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- the has-been - Slate
Someone's Better Off: With a deep recession looming and the government going bust, the widespread consensus is that the financial crisis strikes a bitter blow to the presidential candidates' grand policy ambitions. As Ted Widmer asked in the Outlook ...
- Local coffee shops offer more than just coffee - Daily Vidette
Local coffee shops offer more than just coffeeDaily Vidette, IL - 16 hours agoSomething else unique to the Coffeehouse is the poetry slams that go on every other Wednesday night from 7:30-9:30 pm These poetry slams consist of local ...
- Events Calendar for July 31 to Aug. 9 - Andover Townsman
Events Calendar for July 31 to Aug. 9Andover Townsman, MA - 2 hours agoMassachusetts Poetry Festival: A diverse group of partner organizations will come together to present the first-ever Massachusetts Poetry Festival in ...
- Novelist opens the door on a psychotic mind - Kentucky.com
Novelist opens the door on a psychotic mindKentucky.com, KY - 1 minute agoThen I moved here (North Carolina), and I lost the ability to write poetry, which I thought would kill me. There was no reason for me to go on. ...
- Pakistani poet Ahmad Faraz dies at 78 (Moldova.org)
Renowned Pakistani poet Ahmad Faraz has died in Islamabad at age 78, family members say. He had been in a critical condition at Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad since returning from the United States last month, the newspaper Pakistan Dawn said. Faraz had suffered kidney failure and had been put on dialysis while in Chicago. He died Monday.The newspaper said Faraz had a passion for ...
- Nocturnal van Gogh, illuminating the darkness - International Herald Tribune
Devoting an exhibition to Vincent van Gogh, among the world's most beloved artists, may not seem like much of a reach for the Museum of Modern Art. On paper, at least, "Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night" reads like an obvious play for big box ...
- What The "Subprime Poetry Crisis" Means For The Overheated Metapor ... - Gawker
Last night at a poetry reading marking the release of the 2008 Best American Poetry anthology the distinguished poet and Finding Forrester star Charles Bernstein delivered a stirring plea for swift intervention to stave off the subprime poetry crisis ...
- Pornography and rape - New York Times Blogs
Pornography and rapeNew York Times Blogs, NY - 2 hours ago... songs, poetry, art, becoming rich, developing a quick wit (a sign of intelligence, which is a good feature for children to have), etc. ...
- The spa gondala of Venice - Times Online
Times OnlineThe spa gondala of VeniceTimes Online, UK - 6 hours agoViggo Mortensen, portrayer of all things dark and broody in films such as A History of Violence and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, is a dab hand with a ...
- Key Georgian city's residents line up for bread, chat with Russian ... - Boston Globe
GORI, Georgia - Under a statue of Josef Stalin, the best-known product of this city, a Russian and a Georgian were discussing the war. The Georgian was wearing a T-shirt and track pants. The Russian was in uniform, holding an AK-47. Archil Tadianidze ...
- Update: Jerry Wilson - TheDay
Update: Jerry WilsonTheDay, CT - 2 hours agoWhen he was the Valley Courier Person of the Week several years ago, Wilson was involved in writing his own poetry and in organizing poetry readings. ...
- Local groups net $126K in arts grants - Daily Advance
Local schools and nonprofit groups will receive grants totalling $125,967 from the North Carolina Arts Council, the state agency announced Wednesday. The Gates County Schools will receive the largest of the grants — $25,000 — to pay the costs of ...
- Rob Walker's 'Buying In' (International Herald Tribune)
That Americans are consumed by consumerism will surprise few. But as Rob Walker points out in "Buying In," few will admit that they frequently succumb to salesmanship, and that marketing produces needs they never knew they had.
- Community Calendar: Aug. 24-30 - Budgeteer
Community Calendar: Aug. 24-30Budgeteer, MN - 50 minutes ago21 at UMD’s Tweed Museum of Art. “Trail Guide: A Guide to the Northland Experience in Poetry and Prints,” the biennial poetry and prints collaboration (with ...
- Palestinian saga personified - Arab News
Wall Street JournalPalestinian saga personifiedArab News, Saudi Arabia - 34 minutes agoHe hailed from a simple Palestinian family, was taught to read by his grandfather, started writing poetry by the age of seven and like millions of ...Video: Remembering Mahmoud Darwish - 10 Aug 08 AlJazeeraEnglishPalestinian poet Darwish to be buried Wednesday ReutersMAHMOUD DARWISH WE ALWAYS LIVE IN THE HEART & MIND OF THE PEOPLE Cleveland Indy MediaInternational Herald Tribune - Los Angeles Timesall 542 news articles
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