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- Nourishing Norristown - Philiy.com
The popular and prolific author of more than 20 young adult novels regularly makes the trip across the Schuylkill to Norristown, the working-class community where he was born and raised. Spinelli calls these junkets "little pilgrimages back into my ...
- Breathing literary life into 1950s Cuba - Los Angeles Times
Breathing literary life into 1950s CubaLos Angeles Times, CA - 26 minutes agoKushner -- who was raised in San Francisco's Haight district by poetry-loving scientist parents and moved to LA in 2003 -- made three long visits to Cuba ...
- Thomas Jefferson, Gentleman Scholar - New York Sun
Thomas Jefferson, Gentleman ScholarNew York Sun, United States - 2 hours agoBy writing a "literary life" of Jefferson, Mr. Hayes, a professor of English at the University of Central Oklahoma, is able to approach his extremely ...
- Quebec author denies racism in criticizing Jean - Globe and Mail
MONTREAL — One of Quebec's most popular authors says Ottawa is using Governor-General Michaëlle Jean to "forcefully integrate" the province into the Canadian ensemble. Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, who has penned some 70 works of fiction, non-fiction ...
- Community news &bull... - Akron Beacon Journal
Community news &bull...Akron Beacon Journal, OH - 3 hours agoRyanAustin Dennis, a senior at Copley High School, was a 2008 finalist of Slam U, the annual series of free poetry workshops and slams for teens sponsored ...
- Variety pack - WFAA
ALEX'S LEMONADE STAND When life threw her lemons, 4-year-old Alexandra "Alex" Scott made lemonade. Diagnosed with cancer before her first birthday, Alex set up her first lemonade stand in 2000 as a way to help doctors find a cure for pediatric cancer ...
- Robert Frost, Breindel Award, etc. - Weekly Standard
THE SCRAPBOOK notes with dismay some innovative justice meted out in Vermont. Readers will recall the incident last January when dozens of young nighttime revelers broke into the onetime home of Robert Frost in Ripton, Vermont, drinking, smoking pot ...
- FCC: Forging Corporate Control (Brick)
A painted sign on the side of the old Style Craft Uniform Co. at 734 West Broad Street lists some of what the new coffee shop inside has to offer. Free WiFi is a big draw. Local art, local music and local foods hit a soft spot with the hometown proud.
- Obituary: Richard Helgerson (Guardian Unlimited)
July 10, obituary: Renaissance scholar with insights to offer on English identity
- Andrew Turnbull's Great Fitzgerald (Washington Post)
An occasional series in which The Post's book critic reconsiders notable and/or neglected books from the past.
- Forbidden love is at heart of 'Pearl' - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Forbidden love is at heart of 'Pearl'Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - 2 hours agoPraskovia, a folk heroine in Russian poetry and song, had by all accounts a captivating voice and commanding presence while still a girl. ...
- A Different Nevada (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Location: Elko, in northeast Nevada, about 427 miles from Las Vegas. Directions: From Las Vegas take Interstate 15 north for 21 miles, exiting onto U.S. 93 north, the Great Basin Highway.
- Town shown off in IKEA - Knaresborough Today
Town shown off in IKEAKnaresborough Today, UK - 5 hours ago'It's very compact, but also atmospheric and peaceful and has inspired me to write my poetry.†The full article contains 228 words and appears in ...
- Student picked as poetry contest winner - Sun and Press
Kristen McPeak, a ninth grade student at Maine-Endwell High School, was chosen as a top ten winner in the Creative Communication poetry contest. Kristen’s poem, “My Insanity,†is included in the Fall 2007 New York edition of “A Celebration of ...
- Writing gurus inaugurate the Orcas Island Writers Festival - PNW Local News
Writing gurus inaugurate the Orcas Island Writers FestivalPNW Local News, WA - 48 minutes ago“Some begin writing after they arrive, surprising themselves with their sudden need to put a story or poem down on paper.†With such a beautiful location ...
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