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- Writers to present free reading Friday (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
Poet, essayist and scriptwriter Kim Gyeongmee from South Korea and writer, editor and translator Kyaw Win from Burma will present a free reading at 5 p.m. Friday in the Shambaugh House, 430 N. Clinton St.
- Frigid look at human nature during an impending ice age - Mail Tribune
Frigid look at human nature during an impending ice ageMail Tribune, OR - 1 hour agoLeading the way is Nan, the uptight owner of a sperm bank called Offspring Unlimited, who is stressed out about her uneasy relationship with her moody teen ...
- Joern plows her love of the land into her books (Pioneer Press)
"People who have devoted their lives to the land, even those who have been ruined by it, have a kind of integrity that is not often written about in modern fiction."
- Danish author accepts Nordic Council Literature Prize (EARTHtimes.org)
Helsinki - Danish author Naja Marie Aidt on Tuesday accepted the 2008 Nordic Council Literature Prize, worth 350,000 kroner (59,000 dollars). In remarks at the award ceremony, Aidt referred to her childhood in Greenland where she was born in 1963, re...
- Bail Mary! - Slate
McCain wants to fire Chris Cox as head of the Securities Exchange Commission and appoint ... Andrew Cuomo , under whose leadership the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development damaged several New York neighborhoods when it permitted scam ...
- Ebb and flow - guardian.co.uk
Ebb and flowguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoThere's water everywhere in poetry these days, from Sean O'Brien's The Drowned Book to Jorie Graham's Sea Change, Brigit Pegeen Kelly's rain and rivers to ...
- Goose Lane author shortlisted - Daily Gleaner
Goose Lane author shortlistedDaily Gleaner, Canada - 16 hours agoKatia Grubisic has been named as one of three finalists for the Quebec Writers' Federation AM Klein Prize for Poetry for her first full-length collection of ...
- Volunteer achievements (Odessa American)
Birthday décor was in full swing Thursday morning, as an Odessa organization celebrated 30 years of existence and two women who've been instrumental to the city through their volunteer efforts.
- Kathleen Norris says the demon you're fighting may really be age-old acedia (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
A name for your demon: acedia.
- 'Billy Elliot,' 'Shrek' head list of fall musicals - The Associated Press
The Associated Press'Billy Elliot,' 'Shrek' head list of fall musicalsThe Associated Press - 12 hours agoNow he has teamed with John Patrick Shanley, author of "Doubt" and the screenplay for "Moonstruck," to create "Romantic Poetry" for Manhattan Theatre Club's ...
- FICTION: Enlightened Partisans - Brooklyn Rail
Brooklyn RailFICTION: Enlightened PartisansBrooklyn Rail, NY - 4 hours agoThe concept of hidden interconnections is a Buddhist one, as is the method, found in so much Chinese poetry, of creating a harmony among disparate ...
- John Burrows - Telegraph.co.uk
John BurrowsTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 6 hours agoBurrows retired to Ratby, Leicestershire, where he returned to teaching, lecturing in poetry and history as part of the local adult education programme. ...
- Events for the 21+ crowd - Examiner.com
Examiner.comEvents for the 21+ crowdExaminer.com - 9 hours agoThis Erotic Poetry Slam draws a big crowd on the last Tuesday of every month with this event. Registration begins at 9:30 pm and costs $5 to enter (FREE to ...
- Senior citizens pursuing education from home - Hanford Sentinel
NEW YORK - Kathy Leeds grows animated as she describes the courses she is taking this fall, including classes in current events, art and literature. But Leeds will never step foot on a campus or in a classroom. The 79-year-old widow has multiple ...
- James Township woman creates Web site to become a meeting place ... - MLive.com
James Township woman creates Web site to become a meeting place ...MLive.com, MI - 20 hours agoAfter graduating from Community Baptist Christian School, Jenny Jacobs lived in New Jersey for 11 years, returning to Saginaw in 2001. ...
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