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- A flood of remembrances: Johnstown, Pa., floats new attractions to lure tourists (Miami Herald)
Row after row of unmarked graves in Johnstown's Grandview Cemetery -- more than 700 -- are stark testimony to one of the most darkly ironic moments in American history.
- Power of Poems Defies Age Limits: An Experiment in Senior Poetry - PR Web (press release)
Power of Poems Defies Age Limits: An Experiment in Senior PoetryPR Web (press release), WA - 30 minutes agoPoetry provides an enjoyable path to creativity, self-knowledge, and self-expression for everyone, especially senior citizens. If these poems just make you ...
- Signposts: Berkeley group names '10 best ethical destinations" - Inside Bay Area
Signposts: Berkeley group names '10 best ethical destinations"Inside Bay Area, CA - 2 hours agoThe event will include docent-led walks to view the wild mustangs and burros up close, free horse rides for children 10 and under, cowboy poetry, ...
- Nigeria: 'Mediocres Are Killing Country's Publishing Industry' - AllAfrica.com
Nigeria: 'Mediocres Are Killing Country's Publishing Industry'AllAfrica.com, Washington - 2 hours agoIf you write a textbook on Biology, a book of poetry, short stories, novel, you'll wear your shoes out walking from one publishing house to another, ...
- The chick lit(erature) of Carmen Reid - Times Online
The chick lit(erature) of Carmen ReidTimes Online, UK - 1 hour agoI saw my future as being a bohemian beatnik poetry writer. Then I had kids and kids make you so bourgeois.ā€¯ She went on to study English literature at ...
- Writer to Give Reading at Birmingham Borders - RedOrbit
Writer to Give Reading at Birmingham BordersRedOrbit, TX - 1 hour agoQ: In the book, you mention how Zucker tricked you into enjoying poetry? A: There was actually a funny trick to it. He asked me to help him type up poems ...
- Fans, poets gather for poetry slam (Wisconsin State Journal)
"Poetry slams began in Chicago in 1984," reads Bill MacMillan, the evening's "bout manager" and de facto emcee, as he goads a standing-room-only crowd in Madison's Bartell Theatre. On cue, the audience hollers back: "SO WHAT!" And that's just the warm-up. When MacMillan, a longtime spoken-word fan from Worcester, Mass., finishes his introduction, what follows is a rollicking night of ...
- Obituary: Richard Helgerson (Guardian Unlimited)
July 10, obituary: Renaissance scholar with insights to offer on English identity
- Catch wisdom of filmmaker's famous friends on radionews - Austin 360 (subscription)
Catch wisdom of filmmaker's famous friends on radionewsAustin 360 (subscription), TX - 1 hour agoLean and mean, Nichols' precociously assured debut marinates in rural gothic dread and drips with languid, trailer-park poetry. ...
- Kimani is Hailed as the Top Notch Poet for PoeticWorks.Com Battle of the Poets 2008 (PRWeb)
PoeticWorks presented its' 1st radio broadcasted Battle of the Poets on their new radio show this month. Kimani, a Miami native, hailed as the Top Notch Poet. (PRWeb Aug 18, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1220064.htm
- Author's book a masterpiece ā€“ just ask him - Charlotte.com
Retired newspaper columnist Doug Robarchek says he's happy with his new 30-inch HDTV set, even if it seems to take longer to warm up than his old analog set. Although he refused to learn anything about HDTV, he's discovered the picture looks best ...
- Caroline Kennedy brings discretion to veep search - AZCentral.com
BOSTON - Caroline Kennedy lives a very private life with a very public profile. It's the perfect skill set for her newest assignment. As part of Barack Obama's vice presidential search team, Kennedy must function with the utmost secrecy in what is ...
- Technology is destroying the beauty of popular music - The Kingston Whig-Standard
Technology is destroying the beauty of popular musicThe Kingston Whig-Standard, Canada - 2 hours agoI will continue to believe that another musical renaissance is just around the corner and that once again, melody and poetry will rule the airwaves.
- How a poetry-enhancing technique boosts memory - New Kerala
Washington, July 31 : Whether it's a nursery rhyme or a Shakespearian sonnet, alliterations have always been an integral part of poetry. Now, a new study suggests that the literary technique is not only useful for poetry but also for memory ...
- Blacklist Revisited (Monterey County Weekly)
If you canā€™t count on youth to make a fuss when a fuss is required, call up the old warriorsā€“ and stand back.
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