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- Who do you consider a modern-day patriot? - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
It seems fitting after the recent celebration of the Fourth of July holiday to reflect on the founding of the American Republic. The patriots of the Revolutionary War era proclaimed the birth of a new nation in the Declaration of Independence. They ...
- Man’s Best Friend Dept. - New Yorker
New YorkerMan’s Best Friend Dept.New Yorker, United States - 5 hours agoThe Book Bench: Radovan Karadzic’s poetry, John Ashbery reads aloud, and more. Goings On: Jazz on film, a Broadway in-joke quiz, and more. ...
- 'Emo' fan 'hanged herself after talking of suicide' (Daily Telegraph)
A 12-year-old girl hanged herself in her bedroom after visiting 'emo' websites to discuss suicide, an inquest has heard.
- 'Poetry Out Loud' Winner Reads 'Frederick Douglass' (NPR)
All Things Considered , April 30, 2008 · The nationwide contest Poetry Out Loud draws 200,000 high school students who recite — by heart — classic and contemporary poems. This year's winner was Shawntay Henry from St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Summer Solstice Series returns - Brookline TAB
Summer Solstice Series returnsBrookline TAB, MA - 2 hours agoDunn, Pulitzer Prize winner for “Different Hours,†is author of 14 collections of poetry, most recently, “Everything Else in the World. ...
- Books to show mom your love and care this Mother’s Day (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza)
Oh, so many times when one is asked, “Who has been your role model?†the answer comes back without hesitation, “My mother.†But often that mother is not aware of her overwhelming influence.
- Garuda Dandakam - Chennai Online
Garuda DandakamChennai Online, India - 3 hours agoDandakam is that poetry where some of the lines have more than 26 syllables. It very much resembles prose) An e- book containing , this stotra and its ...
- Rediscovering Aenid, the epic of the West - Daily Telegraph
There is a superb exhibition at the British Library at the moment based on the great Indian national epic, the Ramayana. On display are illustrated manuscripts in the possession of the library, showing the wanderings and adventures of Rama, the ...
- Two Trains Running (Pittsburgh City Paper)
Not to take anything away from Wilson's genius, but the Hill District native's plays do have a special resonance in his hometown, and nowhere more so than at Pittsburgh Playwrights. By Michelle Pilecki.
- A philosophical approach to a mouse in the house - Christian Science Monitor
Baltimore - It's the little things that annoy us most, someone once said. Right now I am more than annoyed by little things – brownish gray, swift-as-a-blink-of-the-eye things. My wife shivers and shakes, and I feel a bit scattered. We are beset by ...
- Peabody's summer book report gets a makeover - Salem News
PEABODY — Summer reading shouldn't be a drudge, and neither should the book reports that come from them, say school officials. So the old-fashioned report is getting a bit of a makeover. Schoolchildren will still have the option to write a ...
- Turkmen president orders removal of his autocratic predecessor's ... - San Diego Union-Tribune
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan – Turkmenistan's leader has ordered the removal of a giant golden statue of his late predecessor from downtown Ashgabat, the Turkmen capital, a state-run daily said Saturday. Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov told a cabinet meeting ...
- Prestigious Griffin Poetry Prizes to be handed out at dinner in ... - 680 News
TORONTO - One of poetry's most lucrative international prizes was to be handed out in Toronto on Wednesday night with the help of literary stars like Michael Ondaatje. While $50,000 wouldn't be a major financial boost for J.K Rowling or Stephen King ...
- Interviews: Artists Gear Up For Latitude - Strange Glue Music
Strange Glue MusicInterviews: Artists Gear Up For LatitudeStrange Glue Music, UK - 14 minutes agoWho are you most looking forward to seeing at this year’s Latitude festival across the Arenas (Obelisk, Uncut, Comedy, Theatre, Literary and Poetry, ...
- Art Guide: May 16 - Daily Camera
Art Guide: May 16Daily Camera, CO - 7 hours agoFrame Up Gallery "Visual Poetics," by Tomara Kafka, a multimedia mix of photography and poetry; floral pastels and acrylic paintings by Barbara Kornfeld; ...
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