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- Another award for Anna Porter (Toronto Star)
Anna Porter 's Kasztner's Train , recent winner of a Writers' Trust Award, has added the Jewish Book Award for history to its honours. Other winners: John Miller's A Sharp Intake of Breath (fiction); Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett and Mayer Kirshenblatt 's They Called Me Mayer July (biography/memoir); Ruth Panofsky 's Laike and Nahum (poetry).
- 'Jellyfish' is clever, but like its characters, it drifts (The Plain Dealer)
A couple stands in the harsh sunshine, silently but obviously breaking up. The man is sullen. The woman is silent. Behind them, the sea stretches out in turquoise waves -- but there's something wrong with the perspective. This body of water stretches out vertically, not horizontally.
- Somerville artists showcase results of Arts Council grants - Somerville News
Somerville artists showcase results of Arts Council grantsSomerville News, MA - 2 hours agoThat period isn't usually a time of big changes, though, because I'm alive and writing, my poems inevitably do change.†Each artist experienced a unique ...
- FOR THE BETTER AND VERSE - Screen Weekly
FOR THE BETTER AND VERSEScreen Weekly, India - 1 hour agoHiccupping through two decades of overcooked jargon, fake simile, much formula and rot, the song now returns to poetry. ‘How a song reads’ stirs up as much ...
- Khaled, Philharmonic Hall - Liverpool Echo
Khaled, Philharmonic HallLiverpool Echo, UK - 3 hours agoRai music developed in Western Algeria, its origins a mixture of Arabic love poetry and Bedouin folk songs. Khaled brings his own unique interpretation to ...
- Poetry Corner (North Adams Transcript)
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- Editorial Roundup - Forbes
Many people hoped that holding this year's Olympic Games in Beijing would serve as a lever to induce China to act more as a mature member of the international community. The Chinese government has relented on a few issues it didn't veto a U.N ...
- Poetry, Music In An Idyllic Setting - Hartford Courant
Sometimes you have to let a garden lie fallow for a while to ensure a bounteous bloom the next season. Organizers of the Sunken Garden Poetry & Music Festival, which opens its season Wednesday on the grounds of the historic Hill-Stead Museum in ...
- Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest: Deadline: July 31, 2008 - Gather.com
Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest: Deadline: July 31, 2008Gather.com, MA - 15 minutes agoby Andre W. The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves to express their innermost thoughts and feeling into the beautiful art ...
- Lab test: Oracle Database 11g shoots the moon - InfoWorld
Lab test: Oracle Database 11g shoots the moonInfoWorld, CA - 13 hours agoThe way that Data Guard and Real Application Testing work together is sheer poetry, and no doubt most shops will quickly come to rely on the combination. ...
- Ecuador: Interest in Literature Continues - Global Voices Online.org
World Regions › Americas › Central Asia & Caucasus › East Asia › Eastern & Central Europe › Middle East & North Africa › Oceania › South Asia › Sub-Saharan Africa › Western Europe Topics › Agriculture › Arts & Culture ...
- Combat Poet - Centralia Chronicle
Combat PoetCentralia Chronicle, WA - 2 hours agoBy Julie McDonald A 21-year-old Army soldier from Napavine finds comfort in an Iraqi war zone by sharing her thoughts and feelings in poetry. ...
- Tests not so great after all - Delta Democrat Times
Thursday, according to State Superintendent of Education Hank Bounds, was a great day for the children of Mississippi. In theory, Bounds is right. Thursday was the day the Department of Education approved higher standards for scoring state tests ...
- New program will recruit kids to fight violence with art, music ... - Boston Globe
New program will recruit kids to fight violence with art, music ...Boston Globe, United States - 45 minutes agoThe kids, who will work out of community centers and union's Dorchester headquarters, will create artwork, music, and poetry to spread messages of peace and ...
- In praise of Mbeki - Essop Pahad - Politicsweb
In praise of Mbeki - Essop PahadPoliticsweb, South Africa - 4 hours agoYou are a practical politician who delights in the pleasure of literature and poetry, you are a philosopher and your narrative encapsulates simultaneously ...
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