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- People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term 'Lesbian' - Forbes
A Greek court has been asked to draw the line between the natives of the Aegean Sea island of Lesbos and the world's gay women. Three islanders from Lesbos - home of the ancient poet Sappho, who praised love between women - have taken a gay rights ...
- Different way to listen: UVSC professor explores how, why sound affects people (Deseret Morning News)
Alex Caldiero listens to sound differently than others. He regards the Karl G. Maeser building on Brigham Young University's campus as "an incredible instrument."
- School librarian dons different personas to get kids to read - Sacramento Bee
School librarian dons different personas to get kids to readSacramento Bee, USA - 1 hour agoAt a pretend coffeehouse poetry event, she comes as a beatnik. At the Colonial market day for third-graders, she is Mrs. Thomas Farthing. ...
- Facing up to the post-web world (Guardian Unlimited)
While concentrating on "Culture and politics after the web", Mute continues to appear in compact volumes of sturdy paper and ink. It's a quarterly journal of thought-provoking, and sometimes trenchantly expressed, opinion.
- Poetry in the Park - Times Tribune of Corbin
Poetry in the ParkTimes Tribune of Corbin, KY - 1 hour agoJunior Dakota Taylor was one of the many students who submitted his poem for inclusion on the tree. His poems is about the Virginia Tech tragedy. ...
- The Best of Beach Reading (The New York Sun)
Few pleasures say summer like sand between the toes and a good book between the fingers — and this summer, we suggest picking up a few well-written, lighthearted reads that won't take up all of the room in your Tory Burch tote. 'I Was Told There'd Be Cake' by Sloane Crosley (Riverhead) Much has been made in book circles about a certain publicist-to-the-literary stars whose debut collection of ...
- Funding the food price fiasco - Asia Times
If you want to see why the damned government is continually raising your taxes, spending more and more money, growing bigger and bigger all the damned time and locking up a full one percent of the population in prison, part of the answer is in the ...
- Saddam 'feared catching AIDS' (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein feared catching AIDS during his US-supervised captivity, according to excerpts of his prison writings.
- Saturday, May 03, 2008 (Marion Chronicle-Tribune)
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- EVENTS CALENDAR Go & Do (The Dodge City Daily Globe)
“Meet Kansas Poet Laureate Denise Low” in a presentation at 7p.m. at Dodge City Public Library. This free program gives you a chance to hear Low discuss her works. The program is open to all interested in poetry and literature.
- On DVD, reviving memories of the great Maxwell Street Market - Chicago Sun-Times
Sociologists describe it as a point of entry for Eastern European immigrants and transplanted Southern blacks. Blues lovers point to the many greats who got their start there entertaining Sunday shoppers in pre-mall Middle America. Jewish businessmen ...
- Portraits: Moving on: 'Ro' Bettencourt, a poetry champion, is ... - Trading Markets (press release)
Portraits: Moving on: 'Ro' Bettencourt, a poetry champion, is ...Trading Markets (press release), CA - 22 hours agoThinking more, she adds, "People say to me that I never had time to be a kid. I don't think I missed anything. I have no regrets. ...
- A house not for mere mortals - Marconews (subscription)
A house not for mere mortalsMarconews (subscription), FL - 1 hour agoOver the next several decades, living in a loft building on Houston Street, they produced a body of work that includes poetry, philosophy, paintings and ...
- Who steals copper? Kwan Manasseh, others like him - MinnPost.com
MinnPost.comWho steals copper? Kwan Manasseh, others like himMinnPost.com, MN - 51 minutes agoKwan liked to recite his poetry, loudly and with conviction. He delivered passionate soliloquies on morals, child-rearing techniques and his visions of ...
- OSU to Oxford: Studying English across the ocean - Daily O'Collegian
OSU to Oxford: Studying English across the oceanDaily O'Collegian, OK - 51 minutes agoWilliams began reading John Donne and George Herbert when he was 16, which lead to his interest in Renaissance poetry. He said he feels Donne influenced his ...
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