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3 Quarks Daily Contest
If you've read a blog post here that you loved, you can nominate it for a "Best Arts and Literature" prize from 3 Quarks Daily. We like 3 Quarks for its interesting mix of…
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The Trouble Clef – Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 [by Lera Auerbach]
The National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C. asked me to write program notes for one of the Kennedy Center's "Focus on Russia" programs this season. One of the works in the program was Tchaikovsky’s…
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Malachi Black, Guest blogger February 21-26
This week we welcome Malachi Black as our guest blogger. Malachi is literary editor of The New York Quarterly and a James A. Michener Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin’s Michener Center…
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London Calling
Weather permitting, we're flying to London tomorrow for two events. Join us if you can: Sunday, February 28, 3:00 – Jewish Book Week : Drawing on his acclaimed A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs, …
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Evolution and Literature (by Malachi Black)
My last two posts have dealt with change in literature over time, and whenever those two words are paired (change and time), I inevitably think of Darwin. I’ve long been a proponent of the…
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Prosper and Long Live [a gesture suggestion for depression by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
My Beautiful Bleaders, I’ve got something to sell you about. It’s a show and tell. It’s about signs and gestures and how we get new ones. Our world's top six might be: thumbs up,…
