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Benh Zeitlin
Benh Zeitlin is a filmmaker and composer who is best known for his 2012 film Beasts of the Southern Wild. Zeitlin grew up in New York but had family roots in the South. After graduating from Wesleyan…Walt Whitman: Fancies at Navesink
Fancies at NavesinkThe Pilot in the MistSteaming the northern rapids—(an old St. Lawrence reminiscence, A sudden memory-flash comes back, I know not why, Here waiting for the sunrise, gazing…Gerhard Schröder, 2002 News
German politician, was reelected chancellor by a razor-thin margin in September, defeating conservative businessman Edmund Stoiber. Schröder, who early on trailed Stoiber in the polls, was…Poems by Emily Dickinson: XXVI ("The brain")
by EmilyDickinsonXXVXXVI The brain within its groove Runs evenly and true; But let a splinter swerve, 'T were easier for you To put the water back When floods have slit the hills, And…Michael Brown, 2006 News
former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), found a bit of vindication in February, when he testified before a Senate committee that he had informed the White House…Walt Whitman: Look Down Fair Moon
Look Down Fair MoonLook down fair moon and bathe this scene, Pour softly down night's nimbus floods on faces ghastly, swollen, purple, On the dead on their backs with arms toss'd wide, Pour…Rio Grande, river, United States and Mexico
(Encyclopedia) Rio GrandeRio Granderēˈō grănd, rēˈō gränˈdē [key], river, c.1,885 mi (3,000 km) long, rising in SW Colo. in the San Juan Mts. and flowing south through the middle of N.Mex., past…Everglades
(Encyclopedia) Everglades, marshy, low-lying subtropical savanna area, c.4,000 sq mi (10,000 sq km), S Fla., extending from Lake Okeechobee S to Florida Bay. Characterized by water, sawgrass,…Jackson
(Encyclopedia) Jackson. 1 City (1990 pop. 37,446), seat of Jackson co., S Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1857. It is an industrial and commercial center in a farm region. The city's chief…Sara Teasedale: Morning
MorningI went out on an April morning All alone, for my heart was high, I was a child of the shining meadow, I was a sister of the sky.There in the windy flood of morning Longing…Trending
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