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- Child brides and grooms stirring condemnation in Saudi Arabia - Arizona Daily Star
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — An 11-year-old boy gave out invitations to his classmates for a big event his family was planning this summer — and it wasn't his birthday party. It was his wedding to a 10-year-old cousin. Muhammad al-Rashidi's marriage ...
- Palestinian poet dies in Texas (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry his fellow Palestinians embraced as the voice of their suffering, died on Saturday after heart surgery in Texas.
- Highlands Fest highlights art & science center's offerings - Wicked Local Truro
Highlands Fest highlights art & science center's offeringsWicked Local Truro, MA - 19 minutes agoThere were wind energy lectures, poetry readings and storytelling, viewing of a documentary by James Gabriel called “Portrait of a Coast,” followed by a ...
- Riley Roy Frazel - The Eureka Reporter
Riley Roy FrazelThe Eureka Reporter, CA - 4 hours agoHe had written this poem and several others about skateboarding for his seventh grade poetry project. Born November 19, 1994, in Arcata to Lisa Corbett and ...
- Ashanti added to fall concert line-up at Fallsview Casino - MarketWatch
Ashanti added to fall concert line-up at Fallsview CasinoMarketWatch - 18 hours agoShe has also published her first book of poetry, Foolish/Unfoolish: Reflections on Love, which is currently in its sixth edition. ...
- Day two scores from National Poetry Slam 2008 in Madison - Isthmus Daily Page
Day two scores from National Poetry Slam 2008 in MadisonIsthmus Daily Page, WI - Aug 7, 2008The second night of preliminary competition in the National Poetry Slam kept downtown Madison stages and clubs busy as the first round of bouts wrapped up ...
- Indie film's new, globalized realism - Salon
SalonIndie film's new, globalized realismSalon - 1 hour agoAyesha is a bored, upper-crust teen who writes depressive poetry and reads young-adult novels in English; Venkatesh scrubs hotel toilets and sells plastic ...
- City must heed poet's strategy for change - Seattle Post Intelligencer
THEY BURIED Pierre LaPoint on Saturday, the latest young victim of gangs and guns in Seattle. The mayor, unlike other big city mayors who show up when bullets cut down the young, wasn't on hand to pay his respects, soothe the dead teen's crying ...
- Site navigation (Reading Evening Post)
The representation of sexuality in Indian religion is to be explored during Asian Arts Week. Dubbed Queer Asian Life, the exhibition will look at lesbian, gay and transgender identities from the world of Indian deities historically to present day representations.
- Kids get a sneak-peek at cowboy life - BCLocalNews
Kids get a sneak-peek at cowboy lifeBCLocalNews, Canada - 10 minutes agoAs Jake spun his tall tales and recited his poetry, the two roped in their young audience with their shiny cowboy gear and fancy lasso tricks. ...
- REVIEW: Keillor celebrates, needles Vermont - Burlington Free Press
ESSEX JUNCTION — At most, the average performer at a Champlain Valley Fair show will give you a “How ya doin’, Vermont?,” and that’s about all the customizing you’ll get. Garrison Keillor, on the other hand, built the bulk of his ...
- AR Presidential Profile - American Reporter
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- Two women looked out from behind the bars. One washed the windows. One hung the stars. Yes, I know. I modified that great old maxim to suit my personal druthers - as in, I'd druther say it this way. And, yes, I know I should be ...
- Local groups buy land next to Frost museum - Bennington Banner
Local groups buy land next to Frost museumBennington Banner, VT - 1 hour agoThere, he wrote two books of poetry, including, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." He lived in Shaftsbury until 1938 and is buried in Bennington at Old ...
- Blake Prize goes to David Tucker sculpture - The Australian
Blake Prize goes to David Tucker sculptureThe Australian, Australia - 7 hours agoThe first ever Blake Poetry Prize went to poet Mark Tredinnick for his work, “Have you Seen”. There were about 1250 entries in this year's Blake Prize for ...
- Best-sellers off the shelf - Sheffield Telegraph
Best-sellers off the shelfSheffield Telegraph, UK - 11 minutes agoA strong poetry strand includes the inimitable Simon Armitage, Ian McMillan with new book Talking Myself Back Home, Forward Prize winner Daljit Nagra and ...
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