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- Writer offered young Obama life advice - Politico.com
HONOLULU (AP) — At key moments in his adolescence, Barack Obama could not turn to a father he hardly knew. Instead, he looked to a left-leaning black journalist and poet for advice on living in a world of black and white. Frank Marshall Davis had ...
- Desire: A dangerous flame - The Independent
We think of it as an irresistible force – yet we are so in thrall to it that we have ceased to respect it. Jeanette Winterson looks at the power of desire Why is the measure of love loss? In between those two words – love, loss, and standing on ...
- The battle that reshaped children’s literature. - New Yorker
New YorkerThe battle that reshaped children’s literature.New Yorker, United States - 3 hours agoShe celebrated the holidays of immigrants (reading Irish poetry aloud, for instance, on St. Patrick’s Day) and stocked the shelves with books in French, ...
- Shakespeare’s R&J at the Southwark Playhouse, SE1 - Times Online
The concept of single-sex Shakespeare has been thoroughly explored in recent years, from the “original practices” productions at the Globe under its former artistic director Mark Rylance to the work of Edward Hall’s all-male Propeller company ...
- Review: The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa (Guardian Unlimited)
Review: The Diving Pool by Yoko OgawaTo read Yoko Ogawa is to enter a dreamlike state tinged with nightmare, writes Joanna Briscoe
- Quote of the day - Salon
It's my feeling that the weighing, for comparative purposes, of prejudices and inequalities is not useful and can never be accurate. The sexism vs. racism horse race that has stemmed from 2008's primary season has been frustrating and dispiriting ...
- Nas attacks tracks, but misses knockout (Akron Beacon Journal)
Don't be fooled by Queens Get the Money, the bracing opener of Nas' now-untitled ninth solo album: It sounds like nothing else on the CD.
- Galal Amin on teaching: “Preparing a lecture - Egypt Today
In the introduction to Madha Allamatni al Hayat (What Has Life Taught Me), economics professor and bestselling author Galal Amin quotes his favorite writer, George Orwell, who once said that an “autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals ...
- Around Town - Southtown Star
Around TownSouthtown Star, IL - Sep 25, 2008Performances include mime, inspirational dance, singing, and poetry. Admission is $5, and proceeds benefit the Black Student Union. ...
- Poetic death of language barriers - Scotsman
Poetic death of language barriersScotsman, United Kingdom - 39 minutes agoEven today, if one looks up various anthologies and critical studies of Scottish writing, he is represented by a handful of poems and a few lines of ...
- Weekend Picks -- Last Days of SummerStage, Barney's Warehouse Sale ... - About - Cities & Towns
Weekend Picks -- Last Days of SummerStage, Barney's Warehouse Sale ...About - Cities & Towns, NY - 1 hour agoOn Saturday, Patrick Swayze fans are preparing to party all night long at Bowery Poetry Club. Enjoy Swayze-centric interpretative dance and live music, ...
- Moonviewing at Japanese Garden - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
The Oregonian - OregonLive.comMoonviewing at Japanese GardenThe Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - 15 hours agoThe garden will offer a tea ceremony, poetry, sake, food, traditional music and the best vantage point in town to witness the lunar luminosity. ...
- The Author's Fair - American Chronicle
The Author's FairAmerican Chronicle, CA - 7 hours agoSeated were two other authors: a children's book author and one who'd written a book of poetry. Directlly across from my table, along the opposite wall were ...
- Palestinian People Mourn Darwish's Death, President Abbas Declares 3 Days of Mourning (Palestine News Agency)
RAMALLAH, August 10, 2008 (WAFA) - The Palestinian people on Sunday mourned the death of Mahmoud Darwish, one of the Arab world's greatest modern poets.
- Best Bets: Out and About - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Best Bets: Out and AboutSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States - 7 hours agoSaturday and Sunday are both heavily scheduled with music and poetry readings from 3 to 7 pm Featured performers are Bluiett, Lake and LeFlore as well as ...
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