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- A sad, true story that's as strong as its subject - Boston Globe
A sad, true story that's as strong as its subjectBoston Globe, United States - 6 minutes agoFuller knows this rough world intimately and renders it with a kind of spare prose-poetry. Describing an oil rig, she writes: "It's a place of repetitive, ...
- Remembered in poetry (Odessa American)
Saturday's dedication ceremony for a poetry anthology brought back all the memories for Epi Marquez. "It's nice that they do this for them, but it won't bring my boy back," said the teary-eyed mother of Odessa Police Cpl. Abel Marquez, one of three officers fatally shot Sept. 8, 2007.
- Kidnap suspect calls days with daughter 'glorious' - Miami Herald
BOSTON The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller and is accused of kidnapping his young daughter says he spent "six glorious and wonderful days" with the girl while evading authorities, but he still isn't talking about his life before 1993. Police ...
- Great Chicago Book Sale - Examiner.com
Examiner.comGreat Chicago Book SaleExaminer.com - 2 hours agoFrom the press release: "Over 10000 books in a variety of subjects—from anthropology to poetry to zoology—will be available for purchase. ...
- Laureate of Arabia - Hindustan Times
Laureate of ArabiaHindustan Times, India - 17 minutes agoHe wrote short stories and developed a style of writing poems that was a mixture of observation, humanity and irony He argued that poetry was easier to ...
- When a Novelist Holds an IPO - New York Times Blogs
When a Novelist Holds an IPONew York Times Blogs, NY - 5 hours ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- The Bookworm: Willie Nelson is better at writing songs than novels - La Crosse Tribune
Let’s say someone wronged you. They cut you off in traffic. Stole from you. Backed into your car and didn’t leave a note. Hacked into your computer and left a virus. Things like that make you angry, and you probably plot all kinds of revenge ...
- Historic find shows Samuel Hobbs was the Staples of his day (The Salem News)
MARBLEHEAD and mdash; It pays to be a good boss. Samuel Hobbs was so good that in 1932 workers gave him, posthumously, a silver loving cup. More than 75 years later he's still getting credit for it. Paul Crosby, director of the Marblehead Counseling Center, found the cup in his building. The Hobbs Memorial Building was donated to the town in the 1930s by widow Lina Hobbs.
- There's nothing to stop Brits moving abroad - so why not? - guardian.co.uk
There's nothing to stop Brits moving abroad - so why not?guardian.co.uk, UK - 6 minutes agoYou'd get tax breaks for having kids, free childcare from the age of three months and a first lady who writes her own three-chord pop songs. ...
- Library digest: Round Lake (Lake County Journals)
Library hours The Round Lake Area Public Library is located at 906 Hart Road and is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. For information, call 847-546-7060 or 847-546-7064. Visit the library’s Web site at www.rlalibrary.org.
- Bedford songwriter finds inspiration in a homeless girl's poem - Boston Globe
POETIC INSPIRATION: For pianist Andrea Surova of Bedford, songwriting developed as a natural extension of the poetry she began writing at age 10. As a result, she has an even more special appreciation for the poem written by a 12-year-old homeless ...
- Bolt doubles up on records (Times of Malta)
Jamaica's Usain Bolt winning the 200m race in Beijing yesterday. Usain Bolt produced another barely believable performance of dominant sprinting to break Michael Johnson's untouchable world record yesterday and add 200 metres gold to the 100 he won in record time four days ago.
- The 'Sex and the City' prop you WILL see in stores - Popwatch
Well, it was only a matter of time. One New York minute after word spread that fans of the Sex and the City movie were logging onto Amazon.com in hopes of purchasing Love Letters of Great Men — the fake book highlighted in the film — publisher ...
- Little-visited Puglia, Italy, offers warmth, wine and gloriously fresh ... - Miami Herald
One of the many trulli houses dotting the olive fields. Travelers -- even Italians -- may tell you that the heel of the Italian boot is remote and unhospitable. They haven't been here. Those in-the-know might mention medieval towns spilling from ...
- Oregon's prizewinner worth a read - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
Oregon's prizewinner worth a readThe Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - 3 hours agoPoetry magazine published his work. In 1919, he won its $200 Levinson Prize. HL Mencken's American Mercury also published him, and the famously finicky ...
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