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San Antonio de Texas & Lanzarote, A BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY

Of course, that is covered in what looks to be a book that will enhance school and university and public libraries and household bookshelves, too, and will prove an important reference source for decades to come.
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BONO SURRENDERS STORY TO READERS

"This is Bono at his best: thoughtful, reflective, revealing a wisdom that his rock-star persona covers up . . . At the root of it all you don't doubt his decency or integrity.
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BRILLIANT BALLET BRINGS BLISS

As a distraction from all that we talked all the way home of the ´bendiness´ of the ballet dancers, the lightness of the leaps and how the lithe dancing of the adult members suddenly became delightful carefree skipping of the young dancers.
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CONFERENCIA: Charla Desnudando las palabras:- Spanish Language Version

Solo quiero añadir que desde mi punto de vista la poesía nace desde la realidad, de la vida misma, a ras de suelo. Porque la vida misma, es toda poesía. Como diría el poeta y cantor Horacio Guarany: “si se calla el cantor (el o la poeta), calla la vida, porque la vida misma es toda un canto….”
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STRIPPING THE WORDS BARE

Why do I call this lecture "Stripping the Words Bare"? I already commented in the last interview for the Biosfera TV Magazine, last September on the occasion of the presentation of the creative writing workshop of the same name, from my point of view: when the poet writes, he or she carries out a process in which the first step is to defoliate, *to bare the words, returning them to their purest state,  To dress them in the "clothes, ideas, feelings and emotions" of each author, or simply to let them be.
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DOES TRUTH MATTER?

They say that truth is stranger than fiction, but it’s also frequently far more interesting. Bohemian Rhapsody greatly downplayed Mercury’s life (and his queerness) to more fully position him as a sad gay cautionary tale.
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A PLACE FOR POETRY

We therefore launch today an occasional series called A PLACE FOR POETRY presented by The Poet In The Rain introducing you to some of the 21st Century's most exciting UK poets. The Poet In The Rain will deliver poetry news,  preview forthcoming events, interview movers and shakers and music-makers and review the spoken and written word.
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TALKING ALL THINGS AMERICANA

When Marty Stuart performed Hillbilly Rock at Bristol, Rhythm And Blues Festival in the USA recently it still crackled with a Buddy Holly-like popabilly energy. Stuart’s gray hair stood up like a rooster’s comb atop his head, and the black fringe on his jacket flew when he twirled back to the microphone after a guitar break
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LOST COWBOYS

a life so immersed in creativity, that he became an excellent presenter of country music tv and radio documentaries. He was also, though, a much loved artist, leading a British country band that included Reg Meuross, a fine player and singer and hugely under-rated songwriter, and fiddle player Bobby Valentino, who would become ´the man who invented jazz.