Dissident poet is allowed to speak, but Egypt's leaders aren't listening (Los Angeles Times)
Iman Bakry has risen to national prominence with her politically barbed verse about repression, corruption and poverty, appealing to the intellectual as well as the illiterate. Iman Bakry has a fortuneteller's voice, husky and cracked. It coaxes you into her colloquial poems, which once were about romance, but have since shifted to a cutting critique of President Hosni Mubarak's government ...
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Bug's humbug says farewell to "SantaLand" (Denver Post)
Here's a rundown of all Colorado holiday-themed stage offerings, in alphabetical order.
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saturday, november 29 (St. Petersburg Times)
La Traviata French director Charles Roubaud stages Verdi’s classic about a consumptive courtesan and her lover, and how their relationship is destroyed by the hypocritical morals of 19th-century society.
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Casper man rebuilds his life after a tragic explosion destroyed it (Casper Star-Tribune)
Jim Hyma wanted to travel to the states along the East Coast he had never visited before. He wanted to build a deck for his home.
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Welcome to the family (Niles Daily Star)
CASSOPOLIS - Jesse Seiler went into the Cass County Law and Courts Building Tuesday afternoon and came out with three older sisters. Judge Susan Dobrich of Cass County Probate Court and Circuit Court Family Division finalized four adoptions as part of Michigan's sixth annual Adoption Day.
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A Pioneer's Life Richly Rendered (Gay City News)
Edward Carpenter at age 43. EDWARDCARPENTERFORUM.ORG When Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) broke free of the stifling world of upper-class Victorian England into which he was born, his rejection of its cosseted, impossibly mannered life was total.
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Springs woman named California poet laureate (The Southampton Press & The East Hampton Press)
Carol Muske-Dukes, a poet and writer who divides her time among homes in Springs, New York, and Los Angeles, was appointed California’s poet laureate earlier this month by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger .
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Poetry of Gay Eroticism (Gay City News)
Trantic healing at the Body Electric School unleashed David Del Tredici's erotic energies and awakened an interest in leather. DAVID DEL TREDICI "My Favorite Penis Songs" "Wondrous the Merge" "Miz Inez Sez" Symphony Space 2537 Broadway at 95th St.
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Movie openings and capsule reviews (Contra Costa Times)
Movie openings and capsule reviews
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Nigeria: Bimpe and Dupe Get Married Within the School Break (AllAfrica.com)
Daisy on her way back to the Permanent Campus bought a newspaper and settled on the Poet's page.
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