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Ennui Sucks (by Tynan Davis)
We're having fun playing with French vocabulary here in Birmingham. Our maestro is a charming Frenchman from Toulouse whose love of Carmen is contagious. His face is as expressive as any character's should be,…
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March Madness by Catherine Woodard
Once a year, in March, every American wants to be a poet. At least those glued to their televisions sets for the three weekends of the NCAA basketball tournaments. It’s why March is synonymous…
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The ABCs…Alabama, Bizet, Carmen! (by Tynan Davis)
You guys! Thanks for having me back! I said it before and I'll say it again: I'm not a writer. I sometimes try to parade as one, but really I'm a hack and am…
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“Dunk Tank” [by David Gibbs]
How a fall breeze feels more restless than a summer storm is strange to me, as if the transition between adolescent to other were somehow completed, and a grotesque human banality had dunked me…
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Tynan Davis, Guest Blogger March 11-17
This week we welcome back Tynan Davis as our guest blogger. The New York Times recently described mezzo soprano Tynan as "a marvel: a stylish singer and a perky actress whose presence lighted up…
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Mandala, Detachment, and the Lotus (by Amy Glynn Greacen)
Speaking of concentric patterns, I have been – no, not meditating, more like ruminating – on how things always come back, on how everything is linked to everything. On ripple effects. On chakras. Cycle.…
