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- Muslim Film Festival - Boston Phoenix
Now that the main Republican talking point has been refined from “Osama is an elitist" to “Osama is a terrorist,” it’s only a matter of time before they bring up the old canard about him being a Muslim. Which begs the question -- so what if ...
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 - Forbes
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. The predominant Palestinian poet, whose work has been translated into more ...
- 'The Border Kingdom' by D. Nurkse - Los Angeles Times
'The Border Kingdom' by D. NurkseLos Angeles Times, CA - 3 hours agoIN HIS ninth book of poetry, "The Border Kingdom" (Alfred A. Knopf: 98 pp., $26), D. Nurkse begins with a whisper: "Jericho," a short poem that promises, ...
- FREE EVENT: Slammin' poetry - IdahoStatesman.com
FREE EVENT: Slammin' poetryIdahoStatesman.com, ID - 3 hours agoThen at 8 pm Monday, go to Neurolux, 111 11th St., Boise, and peel out a fiver to see McGee perform and host the Poetry Slam Delux Individual Finals. ...
- Subscription Deals - The Province
Why: Tonight we're promised the summer's best meteor shower. The public is invited to join the Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley Astronomers and Royal Astronomical Society of Canada to observe this event. Go further by making a wish on a shooting star ...
- A midlife sukka - New Jersey Jewish News
New Jersey Jewish NewsA midlife sukkaNew Jersey Jewish News, NJ - 1 hour agoShe teaches adults and teens about Judaism using creative writing exercises and poetry. The poem below originally appeared in Limestone, 2008.
- Nigeria: Abuja Writers Forum Set to Organise Literary Contest (AllAfrica.com)
Abuja Writers Forum AWF), organisers of AWF Maiden Literacy Contests, have disclosed plans to showcase the event in Abuja come October, 2008.
- American Stage puts on Schennkan's by the waters of Babylon - Creative Loafing Tampa
American Stage puts on Schennkan's by the waters of BabylonCreative Loafing Tampa, FL - 2 hours agoMost of all, though, Arturo is a stereotype: the romantic Latin with poetry in his soul, unafraid to cry openly, a born lover but temperamental. ...
- Story telling fest comes to Hudson - The Gazette (Montreal)
Story telling fest comes to HudsonThe Gazette (Montreal), Canada - 1 hour agoThis eclectic festival also offers an open-door, open-stage Poetry Free-for-All for poets of every ilk, and a local storytellers' corner along similar lines ...
- A woman is to keep silent - Beliefnet.com
A woman is to keep silentBeliefnet.com, NY - 1 hour agoEvery year for the five years following Matthew's brutal beating and death this Christian minister has traveled to Laramie, as well as to Casper, Wyoming, ...
- REQUIRED READING - New York Post
Full of wonderful tidbits about Ginsberg, including a 1976 letter to Bob Dylan, the poet asked for money to pay off bank loans of Naropa, a Beat- and Buddhist-inspired school he helped establish in Colorado. And in his last letter, just days before ...
- Order award underhanded - The London Free Press
For the last decade there has been an annual push from abortion advocates to see Canada's foremost abortion activist and profiteer Dr. Henry Morgentaler, granted the Order of Canada. The owner of five for-profit abortuaries across the country ...
- Tamblyn's just as passionate about writing as acting (Erie Times-News)
Amber Tamblyn says that art imitates life in "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2."
- CD review: Human Host - The Halloween Tree - California Aggie
A band could be easily rated by the talent of its members - at least enough to warrant an oversimplified number to kick-start an album review. But that criterion would be a simplification itself. I suppose bands could be rated by any number of things ...
- A dogwood's roots extend to Updike - Blinq
A dogwood's roots extend to UpdikeBlinq, PA - 5 hours agoOver a distinguished literary career spanning a half-century, Updike has produced 50 books of fiction, short stories, poetry, and assorted nonfiction. ...
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