Poems that explore passionate terrain

Poems that explore passionate terrain
For the past four decades Jack Gilbert has been fashioning bitterly honest poems about "adult concerns," as he calls them -- poems about love and betrayal, grief and longing.
Source: www.courier-journal.com

Taneyville students adopt Marine stationed overseas
Priscilla Halbrook, second-grade teacher at Taneyville Elementary School, reaches inside a mailbox stuffed full of hand-drawn pictures and hand-written letters.
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Macaulay Culkin's Debut Novel: The First Review
With Junior , an audaciously empty mishmash of poems, letters, comics, etc., former child star Culkin (of Home Alone fame) has managed to lower the already low bar set for celebrity fiction.
Source: kirkusreviews.com

Pamela Means brings fiery folk to Felicia's Atomic Lounge
Hard-touring indie folk artist Pamela Means returns to Ithaca Sunday night for a show at Felicia's Atomic Lounge. She'll be joined by singer-songwriter Jen Foster (see accompanying story) for the 7 p.m. show, for which there's no cover charge.
Source: www.theithacajournal.com

In the Arts
The Encounter with the Wolf series at El Lobo Negro Gallery of the Arts, 519 Bangs Ave, Asbury Park, will present classic jazz with the Palmer Jenkins Trio on Friday, 7 to 11 p.m. Musicians are invited to bring their instruments for the third set jam. Tickets are $10.
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'I Have A Mandate To Clean The System' - President Sirleaf
In an effort to stamp her authority on all spheres of government, President Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf has told the nation that she has the mandate to clean up the system to improved the economic situation in the country.
Source: allafrica.com