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- Fifth-grader wins bicycle essay contest (Daily Herald)
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White awarded Grant Miller, a fifth-grader from Windsor School in Arlington Heights, the third place award in the Bicycle Essay Contest held in honor of National Bicycle Safety Monty in May.
- Legislators make good alloy of their metal theft bills - Modesto Bee
Legislators make good alloy of their metal theft billsModesto Bee, CA - 20 hours ago... writes poetry -- and quite well. He will be named Modesto's poet laureate by the City Council on Tuesday night, reading a poem to mark the occasion. ...
- The Death Rales of Democracy? - OpEdNews.com
" ...a three-judge panel of the appeals court upheld a federal judge's ruling that dismissed the (Valerie Plame) lawsuit. "The court ruled Cheney and the others were acting within their official capacity when they revealed Plame's identity to ...
- CubaA Prologue For Our Bolivian Friends - Mathaba.Net
CubaA Prologue For Our Bolivian FriendsMathaba.Net, UK - 18 hours ago“While we were in Chibia, apartheid South African invaded Angola and mercilessly attacked Cassinga, killing many defenceless Namibians. ...
- Poetry Contest Award Winners Will Have Reading June 26 (The Chattanoogan)
Three area poets will read the poems that took first, second, and third place in the inaugural Chattanooga Writers' Guild Poetry Contest.
- Get groovy at allotments festival - Oxford Mail
Get groovy at allotments festivalOxford Mail, UK - 2 hours ago"There are a couple of stages of music and we have got a number of local organisations represented, food from around the world, poetry, animals and ...
- Owners of burned home rue their loss - Kingston Daily Freeman
Owners of burned home rue their lossKingston Daily Freeman, NY - 3 hours agoDavis, a "creative nonfiction" and poetry writer, said he lost 15 notebooks full of his writings and potentially his computer. ...
- A two-week odyssey - Sofia Echo
A two-week odysseySofia Echo, Bulgaria - 1 hour agoHis Kobzar (1840), a collection of poems, dealt with Ukrainian historical themes and made Ukrainian a popular language for poetry and books. ...
- When a Novelist Holds an IPO - New York Times Blogs
When a Novelist Holds an IPONew York Times Blogs, NY - 5 hours ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- The Exiles: Soul and the City - Village Voice
The Exiles: Soul and the CityVillage Voice, NY - 1 hour agoBut Mackenzie (who died in 1980 at age 50 after making just one other feature) had an ear for the poetry of ritualized interaction, and an eye for the glint ...
- Gordon Parks counted poetry among talents - Lawrence Journal World
Gordon Parks counted poetry among talentsLawrence Journal World, KS - 4 hours agoThe mythic father kept his exaggerated status to both the child and the man who narrates this. This appears to be an autobiographical poem, but even when ...
- Anything goes - Ha'aretz
Anything goesHa'aretz, Israel - 5 hours agoIn the written world too, not every collection of words qualifies as literature or poetry. Unbridled artistic or literary activity usually produces ...
- Wergeland hailed on 200th birthday - Aftenposten
Wergeland hailed on 200th birthdayAftenposten, Norway - 38 minutes agoSpecial outdoor theatrical performances honoured Wergeland's work, bakeries and cafés around town offered free treats to children, his poetry was read aloud ...
- Library of Congress Organizes Eighth Annual National Book Festival Hosted by Mrs. Laura Bush on the National Mall; ... (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
The Librarian of Congress and Mrs. Laura Bush invite book lovers of all ages to celebrate reading on the National Mall on Sept. 27.
- Literary renaissance of national import in tiny Point Reyes (Marin Independent Journal)
Where can you perch on a bale of hay in a feed barn and listen to a reading by former U.
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