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- Talking Myself Home, by Ian McMillan (Independent)
Ian McMillan's latest collection of poems – completing nearly 30 years in the business – is subtitled "My Life in Verses". The echo of John Betjeman's Summoned By Bells, promoted in 1960 by the same publishing house as a "verse autobiography", is instant. The heart shrinks: all that archaism, all that jollity, the unanswerable question Betjeman poses ("Why is this account... not written in ...
- Salinas Rodeo honors past and future - Thecalifornian.com
The ads for the California Rodeo Salinas proclaim, "There's a little bit of cowboy in all of us." If you're from Salinas, it's true. Even for those who don't feel that way, you may end up with a "little bit of Rodeo" on your shoe this week. So go ...
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 (Las Vegas Sun)
Sun, Aug 10, 2008 (12:06 a.m.) Mahmoud Darwish, a Palestinian cultural icon whose poetry eloquently told of his people's experiences of exile, occupation and infighting, died Saturday in Houston. He was 67.
- Durango businesses gear up for fall - Durango Herald
Durango businesses gear up for fallDurango Herald, CO - 10 hours agoThe 20th annual Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering is will be held Oct. 2-5. New this year, the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad will sponsor a Cowboy ...
- Yard Dogs hop the train to Asbury Lanes - Asbury Park Press
Yard Dogs hop the train to Asbury LanesAsbury Park Press, NJ - 31 minutes agoInspired by American road culture of the 1800s, show performances are complete with hobo poetry, cabaret, vaudeville and rock 'n' roll. ...
- Jarman's stories 'riveting and original' - Daily Gleaner
Jarman's stories 'riveting and original'Daily Gleaner, Canada - 3 hours agoWell known for his fiction, poetry and non-fiction, Jarman teaches at the University of New Brunswick and is the fiction editor of The Fiddlehead. ...
- Robert Redford Brings Green Poetry Slam to Sundance - Ecorazzi
Robert Redford Brings Green Poetry Slam to SundanceEcorazzi, NY - 8 hours agoArt is the medium he’d like to see them express their priorities for the environment, and a poetry slam with a theme of global warming is just the ticket. ...
- Community Calendar - August 26, 2008 - Osakis Review
Community Calendar - August 26, 2008Osakis Review, MN - 1 hour agoOsakis Poetry Club meets at 7 pm at Osakis Visitor Center. Senior wellness exercise program 10:30 am at West View Strength Center. ...
- What 'Dark Knight' and 'Wall-E' have in common (Los Angeles Times)
At the movies this summer, bleakness is pervasive, whether in what used to pass for comic-book adventure or in family-oriented animation. IN "THE WAY WE ARE," a concise, razor-sharp book of existential musings, philosopher Allen Wheelis describes the "margin of terror." Just beyond the agreed-upon scheme of things, like the raw desert and wild places at the edge of the paved city, it's the ...
- How Kev Choice and Ise Lyfe Get Down (Low) - East Bay Express
How Kev Choice and Ise Lyfe Get Down (Low)East Bay Express, CA - 6 minutes agoSome have advanced from slam poetry to staged monologues or solo shows (in the Danny Hoch or Sarah Jones vein). And some, like celebrated Oakland poet Ise ...
- Profile: Radovan Karadzic - poet, psychiatrist, war criminal - Times Online
For 11 years Europe’s most wanted man has evaded capture, moving from one mountain hideout to another. SAS and Nato troops have repeatedly found that the loyalty of those Bosnian Serbs shielding Radovan Karadzic have thwarted their attempts to ...
- Some back-to-school kid books for the beach bag - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Add some back-to-school buzz to your fun-in-the-sun summer by throwing Yoko, Splat or Wiggles into the beach bag for your kids, especially those prone to first-day jitters. In addition to new and familiar characters to soothe and prepare is a two ...
- Missed the train - Jerusalem Post
Missed the trainJerusalem Post, Israel - 4 hours ago("Should Darwish's poetry be taught in schools?" Ehud Zion Waldoks, August 11.) As an Israeli, I would have to aver no; as a language educator having taught ...
- Mysore Weather: Temp Max: NA Temp Min: NA - Star of Mysore
Mysore Weather: Temp Max: NA Temp Min: NAStar of Mysore, India - 54 minutes agoCompetitions were held in games, speeches, music and poetry. In the beginning, the Olympic festival was a one-day progra-mme. Only one competition was being ...
- Jennifer and Violet Are a Pretty in Pink Pair - Popsugar
Photos, videos, news Buzz News Roundup, 10/3 Ugly Betty Rundown: Episode Two, "Filing for the Enemy" Appaloosa: Solid Entertainment But Could Have Been More Who's Playing in That iPod Ad? The Asteroids Galaxy Tour TV Tonight: The Ex List Buzz Book ...
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