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- Writing his own story (The Salem News)
"Please, no doom and gloom," Christopher Reardon asks. "This isn't another kid in a wheelchair crying about his life." This is a kid in a wheelchair who says he's trying to tell the truth about his life. A kid, a man, really, who just turned 22 and wants his writings to challenge the way people think about cancer survivors, wheelchair drivers and maybe even the world.
- Rebuilding opera's famous chamber - Xinhua News Agency
BEIJING, May 6 -- "The younger sister Lin falls from the sky, like a light cloud just flying from the back of the mountain." It is probably one of the most popular arias from the Yueju Opera, A Dream of the Red Chamber. Adapted from Cao Xueqin's ...
- California Poetry - Malibu Arts Journal
California PoetryMalibu Arts Journal, CA - 1 hour agoWith California the main epicenter of the beatnik impact, “California Poetry: From The Gold Rush to the Present” is an excellent poetry anthology inclusive ...
- In Bruges (Seattle Weekly)
Black, fluffy, and gloriously unilateral, Colin Farrell's eyebrows aren't the prettiest features of In Bruges . That honor falls to the Belgian city itself, known for its scenic medieval turrets, bourgeois tedium, and unfavorable comparisons with Amsterdam.
- The Hot Tub of Doom Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired reviewed. - Slate
In March of 1977, about 14 months before shooting began on The Shining , Jack Nicholson took a vacation to Colorado, apparently leaving his palace on Mulholland Drive in the care of Anjelica Huston, Marlon Brando's maid, and Chinatown director Roman ...
- The Voters Choose… but on the Basis of What? - History News Network
The Voters Choose… but on the Basis of What?History News Network, WA - 2 hours agoA majority do not read either newspapers, fiction, poetry, or drama. Save for the possibility that they are reading the Bible or works of non-fiction, ...
- Segwaying across America and hyper-mileage: It's New on the Net - Cleveland Plain Dealer
When the Segway Personal Transporter was unveiled more than six years ago, the economical and environmentally friendly two-wheeler promised to revolutionize short-distance travel. It didn't -- not yet, anyway -- but maybe it should. Two self ...
- Author keeps readers on hook - TheNewsTribune.com
Author keeps readers on hookTheNewsTribune.com, WA - 1 hour agoI was doing poetry and short stories. I wasn’t getting paid even when I did get published. I was fishing and reading the fishing magazines. ...
- In brief | 82-year-old wins playwriting contest - Tribune-Democrat
82-year-old wins playwriting contest Mountain Playhouse producer Teresa Stoughton Marafino has announced that 82-year-old William S.E. Coleman of Des Moines has won the 2008 Mountain Playhouse International Comedy Playwriting Contest with his entry ...
- ESL author, poet, to receive honorary doctorate from SIUE - News-Democrat
Eugene Redmond wove letters into words, then words into phrases, then phrases into poems for decades. On Saturday night, he will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. "It validates and ...
- One day not enough to honor mothers - Leader Times
One day not enough to honor mothersLeader Times, PA - 3 hours agoAlso, I received the adjacent poem, written by Steven Bowser about his late mother, and while we don't publish a lot of poetry I thought this was a nice ...
- Stony Plain: 100 good years - Edmonton Journal
Stony Plain: 100 good yearsEdmonton Journal, Canada - 2 hours agoBoth the Blueberry Bluegrass and Country Music Festival and Stony Plain's Cowboy Poetry Gathering have literally developed national reputations, ...
- Family, friends remember Chapel Hill High grad (WRAL.com Raleigh)
Irina Yarmolenko was found next to her blue Saturn at the edge of the Catawba River in Mount Holly on May 5.
- Young Poet Tells of Joy In Marbles (The Lakeland Ledger)
I have always enjoyed poems that celebrate the small pleasures of life. Here Max Mendelsohn, age 12, of Weston, Massachusetts, tells us of the joy he finds in playing with marbles.ODE TO MARBLES I love the sound of marblesscattered on the worn wooden floor,like children running away in a game of hide and seek.
- Martin McGuinness makes parting gift of poetry to Ian Paisley (Times Online)
They once were deadly enemies, but poetry is the language that Martin McGuinness chose to express his feelings to Ian Paisley about the parting of politics’ oddest couple.
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