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- Learning by Ear - Slate
If opinion polls are to be believed, the French are still ambivalent about their first lady, Carla Bruni. Bruni, of course, is a former supermodel and current multimillion-album-selling singer-songwriter, but she is still best-known for her avocation ...
- An under-rated giant - CricInfo.com
CricInfo.comAn under-rated giantCricInfo.com, UK - 13 minutes agoIt is more blessed to make a stirring 30 full of poetry-provoking strokes than to make a dogged half-century that might lead to a victory. ...
- 'Every day a gift' for well-traveled retired teacher - Vadnais Heights Press
'Every day a gift' for well-traveled retired teacherVadnais Heights Press, MN - 1 hour ago... high school-age writing contest. She pulls together a panel of professional writers and judges who choose the winners from categories including poetry, ...
- Arts: News From The Arts World (Cleveland Scene)
By Michael Gill It's become tradition in the non-profit arts world that when longtime leaders step down, their jobs are split in two. The nature of the business seems to compel people to perform above and beyond the call of duty, at least in terms of time spent and money earned. That's certainly the case with Joyce Casey, who will retire from her position as Dobama Theatre artistic director on ...
- 'Devil' in the (writing) details - SIU - Daily Egyptian
'Devil' in the (writing) detailsSIU - Daily Egyptian, IL - 8 hours agoPoetry, prose and panels will once again dominate the Student Center ballrooms for this year's Devil's Kitchen Fall Literary Festival. ...
- U.S. Navy veteran took pride in family and community service - Detroit News
From joining local boards in hopes of improving services to imparting wisdom to his children, Albert "Joe" Allen regularly proved himself. "He liked to improve things ... getting people aligned and making changes for the better," said his daughter ...
- Donald Finkel, 79, poet noted for juxtapositions, free style - Boston Globe
NEW YORK - Donald Finkel, a noted American poet whose work teemed with curious juxtapositions, which in their unorthodoxy helped illuminate the function of poetry itself, died on Nov. 15 at his home in St. Louis. He was 79. The cause was ...
- Griffin Poetry Prize judges announced - Nationalpost.com
The job of judging the 2009 Griffin Poetry Prize has gone to a Canadian, an American and an Irishman. Judge Saskia Hamilton of New York most recently edited a book of correspondence between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Dennis O’Driscoll has ...
- Importing a passion for poetry - Guardian Unlimited
Imagine living in a society where poetry was considered to be the most important art form. Where a poet could easily fill a football stadium. Where a poet's death was the top news story for days. Where dictators would ply poets with gifts and ...
- Sign of the times - we're turning into robots - Times Online
I must apologise to fellow passengers on the 0731 from Newton Abbot. I may have snorted. I know I laughed, out loud and suddenly, in the dozing carriage. This outburst of joy was occasioned by the report of a Welsh road sign near an Asda. It said ...
- Western Michigan University graduate Bob Hercules to screen Barack ... - Kalamazoo Gazette
It's often been said that "the personal is political," and that was certainly true of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's trip to Africa in August 2006. The tour is documented in "Senator Obama Goes to Africa," directed by Western Michigan University graduate ...
- Bird Walk (The Capital)
Ages 16+ Search for birds in several refuge habitats on this guided hike. Field guides and binoculars recommended.
- Reginal Briefs - Kearney Hub
The Kearney Hub has promoted Cathy Headlee to circulation manager. Headlee, who joined the Hub in 1996, has worked at the paper the past six years as district manager and assistant circulation manager. As circulation manager, she oversees 200 ...
- Intellectuals rule Turkey's self-image at fair - Nation - Thailand
Turkey, special guest this year at the annual book-publishing event, has taken an historical approach, putting on an exhibition focused on the giants of 20th-century Istanbul intellectual life. They are shown giant-size in 1-metre-high black and ...
- Haunted happenings - Bellefontaine Examiner
The buzz has started. Whether it’s the late night whir of chainsaws outside Zanesfield or the talk around East Liberty of the mysterious UFO that has landed on the lawn of a village resident, it’s growing clearer that Halloween is fast ...
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