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- Quote of the day (Salon.com)
Katie Couric says sexism is more common than racism in America.
- Where to start? (The Age)
It's a big one, all right. So to help you navigate the 2008 Fringe Festival, here's what we think will be just some of the best bets of the festival.
- University's New Translation Press Announces First Book Release - Media Newswire (press release)
University's New Translation Press Announces First Book ReleaseMedia Newswire (press release), NY - 5 hours agoIn terms of literary fiction and poetry, the number is less than 1 percent. "Dubravka Ugresic's book addresses familiar issues such as nationalism, exile, ...
- Global Gorecaster's 10-year challenge (WorldNetDaily)
There is a new kind of 10-year challenge that we must will into reality. This is a challenge that is of utmost importance – a clarion call to all concerned citizens – and here it is: Within 10 years, the world must dedicate itself to completely ignoring eco salesmen peddling 10 year challenges.
- Repub. Nat'l Convention 2008: The first two days - Windy City Times
Repub. Nat'l Convention 2008: The first two daysWindy City Times, IL - 1 hour agoThe 2008 Republican Party platform begins with a quote from Bates' poetry, about heroes who “more than self, their country loved.â€Â
- Gross takes charge into no-man's land - Globe and Mail
Stephen Harper could scarcely have scripted it any better. Almost coincident with the expected calling of a general election - likely to be in some measure a referendum on Canada's war effort in Afghanistan - the 33rd Toronto International Film ...
- Events for Aug. 9-10 - Seattle Times
Events for Aug. 9-10Seattle Times, United States - 26 minutes agoIn this odd and unforgettable place, Herzog has made his own poetry. 99 minutes. G; general audiences. (Crest Cinemas, see movie listings for showtimes). ...
- A Conversation with Tan Twan Eng (Far Eastern Economic Review)
Tan Twan Eng is a Malaysian author whose 2007 debut novel, The Gift of Rain, was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. The book, which focuses on the Malaysian experience during World War II, unflinchingly examines this oft-neglected period of Malaysian history.
- “I did all this in the service of a truth†- alt.muslim
alt.muslim“I did all this in the service of a truthâ€Âalt.muslim - 2 hours agoBut as I read - books by Western scholars, Islamic scholars, religious clerics, ancient Arabic poetry – what I gained from my reading was an impression of ...
- Heather Halliwell: Armley sixth former win prestigious writing prize - Armley Today
Heather Halliwell: Armley sixth former win prestigious writing prizeArmley Today, UK - 1 hour agoBarnsley poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan and American poet Eva Salzman selected 100 winners to become Foyle Young Poets of the Year 2008. ...
- Gotta fight for your right to party - Irish Independent
Gotta fight for your right to partyIrish Independent, Ireland - 5 hours agoHe decided it was time to hold a forum where these views could be challenged, where people who enjoyed debate and conversation could argue together and ...
- Just a dance among friends - The Age
Just a dance among friendsThe Age, Australia - 19 hours agoIt's similar to poetry - they're both out-there esoteric forms." But the "gap" between what something could be and what it is is also at the heart of No ...
- Jeremy Paxman ridicules Robert Burns as king - Times Online
Times OnlineJeremy Paxman ridicules Robert Burns as kingTimes Online, UK - 20 hours ago... explosive vernacular and insipid English, vigorous bawdry and pietistic moralising, who was prevented from writing sustained poetry of the very highest ...
- Their man in Pari: How Aimé Maeght changed the face of 20th-century art (Independent)
I am sitting in the café of the Fondation Maeght, a private art foundation in the hills above Cap d'Antibes on the French Riviera, listening to Isabelle Maeght, the granddaughter of its founder, Aimé Maeght, reminisce about her very special friendship with the artist Georges Braque, co-founder of Cubism with Pablo Picasso. "Though only a child, I was in love with Braque," she tells me. "He was ...
- 'It's not really a career, more like a series of identity crises' (Sydney Morning Herald)
I WANDER into the room next to the London Sofitel's Peggy Ashcroft Suite, where I am to interview Sophie Marceau. The vast bed is tempting, as is the room-service menu.
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