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- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish to be laid to rest in Ramallah - Haaretz.com
Palestinian national poet Mahmoud Darwish, whose words were seen as encapsulating the Palestinian cause, will get the equivalent of a state funeral in the West Bank on Tuesday - an honor only previously accorded to PLO leader Yasser Arafat. Tributes ...
- ‘Why can’t we play together?’ - Malta Today
‘Why can’t we play together?’Malta Today, Malta - 1 hour agoHis poetry got him into trouble from a very early age. As a Palestinian boy living under Israeli military rule from 1948 to 1986 he became aware that he, ...
- Hundreds gather at funeral for Palestinian poet Darwish (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered for the equivalent of a state funeral on Wednesday for Mahmud Darwish, the towering Arabic poet who gave voice to their bitter decades-old struggle.
- Iranian Writer Porochista Khakpour in Contention For $115,000 Dylan Thomas Prize (Payvand Iran News)
Porochista Khakpour, who was born in Tehran, Iran in 1978, is one of the nominated writers for her first novel, Sons and Other Flammable Objects. She received her BA from Sarah Lawrence College and her MA from Johns Hopkins University.
- WestConn plays host to literary festival - Danbury News-Times
DANBURY -- Starting Monday, Western Connecticut State University will present its fourth annual Summer Literary Festival, a week of public lectures and readings by nationally acclaimed authors. The writers represent every part of the literary ...
- Mandela's 90th b'day celebrated (HT via Yahoo! India News)
Anti-apartheid activist and former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday was celebrated at Springdales, Dhaula Kuan, on Friday. The event, which concluded the school's Africa Week celebrations, began with a speech by Principal Jyoti Bose welcoming all the dignitaries, including Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma; South African High Commissioner to India ...
- Catholicism and controversy - MSNBC
Since 1993 Italian physicist Nicola Cabibbo has presided over the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Though not a clergyÂman, he has been weathering countless criticisms of the Church’s handling of science issues. Still he remains resolute and ...
- NEVER A REST - New York Post
MELISSA Leo might be the hardest-working actress in show business. The Manhattan-born indie fave, whose Sundance-winning "Frozen River" is now in theaters, has six movies in the can: "Righteous Kill," "Greta," "True Adolescents," "Everybody's Fine ...
- JAMES THOMAS BROOKS - Kilgore News Herald
JAMES THOMAS BROOKSKilgore News Herald, USA - 2 hours ago... scabbards, and braiding with friends and family alike. He loved music and knew the words to all his favorite songs; he quoted lyrics like poetry and had ...
- UB's poetry treasures find global audience (The Buffalo News)
The knapsack Robert Graves carried in World War I. James Joyce's eyeglasses and opera cane. A self-portrait by Wyndham Lewis. The fold-up typewriter used by William Carlos Williams, plus his writing desk.
- Ready, set, read: Events surround ‘One Foot in Eden’ - DavidsonNews.net
Ready, set, read: Events surround ‘One Foot in Eden’DavidsonNews.net, NC - 1 hour agoThe author Ron Rash is perhaps better known for his poetry than his fiction, and brings his Appalachian heritage to his writing. ...
- Teens find free expression (Miami Herald)
Jon Kowalsky takes a stand each time he steps on stage. ''The message I want to broadcast is for people to open their hearts to new experiences and to pursue truth with an open mind,'' the Hollywood teen said.
- Who is Joe Biden? - Desert Sun
Few people in this town know the world like Joe Biden. The 65-year-old chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee returned recently from a visit to the Republic of Georgia to assess the Russian invasion there. He has visited Iraq more than ...
- Help schools at the Forum 35 book fair - 2TheAdvocate
Help schools at the Forum 35 book fair2TheAdvocate, LA - 2 hours agoMama Saba will be presenting Hip Hope Verse, a poetry program for teens. She will share poetry and stories geared toward what teens are interested in and ...
- No reason in love (Bennington Banner)
French mathematician Blaise Pascal, not one to brood on emotional fuzziness, once observed that "the heart has reasons that reason cannot know." Of course, it might have taken a scientist to philosophize such an understatement into history.
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