August 2012
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“Little man, I said, keep the wolf
from my door: one more night,
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– Joseph Campana is a poet, critic and scholar of Renaissance literature. He is the author of two collections of poetry, “The Book of Faces” (Graywolf, 2005) and “Natural Selections,” which won the 2011 Iowa Poetry Prize.
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NewsHour Casting Call: Are you an undecided voter... →
The PBS NewsHour is looking for undecided voters in Northern Virginia to be part of an on camera roundtable discussion with Ray Suarez and Jeff Brown. If this sounds like you, please answer a few questions here and an NewsHour producer will be in touch.
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Watchshortformblog:
D.C. residents: Innovative crime journalism project needs help to keep going
A pitch for some friends and a public service: Laura Amico and her husband Chris have put a lot of energy into a great project in the Washington DC area — a site, Homicide Watch, that quite literally tracks every reported homicide in the District. It’s grown into a public service that’s drawn hundreds of...
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Watchkpseesee:
For six hours, the night riders of Los Angeles shut down the tile-covered 2nd Street runnel for the biggest bicycle drag race the city has ever seen.
More than 200 riders competed and organizers quickly winnowed the field to a group of the 16 fastest in women’s and men’s categories. Each rider wore an ankle bracelet that timed their efforts to the one-hundredth of a second. In the end,...
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“If you see a turbaned gentleman in this country, he or she is likely to be a...”
– Sikh leader Dr. Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal
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Watchsplendidtable:
Julia Child + Guns N’ Roses
1:05 “You’ll be surprised at how very chic a loin of pork can be.”
