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It’s a good week to be Hertha Müller: on Thursday,she’ll be presented with the Nobel Prize in Literature at an awards ceremony in Stockholm. She arrived a few days early for the occasion,but she’s not alone — 50 guests will accompany her to the celebration. We joined Herta Müller during the most exciting week of her literary life.
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by Karp through Professor Rev. Dr. James Kenneth Powell II, opensourcebuddhism.org This fine project explores the mysteries of the Wheel of Time mandala and related literature. Among many other things, we learn of the rise of the Shambhala warriors to oust the dread Madhumati (Muhammad) from the holy land, in this case, India. Written circa the 12th century, it points to a time of conflict between Buddhists and Muslims. See the original unedited version at www.opensourcebuddhism.org

Event stresses importance of art and reading
It was reading and art fun for the whole family Saturday. Richland Two’s education foundation held it’s annual Literature and Arts Festival.
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Sixth-annual Presidentâs Art Awards
The sixth-annual President’s Art Awards was held by St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis and St. Tammany Parish Com-mission on Cultural Affairs Jan. 15 at the Louisiana Medical Center and Heart Hospital in Lacombe. The honorees for 2010 include artists from across the parish.
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‘Renaissance Spirit’
Lafayette College’s Roethke Humanities Festival rich in art music, enlightenment The Renaissance was a threefold rebirth of art, literature and music unequaled up to the present age. Nowhere was this rebirth as resplendent as it was in the Italian court of Ferrara and the city of Venice. “The Renaissance Spirit,” the theme of the 2011 Theodore Roethke Humanities Festival at Lafayette College, is …
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Nicholas Delbanco ponders the art of lastingness
Is there a link between creativity and longevity? As he approaches 70, one author studies writers and artists who productively delivered deep into their lives. Lastingness
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