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- Ode to a reborn poet (London Free Press)
I read poetry about as often -- and with about as much enthusiasm -- as I jab sharp sticks into my eyes. I think this aversion started back in high school when I was compelled to read Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats.
- Dick Martin, zany half of 'Laugh-In' duo, dies at 86 - Baltimore Sun
LOS ANGELES - Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In took television by storm in the late 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it to me!" has ...
- AP Top News at 6:12 p.m. EDT (The Washington Times)
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois sealed the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the nation's first black president. A defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton maneuvered for the vice presidential spot on his fall ticket. Obama's victory set up a five-month campaign with Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a race ...
- The 'Bluestocking Circle' and the fight for women's rights in literary ... - International Herald Tribune
LONDON : They dazzled 18th-century London, or at least their closest friends, with their fine art of conversation which was to redeem "Society" from its mortal addiction to playing cards and dancing. Failing that, it made them famous, but fame is a ...
- Tales of fathers sail on in `The Boat' - Miami Herald
Father's Day is a Sunday. Nam Le has time to go out and buy his dad a card or a gift, but he really needn't bother. "The Boat," his debut book, serves as both. Several of the seven masterful short stories here deal with that old generational bugaboo ...
- British company launches poetry download site - Silicon Valley
Addressing one of the biggest complaints about the iPhone - the high price tag - Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Monday celebrated the device's one-year birthday by unveiling a cheaper and faster version. In one of its biggest product launches in recent ...
- Julie Vik will lead workshop on lyric writing for writers’ fest - Bowen Island Undercurrent
Bowen Island UndercurrentJulie Vik will lead workshop on lyric writing for writers’ festBowen Island Undercurrent, Canada - 1 hour agoThree free Saturday panels explore writing poetry, freelance writing, and the process of taking a book from manuscript to publication. ...
- For Terrance Hayes, Pittsburgh and Poetry Are No Strangers (The Online NewsHour)
Terrance Hayes is the author of three books of poetry and is a professor of Creative Writing at Carnegie Mellon University. He discusses life as a poet in Pittsburgh, "where no one is a stranger," and shares some of his work.
- "So You Think You Can Dance": Great. Now I'm Hooked. - Palm Beach Post
"So You Think You Can Dance": Great. Now I'm Hooked.Palm Beach Post, United States - 3 hours ago... who dances beautifully when she's not picking fights with girls on the field, and William, the gorgeous kid who danced to the spoken word poetry. ...
- Premier supports tax aid for racy film (Toronto Star)
The controversial new Canadian movie Young People F---ing has an improbable champion in Premier Dalton McGuinty.
- Looking at Presidential pastimes - Athens Banner-Herald
During this election year, we will get to know quite a bit about the candidates - sometimes much more than we would like to know. I've long had a fascination with presidential politics and with the lives of those who have occupied the land's highest ...
- Author fills gap in Hugo-ology - TheChronicleHerald.ca
Author fills gap in Hugo-ologyTheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 39 minutes agoOn one occasion, the "Lion" invited Hugo and another writer to compete to please it with poetry. Then, it left during the recital by Hugo’s rival. ...
- Southland Jews To Commemorate Nazi Holocaust - ktla 5
Southland Jews To Commemorate Nazi Holocaustktla 5, CA - 14 hours ago... beginning at 4 pm It will include the premieres of "Through Children's Eyes," poetry and drawings by children who died in concentration camps, ...
- Visiting maestro stands flat and rises above (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
We really should find a more gracious way to treat guests. In addition to enduring the usual stresses of a tour, the Orchestre National de France Tuesday night came up against unusually inhospitable conditions at Kimmel Center.
- West’s prose cannot make it across “The Universe” - Wesleyan Argus
West’s prose cannot make it across “The Universe”Wesleyan Argus, CT - 16 hours agoHis oeuvre is notable for its breadth, encompassing novels, short stories, personal essays, criticism, poetry, and autobiography. ...
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