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- Mujeres Writing Conference Saturday (Arizona Daily Star)
"Passing the Torch: Narrating Our Cultural Legacies" is the theme of this year's Mujeres Writing Conference presented by Sowing the Seeds.
- CONTACT WITH AILING GRANDDAD ENRICHES BOTH YOUNG AND OLD - Yahoo News
DEAR ABBY: The letter from "Paw-Paw and Maw-Maw in Alabama" (May 13), whose son has cut off contact with their 5-year-old grandson to "protect" the boy from Grandpa's eventual death, left me feeling intense sorrow for all concerned. In 1996, my ...
- South Carolina author Carrie Allen McCray dead at 94 - TheDigitel
TheDigitelSouth Carolina author Carrie Allen McCray dead at 94TheDigitel, SC - 7 hours ago... published poetry and a book exploring the lives of her grandmother, a freed slave; her grandfather, a Confederate general; and their child, her mother.
- Freeing readers from mundane is award-winning poet's objective - Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Often, the result is a complex rush of humor, sadness and wonder that frees the reader from everyday life, however briefly. Most of all, there is a great deal of exploration and playfulness in her poetry. 'I love playing with words and ideas,' Cleary ...
- Stepping Out - Johnson City Press
Today and Saturday, Gentleman Jim’s Restaurant, 2102 Highway 81S, Jonesborough, today, Scott and Robin; Saturday, Cherokee Mountain Boys, 6 p.m. (913-1007) Today, Saturday and Sunday, The Acoustic Coffeehouse, 415 W. Walnut St., today, Shape Note ...
- Sitti: Soothing the soul (Philstar.com)
She is known as the country’s Bossa Nova queen. Sitti has a gentle and soothing voice that calms and soothes both body and soul. Sitti is beauty and brains combined. She has depth and passion not only for her music but also for her advocacy in education.
- Chuck Knol - Slate
AOL researchers recently published the search logs of about 650,000 members—a total of 36,389,629 individual searches. AOL's search nerds intended the files to be an academic resource but didn't consider that users might be peeved to see their ...
- Playing Around (Colorado Springs Independent)
Where to find live music in the Colorado Springs area.
- Scientific Fact - New City Chicago
Scientific FactNew City Chicago, IL - 5 hours agoand “How can you understand poetry?” Easy and goofy, sure, but a nice reminder that this business can be fun, too. “Brain Thrust Mastery,” released on ...
- Concert association prepares for 2008-09 season - Paso Robles Press
Concert association prepares for 2008-09 seasonPaso Robles Press, CA - 1 hour agoFor the second year in a row, piano virtuoso Rudolph Budginas will bring his artistic poetry and passionate interpretations to the series. ...
- She Relishes Covers, Arias and ’70s R&B - New York Times
New York TimesShe Relishes Covers, Arias and ’70s R&BNew York Times, United States - 23 minutes agoHer new gospel-infused pop anthems and hymns, she said, are a response to 9/11 as well as Walt Whitman’s poetry about the city. ...
- Blood sport - Abington Mariner
        You can say what you want about the Tabanus Nigrovittatus, which, for a short but brutal three-week period rules the salt marshes from Gloucester to Newburyport, but chances are that it won’t be complimentary because, face it ...
- The Poetry of April Ossmann (Good Times)
Editor’s note: This week’s Poetry Corner features April Ossmann, the author of “Anxious Music” (Four Way Books, 2007) who has published her poems widely in journals. She is executive director of Alice James Books and teaches at The Writer’s Center in White River Jct., Vt.
- This week's book events and lectures (The Kansas City Star)
Victoria Chang, poet and author of Circles and Salvinia Molesta, reads and discusses her work at 6:30 tonight at the KC Public Library, 14 W. 10th St. The program is called “The Business of Words” and is part of the Park University Ethnic Voices Poetry Series.
- Simon Callow: My first love - Independent
Simon Callow: My first loveIndependent, UK - 7 minutes agoThe year was nearly over. He left. I never saw him or spoke to him again. I have thought about him every day of my life since.
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