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- Here's to that ever-rewarding standard, the sonnet (Toronto Star)
Ah, the sonnet. It's the Scrabble of poetic forms – irresistible to many a writer who enjoys the challenge of wordplay within set rules.
- Our friends electric: Wall.E & family - The Independent
Humans can't get enough of mechanised creatures, whether they're evil terminators or lovable eco-warriors. By Cole Moreton Look around you: the future's here. Robots build our cars. They save our lives, defusing terrorist bombs. They go to war ...
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn - Economist
EconomistAlexander SolzhenitsynEconomist, UK - Aug 7, 2008... stealing his food in the dark, wearing wrist-crushing handcuffs for the least infraction, this land was not fully revealed to the outside world. ...
- Local interest in poet Robert Frost reinvigorated - Addison Independent
RIPTON — Writers traveling the flood-damaged Route 125 to the Middlebury College Bread Loaf campus last week passed a familiar landmark on their way to the annual writers’ conference: the cozy white Homer Noble farmhouse, where poet Robert Frost ...
- Love that lasts makes the very best story - South Carolina Now
Love that lasts makes the very best storySouth Carolina Now, South Carolina - 9 hours agoAs a pre-teen she was helping her family hoe rows of beans when she got sick. Her father told her she was lazy and would not let her rest. ...
- Gymnast Johnson on track for gold - Miami Herald
Shawn Johnson's mother enrolled her in gymnastics class out of fear more than anything else. At least at the gym there were mats, foam pads and coaches to catch the little daredevil. Back home, Johnson had climbed out of her crib before she could ...
- Buffett on Edwards: Sue! - Slate
MoveOn, NeverMind: "MoveOn now calls their being listed [alongside AT&T and PG&E] as a sponsor 'a mistake' (they're apparently sponsoring an event at the same time), and swears they're going to get their name taken off the publicity for the event ...
- 'Dark Knight' embraces the dark side - Cleveland Plain Dealer
WARNER BROS. Christian Bale readies the Batsuit for a second film, this time taking on The Joker and Two Face in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight." "You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain." This is the overriding message ...
- Rushdie traces the roots of his latest award-winning tale (Miami Herald)
Fatehpur Sikri, the old, abandoned capital of India's Mughal King Akbar, is a somewhat deserted place these days, a bit off the beaten tourist path, outdone by the popularity of the Taj Mahal about an hour away.
- Dave Wood’s Book Report, July 2, 2008 - Rosemount Town Pages
Dave Wood’s Book Report, July 2, 2008Rosemount Town Pages, MN - 2 hours agoYears after my mother died, I discovered in her suede-bound book of love poetry, a flower pressed by her many decades ago. Hasse’s “Found in My Mother’s ...
- Dearborn Recreation Department announces summer of cultural events - Dearborn Press and Guide
Dearborn Recreation Department announces summer of cultural eventsDearborn Press and Guide, MI - 59 minutes agoDearborn Summer Theatre Fest is a new program, which is open to individuals of all ages for a summer of theatrical family fun. This summer, "Disney's High ...
- Writin', there ain't nuthin' to it - WA today
Writin', there ain't nuthin' to itWA today, Australia - 20 minutes agoGot a dazzling poem in you, but you don't know anything about poetry and the only poem you can remember is the one that goes "milk milk lemonade", ...
- Arts Minded: Sustainability applies to the arts too - River Falls Journal (subscription)
Arts Minded: Sustainability applies to the arts tooRiver Falls Journal (subscription), WI - 14 minutes agoPoetry on the River Poetry Launch: Young poets from this year’s poetry and nature workshop will read their works along with some local professional poets at ...
- Column Writing 101 - Hartford Business
Column Writing 101Hartford Business - 56 minutes agoWallace Stevens was a surety bond attorney at the old Hartford Fire Insurance and Poetry Co., who became unjustifiably famous for writing unfathomable ...
- DNR Announces River Of Words® Poetry And Art Contest Finalists - Maryland Department of Natural Resources (press release)
DNR Announces River Of Words® Poetry And Art Contest FinalistsMaryland Department of Natural Resources (press release), MD - 3 hours agoEach year, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources partners with River of Words®, an international and state poetry and art contest. ...
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