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- Nigeria: Maduekwe Donates N.1 Million to Abuja Writers (AllAfrica.com)
Nigeria 's Foreign Affairs Minister, Chief Ojo Maduekwe had a package of surprises for the Abuja Writers Forum on Saturday, July 26, 2008. First, he came uninvited with a two-man entourage to the Guest Writer Session at the Pen and Pages Bookstore.
- Program teaches residents how to manage money (St. Joseph News-Press)
Valerie Porlier-Smith is good with people, art and poetry. It’s the left-brain stuff she struggles with — like budgeting, prioritizing and money management.
- German Scholars Reject Claim of Goethe's Secret Romance (Deutsche Welle)
Allegations of a secret love affair between a dowager duchess and Germany's greatest writer, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, have been hotly rejected this week by German literary scholars.
- Teen readers wanted for reading and discussion group (Sun Newspapers)
The DeSoto County Library invites teens in sixth through twelfth grades who love to read to join a new teen reading and discussion group. The first meeting will be a "Pizza Party and Book Sharing" from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 11 at the library, 125 N. Hillsborough Ave., Arcadia.
- Elizabeth Bishop’s Great Village - TheChronicleHerald.ca
Elizabeth Bishop’s Great VillageTheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 1 hour agoBishop began writing poetry while living with her aunt Maud in Boston. And by the time she graduated from Vassar College in 1934, she’d had a number of ...
- Obituaries in the news - Washington Post
MUNNSVILLE, N.Y.(AP) _ Hayden Carruth, an award-winning poet who wrote about the people and places of northern Vermont, died Monday. He was 87. Carruth, who lived in Vermont in the 1960s and 70s, died at his home in Munnsville, N.Y. after suffering a ...
- A festival of Indian dance - Times of Malta
Times of MaltaA festival of Indian danceTimes of Malta, Malta - 4 hours agoIndia's top dancer Vyjayanthi Kashi believes dance is like poetry. "Just as when you're fluent with your grammar, you make poetry instead of words," she ...
- About 250 authors slated for Decatur Book Festival (Macon Telegraph)
Book lovers of all ages and tastes are sure to find something to please them at a book festival that will transform downtown Decatur into a street fair over Labor Day weekend.
- A Palestinian poet's final words - Kansas City Star
A Palestinian poet's final wordsKansas City Star, MO - 37 minutes ago"I thought poetry could change everything, change history," Darwish said in 2002. "But now I think that poetry changes only the poet. ...
- Keeping Respect Alive in Fairfax Cemeteries (Washington Post)
Black spray paint on white marble makes for a jarring and unappealing combination, sort of like maggots on ice cream. It's a jackboot on a posy, and it both saddens and infuriates Mary Lipsey and Lynne Garvey-Hodge .
- Rheingelesen: Literatur im Fluss - Neue Rheinische Zeitung
Neue Rheinische ZeitungRheingelesen: Literatur im FlussNeue Rheinische Zeitung, Germany - 8 hours agoDie Poetry-Slam-Meisterin [2] der Unterzwanzigjährigen trug kurze und dichte Texte vor, die mit lyrischem Anspruch Alltagsabsurditäten und -gefühle aufs ...
- ‘Last Chance' Book Sale set at library - Beloit Daily News
‘Last Chance' Book Sale set at libraryBeloit Daily News, WI - 1 hour agoProjects funded for 2008 programs include the book discussion groups and poetry readings; volunteer and staff recognition awards and a staff workshop. ...
- EAR Interview: Yemisi Blake - Londonist
LondonistEAR Interview: Yemisi BlakeLondonist, UK - 29 minutes agoI've been writing poetry for six years and over the last two years I've been collaborating with musicians who I've met as an Emerging Artist in Residence at ...
- Friends of the Library to gather - Natchez Democrat
Friends of the Library to gatherNatchez Democrat, MS - 4 hours agoThe many accomplishments of the past year include sponsorship of Chocolate Milk Café for young writers during the NLCC and the sixth Poetry Contest for ...
- Jewish professor return to school after sex change - Xinhua
XinhuaJewish professor return to school after sex changeXinhua, China - 40 minutes agoLadin, an expert in modernist American poetry, now known as Joy Ladin, was placed on a two-year leave when he informed the school of his intention to change ...
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