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- On Balance, 'Man on Wire' Reflects a Gentler Time (Washington Post)
The documentary "Man on Wire" opens with a grainy black-and-white reenactment of events that transpired in August 1974, when French high-wire artist Philippe Petit and a group of friends infiltrated the newly built World Trade Center, armed with hundreds of pounds of equipment, a harebrained sche...
- Bars & Clubs: Aug. 8-14 - Times Herald-Record
Bars & Clubs: Aug. 8-14Times Herald-Record, NY - 16 minutes agoWoodstock Poetry Society — Featured readings by Gretchen Primack and Philip Pardi, Woodstock Town Hall, 76 Tinker St., Woodstock, 2 pm Aug. 9. Free. ...
- Fiction Contest second-place winner Q&A - Albany Herald
A little encouragement is all it took for Julie Hilburn to get interested in writing two decades ago. Back then, a friendly push from an English teacher started the Colquitt eighth grader on a literary journey. “Writing was a way to get away from ...
- Pride in the Ride - Wichita Falls Times Record News
Every year, thousands of cyclists from all over the world pedal their way through the Wichita Falls area during the Hotter’N Hell Hundred. Jeffrey Haderthauer/ Times Record News Local Hotter 'n Hell participant Jim Hoggad rides through his ...
- SMU honors student publishes first comprehensive poetic work - smudailycampus.com
SMU honors student publishes first comprehensive poetic worksmudailycampus.com, TX - 47 minutes ago... thoughts into his poetry. "Anything that I see in my day, walking around campus if I see something humorous, that can turn into a poem," Carter said. ...
- Navigating Through The Mays - The Bulletin
Bethlehem - On the surface, the odds don't appear to be in Joe Mays' favor. Then again, they never really have been. A linebacker who is inexperienced (strike one), undersized (strike two) and trying to make the unlikely leap from Division I-AA to ...
- America's Busiest Poet (Time Magazine)
Kay Ryan is the latest pick as the nation's top poet. If her predecessors are any guide, she'll have an exhausting year
- Report: Taliban media network projects power, but also exposes militant weaknesses (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Using everything from Internet postings to poetry, the Taliban have created a sophisticated media network that undermines support for the Afghan government by projecting the militia's power as greater than it really is, a new report says.
- Life, liberty, and….fly fishing? - Cordele Dispatch
Life, liberty, and….fly fishing?Cordele Dispatch, GA - 2 hours agoJeff’s technique with a fly rod has often been described as poetry in motion. I can vouch for that. Until I got the hang of it, my technique with a fly rod ...
- The week in books - guardian.co.uk
The week in booksguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago... wedding anniversary he was referring to, and he sees some of the laureate's bundle of responsibilities, notably "the chance to speak up for poetry", ...
- Sudanese youth fight discrimination with rap - Daily News Egypt
Sudanese youth fight discrimination with rapDaily News Egypt, Egypt - 6 hours agoBoth are Sudanese refugees who, along with a handful of other African refugee youth in Cairo, have turned to music as their hope for resettlement and a ...
- Oak Park Festival's 'Lughnasa' a powerful force - Arlington Heights Post
Late in the second act of the restless poetry that is Brian Friel's drama "Dancing at Lughnasa," an undertow of wildness and raw, instinctive sensuality roars up like a tidal wave. Until now, the underlying pull of unfettered, primeval emotion has ...
- A Palestinian poet's final words (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
When he passed away last month, Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish still had plenty to say.
- The Last Word: Hollywood takes on the All Blacks - Otago Daily Times
The Last Word: Hollywood takes on the All BlacksOtago Daily Times, New Zealand - 4 hours agoKurtwood Smith - the dude who played the father in Dead Poets Society but is more famous for playing Red in That 70s Show - would be my Kitch Christie, ...
- 'Fiddling poet' returns with new book, album - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
'Fiddling poet' returns with new book, albumFairbanks Daily News-Miner, AK - 1 hour agoHe plans to make a children’s album of tunes and poetry and a “best of” CD to help document “what I’ve been doing in my life,” he said. ...
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