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- Barack Obama: The Contender - Belfast Telegraph
Three years ago, David Usborne travelled to Illinois to check out the young senator who, even then, was regarded by many as a president-in-waiting. He found a humble but ambitious man, with his eyes firmly on the prize It wasn't very long ago when ...
- No matter the destination, everything falls into place - ENC Today
No matter the destination, everything falls into placeENC Today, NC - 1 hour agoShe had begun writing poetry and songs as early as third grade and by high school, she and her friends played music on their guitars. "It was the '60s, ...
- John Ashbery — movie fan and canonical poet - Times-West Virginian
John Ashbery — movie fan and canonical poetTimes-West Virginian, WV - 9 hours ago“He has enlarged the vocabulary of American poetry,†says critic Helen Vendler. “He does not let any conventions of expression stand in his way. ...
- George C. Chesbro dies at 68; wrote offbeat detective novels - Los Angeles Times
George C. Chesbro dies at 68; wrote offbeat detective novelsLos Angeles Times, CA - Dec 1, 2008The writing, nonstop and violent, can also be very funny. Mongo played on a local softball team in his spare time and noted that he led the league in walks. ...
- Cecil Taylor: Still Wonderfully, Inventive '†and Crazy '†After ... - All About Jazz
Cecil Taylor: Still Wonderfully, Inventive '†and Crazy '†After ...All About Jazz, PA - Oct 27, 2008While padding in his moccasins, at times slowly dancing toward the Steinway at the front of the Gothic hall, this legendary jazz player—one of the purest ...
- Church relives history SOLDIERS SCRIBBLED THEIR SENTIMENTS SOME CHURCH ... - Free Lance-Star
From the upper floor of Massaponax Baptist Church, Terry Thomann uses a 19th-century-style camera to capture yesterday's re-enactment. BEN FREDMAN/THE FREE LANCE-STAR BEN FREDMAN/THE FREE LANCE-STAR In 1864, Union Gen. Ulysses Grant had the pews ...
- Fake philosophy, real laziness. - Yale Daily News
Fake philosophy, real laziness.Yale Daily News, CT - 12 hours agoHe has put together a funny little glossary which cannot fail to bring a smile to the reader’s face. Glenn’s definitions at first amuse, and then end up ...
- Prize finalists lend inspiration (BBC News)
Six young writers vying to win the £60,000 Dylan Thomas Prize go to Welsh universities to encourage others in their footsteps.
- Irish music group will share dreams of a green Christmas at the State ... - Kalamazoo Gazette
Irish band Teada, pictured, and vocalist Cara Dillon will perform Dec. 5 at the State Theatre. KALAMAZOO -- It turns out Christmas in Ireland is just like it is here -- except there is step-dancing to Grandpa's mean jig on the fiddle. Star Irish ...
- Local authors deserve to be present(s) under the Christmas tree - Southside Pride
Local authors deserve to be present(s) under the Christmas treeSouthside Pride, MN - 11 hours agoIt is familiar and at the same time very strange, and the poetry on the opposing page seems to spring to life at the suggestion of the image. ...
- INTELLECTUAL LOOK (New York Post)
SOME celebrity-snapping photographers have interests beyond the stars they hunt on the streets. Take The Post's Lawrence Schwartzwald, who reads poetry. When Schwartzwald ran into Patti Smith one chilly day in the Village, he asked the rocker to...
- Tracking Olympic Torch Relay, PEN Poem Relay lands in North America - CNW Group
TORONTO, April 8 /CNW/ - Raising awareness of rights violations in China through poetry, the PEN Poem Relay is crossing the globe, touching down in North America on April 9. The Pen Poem Relay features the translation and reading of the poem 'June ...
- Forced serendipity - Anchorage Daily News
Forced serendipityAnchorage Daily News, AK - 13 hours agoFarnsworth discovered Kane's poetry when he heard her read during an event showcasing work by young Alaska Native writers and performers. ...
- Amazon Art Institute Helps Recover Indigenous Roots - Inter Press Service
MANAUS, Brazil, Sep 24 (IPS) - Dhiani Pa'saro came to Manaus, the bustling city of 1.7 million people in the heart of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, eight years ago, after wandering from one village or town to another. At the time he planned to become ...
- Professor attempts to raise profile of poetry - Post-Bulletin
Professor attempts to raise profile of poetryPost-Bulletin, MN - 27 minutes agoThis summer, Armstrong teamed up with Winona's Great River Shakespeare Festival to create the City-Wide Sonnet Contest. More than 50 entrants from all walks ...
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