Iraq war.
- Will Saroyan's literary legacy be lost? - Fresno Bee (subscription)
Will Saroyan's literary legacy be lost?Fresno Bee (subscription), CA - 58 minutes agoIt is precisely this oral, musical dimension of Saroyan's prose-poetry, along with its emphasis on immediate, passionate experience, which appealed so ...
- JVC Jazz Festival in Review (New York Times)
Reviews of performances by Tribe, Cecil Taylor and Sérgio Mendes.
- 'Xanadu': Its Neon Lights Still Shine - Washington Post
What I am about to write will undoubtedly elicit mockery and ridicule for weeks, if not months, to come. But I have to speak the truth: I love "Xanadu." I love that the plot of this 1980 musical is thinner than the finest slice of deli-variety Swiss ...
- The Fall and Rise of Dartmouth Frats (Dartmouth Review)
Back at Dartmouth I remember teaching a course in English poetry in which many students were so glazed over with drugs that discussion was all but impossible. No one seemed interested in seventeenth century poetry.
- Silver Knight honors for 60 devoted Broward students - Miami Herald
The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald are celebrating current and past Silver Knight winners this month to mark the 50th anniversary of the program that recognizes extraordinary high school seniors. In April, 60 Broward high school students earned ...
- A sad tryst with destiny (The Telegraph)
On a searing, arid Friday afternoon of April, the traffic stands still as the burnt air in Bowbazar Street, officially known as BB Ganguly Street, a name not too popular.
- French first lady's new album due in July - Nation
PARIS (AFP) - French first lady Carla Bruni releases a third pop album in July featuring 14 songs, most of which were written before she met President Nicolas Sarkozy, her agent said. The yet untitled album includes a vintage Bob Dylan tune, an ...
- P.E.I. Book Awards jury releases shortlist of titles (The Guardian)
The jury for the 2008 P.E.I. Book Awards has released the shortlist of titles for the prestigious award.
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