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- Loved ones of murder victims gather to heal (The Sacramento Bee)
Lisa Blen pens poems of grief. Barbara Ramirez keeps herself busy, working, volunteering and tending to her son's grave. Debbie Lowe devotes herself to building a homicide support group. At East Lawn Cemetery, flowers and mementos adorn the grave of James Ramirez, who was gunned down at age 18 on Jan. 3, 2006. His mother, Barbara Ramirez, helps lead a support group for people who have ...
- Wick Poetry Center looks to the past during 25th anniversary ... - Daily Kent Stater
Wick Poetry Center looks to the past during 25th anniversary ...Daily Kent Stater, OH - 1 hour agoPoetry, much like tragedy, can have a special way of bringing people together. This school year marks the 25th anniversary of the Wick Poetry Center. ...
- Archiving an archenemy (San Jose Mercury News)
DAVIS -- Heaped haphazardly into twin cardboard boxes, the hundreds of audiocassette tapes looked more like a baby boomer's teenage detritus than a historical link to Osama bin Laden.
- Pick of the day - Guardian Unlimited
"In 1978," Benjamin Zephaniah recalls, "a landmark album was released in the UK. On Dread, Beat an' Blood, Linton Kwesi Johnson expressed the black British experience as it had never been heard before. This was the era of the Sus law, where the ...
- Samoans strive to survive rising tide (The Star-Ledger)
NEW YORK -- The water isn't up to his chin yet, but Samoan choreographer Lemi Ponifasio sees it rising. In the Kiribati Islands, the tide reaches higher and higher. In nearby Tuvalu, the ocean has swamped and poisoned farmland with its salt.
- Seeing history-laden Hyderabad through many eyes - Howrah News Service
Seeing history-laden Hyderabad through many eyesHowrah News Service, India - Jul 26, 2008Isac Sequira describes a traditional "mehfil" (assembly of Urdu poets) with snatches of their poetry in "The Mystique of the Mushaira" while a literary ...
- Potato madness has gripped at least one man (Anchorage Daily News)
Palmer potato guru Bill Campbell is a guy with a head stuffed with potato science, potato trivia and potato tales, a guy who can and does talk potatoes longer than most people can listen, a guy with the personal motto, Cogito Ergo Spud. “I think, therefore I yam.”
- Virginia Quarterly Review Editor Charlotte Kohler, 99 - Washington Post
Washington PostVirginia Quarterly Review Editor Charlotte Kohler, 99Washington Post, United States - 2 hours agoShe was known to cite long passages of poetry and to quote ancient Greek from memory. "Throughout her life, books and the written word were more important ...
- Entertainment Listings - Age
Presented by Eagles Nest Theatre, this stage adaptation by James Adler probes how institutionalised power and thought control operate in today's world of advertising and corporate greed. July 31 - August 9, The Open Stage, Carlton, $26/$15, 9384 6900 ...
- Accomplished professionals honored at annual event to inspire Hispanic youth (Hispania News)
PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Five extraordinary Latinos will be inducted into the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) Alumni Hall of Fame at its seventh annual gala September 17, 2008 at the Pierre Hotel in New York City. They will join a select group of Latino professionals who have been recognized for their personal achievements, contributions and service to America, including former Surgeon ...
- Readers review 'Pineapple Express,' more (Chicago Tribune)
- A.S. Maulucci: Visionary potery looks beyond the everyday to reveal ... - Norwich Bulletin
From the Book of Revelations to William Blake to W. B. Yeats, poets have written verse that embodies a private vision of a world beyond the ordinary reality which remains centered on our day-to-day existence in the material life of the senses. When ...
- Wyoming Calendar for July 18, 2008 - Jackson Hole Star-Tribune
Wyoming Calendar for July 18, 2008Jackson Hole Star-Tribune, WY - 4 hours agoActivities range from stick horse rodeo and melodrama to cowboy music and poetry. Cowboy Gathering memberships available with prices beginning at $25. ...
- Two local artists to exhibit work at Wordslingers 2008 (The Union)
In the wild, many species of animals draw their sustenance from the same crystal clear pool. So, too, in art. Artists may draw their inspiration from the same source but they will interpret that inspiration with their own unique voices.
- China's total urban makeover - Los Angeles Times
China's total urban makeoverLos Angeles Times, CA - 2 hours agoCookbooks, business books, political books, poetry, books about Chinese food and, of course, travel books . . . all have poured out in a torrent. ...
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