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- Poetry: 'The Apple Hunting, 1933' - MySanAntonio
played Moon, Double Draw, Texas 42. Lately, no winning chance except there. Pa flip-slapped a double five onto the table; his lucky rock a winner! He had this, at least. Apples were prizes, since the scantiness of dollars, and home he strode with ...
- Indictment Expected in Terror Probe - Wall Street Journal
Federal prosecutors this week are expected to file formal charges against a Chicago businessman in a broad terrorism probe that includes the 2008 Mumbai terror attack and a scheme to attack a Danish newspaper, people familiar with the matter said ...
- The Point: Obama and the power of oratory - Philadelphia Inquirer
Giving a good speech nowadays is considered "speechifying," gussying up the obvious. At worst, it's viewed as sophistry, peddling cow pies as creme brulee. Even the word rhetoric , long a pillar of classical education, has devolved to mean empty ...
- Astonishing e-mail messages you’ll never open - MSNBC
Spamming is an underappreciated art form. In fact, "hated" may be a more accurate adjective. Like mimes in a public square, spammers seek to capture the attention of people who actively try to avoid them. Thus they must strike fast and hard ...
- Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 2/25/10 - BushwickBK.com
BushwickBK.comBushwick Culture Weekly Picks 2/25/10BushwickBK.comStain of Poetry Reading, the acclaimed monthly poetry series, moves to Goodbye Blue Monday. This is happening at Tandem: Snack & Cmish DJ spinning old ...
- More should be done to honor James Weldon Johnson's legacy - Florida Times-Union
More should be done to honor James Weldon Johnson's legacyFlorida Times-UnionThey began to write songs and poetry, right on the porch of their home at Lee and Houston streets. It was there where they penned Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing, ...
- Poetic jive lionised in Norn Iron lives - Nelson Mail
Poetic jive lionised in Norn Iron livesNelson MailThe Northern Irish have a way of speaking that is cockeyed poetry. We might call a kid scrawny, but to Ulster residents, he wouldn't have "as much fat on ...and more »
- Gen X Has Its First Midlife Crisis – The Story of Billy Corgan and ... - Twirlit
Sound the bell, ring the alarm, we are witnessing the first of our Gen-X idols in his midlife crisis. Billy Corgan, lead singer of one of my favorite bands of my teen-angst years, Smashing Pumpkins, has turned in his brooding ways for a more light ...
- A comic treatment for the bard - Irish Times
Irish TimesA comic treatment for the bardIrish TimesManga Shakespeare thus provides a stimulating resonance for students with their own lives and interests, in much the same way that hip-hop/slam poetry has ...
- Screenwriters of two important films participating in symposium at IU's Black ... - Indiana University
Indiana UniversityScreenwriters of two important films participating in symposium at IU's Black ...Indiana UniversityMichael T. Martin, director of the Black Film Center/Archive and a professor of African American and African Diaspora studies, said the symposium will ...
- Mardi Gras: MAMGA Junior Court - Press-Register - al.com (blog)
Press-Register - al.com (blog)Mardi Gras: MAMGA Junior CourtPress-Register - al.com (blog)Cornell Ernest England will never forget the turmoil he felt in eighth grade when he was told to memorize the poem “Invictus.†“I didn't like it at all. ...and more »
- San Jose Comics Festival - Comic Book Resources
San Jose Comics FestivalComic Book ResourcesWe have recently held all-ages music shows and a poetry slam here. It is actually very cool looking space. By keeping things here to start we avoid the ...and more »
- Words of comfort from an old friend - Irish Independent
Words of comfort from an old friendIrish IndependentMy father, Sean, a lover of Victorian poetry, would read this poem to me at night when I was a kid. It was a ritual we had, an agreement that made us equals ...
- UAE: More females close to the title of Arab's Million's Poet - Global Arab Network - English News
Global Arab Network - English NewsUAE: More females close to the title of Arab's Million's PoetGlobal Arab Network - English NewsUAE (Abu Dhabi) – Another female poet taking part in Arab's biggest poetry competition had made it to the semifinals. Saudi poet Mastoura Al Ahmadi was ...and more »
- What's in at 'Out of Print' - Philadelphia Daily News
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South St. Mexican artist Pablo Helguera reimagines the museum's history and collection, and recreates the set of the 1950s TV show, "What in the World," in which the TV host ...
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