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- A 'legend' passes on - Kingston Whig
When retired Gananoque postman John Nalon heard that his old friend Hal (Moose) McCarney was laid up in hospital with a broken leg, his first instinct was to rush into Kingston and pay him a visit. On second thought, Nalon figured -correctly - that ...
- Mortensen delves into cowboy mentality - Saskatoon Star Phoenix
TORONTO - Just how fearless is Viggo Mortensen? Forget his naked fight scene in the movie Eastern Promises. The man is wearing a Habs T-shirt in the middle of Leaf Nation. "Yeah. I've been booed on the street," says the man with the now-famous ...
- A deluge of haiku in our political poetry contest (Inside Bay Area)
"Dirt, slime, mud and muck. National election time. Everybody duck." Hundreds of haiku pour in from politically-inspired poets and readers.
- Leonard Peltier: America's Unfinished Business - Capitol Hill Blue
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3877262052... September 18, 2008 – The Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee (LP DOC) is campaigning to raise awareness and educate the public about Leonard Peltier for the purpose of mobilizing people to ...
- From desert to cultural oasis, complete with Louvre, Guggenheim and Ferrari (Guardian Unlimited)
When it comes to cultural icons, few would mention Manchester City in the same breath as the Louvre. But to Abu Dhabi's royal family the football club is the latest in a string of multibillion-dollar acquisitions designed to rebrand the nation as a oasis of western culture in the Gulf.
- Dead author's estate snatches child's domain - Register
Dead author's estate snatches child's domainRegister, UK - 1 hour agoSaville-Smith, who also writes poetry under the name Gillian Ferguson, said that she and her husband had found the whole experience "dispiriting" and that ...
- Poet inspires seniors at Williams convocation (North Adams Transcript)
WILLIAMSTOWN -- Several hundred attendees of the Williams College convocation ceremony, the formal start of senior year for the Class of 2009, got all the tradition one might expect for such an important observance.
- Mom's game to learn football - Toronto Sun
There are certain things about life which I have actively chosen to ignore. I have no interest in learning how to change the oil in my car, program my universal remote or understand sports. And since I always turn the channel on any sporting event ...
- Wow, what a story! (Calgary Sun)
It's been barely a week since Winnipeg author Andrew Davidson's first novel, The Gargoyle, landed in bookstores. But it has already carved out a niche in publishing history. And made its creator comfortably wealthy.
- Pines club members prepare art on the go (Miami Herald)
Twenty women from the Century Village Cultural Arts Club recently delivered art with love at the Susan B. Anthony Recovery Center in Pembroke Pines.
- Paul Auster on ‘Man in the Dark’ and Seceding From the Union - Nymag.com
In Brooklyn author Paul Auster’s new novel, Man in the Dark (out this week), a book critic named Brill battles insomnia, grief over the recent death of his wife, and a deep dissatisfaction with the state of America, all by telling himself a bedtime ...
- Highlights From the 2008 National Poetry Slam - Huffingtonpost.com
The National Poetry Slam--or so-called "Superbowl of spoken word"-- took place in Madison, Wisconsin this past week. The event featured more than 75 teams that had won their way through preliminary slams and city championships around the country to ...
- Video: Robert Pinksy shares poetry wisdom - Norwich Bulletin
Video: Robert Pinksy shares poetry wisdomNorwich Bulletin, CT - 3 minutes agoThey ask, “What did you mean,” in such ’n’ such poem? It’s more important for the artist, he said, that the audience enjoy the poetry and relate to it ...
- Palestinians bury poet in emotional funeral - International Herald Tribune
RAMALLAH, West Bank : Palestinians gave their national poet Mahmoud Darwish what amounted to a state funeral in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday, mourning a man who articulated their sense of loss, exile and defiance. Around 10,000 people ...
- Danielle Ward In Glorious Technicolor, Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh - Independent
Danielle Ward In Glorious Technicolor, Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghIndependent, UK - 7 hours agoUnlike Long, who relies on the poetry of the situation to provide humour, Ward crafts actual jokes. She's the "Nicolas Anelka of lovemaking", apparently, ...
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