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- Christina Patterson: The more sex we get, the more we want (Independent)
"Sex," says the 17-year-old narrator of The Catcher in the Rye, "is something I really don't understand." Well, mate, nor do I. I only know (yes, I'm afraid I do know) that the arms of someone you don't even like – who your head, and your friends, tell you is a total shit – can feel like your natural home on this planet.
- Counting the Dead (New York Times)
In poems about Iraq, Katrina and immigration, C. D. Wright is alert to the personal in the political.
- Columbia’s Catastrophic “Nakba†Conference - FrontPage magazine.com
Columbia’s Catastrophic “Nakba†ConferenceFrontPage magazine.com, CA - 21 hours agoMassad spoke about challenging Israeli military might “with art, poetry and dance.†Radwan claimed that “destroying Israel has never been a part of the ...
- Not your regular fair (The Star)
Not when you have an anti-book banning forum, performance poetry, books being given away – and a girl in bubble wrap wandering around.
- New play explores what search reveals about us - The Associated Press
The Associated PressNew play explores what search reveals about usThe Associated Press - 55 minutes agoAnalog communication devices served as creative fodder when they were newly invented, such as plays centered on a telephone or poetry written to resemble ...
- Jeff Noon's top 10 fluid fiction books - guardian.co.uk
Jeff Noon's top 10 fluid fiction booksguardian.co.uk, UK - 40 minutes agoNever trust a writer who tells you they don't like poetry. It's like an oil painter saying he doesn't like paint. Plath has the intense love of language ...
- America Back on Track... for Friday, July 11th - OpEdNews.com
Our Quote of the Day is from Mark Twain who said, "Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense." Some observations on the news... Most of you are too young to remember the Tonkin Gulf Resolution. That was the legislation that ...
- TV's 'Laugh-in' comic Dick Martin dies at 86 - Chicago Tribune
LOS ANGELES - Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it to me!" has died ...
- A Cultural Edifice in the Heart of New York (Middle East Online)
I felt like I am standing in an Arab oasis of cool shades amid the busy noises of New York City. Arabic sayings, pictures, titles of books, and fine Arabic calligraphy decorate the walls, paintings and billboards at the Dahesh Heritage Bookstore, says Saleh Ziadeh .
- Gov addresses Asian/Pacific American forum (New York Daily News)
Gov. Paterson delivered the keynote speech at the celebration of Asian/Pacific American (APA) Heritage Month, hosted by Councilman John Liu (D-Flushing). The event was held May 30 at Queens Library, Flushing Branch, Main St.
- Bayliss Library Hosts Superior Poetry Cafe - St. Ignace News (subscription)
Bayliss Library Hosts Superior Poetry CafeSt. Ignace News (subscription), USA - 3 hours agoThe full version of this story will be available to all readers after 4 weeks Full versions of news stories from the current weeks are available to online ...
- ...and your score is 71 points too - Bromley Times
...and your score is 71 points tooBromley Times, UK - 2 hours ago"Graduates from the course have already gone on to win poetry competitions and to publish novels and travel writing.
- An open letter to people of Anatolia - Turkish Daily News (subscription)
Turkish Daily News (subscription)An open letter to people of AnatoliaTurkish Daily News (subscription), Turkey - 16 minutes agoSoon after she arrived in Yerevan, Temelkuran met Silva Gabudikyan, a legendary figure in Armenian poetry. She interviewed Gabudikyan about Turkish-Armenian ...
- Video: Tough times for used booksellers - Enterprise
Stepping into the 19th century barn housing Vintage Books, visitors are surrounded by cabinets and shelves holding 35,000 volumes about everything from Paleolithic cave paintings to a cookbook of Dutch recipes. Behind the wooden counter, co-owner ...
- The ex factor: '50 Ways to Leave Your Lover' - Independent
The ex factor: '50 Ways to Leave Your Lover'Independent, UK - 1 hour agoThen there are the victims, including a love-crazed arsonist, a sexually confused girlfriend with a gymslip fetish and a poetry-spouting drip with a ...
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