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- Poet keeps win close to chest - Taranaki Daily News
Taranaki Daily NewsPoet keeps win close to chestTaranaki Daily News, New Zealand - 19 minutes agoFormerly from New Plymouth, Charman has won the 2008 Montana New Zealand Book Awards poetry category for her collection, Cold Snack. ...
- KQED made its mark by making programs (Current (Public Broadcasting))
San Francisco's KQED-TV remains one of the most-watched public TV stations in the country, but, in the 1980s and '90s it suffered under the expectations of a viewership that recalled its early years. David Stewart reminds us of KQED's fertile '50s and '60s.
- Gordon Brown's Heathcliff fixation and why we are web crash dummies - The Canberra Times
Gordon Brown's Heathcliff fixation and why we are web crash dummiesThe Canberra Times, Australia - 1 hour agoThe US Chronicle of Higher Education has commented on a curious amalgam of poetry and boxing in Japan. "In a crowded Yokohama hall, boxers file into a ring ...
- Night Life (The New Yorker)
ROCK AND POP Musicians and night-club proprietors live complicated lives; it’s advisable to call ahead to confirm engagements. B. B. KING BLUES CLUB & GRILL 237 W. 42nd St. (212-997-4144)--July 17: Greg Brown, a bona-fide American songwriting treasure, works to expand the scope of traditional roots music (he . . .
- THIS 'PORT AUTHORITY' IS WORTH A VISIT - Asbury Park Press
THIS 'PORT AUTHORITY' IS WORTH A VISITAsbury Park Press, NJ - 4 hours agoBut then the playwright's quirky sense of humor serves all the characters, building on the poetry of his language to create the right balance between ...
- How I discovered that I had a wonderful father - Daily Telegraph
As Father's Day approaches, Jane Gordon recalls the way in which the death of her beloved mother finally allowed her to appreciate the parent who always took second place It is difficult, so soon after his death, to match the two pictures I hold in ...
- Hollywood is finally chasing Amy (Independent)
Amy Ryan knows all about being brought back down to earth. Nominated for an Academy Award this year for her breakout performance in Ben Affleck's credible directorial debut Gone Baby Gone, she went home empty handed. And then? "The day after the Oscars, I was back in New York and dropping off my laundry at the laundromat."
- Top Ten Cannes Festival films - Times Online
Times OnlineTop Ten Cannes Festival filmsTimes Online, UK - 41 minutes agoIn fact it’s poetry. (James Christopher) Pablo Trapero’s powerful blast about jails in Argentina is actually a great and gritty Cell Block H soap about ...
- Preview: Crime Writing Festival, Crown Hotel. Harrogate (Independent)
For lovers of crime fiction, Peter Robinson – creator of the Inspector Banks mystery series – will be sharing the secrets of his craft at Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. Fans of the genre will also find Andy Macnab, Robert Crais, Jeffery Deaver and Tess Gerritsen at the event in Harrogate, Yorkshire, which is now in its sixth year.
- For Princeton, with love (The Star-Ledger)
For most of living memory, the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood in Princeton, beginning just on the far side of the Princeton Public Library from the main gates of the university, has been the leafy college town's African-American district.
- Compiled by SHEELA CHANDRAN - Star-ecentral.com
THE Sunrise Jazz & Rhythm Fest 2008 returns for the ninth consecutive year featuring various sub-genres of jazz, such as neo jazz, folk jazz, modern, ethnic and blues, performed by established and new local artistes. The festival, traditionally held ...
- Salman Rushdie: Knight of the Tall Tale - New York Sun
'The Enchantress of Florence" (Random House, 368 pages, $26) is a "Harry Potter"-ish restoration project of great intelligence and remarkable egoism, both of which are characteristic of its author. Although he sets his novel in the Florence of the ...
- Cooperative Extension: Reading aloud: Time well spent - Hillsdale Independent
Cooperative Extension: Reading aloud: Time well spentHillsdale Independent, NY - 2 hours agoRhyming and poetry books emphasize these smaller sounds in our language. +Learn their ABCs: By using high-quality alphabet books, children can begin to ...
- Hot tips for modern living from our readers - Slate
Slate readers are tireless and generous: they read our articles and give us their advice and predictions. It's been a busy time for these dedicated commentators, what with (among other items) the final of American Idol , the return of Indiana Jones ...
- Intellectual gloss doesn't save writer's grossly racist slurs - The Gazette (Montreal)
Intellectual gloss doesn't save writer's grossly racist slursThe Gazette (Montreal), Canada - 6 hours ago... non-fiction, drama and poetry. In an article in L'Aut'Journal magazine, Beaulieu called Jean "a queen-negro" and the "small, black queen of Radio-Canada ...
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