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- Search narrows for poet believed drowned (KMVT Twin Falls)
Authorities say they are narrowing the search for Idaho poet and kayaker William Studebaker, who is presumed to have drowned along near Yellow Pine.
- Walking on air (Salon.com)
Twin towers wire-walker Philippe Petit and "Man on Wire" director James Marsh talk about taking risks and making magic in troubled times.
- Serenity prayer stirs up doubt: Who wrote it? - International Herald Tribune
Generations of recovering alcoholics, soldiers, weary parents, exploited workers and just about anybody feeling beaten down by life have found solace in a short prayer that begins, "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change." Now ...
- Rozario/De Saram/Drake, Drapers' Hall, London (Independent)
Appearing in a spangled midnight-blue sari in the mock-Renaissance grandeur of Drapers' Hall, the soprano Patricia Rozario was building bridges, and not only between Art and Mammon. Her aim was to bring the musics of Europe and Asia together under the banner that Daniel Barenboim has commandeered: a West-Eastern Divan.
- Noelle McCarthy: Press your shirt dear? Pass me the irony ... - New Zealand Herald
Noelle McCarthy: Press your shirt dear? Pass me the irony ...New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Aug 8, 2008... mots from de Beauvoir, my feminist credentials were as firmly established as my penchant for black velvet swing-coats and Rimmel Black Cherry lipstick. ...
- Teens take a stand against human trafficking - MinnPost.com
MinnPost.comTeens take a stand against human traffickingMinnPost.com, MN - 1 hour agoIdeally, I would love to have someone involved at a young age and become the next advocate or lawyer who helps victims ...It's a huge problem. ...
- NBT releases Anthologies at house warming (Deepika)
New Delhi, Aug 1 (UNI) Anthologies of short stories and poetry in Marathi, Rajasthani, Sindhi, Assamese and Bangla were released by India's National Book Trust as it celebrated its move to new premises today.
- Bob Dylan at the Halcyon Gallery - the Sunday Times review - Times Online
Picasso once said, very foolishly, that he would be remembered as “a Spanish poet who dabbled in paintingâ€. He was kidding himself. The terrible poems and plays he began spewing out in the 1930s were the least convincing signs of genius he ever ...
- Tribute paid to radiant mother - This is Malvern
THE sons of a Malvern woman who died days after being involved in a road accident have paid tribute to a ‘radiant’ mother. Norma Quick died in Worcestershire Royal Hospital four days after the incident outside Brays in the town centre on Friday ...
- GMA Films' 'Jose Rizal' now on DVD (PEP)
Jose Rizal. That is the name of the 19th century revolutionary mortal who in the span of his 35-year existence rose to become one historical immortal. So it is quite daunting how a group of talented individuals stood up to the challenge of surmounting expectations in making Rizal's film biography.
- Thurgood Marshall (Westland Observer)
Wednesday, July 2, marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. A descendent of slaves, Marshall built an impressive law career fighting for civil rights and equality for all Americans before serving on the Supreme Court. Called "the most important Black man of this century" by "Ebony" contributor Juan Williams, Marshall often stood alone as the ...
- Two million tourists visit Salalah Tourism Festival - Times of Oman
SALALAH — About two million domestic as well as foreign tourists visited the 48-day long annual Salalah Tourism Festival which concludes today. The festival witnessed a number of religious, cultural, economic, recreational, social and sports ...
- A Life In Books: Dana Gioia - Newsweek
A Life In Books: Dana GioiaNewsweek - 42 minutes ago"The Collected Poems of WH Auden." I liked a poem by Auden in high school because it was funny. It made me want to be a poet, which my parents didn't think ...
- Culture Calendar (The Downers Grove Sun)
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- Review - Silent Poetry - Dean Hatton - 5 stars - Twin Cities Planet
Review - Silent Poetry - Dean Hatton - 5 starsTwin Cities Planet, Minnesota - 38 minutes agoA little dark, but still very funny. We also witness the “Creation of the World,†where God is faced with the reality that when he creates the animals, ...
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