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- CMT's Lance Smith Releases Children's Book - CMT.com
CMT's Lance Smith Releases Children's BookCMT.com, TN - 24 minutes agoSmith, who served as emcee of the Dixie Chicks' 2000 Fly tour, joined CMT as the network's first VJ in 2001. The Nashville native has written poetry since ...
- German Sculptor Wins German Book Trade Peace Prize (Deutsche Welle)
Anselm Kiefer, a German sculptor, was awarded the German Book Trade Peace Prize in Frankfurt's St Paul's Church Sunday, Oct. 19.
- A clash of two birthdays (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
Kuntar, the unrepentant child-killer psychopath and called on the network to "publicly apologize to its viewers in the Arab world for attempting to turn their children into the likes of Kuntar; to the journalism community, for robbing the profession of its nobleness, and, most urgently, to us, citizens of this planet, for re-legitimizing barbarity in the public square."
- A Thanksgiving-themed limerick contest gobbles up winners (Contra Costa Times)
Said my husband to me in November, "Let's do this just like I remember. We'll cook a big beast, and have a great feast, and eat leftovers clean through December." -- Linda Zittel, El Cerrito
- Virgin Times Square Closes to Make Way For Expansion of Disney's Theme ... - Broadway World
Disney's scattered theme park in New York City (meaning their Broadway shows and 5th ave store) may have a new central hub -- it's Main Street USA, if you will. It's been announced that the VIRGIN Megastore in its prime Times Square location will be ...
- Fantasy, book awards (The Fayetteville Observer)
Ricardo Amado, a Fort Bragg soldier, has released a young adult fantasy novel, “Everland Volume I: Opal’s Book of Winter.†Amado writes that the story “is about four teenage girls who escape from a miserable foster home existence to a fantasy everland where anything is possible.â€
- Call Him Eloquent Abe, the Writer in Chief (New York Times)
Fred Kaplan never mentions Barack Obama by name in his new book, but its focus on the role that language and writing played in one president?s life promises to shed light on the role they may play in another?s.
- Commentary: Barack Obama and the graveyard of hope (AllGambian.Net)
I am finding it very difficult to join in the jubilation about Senator Barack Obama. Not that I want to deny the man his victory, but my impulse to celebrate keeps deflating on the idea that the best thing that happened to little Barack was not growing up in Kenya.
- Lisa Starr: ‘Mad with Yellow’ (The Block Island Times)
Rhode Island’s poet laureate and island resident Lisa Starr proves the adage that the “show must go on.†Though she broke her leg playing tennis on Saturday with her husband Champ, Starr kept her promise to read from her recently published third book of poetry “Mad with Yellow†on Sunday afternoon, October 12. Her audience filled the sanctuary of the Harbor Baptist Church.
- Creative writers in Ilminster - Chard & Ilminster News
Creative writers in IlminsterChard & Ilminster News, UK - 6 hours agoThe evening will be a celebration of their achievements in poetry and prose as well as musical accompaniment and wine. All tickets cost £3 with some of the ...
- Donor offers $100000 to arts trust - Nelson Mail
Donor offers $100000 to arts trustNelson Mail, New Zealand - 1 hour ago"From rap music to symphony, from poetry to pageants, and from emerging artists to living treasures." The event on Saturday night marked the official ...
- LOVE RAT: X Factor star's secrets - News of the World
LOVE RAT: X Factor star's secretsNews of the World, UK - 12 hours agoHe wrote me poetry, told me how much he loved me and said he wanted us to grow old together. He was a real charmer and truly made me think he loved me. ...
- Word to a friend - GreaterKashmir.com (press release)
Word to a friendGreaterKashmir.com (press release), India - 9 hours agoPoetry of Iqbal might be out of fashion today, nonetheless no body can match his eloquence when he ventures out to discuss concept of Khudi – quest towards ...
- Gunshot survivor Robert Bozeman has skull fixed - Miami Herald
For three years, Robert Bozeman wouldn't leave his apartment in Brownsville without wearing a cap. It hid the side of his head doctors had removed after he was struck by a bullet. The shooting transformed a listless teenager to a purposeful young ...
- Don't Read His Lips -- You Might Be Offended - Wall Street Journal
The rock star Bono's campaigns against poverty and disease have won acclaim from the Bush administration. The U2 frontman's language is another matter. When a U2 song won a Golden Globe award in 2003, Bono, on a live broadcast, blurted out, "This is ...
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