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- GameGoohelps kids learn skills - Pacific Daily News
GameGoohelps kids learn skillsPacific Daily News, GU - 4 hours agoBut it must appeal to kids because she is on that site all the time, playing "Wizards and Pigs Poetry Pickle," where a green-robed boy wizard makes his way ...
- Who are the real lesbians? (Independent)
When is a lesbian not a Lesbian? The answer's in the capital letter – it's when you are a woman who loves women, rather than an inhabitant of the Aegean paradise of Lesbos (or Lesvos in the modern spelling). For decades, foolish and unsophisticated tourists have giggled about the coincidence of the Greek island and the sexual orientation. Now it's become the crux of a legal dispute whose ...
- Rector faces the sack after holding Britain's first gay 'wedding' in ... - Daily Mail
A rector faces the sack after becoming the first clergyman to conduct a gay 'marriage' in an Anglican church. The Rev Martin Dudley flouted Church of England rules by blessing two homosexual priests in a service that used a traditional wedding ...
- Author Margaret Atwood Honored - CBS News
Margaret Atwood, winner of Spain's Prince of Asturias literary prize is known for her poetry and novels "The Edible Woman" published in 1970, and "The Handmaid's Tale" in 1983. (AP) (AP) Canadian author Margaret Atwood has won Spain's Prince of ...
- Far-flung adventures, simple lessons - Austin American-Statesman
Far-flung adventures, simple lessonsAustin American-Statesman, TX - 1 hour agoOn his boat, he has a Bible, books on poetry, philosophy, maritime history and travel, spare parts and more than a thousand pounds of tools in the lockers. ...
- John Keats’s obsession with fame and death. - New Yorker
New YorkerJohn Keats’s obsession with fame and death.New Yorker, United States - 1 hour agoTuberculosis was slowly choking him to death, leaving him without the will or the energy to work: he had written almost no poetry since late the preceding ...
- Laureate lessons: Politics and artistic honors don't mix - Gloucester Daily Times
Laureate lessons: Politics and artistic honors don't mixGloucester Daily Times, USA - 7 hours agoAnd the fact that poets could only submit pieces of a limited length goes against the grain of what free poetry is all about. Now, there is debate over who ...
- America Back on Track... for Friday, July 11th - OpEdNews
OpEdNewsAmerica Back on Track... for Friday, July 11thOpEdNews, PA - 3 hours agoIn addition he has published more than 1500 SetonnoteS commentaries, plus poetry and political essays in publications across the country. ...
- Deaths Elsewhere / Paula Gunn Allen, 68, Indian literature advocate (Pioneer Press)
In the 1960s, when some in academia still denied the existence of American Indian literature, Paula Gunn Allen embarked on a career that proved them wrong — and altered the required reading lists of literature classes on U.S. college campuses.
- 'Aloha Shorts' radio taping set for Sunday (Honolulu Advertiser)
"Aloha Shorts," a KIPO radio show hosted by Cedric Yamanaka featuring local actors reading Island-written poetry and stories, will hold a live taping session open to the public at 7 p.m. Sunday at Hawaii Public Radio's Atherton Performing Arts Studio, 739 Kaheka St.
- A Gem of a Singer - Irish Voice
Irish VoiceA Gem of a SingerIrish Voice, NY - 4 hours agoShe is an Irish sister-in-arms to Jewel and Dido, offering an enticing package of lilting poetry, catchy acoustic melodies and a come hither persona that ...
- Unlike flop from ’03, this ‘Hulk’ is fun, furious and true to ... - Daily Gazette
Though some moviegoers still admire Ang Lee’s cinematic treatment of “The Hulk†in his 2003 film, it turned out to be a relative bust for fans and nonfans alike. It was too brooding, too cerebral and annoyingly top-heavy. Lee is the perfect ...
- Laura Sherman, 78; opened class, heart to needy children - Boston Globe
For the 6- and 7-year-olds who walked into Laura (Levine) Sherman's color-filled classroom in Lynn, the day often started with a warm hug - the first sign of a highly personalized approach to education. During her quarter-century of teaching, it was ...
- Their lives are an open book - Inner West Weekly
Inner West WeeklyTheir lives are an open bookInner West Weekly, Australia - 1 hour agoPeople smugglers helped her leave Iraq after she had been in jail for her writing and poetry. "I see something wrong and need to write about it. ...
- Amiri Baraka to kick off spoken word education institute (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Author of more than 40 books, including essays, poetry, drama and music history, Baraka will give a reading from his works.
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