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- Books: "Capitol Men" (The New Yorker)
During Reconstruction, sixteen black men served as congressmen. They have been scorned as bumbling, corrupt, or ineffectual--former field hands in shiny suits--and even the growing recognition, in recent years, of the shamefulness of the North’s abandonment of Reconstruction has not entirely effaced that caricature. Dray’s book should do . . .
- Robert Schwab - Examiner.com
Examiner.comRobert SchwabExaminer.com - 28 minutes agoHe currently writes poetry. These websites were picked by the Denver Literary Examiner as useful resources. by Robert Schwab, Denver Literary Examiner The ...
- An Interview with Charles Baxter - Bookslut
An Interview with Charles BaxterBookslut, IL - 34 minutes agoYou’ve written two collections of essays (Beyond Plot and Burning Down the House), one work of poetry, (Imagining Paintings) and now, nine works of fiction. ...
- Washington State Book Award winners - Seattle Times
Seattle TimesWashington State Book Award winnersSeattle Times, United States - 4 hours agoBooks winning this year's Washington State Book Awards include a sci-fi thriller by Matt Ruff, poetry by state poet laureate Samuel Green, a new history of ...
- Kittitas County teacher named state teacher of the year (Seattle Times)
Susan Johnson, a veteran language-arts teacher at Cle Elum-Roslyn High School in Kitsap County, was named Washington state's teacher of...
- Healing the World Piece by Peace -- New Storybook of Poetry Reveals Hope for Personal and Public Healing (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
ELGIN, S.C., Sept. 18, 2008 -- In a world besieged with war, unrest, racism, disease, love and death, how does one attain personal and global healing? Join author Elaine Jackson and go on an alluring poetic journey of life, healing, and reflection in Healing the World Piece by Peace.
- Spotlight: Teresa "Teri" Layton - Naples Daily News
Most will remember Teresa “Teri” Layton as a restaurateur following in her mother’s footsteps. But what many didn’t know was that she was a writer. A poet, really. Whether it was stringing together prose about the birth of her three children ...
- A "message" for Obama. - Slate
At the insistence of the McCain campaign, the Oct. 2 debate between the Republican nominee for vice president, Gov. Sarah Palin, and her Democratic rival, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., will have shorter question-and-answer segments than those for the ...
- Endangered language doesn’t die away - Examiner.com
Examiner.comEndangered language doesn’t die awayExaminer.com - 4 hours agoThe company has also founded a group of scholars who believe they have reproduced the sound of classical Latin through poetry. The preservation of obscure ...
- Lights up on the Audience - Brooklyn Rail
Brooklyn RailLights up on the AudienceBrooklyn Rail, NY - 4 hours agoThe movement, poetry, and singing were all inspired by a letter Tenenbaum had received from, perhaps, a former love interest. The two works that followed ...
- Religious police forced him to sign pledge - Al-Arabiya
Al-ArabiyaReligious police forced him to sign pledgeAl-Arabiya, United Arab Emirates - 3 hours agoDawasri received the Contemporary Literature Award for Poetry in Warsaw for his poem Shahadet Sareer (A Bed Testimony) and has taken part in several poetry ...
- Pigeon racing book is no flight of fancy - Hamilton Advertiser news
Pigeon racing book is no flight of fancyHamilton Advertiser news, UK - 16 hours agoThe book also includes pictures and poetry about the pastime which is enjoyed by thousands of fanciers. Flights of Memory has details of the 25 racing clubs ...
- The Rev. John Dear is not afraid to step on toes — so long as no one ... - Ledger-Enquirer
The Rev. John Dear, S.J., has had two major conversions in his life: the first to Christianity as a college student at Duke University, and the second as an aspiring priest at the Sea of Galilee. The second was nearly as profound as the first ...
- Students, teachers compile own textbook (The Herald News)
When Ally Mahoney, 16, reads her American literature book for class, she's quite familiar with some of the excerpts because she typed them. Ally, a junior at Joliet West High School is one of a handful of students, who helped with the typing and editing of the school district's new textbook "Selections in American Letters: What is the American Dream?" In spring of 2007, English teachers were ...
- Grand Junction resident keeps track of the year with poetry - Grand Junction Free Press
Grand Junction resident keeps track of the year with poetryGrand Junction Free Press, CO - 2 hours agoLuis Lopez loved memorizing poems as a child. The first poem he ever learned by heart was Edgar Allen Poe’s “El Dorado.” “I used to recite it and other ...
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