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- DeJohn Aims For Temple In Court - And Wins - The Bulletin
For nearly eight years, Christian DeJohn has been a graduate student at Temple University, attempting to earn a degree in military history. But due to his position as a sergeant in the Army National Guard, his quest for his diploma has been a rocky ...
- Flower in the junkyard - Salon
Alejandro Polanco in "Chop Shop." If you own a car and you live in or around New York City, you've at least heard about the Iron Triangle of Willets Point. Not because it's a zone of spectacular urban blight right in the middle of the continent's ...
- Men's Project Performance - Bay Area Indymedia
Men's Project PerformanceBay Area Indymedia, CA - 3 hours agoTopics to be addressed include: male privilege; platonic love between men; relationships with fathers and other family members; images of African American ...
- Kay Ryan named U.S. poet laureate (Moldova.org)
U.S. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington named Kay Ryan as the library's 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-09.Ryan, a 63-year-old California native, is to begin her duties in the fall, opening the library's annual literary series Oct. 16 with a reading of her work. She also will be a featured guest at the Library of Congress National Book Festival in the Poetry pavilion ...
- Local Talent Wins Going West Poetry Slam (Scoop.co.nz)
Avondale’s Courtney Meredith won the Going West Poetry Slam on Saturday night – the first woman to ever win the event.
- Sherman Alexie & Ballard - seattlepi.com Buzzworthy
seattlepi.com BuzzworthySherman Alexie & Ballardseattlepi.com Buzzworthy - 11 hours agoAlexie writes poetry and short stories in addition to his fiction and essays. He's working on the screenplay for "Absolutely True Diary" and revealed that ...
- Honored to Have Met Him - Washington Missourian
Curmel "Red" James, of Cedar Hill, an 81-year-old World War II Navy man, passed away last week. Back in July, I drove to Cedar Hill to meet "Red" and talk to him about the Franklin County Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. Red went to D.C. in June with ...
- Manhattan Theatre Club Announces More Casting and Dates for 2008-2009 ... - Broadway.com
Manhattan Theatre Club has released more details regarding its 2008-2009 season. New information includes new dates and casting for the world premiere of John Patrick Shanley's Romantic Poetry , further casting for the world premiere of Lynn Nottage ...
- 'TURNED' AGAINST DADDY - New York Post
She doesn't call him Daddy, can't identify him in a photo and doesn't grieve for her murdered father. Four-year-old Michelle Malakov has been "brainwashed" by her bitter mother, says her father Daniel's family. The girl - the subject of a vicious ...
- Brazilian director swaps Saramago for Shakespeare - Reuters
ReutersBrazilian director swaps Saramago for ShakespeareReuters - 1 hour agoEach line has poetry, philosophy, a deep understanding of what we are." The movie is based on a Brazilian adaptation of "Love's Labour's Lost" by moviemaker ...
- Of Mama, Jinkie and play-pretties - News & Observer
Of Mama, Jinkie and play-prettiesNews & Observer, NC - 21 minutes agoEither way, you'll have a good time. Michael Chitwood, a poet who lives in Chapel Hill, writes The N&O's poetry column.
- Belleville: A corner of Paris that was Edith Piaf's home (AP via Yahoo! News)
Tourists looking for old Paris charm and a taste of "La Vie en Rose" should head to Belleville, a largely overlooked part of the city and the birthplace of Edith Piaf.
- Tamblyn, the poet, stars in Litquake opener - San Francisco Gate
Thursday, September 25, 2008 Amber Tamblyn totally gets why people are suspicious of her writing abilities. "There's this underlying belief that actors are really shallow," she says with obvious exasperation. "And I think that is catastrophically ...
- The Big Chill Festival: Words in Motion - Times Online
The Big Chill Festival: Words in MotionTimes Online, UK - 13 minutes agoAnd as Byron notes, “Great swathes of the population believe that they hate poetry. People walk past poetry tents without even hearing anything and heckle. ...
- 'Cowboy Campfire Concert' Oct. 11 - Monte Vista Journal
MONTE VISTA — Rocky Mountain Stage Productions in Monte Vista will host the 30th annual Harvest Festival Evening of Music,”A Cowboy Campfire Concert.” The production features the Mellotones and special guest musician, cowboy poet and local ...
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