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  • July 2008

    • An Outsider Becomes Poet Laureate

      New York Times  |  Jul 17, 08 7:54 AM CDT

      An Outsider Becomes Poet Laureate

      (Newser) - Kay Ryan, a poet from Fairfax, Calif., with a reputation as an individualist, has been chosen as the nation's new poet laureate. The 62-year-old writer is known for her sly, concise verse that incorporates plays on words and uses intricate rhyme structures. Despite receiving many of the field's highest accolades, Ryan remains something of an outsider, writes the New York Times . More »

  • June 2008

    • Astronomers Trace Homer's Wandering Hero

      New York Times  |  Jun 24, 08 9:39 AM CDT

      Astronomers Trace Homer's Wandering Hero

      (Newser) - Homer's Odyssey is 2,700 years old, and the events it describes happened centuries earlier. But two scientists claim in a new paper that they've traced one line in the epic poem—a possible reference to an eclipse—to a real astronomical event. Classicists might take issue, writes the New York Times , but the astronomers say that Odysseus' return to Ithaca coincided with a solar eclipse on April 16, 1178 BC. More »

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      astronomy  • Greece  • poetry  • solar eclipse  • eclipse  • ancient Greece

  • May 2008

    • Bored at Work? Site Disguises Classic Lit

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 30, 08 2:08 PM CDT

      Bored at Work? Site Disguises Classic Lit

      (Newser) - Business world got you down? Want to escape into a classic poem or short story? The New Zealand Book Council has made a website to help you: ReadatWork.com. The site brings up a fake Windows desktop with folders and PowerPoint files, the Wall Street Journal reports. Click on them, and you get classic literature disguised as a business presentation. More »

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      literature  • website  • reading  • novel  • office  • corporate culture  • poetry

    • Cambridge Poetry Students Analyze This

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  May 27, 08 2:49 PM CDT

      Cambridge Poetry Students Analyze This

      (Newser) - Stodgy? Never! Cambridge University surprised its English students with an exam requesting literary analysis of Amy Winehouse lyrics last week. Students compared a poem by 16th century poet and ne’er-do-well adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh with Winehouse’s “Love is a Losing Game,” and songs by Bob Dylan and Billie Holiday, reported the Telegraph . More »

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      Amy Winehouse  • poetry  • English literature  • Cambridge University

    • Famously Bad Poet Fetches Big Bucks at Auction

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 17, 08 8:05 AM CDT

      Famously Bad Poet Fetches Big Bucks at Auction

      (Newser) - William McGonagall had a tough time after deciding poetry was his calling, being roundly insulted by critics and even pelted with rotten fruit. But the 19th-century Scotsman has been remembered long after his peers—as the worst poet ever to mangle the English language. His works commanded a price higher than a J.K Rowling first edition at an auction yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      literature  • JK Rowling  • Scotland  • poetry

  • February 2008

    • Burma's Pens Mightier Than Censors

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Feb 13, 08 1:17 PM CST

      Burma's Pens Mightier Than Censors

      (Newser) - Never shy about censorship, Burma has cracked down even more since September's monk uprising—no small event in a country that ranks 164th out of 168 on the Press Freedom Index. But information-starved citizens are finding creative ways to circumvent an extreme government that bans even benign news about soccer team losses, the Christian Science Monitor reports. More »

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      Burma  • censorship  • Burma protest  • monks  • poetry  • Democratic Voice of Burma

  • December 2007

    • 'I Don't Have Cancer,' Giuliani Reiterates

      Newsday  |  Dec 24, 07 5:24 PM CST

      'I Don't Have Cancer,' Giuliani Reiterates

      (Newser) - Rudy Giuliani sought to allay renewed concerns about his health today following his brief hospitalization last week. "I'm perfectly healthy. I don't have cancer," he said during a stop in Harlem. Giuliani, who checked into a St. Louis hospital because of a severe headache and flu symptoms, said doctors found no signs of a recurrence of the prostate cancer that ended his Senate campaign seven years ago. More »

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      Rudy Giuliani  • cancer  • Christmas  • poetry  • story

  • August 2007

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