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- Goings on About Town: Above and Beyond (The New Yorker)
HARVEST TIME With the price of gas being what it is, a quick trip to the country for, say, a Halloween pumpkin and some fresh air requires much consideration. So what’s an urbanite to do? Head to the Queens County Farm Museum, the oldest patch of continuously farmed land in . . .
- Bereaved ringmates hail 'Killer' Kowalski's class act (Boston Globe)
MALDEN - The Pink Assassin was there. So were the Skunk and the Bull. The Boston Babe and the Boston Bad Boy, the Butcher, the Bandit, the Candyman.
- Orinda author relives youth with 1960s 'Birmingham' volume - Contra Costa Times
ORINDA — Charles Entrekin developed a love of poetry at a time and place when boys and poetry weren't considered a good mix. In mid-1950s Alabama, where Entrekin was raised, boys weren't encouraged to embrace the arts. "The thought was that writing ...
- Keep politics out of college classrooms - Monterey County Herald
Keep politics out of college classroomsMonterey County Herald, CA - 3 hours agoFish is one of the three smartest people I know, and he writes particularly clear and engaging prose. Fish is surely right when he protests against using ...
- Refaeli set to host Iconic travel special on Bravo - Metro Canda - Edmonton
Metro Canda - EdmontonRefaeli set to host Iconic travel special on BravoMetro Canda - Edmonton, Canada - 57 minutes agoNow she splits her time between Israel and Los Angeles, a place she has come to love. “From the first time I landed there, I fell in love with it. ...
- New Arab poetry award in memory Darwish - NDTV.com
New Arab poetry award in memory DarwishNDTV.com, India - 39 minutes agoA new Arabic poetry competition has been launched in the memory of departed Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. The Sharjah Department of Culture and ...
- Museum And Gallery Walk Highlights Local Talent - Daily News- Record
Downtown Harrisonburg will have a different vibe this Friday. At four different locations, passersby will be encouraged to stop and participate in a "Big Draw" by drawing pictures on newsprint taped to the walls. Acoustic guitar music will waft from ...
- In 'My Sister, My Love,' Oates fictionalizes JonBenet Ramsey (Boulder Daily Camera)
"My Sister, My Love" (Ecco. 562 pages. $25.95), by Joyce Carol Oates. Some of Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest.
- Victory Gardens Biograph Theater - MetroMix
Four-time HBO "Def Jam" poet and "Louder Than a Bomb" teen poetry series founder Coval performs works from his new poetry book, "Everyday People." Includes a CD of Coval's performance excerpts. A discussion and post-show reception with the Tim ...
- Afghan free press struggles to take root - San Francisco Gate
Monday, October 6, 2008 Foreign journalists trying to report on the mounting insurgency face numerous dangers. But their Afghan counterparts run the risk of being killed by Taliban fighters and harassed, arrested or beaten by at the behest of ...
- Coastal Community News Briefs for Oct. 7 2008 (North County Times)
Chavez campaign holds reception OCEANSIDE ---- Oceanside Councilman Rocky Chavez is running for mayor. Voters are invited to a reception at "Rocky for Mayor" headquarters from 6-7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 at 1405 El Camino Real. Meet the campaign team and ask Chavez a question. Refreshments. Information: (760) 966-9180; www.rockyforoceanside.com.
- Lincoln's slam poets are off to nationals - Lincoln Journal Star
The poets are going to the show. Next week, the Nebraska Writers Collective team will head to Madison, Wis., to compete at the 2008 National Poetry Slam. The annual five-day event is the largest poetry performance gathering in the world. The Lincoln ...
- Vermilion pastor a profound preacher - Canada Western Catholic Reporter
Canada Western Catholic ReporterVermilion pastor a profound preacherCanada Western Catholic Reporter, Canada - 5 hours ago"He was kind of a romantic soul who would write poetry to express his feelings." Zarebski, who came to Vermilion to preside at Lasko's funeral Mass Aug. ...
- 187 REASONS MEXICANOS CAN’T CROSS THE BORDER - New York Times
187 REASONS MEXICANOS CAN’T CROSS THE BORDERNew York Times, United States - Aug 8, 2008“Performance & text-in-the-community work,” Herrera claims, “is at the core of all Chican@ poetry.” (Herrera likes the @ suffix for words that could end ...
- RAW Deal Looms for Taxpayers Unless Terminator and Lawmakers Act Fast - The Santa Barbara Independent
RAW Deal Looms for Taxpayers Unless Terminator and Lawmakers Act FastThe Santa Barbara Independent, CA - 4 hours agoThe governor, meanwhile, keeps flogging his proposal to sell off shares of the lottery, a strategy that so far has had as much effect as publishing poetry. ...
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