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The intersection of faith, artSeacoastonline.comFor starters "A God in the House: Poets Talk about Faith," is nonfiction. It's also collaboration, a collection of interviews co-edited with poet and friend Ilya Kaminsky. The book is a compilation of 19 interviews with America's leading poets on ...and more »
20 May 2012 | 1:17 pm
Attachment parenting isn't anything newHeraldNetToday's hot conversation-starter is Facebook stock. It's not the eye-catching Time magazine cover of pretty Los Angeles mom Jamie Lynne Grumet breastfeeding her 3-year-old -- a boy photographed standing on a chair and wearing big-kid camouflage pants.and more »
20 May 2012 | 12:11 am
Wall Street JournalThe Universal Uniform of Über-Euro MalesWall Street JournalThis is not hyperbole; the man in question has been a permanent fixture on the "Most Eligible" and "Most Stylish" lists of the Western world's glossiest magazines for the past two decades. There are many ways of phrasing the next sentence, ...
17 May 2012 | 3:02 pm
The Not-So-Great 'Dictator'Tablet MagazineBorat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan was pure genius, and Brüno extremely provocative. The Dictator, however, is merely—although at times very—funny. The spectacle of Admiral General Aladeen, ...and more »
15 May 2012 | 4:01 am
Mario Batali a hungry chef on food stamp challengeSan Jose Mercury NewsHis kids are doing well and didn't have to be dragged into what Batali described as less of a publicity stunt and more of a conversation starter about what it means to be hungry in America today. "They're having more peanut butter and jelly than ...and more »
14 May 2012 | 1:39 pm
Time magazine breastfeeding cover: A shocking 'stroke of genius'Chicago TribuneBut Time's cover proves that print can still be king if it steals from digital's playbook -- by becoming the conversation starters (not the followers), choosing relevant, edgy subjects and then tackling them in a visually arresting way -- he told the ...and more »
11 May 2012 | 9:48 am
Iran helps release of Turkish reporters in SyriaKFVSZach Johnson made eight birdies Friday for a 6-under 66 that gave him a one-shot lead among the early starters at The Players Championship. After breaking 70 for the first time in seven weeks, Tiger Woods headed to the back of the practice range at the ...and more »
11 May 2012 | 6:14 am
Rethinking America's Pastime: The Paul DePodesta StoryHarvard CrimsonSo to be honest, I really had absolutely nothing to contribute to the conversation at that point.” So DePodesta decided to find something to contribute. He began looking for a unique way of evaluating talent, a manner of studying players that was based ...
4 May 2012 | 10:26 am
D Magazine Intern Runs for Miss Texas, Needs Your HelpD MagazineShe needs some votes to make it onto the cover of the Miss America magazine. It's time to come clean—I'm an undercover beauty queen. For the first few weeks of my internship, I kept the whole “I want to be Miss Texas” thing to myself.
1 May 2012 | 10:46 am
Mountain House Diner Debuts at Reno-Tahoe InternationalMarketWatch (press release)Cool urban touches - steel pendant lighting, vintage ski poster art and throwback 80s skis are thoughtfully displayed for conversation starters. A colorful sticker wall tells boarders they are "home" and comfortable chrome bar stools invite guests to ...and more »
1 May 2012 | 5:35 am