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- Poetry gives look at prisoners' lives (The Lantern)
Local human rights activists will come together Wednesday for a reading of "Poems From Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak" at the Whetstone branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library. The book contains the writings of 17 prisoners currently being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facilities in Cuba.
- Wintec Spark Speaker Features In Art Debate (Scoop.co.nz)
One of the presenters at Wintec's (Waikato Institute of Technology) upcoming Spark arts festival is currently at the centre of media controversy in Australia.
- Mary F. (Prato) Luciani (Ellwood City Ledger)
Mrs. Mary F. (Prato) Luciani, 78, of 320 Sims St., Apartment A-2, Ellwood City, passed away Sunday, May 11, 2008, at 11:07 p.m. at the Medical Center of Plano, Texas. Born Oct. 3, 1929, in New Galilee, Pa., she was a daughter of the late Domenick and Mary Rose Macanica Prato.
- A flood of ideas - Iowa City Press-Citizen
For 16-year-old Miranda Stinson, a poem she helped write Saturday was "the worst poetry I've written in my life," she said. But it likely ranks high as the poem written during the most unique situation. Stinson, of Blooming-ton, Ind., was one of ...
- Local author seeks to help others find purpose in life - North Channel Sun
Barnes' book, "Purposefully Purposed: A Christian's Viewpoint" draws on personal experiences to explain how to rediscover meaning in life in the face of devastating personal tragedies and misfortunes. Vanessa Barnes remembers many years ago when ...
- Indian River County community connection: June 30 (Vero Press Journal)
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- Garage-bound scribe taps vivid past (The Columbus Dispatch)
SAG HARBOR, N.Y. -- Like its predecessors, the latest Alan Furst novel, The Spies of Warsaw , reads as if it were written in a Paris cafe -- where men with pencil-thin mustaches while away rainy winter afternoons, puffing on Balkan Sobranie cigarettes and talking about the old days.
- Not on our watch - Buffalo News
Andrew Beiter remembers his teenage years, with post-school afternoons of lolling in front of “Gilligan’s Island.” Days when he believed that “what we do won’t make a difference.” That’s hard to imagine given his current life of ...
- Music shares space with museum's art - San Francisco Chronicle
Music shares space with museum's artSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 3 hours agoEach story, which revels in the "strange poetry" of fragmentary conversation and memory, is underscored by music written by Chicago composer Mark Greenberg. ...
- Indian journalist brings out magazine in Braille (OneWorld South Asia)
The visually impaired students of Maharashtra now have an opportunity to be as attuned to what’s happening across the globe as those who are in the habit of reading newspapers and watching television.
- John Fowles: the French Lieutenant author’s secret woman - Times Online
A secret cache of love letters reveal how John Fowles, author of The French Lieutenant’s Woman, reenacted his epic story of forbidden passion with a young student. More than 20 years after he introduced unabashed sexuality to the modern literary ...
- Sheehan poets hope to slam - Meriden Record-Journal
Sheehan poets hope to slamMeriden Record-Journal, CT - 4 hours agoSlam poetry performance is judged not only on the writing but on the delivery skills of the readers, who must portray the feeling of the poem through their ...
- Brunswick farm offers community garden - Portland Press Herald
Crystal Spring Farm in Brunswick will offer a new educational opportunity this summer designed to nourish the body, mind and spirit. The Organic Arts Program, which runs from July 15 through Aug. 7, will allow families to plant, tend and harvest ...
- From bad to verse: Vandals get classroom penance - Forbes
Call it poetic justice: More than two dozen young people who broke into Robert Frost's former home for a beer party and trashed the place are being required to take classes in his poetry as part of their punishment. Using "The Road Not Taken" and ...
- Art show to help Thunderbird Clubhouse [6 hrs ago] - NewsOK.com (subscription)
Art show to help Thunderbird Clubhouse [6 hrs ago]NewsOK.com (subscription), OK - 3 hours agoAP Video NORMAN — "Eclectic Collection,” an art show featuring art and poetry by members of the Thunderbird Artists Collective, will open Saturday at ...
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