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- Writer takes a trip home in memoir, 'The River Queen' - New in ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Reeling from the death of her father and already missing her college-bound daughter, writer Mary Morris ("Nothing to Declare") set off down the Mississippi River in 2005 aboard a decrepit houseboat she called River Queen. Her companions were river ...
- Former beat movement member Gary Snyder wins $100,000 poetry prize - Jam! Showbiz
NEW YORK - Gary Snyder, a poet known for his verse about nature and spirituality and a former member of the beat movement along with Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, has won the $100,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, awarded annually by the Chicago-based ...
- Smart, sharp ?Boys? advance to head of class (Portland Tribune)
At the start of Alan Bennett’s acclaimed comedy/drama, “The History Boys,†which won a record six Tony Awards on Broadway, it’s as if the play is almost too smart — swirling and surging with scholarly intelligence, the literary canon always at its command. Its ...
- French first lady's new album out in July - MSN Singapore
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 Monday. The yet untitled album includes a vintage Bob Dylan tune, an Italian song ...
- A child of two worlds: The Obama family tree - Daily Nation
Daily NationA child of two worlds: The Obama family treeDaily Nation, Kenya - 1 hour agoAnn Dunham was the Kansas-born daughter of a furniture store manager and life insurance salesman who harboured a bohemian streak — he wrote poetry and ...
- Death in Wyoming (New York Times)
A place, its people and the tale of a life cut short.
- A Child's Garden of Verses - Book Review (BellaOnline)
A Child's Garden of Verses is by Robert Louis Stevenson. A Child's Garden of Verses Book Review. Children Books of Poetry.
- Netted in Love 12 Jun 2008, 0000 hrs IST,TNN (The Times of India)
A recent survey by a psychologist of Queensland University of Technology shows that relationships formed over the net are short-lived. TOI speaks to netizens on their take on the issue
- How to get a letter to the editor published - Morning Call
The Morning Call is able to print only about one out of every three letters it receives. Here's what you should do to increase your chances. 1. Your letter must carry three pieces of basic information to make it from the starting line: your full name ...
- Right notes from Broken Piano - Norwich Evening News
Right notes from Broken PianoNorwich Evening News, UK - 15 hours agoCurrent UEA student Amy Staniforth supplies the other stand-up poetry set of the evening. An upcoming talent, she has been performing her frank and funny ...
- Reading, Writing and Facebook: Social Nets Can Make School More ... - IT Business Edge
Reading, Writing and Facebook: Social Nets Can Make School More ...IT Business Edge, KY - 2 hours agoThey’re also sharing creative original work like poetry and film and practicing safe and responsible use of information and technology. ...
- Recent Original Stories (New Mobile Computing)
"It's always an interesting day when you get to write a kernel patch, at the urging of Andrew Morton, that notifies the world that non-GPL Linux kernel modules will not work after January 2008 and write some poetry all in the same message."
- No 'Doubt' about it: Capital Rep nails it (Albany Times Union)
ALBANY -- Wow, can John Patrick Shanley write a play.It's no surprise that in 2005, "Doubt: A Parable" won both the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Capital Repertory Theatre's season-closing production of the play, directed by Terence Lamude, is like a hammer blow to the forehead. If you like to leave the theater thinking, this is your kind of stuff. The play is set in 1964, when the ...
- Waiter is longlisted for £60,000 book prize (The Herald)
A 27-year-old waiter has been longlisted for a £60,000 book prize for his first novel. Yorkshire-born Ross Raisin, who lives in London, is up for the Dylan Thomas Prize for God's Own Country, which he wrote while working as a waiter.
- Death Becomes Her - Miami New Times
Death Becomes HerMiami New Times, FL - 2 hours agoThere are only words, a great glut of them, stretched across 42 pages in formations that sometimes resemble concrete poetry. That poetry is about pain and ...
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