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- Edison teen learns lesson in standing up for herself (Miami Herald)
Never had Jeislee Alvarez imagined something so cold and humiliating as jail. There she was, all of 18 with her whole life ahead of her except for the grimy cell holding her back. Poet, pacificist and now jail bird No. 08-18621. Despite her tough-girl shell, the 5-foot-4 Miami Edison Senior High student feared using the toilet with other inmates and guards watching. Disgusted by the smell of the ...
- Author fills gap in Hugo-ology - TheChronicleHerald.ca
Author fills gap in Hugo-ologyTheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 39 minutes agoOn one occasion, the "Lion" invited Hugo and another writer to compete to please it with poetry. Then, it left during the recital by Hugo’s rival. ...
- Music can be path to language and math - Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON - The challenge was to come up with an idea that can transform public education, particularly in poor communities. The winner: an educator with a passion for making school fun. Michael Bitz won a national competition with his idea for ...
- Carlin was as good as his words - Boston Globe
It's 1972 in a bedroom somewhere in the endless flatness of suburbia. A phonograph needle drops on the last track of a much-played vinyl album, and a teenage boy cranes his ears once more, waiting for the voice to come through the crackle: "I love ...
- Scholarship winners earn top grades in school and high marks in ... - Brampton Guardian
Scholarship winners earn top grades in school and high marks in ...Brampton Guardian, Canada - 20 hours agoShe is interested in reading, writing poetry and choreographing dance performances and will study health sciences in university. ...
- Spirited query gets answer - Anchorage Daily News (subscription)
Spirited query gets answerAnchorage Daily News (subscription), AK - 3 hours ago"Like the poetry of Haines, singular and transcendent." For the curious: Caol Ila is on the Isle of Islay in Scotland. Murray McDavid is based in London, ...
- A Chat with Mary Clearman Blew - New West
A Chat with Mary Clearman BlewNew West, MT - 53 minutes ago... and poetry from various regions. Students of mine in the past year have published their work in Shenandoah and River Teeth and The Black Warrior Review, ...
- Today’s highlights - Corvallis Gazette Times
Today’s highlightsCorvallis Gazette Times, OR - 5 hours agoPoetry reading, 6 to 8 pm, Pegasus Gallery, 341 SW Second St., Corvallis. Information: 757-0042. Bilingual kids book club, 6:30 to 7:15 pm, Corvallis-Benton ...
- Bulletin Board, May 17 - Norwich Bulletin
Bulletin Board, May 17Norwich Bulletin, CT - 2 hours agoAMERICAN LEGION POST 4 MEETING, 7 pm, 457 Laurel Hill Ave., NORWICH. Information: 889-7819. CONNECTICUT POETRY SOCIETY, 10 am to noon, Waterford Library, ...
- 'American Idols' coming to Cleveland in September - Cleveland Plain Dealer
AP You like 'em on TV, you probably will like 'em in person. 'American Idol Live' is coming to Cleveland. The "American Idols Live!" Tour this summer includes a stop at Cleveland State University's Wolstein Center on Thursday, Sept. 4. Tickets go on ...
- BOOK REVIEW: When Robert Frost met Khrushchev - MiamiHerald.com
BOOK REVIEW: When Robert Frost met KhrushchevMiamiHerald.com, FL - Apr 9, 2008(As Hall teases in his afterward: "Poetry lovers: Happy hunting.") The book's title is apt, as it offers a decidedly autumnal view of Frost and a life full ...
- Non-profit seeks baseball haikus (North Adams Transcript)
NORTH ADAMS -- Baseball isn't just for jocks and jugheads but for everyone, even the literary-minded. "America's pastime" has long inspired writers -- not only day-to-day journalists but novelists such as John R. Tunis, Jackson Scholz and the legendary Ring Lardner.
- In the area (Silver City Sun-News)
The Tyrone Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival will be held tonight at 6 p.m. at the Tyrone Community Center. Come out and hear Mike Moutoux, The Copper Creek Wranglers, Dean Foster and others.
- Will I ever be able to break out of my shell? - Daily Mail
I am 16 and feel I have become isolated from the world. I've always been shy, but recently I've been trying to break out of my shell and become more confident. Yet the deepest part of my mind still tells me to shut up because I worry I'm not worth ...
- Poetry Is..Live - WMNF
Poetry Is..LiveWMNF, FL - 53 minutes agoQ was a member of the First Place National Poetry Slam Team 2007. Poetry Is...Live is an ongoing series of intimate poetry and music happenings, ...
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