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- Speaking up for eloquence - Arizona Daily Sun
May I offer a few words in defense of eloquence? You wouldn't think that eloquence is the sort of thing that needs defending, but it has taken some hits during the presidential primaries. Other sorts of speaking skills went pretty much uncriticized ...
- Romeo goes time traveling at Victorian Festival - Detroit Free Press
Romeo goes time traveling at Victorian FestivalDetroit Free Press, United States - 16 minutes agoPoetry readings and author presentations will be part of the fifth annual Ann Arbor Book Festival. The festival's hallmark event, the free street festival, ...
- George Carlin: An Appreciation (The Plain Dealer)
The first reactions varied Monday when people learned of comedian George Carlin's death: "George Carlin, really?" "How old was he?" "Oh, man, too bad."
- Do we protest too much about where we write? - Guardian Blogs
In a city bereft of a location with equivalent bookish cache to the British Library, entrepreneurs in Manhattan have provided New York's literati (as in anyone, published or not, who can afford to pay a hefty annual fee) with an opportunity to get ...
- Millions mark World Refugee Day with theme of "Protection" (AlertNet)
Source: UNHCR As millions marked World Refugee Day, UNHCR's chief says he is concerned about the rise in refugee numbers in 2007 and the suffering in Somalia.
- Mamma Mia, it's Meryl! (Creative Loafing Tampa)
Short reviews of new and recent releases... OPENING THIS WEEK THE DARK KNIGHT (PG-13) Read Lance Goldenberg's review. FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON (NR) Read Lance Goldenberg's review. MAMMA MIA! (PG-13) Based on the Broadway musical so beloved by aging boomers and their familiars, Mamma Mia! relies on the hits of '70s uber-group Abba to tell the story of a young bride-to-be (Amanda Seyfried) trying ...
- The Fourth of July Parade's 2008 Grand Marshal Rose Gilbert. - Palisadian-Post
Weathered books with titles such as 'Roots,' 'Les Miserables' and the 'Canterbury Tales' line Rose Gilbert's bookshelf in the family room of her Pacific Palisades home. The books attest to how Gilbert has spent her life ' sharing her love of ...
- Standing Witness: Horacio Moya's 'Senselessness' (The New York Sun)
One index of the death or life of the novel must be its political relevance, and it's no coincidence that the repeated flourishing of Latin-American literature has a lot to do with that region's seemingly bottomless reserve of war and strife. The most recent flourishing — at least as it appears to an English-language reader — centers on Roberto Bolaño (1953-2003), a Chilean who fictionalized the ...
- Scoop: Rosie says ‘View’ threatened lawsuit (MSNBC)
Rosie O'Donnell ended her feud with Howard Stern and discussed a few hot topics with the shock jock, including her troubles with “View†producers and her plans for a radio show.
- Aletheian - Dying Vine Review - 411mania.com
Aletheian - Dying Vine Review411mania.com, TX - 1 hour ago... buried deep in the mix, but the sound is straight death metal, with Thorpe barking and growling deep poetry that has to do with the creation of man. ...
- Shortening Your To-Do List - Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Shortening Your To-Do ListChronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - 9 minutes agoSage Readers: Ms. Mentor continues to hear new variations on academic anxiety dreams, including burning houses, bulldozed buildings, and inspirational heads ...
- Spalding plays "cool" blend of jazz, R&B, bossa nova - Reuters
Spalding plays "cool" blend of jazz, R&B, bossa novaReuters - 6 hours agoHeads Up Records president Dave Love must think she's pretty cool too. Her label debut, "Esperanza," bowed earlier this month at No. ...
- Posted -36 sec ago - Sarnia Observer
Posted -36 sec agoSarnia Observer, Canada - 1 hour agoThis year, eight high school students from the Lambton Kent district are being honoured for work in the fields of prose, poetry and creative writing. ...
- Entertainment Calendar: 07/18/2008 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Items for this calendar must be received by the Record-Eagle at least two weeks in advance. All calendars are published on a space available basis. Information may be mailed to Entertainment Calendar, Record-Eagle, P.O. Box 632, Traverse City, MI 49685-0632; faxed to 946-8632; or e-mail sbeach@record-eagle.com .
- Christian McBride's 'The Movement Revisited' (All About Jazz)
Christian McBride's 'The Movement Revisited' at Disney Hall A four-section suite ruminating on the civil rights movement weds the music to the message.
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