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Bharati Mukherjee Biography

Bharati Mukherjee writerBorn: 7/27/1940Birthplace: Calcutta, India Mukherjee was born to Indian parents and had learned to read and write by age 3. She earned a B.A from the University of…

Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: Two Footpads

102 104 Two Footpads Two Footpads sat at their grog in a roadside resort, comparing the evening's adventures. "I stood up the Chief of Police," said the First Footpad, "and I got away with what…

Are there any other causes for concern?

Are there any other causes for concern? Yes. Several.Domestic ducks can now excrete large quantities of highly pathogenic virus without showing signs of illness, and are now acting as a “…

Leonard Cohen Biography

Leonard Cohen composerBorn: 9/21/1934Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Popular Canadian poet and songwriter whose first book of poetry was Let Us Compare Mythologies (1956). A graduate of…

Ronaldo Biography

RonaldoBorn: Sept. 22, 1976Soccer Brazilian forward who has been compared to the great Pele; signed with a first division club in Brazil, Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte, before he was 18 and scored…

Sonnets by William Shakespeare: XXI

Sonnet XX Sonnet XXII XXI So is it not with me as with that Muse, Stirr'd by a painted beauty to his verse, Who heaven itself for ornament doth use And every fair with his fair doth…