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- Turning the air blue (BBC News)
The odd expletive escapes most people's mouths in times of stress, but when we fall back on swear words just for effect have we really just run out of ideas, asks Clive James.
- A sky `fraught with moon,' `air heavy with the silt of stars' - Toronto Star
A sky `fraught with moon,' `air heavy with the silt of stars'Toronto Star, Canada - 4 hours agoWeaving through these set pieces of static, sloppy poetry is a sometimes-engaging story of the downfall of the two Stark brothers. Tom, the youngest, is the ...
- EVES holds Nevada Heritage Day - Reno Gazette Journal
EVES holds Nevada Heritage DayReno Gazette Journal, NV - 6 hours agoFERNLEY--On Oct. 29, East Valley Elementary School celebrated the silver state's birthday with Nevada Heritage Day, which included presentations to each ...
- Don't make assumptions about artistic works' merits (The Daily Gamecock)
Here's an experiment. Ask this of a person you know: Who has more poetic talent, a rapper in America today, an English Romantic-era poet or a musical act from the '60s like The Beatles?
- The Mexican emocalypse - Guardian Unlimited
A wave of anti-emo violence is sweeping Mexico, with 800-strong mobs of 'pop-listeners, skaters ... punks, rockabillies, goths, metalheads and basically anyone who's not emo' putting aside their differences to go beat up kids with big hair and ...
- Events calendar for Oct. 9 Townsman - Andover Townsman
Events calendar for Oct. 9 TownsmanAndover Townsman, MA - 1 hour ago... well as workshops for writers and educators, symposia, small press fair, youth poetry, literary heritage tours, children's programs and street poetry. ...
- Prose and poems praise Spokane, politics - Bulletin (subscription)
Prose and poems praise Spokane, politicsBulletin (subscription), WA - 4 hours agoWalter's work, which runs the gamut of the literary scale, ranging from fiction to nonfiction to poetry among others, has made him a leading writer in the ...
- Commentary: Our romance with debt -- we'll pay for it later (CNN)
Unless we value fairness, reciprocity, and honest dealing, and the concept of balances -- for debt and credit depend on them -- and unless we are able to trust our systems, we would not be able to have debt and credit -- no one would lend, because there would be no expectation of ever getting paid back.
- A Glimpse into the Soul of C37 Words - Carolinian (subscription)
A Glimpse into the Soul of C37 WordsCarolinian (subscription), NC - 21 minutes agoThis art form is poetry that's, sometimes but not always, put to music. Spoken word tells stories just as songs do with the words are spoken, not sung. ...
- Poem of the week: Hummingbird - guardian.co.uk
Poem of the week: Hummingbirdguardian.co.uk, UK - Oct 27, 2008His poetic achievement is perhaps built on the poise he has attained between the different traditions of Irish and English nature poetry. ...
- Jewish professor return to school after sex change - China Daily
China DailyJewish professor return to school after sex changeChina Daily, China - Sep 11, 2008Professor Jay Ladin, an expert in Modernist American poetry, now goes by the Joy. Right: Ladin after his gender transformation.[Modern Express] New York's ...
- Pianist Marc-André Hamelin makes tough program look easy (Toronto Star)
It's easy to take for granted the technical ability, background knowledge and sheer willpower needed to turn a concert grand piano – a gleaming, 500-kilogram lump of wood, metal, leather and felt – into a musical instrument.
- Protest marks the beginning of new black enrollment initiatives - North by Northwestern
Protest marks the beginning of new black enrollment initiativesNorth by Northwestern, IL - 24 minutes agoThe protesters, coordinated by the African American Student Affairs office, greeted passerbys with poetry, speeches and a rendition of the Black National ...
- Northwest suburban family calendar - Chicago Daily Herald
Northwest suburban family calendarChicago Daily Herald, IL - 27 minutes agoTaught by a member of the Society of American Fight Directors. For ages 15-21. $175. Register at (630) 540-4800 or bartlettparks.org. ...
- An African homecoming - Jerusalem Post
An African homecomingJerusalem Post, Israel - 20 minutes agoI want to create a novel-like book that will allow people worldwide to feel connected to his story." "It is important to make a story specific and not too ...
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