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- Local Dispatch: A Poetry Slam dunk, from the halls of Pittsburgh ... - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Hey, here's an idea. Take a bunch of eighth-graders desperately consumed with what's cool, what's not, what their friends think of what they wear, what they do and what they say -- and have them deliver their hopes, dreams, fears into words on a page ...
- A true 'Treasure' - Louisville Courier-Journal
"Treasure Island," Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure story, sets sail today at Iroquois Amphitheater. The pirate tale features swashbuckling sword fights and a 19-foot ship with movable sails. The musical is Stage One's final production of ...
- Fisher's 'Wishful Drinking' to Play San Jose This Summer; She's DC-Bound (Playbill via Yahoo! News)
Actress-writer Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking, the comic and sobering look at her Tinseltown life, will play San Jose Repertory Theatre in California July 23-Aug. 2.
- Turkmen president orders removal of his autocratic predecessor's ... - International Herald Tribune
Turkmen president orders removal of his autocratic predecessor's ...International Herald Tribune, France - 1 hour agoAnd he wrote several poetry books was well as the Rukhnama — a code of moral guidelines that became required reading for schoolchildren and government ...
- Williams clash in seventh grand slam - News.com.au
SERENA and Venus Williams will today wake in their sumptuous rented house nestled in the Wimbledon village before sharing breakfast, conversation and a car to the All England Club. Once safely ensconced in a deserted ladies' locker room, the sisters ...
- Father's anger as murder accused goes free - Scotsman
THE father of a man stabbed to death outside a pub described the inquiry into his son's murder as a "disaster" after the teenager branded a killer in a poem was cleared of any wrongdoing. Nathan Dixon, 18, was named in poems displayed on lampposts ...
- Richard Helgerson 1940-2008 - The Santa Barbara Independent
Richard Helgerson 1940-2008The Santa Barbara Independent, CA - 1 hour agoThe previous month he had begun writing what he projected as a large comparative study of the “new poetry†of 16th-century Europe, one that he expected ...
- Rethinking the Paperback Timeline - New York Times Blogs
Rethinking the Paperback TimelineNew York Times Blogs, NY - 9 minutes agoMr. Mehta said Knopf also publishes some poetry volumes simultaneously in paperback and hardcover. Sometimes book stores will stock both a hardcover and ...
- From giant carrot to blue-trunk tree, a garden just screams 'special' - Seattle Times
"I can't let soil lie fallow. I have to plant every bare patch," says Johanna Nitzke Marquis. The raised beds are made of colored concrete that was poured into wood-textured forms, then coated with milk paint to tone down the terra-cotta color. The ...
- Bright Star - femalefirst.co.uk
London 1818: a secret love affair begins between 23 year old English poet, John Keats, and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, an outspoken student of high fashion. This unlikely pair began at odds, he thinking her a stylish minx, while she was ...
- Film Weekly: Edinburgh film festival - Guardian Unlimited
I've tried to capture the buzz of Edinburgh in this week's podcast. The festival stands alone in its new June slot, away from the accrued hubbub it used to get when unfurling during all the other Edinburgh festivals in August. It's a brave move and ...
- Royal /Ui/o/oo, Zimbabwe And Our Foreign Policy (The Namibian)
For all his life, Aimé fought against colonialism and for black pride. In his first work of poetry, the celebrated 'Cahier d'un retour au pays natal', published in 1939, he had wanted to be the mouthpiece of all the oppressed who didn't have the means to express themselves.
- Mental illness survivors launch book - fijilive.com (subscription)
Mental illness survivors launch bookfijilive.com (subscription), Fiji - 3 hours ago... poetry and autobiographical sketches. The book is being launched at Sukuna Park in Suva tomorrow morning at the “Dare to Care†campaign, aimed to stop ...
- Patient's lawsuit cites sex with nurse (Toronto Star)
It started with an innocent game of chess between a patient and his nurse. But it quickly evolved.
- Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston set for a box-office battle ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Will Jennifer Aniston win at the box office over Other Woman Angelina Jolie? Because there's nothing like a catfight to draw attention, this summer's release of "Changeling" starring Angelina Jolie and "He's Just Not That Into You" starring Jennifer ...
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