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XXVIII. The 30 Films of Akira Kurosawa: Dersu Uzala [1975] (by Lewis Saul)]
Ed note: For the next several weeks, composer and film aficionado Lewis Saul has agreed to supply us with in-depth commentary about the films of Akira Kurosawa, now showing in an extended festival at…
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Forever “Nu?” Part Two (by Mitch Sisskind)
"Nu?" — it always appears with a question mark — is best defined linguistically rather than lexiographically. But let's leave that to others! The best way to know "nu?" is by watching "nu?" in…
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Mozart in the Morning [by Grace Cavalieri]
for Lucille Clifton, 1936-2010 The moon reappeared last night as though nothing had happened and in the morning I played Mozart because she loved fancy music as well as jazz. When we are tired…
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Campus Dispatch [by Catharine Stimpson]
This was to be a genial post about snow and the city during Valentine days. Then death intervened. On Friday, at a faculty meeting, Amy Bishop murdered three of her colleagues in the Biology…
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Happy birthday, Harold
Happy birthday, Harold ArlenBorn Hyman (Chaim) ArluckBuffalo, NYFebruary 15, 1905 <<<You're gonna love me, like nobody's loved me,Come rain or come shineHappy together, unhappy togetherand won't it be fineDays may be cloudy or sunnyWe're…
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Jerry Williams, Guest Blogger February 14-20
This week we welcome Jerry Williams as our guest blogger. Williams has published two collections of poetry, Casino of the Sun and Admission, both from Carnegie Mellon University Press. He has also edited an anthology–It's…
