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- In airport limbo, a life story takes wing (Denver Post)
They bully us, overcharge us and then ask us to hold, please, for 40 minutes just to lodge our complaints. Americans spend so much time in this robotic consumer purgatory, it's a wonder novelists haven't spied a story here.
- Book festival reaching for a 'new crowd' (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
For Andy Kahan and Sara Goddard, director and associate director of author events at the Free Library's Central Branch, the second annual Philadelphia Book Festival this weekend will be an upbeat work in progress.
- A flood of remembrances: Johnstown, Pa., floats new attractions to lure tourists (Miami Herald)
Row after row of unmarked graves in Johnstown's Grandview Cemetery -- more than 700 -- are stark testimony to one of the most darkly ironic moments in American history.
- Love Bites: An Interview With Toby Barlow - Mother Jones
Mother JonesLove Bites: An Interview With Toby BarlowMother Jones, CA - 6 minutes agoA pared-down language that resembles poetry and resembles good rock lyrics and a lot of forms of language. But it was just fun to play with. ...
- The Week[end]: May 2 - 4, 2008 (Isthmus)
May kicks off big around Madison this weekend, with the summer preludes of Gallery Night and the Mifflin Street Block Party leading the way. Other events around town include: the Going Green Wisconsin Expo; productions of 'lt;i'gt;The Nerd'lt;/i'gt;, 'lt;i'gt;Lost Track'lt;/i'gt;, and 'lt;i'gt;Multiple O'lt;/i'gt;; performances by Universes, the UW Madrigal Singers, and Martin Espada 'amp; ...
- Shepherd Bliss: Oil, Food and Agrotherapy (UN Observer)
2008-05-22 | Petroleum supplies slowly dwindle as demand rapidly soars. So the prices of gasoline and oil that supply modern societies with their industrial production of food will go up, up, and away. A radically different future than the oil-energized twentieth century is dawning.
- A genteel affair in 'city of poets and singers' - Irish Times
A genteel affair in 'city of poets and singers'Irish Times, Ireland - 1 hour agoHe recites the lines of A Thousand Kisses Deep , then tells us what a privilege it is to read poetry "in this city of poets and singers". ...
- Gowdy, Lee up for Trillium prize - CBC News
Barbara Gowdy and Dennis Lee are among the finalists for this year's Trillium Book Award, Ontario's premier literary prize. The winners will be announced on June 12. Gowdy, winner of the Marian Engel Award in 1996, which recognizes the complete body ...
- Lending a voice - Tacoma Weekly
Lending a voiceTacoma Weekly, WA - 1 hour agoAnd coming to Theatre on the Square May 2, his words will be put on stage in a form that is a little bit different than your usual poetry reading. ...
- Colloque NeMLA Boston - Fabula
Colloque NeMLA BostonFabula, France - 3 hours ago... including poetry, fiction and theatre. Papers on historical texts or on those dealing with migration or displacement in the North American context are ...
- Washington Post Food Critic - Washington Post
Washington Post Food CriticWashington Post, United States - 5 hours ago(I won a poetry contest in third grade, for something I submitted to Wee Wisdom magazine.) So I guess I've always felt comfortable around food and words. ...
- ART GALLERIES, MUSEUMS - The Wichita Eagle
ART GALLERIES, MUSEUMSThe Wichita Eagle, KS - 11 hours agoPoetry Aloud, read your own work or that of a poet you admire, 7-9 pm, Zoomdweebie's Tea Bar, 3010 E. Central. Free. Information, 316-440-4202. ...
- The mix: Really cool things to do (Chicago Sun-Times)
The Printers Row Book Fair is set for Saturday and Sunday, centered at Dearborn and Polk. The event includes more than 150 booksellers from across the country displaying, new, used and antiquarian books. Admission is free. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days.
- Happy Birthday, Maya Angelou - TriVallyCentral
It didn't take long to figure out Maya Angelou was in the building. The author and poet was met with a chorus of cheers and camera flashes from onlookers as she moved across the red carpet into her 80th birthday celebration at Atlanta's Woodruff Arts ...
- Hundreds honor Orange's fallen law officers - Orlando Sentinel
Hundreds of people listened to songs, poetry, prayers and speeches Thursday night at the Orange County Courthouse as they honored the county's fallen law-enforcement officers. This year's annual Law Enforcement Memorial was dedicated to the memory of ...
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