The trumpeter and composer Russell Gunn will premiere “The Blues and Its People,” a suite inspired by Baraka’s influential text, to mark its 60th anniversary.
Category: Poetry and Poets
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Amiri Baraka’s ‘Blues People’ Comes Home to the Apollo
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Read Your Way Through São Paulo
The New York Times – Travel:Brazil’s ultra urban megacity overwhelms the landscape and the imagination. Paulo Scott recommends books that peel back its layers.
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Did Valentine’s Day Start as a Roman Party or to Celebrate an Execution?
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:Regardless of its origin, it’s a big deal now. An expert on the evolution of human sexuality says you have to “get out there” to make the holiday work for you.
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Tom Verlaine, Influential Guitarist and Songwriter, Dies at 73
The New York Times – Music:He first attracted attention with the band Television, a fixture of the New York punk rock scene. But his music wasn’t so easily categorized.
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Tom Verlaine, Influential Guitarist and Songwriter, Dies at 73
The New York Times – Music:He first attracted attention with the band Television, a fixture of the New York punk rock scene. But his music wasn’t so easily categorized.
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Read Your Way Through Boston
The New York Times – Travel:Paul Theroux, the quintessential travel writer, has also enshrined his Massachusetts roots in his writing. Here are his recommendations for those who come to visit.
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Turning Trash Into Poetry
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:Ser Serpas, a young artist known for kinetic arrangements of discarded furniture, opens up about her expressive way of processing the used world.
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Read Your Way Through Tokyo
The New York Times – Travel:Hiromi Kawakami, one of Japan’s most popular contemporary novelists, travels with books that help her immerse herself in her destination. Here, she suggests reading for those coming to her hometown, Tokyo.
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‘Die Hard’ Comes to the Christmas Stage in London
The New York Times – Movies:The poet Richard Marsh is winning praise in London for a one-man theatrical version of the action movie.
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Retracing Walt Whitman’s Steps Through Brooklyn and Manhattan
The New York Times – T Magazine:The poet wandered for himself and for his various day jobs with New York City newspapers. Some of his haunts are still standing; most have been swept away with time.
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Read Your Way Through Dublin
The New York Times – Travel:Virtuosity and creativity with language are “everyone’s birthright” in the Irish capital, says Tana French, an award-winning mystery writer who has made it her home.
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Emily Dickinson, at Home in Her ‘Full-Color Life’
The New York Times – Travel:The poet’s house museum in Amherst, Mass., gets a vibrant, historically correct makeover, underlining that she was not just a reclusive woman in white.