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- Margaret Atwood wins Spanish literary award - Times Daily
Canadian author Margaret Atwood has won Spain's Prince of Asturias literary prize. The jury praised the 68-year-old writer for work that covers several genres "with sharpness and irony." It says in a statement Wednesday that Atwood "defends the ...
- Jordan- Farah Al Nas hits the airwaves (MENAFN)
Jordan- Farah Al Nas hits the airwaves
- Elevated cinema - The Villager
Elevated cinemaThe Villager, NY - 7 hours agoAn abstract and formal film, it centers on the city from the perspective of two women looking at life on the streets through a glazed window. ...
- The 411 Music Top 5 07.29.08 Top Prog Rock Bands - 411mania.com
The 411 Music Top 5 07.29.08 Top Prog Rock Bands411mania.com, TX - 1 hour agoYou want musical recreation of poetry – "Xanadu". Political statements – "Manhattan Project" and "Territories". Tales of individual isolation – Pick up ...
- Yolo County libraries offer much more than books (The Daily Democrat)
People may be surprised to learn that Yolo County Library, with seven branches, has much more to offer than books.
- What is there to do at 93? Well, why not publish a book? - Recorder Community Newspapers
MORRISTOWN – For most people, just making it to the age of 93, is an accomplishment in itself. So what in the world is one to make of a retired attorney of that age who decided he wasn’t about to just putter around the house but instead plunge ...
- Olympics: Shawn Johnson delivers poetry in silver motion - guardian.co.uk
Olympics: Shawn Johnson delivers poetry in silver motionguardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoHer fellow American Nastia Liukin won the gold. Photographer: Lluis Gene/AFP There are two statues of Shawn Johnson in Iowa. One is carved in bronze and ...
- Reporting: Los Angeles - American Reporter
DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- I've always blamed Jack Kerouac. "On the Road" was published on Sept. 5, 1957, making it 50 years old this week. With it, Kerouac gave an overarching identity to his friends on both coasts - including poet Alan Ginsberg; traveling ...
- I survived Madras in May - Sify
I am back in America after a year’s stint in Chennai. Now I have started missing Chennai. While I have lived in Mumbai for several years earlier, the year’s stay in Madras leaves me with mixed emotions. Having lived in the U.S. for almost 30 ...
- Eco-Friendly Books Explore The Literary Green (NPR)
Reading words printed on dead trees doesn't automatically translate into saving the planet. But by encouraging us to reevaluate the world around us, these three books offer a vision of a different path forward.
- Former Oakland Municipal Court judge Courtland 'Don' Arne dies at age ... - Oakland Tribune
Although former Oakland Municipal Judge Courtland Donald Arne was a man in public office, to friends and family he was more than a judge. He was a renaissance man, best known as Don, who loved travel, poetry and music. "In the evening when I would ...
- Depth of talent unbelievable - Montana Standard
Break out your dancing shoes and your water bottle and head Uptown. The National Folk Festival has finally arrived, bringing the widest array of music ever to hit these century-old Butte streets, at least all in the same weekend. The craft shows ...
- Laughs flow in 'Beer for My Horses' (The Tennessean)
If you could combine Men at Work and Miami Vice, you might have a good starting point for Beer for My Horses, the latest vehicle for star/co-writer/ executive producer Toby Keith. It's a likable (if somewhat predictable) and fairly entertaining movie, best enjoyed with a moonshine slushee at a drive-in.
- Norman Lear, Maya Angelou, Morgan Freeman (International Herald Tribune)
A roundup of the day's celebrity news.
- Composer Pays Hotchkiss Visit - Litchfield County Times
Composer Pays Hotchkiss VisitLitchfield County Times, CT - 4 hours ago"I write a great deal of choral music but I like to use American poetry for the words when I can get permission. When I do write the words, ...
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